I'm probably the worst person to comment since i do not have an Xbox controller, or played crash bandicoot before, all i can give are my observations playing with mouse and keyboard
Camera needs work, it should not be passing through the walls. I've made a TPV cam before, all you have to do is shoot a ray from the player, and reposition the camera based on the ray hit point of the camera if the ray hits a wall.
The general area of what i assume is ice seems to mess with the player state. I'm stuck in free fall according to the animation, even when I'm on a pillar, and left unable to jump until I move off the general area of ice. If this is a quirk of the game then nevermind, although i do not see a purpose in such an unclear obstacle
The apples are really cumbersome to grab. again if this is a quirk of the game then nevermind, although again i don't see the purpose of such a quirk.
I got hit by a nitro box in the area with many nitro boxes and got a light blue screen. does the blue screen mean that i lost? is there a definite end goal in this level?