Umdlalo Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! ithole isibuyekezo esisha nesibalulekile emahoreni ambalwa edlule, kulokhu kunjalo inguqulo 1.50.64 lapho kunezelwa khona izinto ezintsha ezintsha ezithokozisayo. Okokuqala ukwethula indawo entsha enamaqembu ezigebengu amahlanu esizolwa nawo, le ndawo entsha ibizwa ngeRio Arriba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunezelwa nezinhloso ezintsha zemijaho yokuqoqa lapho sizonqoba khona izindebe ngokugcwalisa izinhloso.
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Lo mdlalo unikeza ukusetshenziswa okulula, ukuphazamiseka nokuzijabulisa ukuze noma yimuphi umsebenzisi akwazi sikujabulele kahle ukudlala naye. Imayelana nokugijima, ukugxuma, ukujika nokuphula amabhokisi esiwathola maphakathi nendlela size sifinyelele izimbangi nezitha zabazingeli boDokotela omubi uNeo Cortex.
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