As someone who never played the originals and so has no nostalgia for the series, I completely understand why people say it did not age well.
But also as someone who enjoys watching numbers go up with minimal challenge, this was a decently fun waste of time.
But also as someone who enjoys watching numbers go up with minimal challenge, this was a decently fun waste of time.
yesssss i love spyro
heinous new visual direction blasphemes the original text. aberrant and perverse
Now this is a trilogy done right. Everything is the same as the original three games, but with an amazing redesign in animation. I do hate they made Hunter into a surfer dude, he was much better and funnier in the original games.
Individual ratings;
Spyro; 5/10
Spyro 2; 6/10
Spyro 3; 4/10
Was shocked by how poorly these held up to my memory of playing them in my childhood. You don't get to get away with not having much in the way of compelling gameplay by just stuffing a bunch of gems in worlds; exploration should be motivated by worlds being interesting to explore, not by having treasure spread out on every single inch of the floor. Most challenge presented by the game isn't intentional but instead due to poor game design; it's both frustrating that the games generally aren't remotely challenging and also frustrating that the bits where you do struggle are due to bad design.
The series in general seems like it doesn't believe its platforming is actually compelling enough on its own (correct) so inserts a bunch of underdeveloped minigames and side-distractions. This gets particularly bad with the third game where all five of the additional characters control and play much worse than Spyro does.
Spyro; 5/10
Spyro 2; 6/10
Spyro 3; 4/10
Was shocked by how poorly these held up to my memory of playing them in my childhood. You don't get to get away with not having much in the way of compelling gameplay by just stuffing a bunch of gems in worlds; exploration should be motivated by worlds being interesting to explore, not by having treasure spread out on every single inch of the floor. Most challenge presented by the game isn't intentional but instead due to poor game design; it's both frustrating that the games generally aren't remotely challenging and also frustrating that the bits where you do struggle are due to bad design.
The series in general seems like it doesn't believe its platforming is actually compelling enough on its own (correct) so inserts a bunch of underdeveloped minigames and side-distractions. This gets particularly bad with the third game where all five of the additional characters control and play much worse than Spyro does.
Nostalgic as hell. Spyro 3 was easily the worst among these in terms of level design and characters, but god damn if these games didn't have one of the most satisfying walk cycles I've ever seen.
speero the pig
A fantastic collection and incredible value. These games are so fun and the animation is movie level. Such fun games and I would okay again
1>2>3
Great, Only complaint is the stupid flossing skeleton in Spyro 2
Good games, just don't play all of them back to back unless the nostalgia is there for you
Few things in this broken, empty life have filled my black heart with Joy like this remake, taking three games from my childhood and presenting them with modern graphics and improved controls. I don't feel some of the voice acting changes though.
Spyro the Dragon was my very first console game. Seeing it remastered literally brought me to tears. While there are some complaints about the remastered version, I can't think of them because I'm too busy crying at seeing these games looking so gorgeous. I really need to finish them up again, the reason why I haven't yet is because I've 100% completed all three of them so many times on the Playstation.
You know, I was so danged excited to play this stuff again, because holy crap, it's Spyro! That was my childhood! And now it's in graphics that are prettier than the chunky old Playstation! This is gonna rule!
And, you know, it did! Like, yeah, sure, I didn't actually manage to beat Gnasty Gnorc because I never actually beat that when I was a kid when I had free time on my hands and I didn't feel the onset of carpal tunnel, but dang, the remake of the first game was good, y'all. All the unique dragons with designs that fit each world... it was such a labor of love! I will complain that Gnasty Gnorc should've had a checkpoint or at least some sort of easy mode option for a checkpoint because damn it's not fun or challenging to restart over and over from the very beginning of that fight, it's just kind of tedious. I also found the speedway levels to be kind of... more difficult to control than I remember them being, though I think I might just remember the easier versions from 2 and 3. Overall, despite my minor complaints, I think this one's the best of the lot in terms of the remake quality.
And then we get into 2, which was also pretty great, although it had some of the pitfalls of the original 2 in the vein of a bit of a reliance on sometimes irritating minigames. You hear "trouble with the trolley, eh" and you just wanna... you just wanna peace out. Regardless, I liked the new designs for the cast, and the new voice acting was... actually very good. But I do have to admit, I think I kind of miss Hunter talking to you like he's an adult and you're five. Robbie Daymond's performance is less hilariously condescending, which has the upshot of making Hunter slightly more likable but also slightly less funny.
I feel like 2 is a little more flawed than 1 in some ways. I do remember one minor complaint in terms of Gulp feeling a little overtuned, but I figured out a trick to make him a little more manageable so I beat him pretty quickly. I also had trouble with the speedways in this one even though I definitely 100%ed the game as a kid... hm. Speaking of having trouble with things, man, I hated the swimming controls considerably more than I remember hating the old ones, and I didn't really want to do much in the various water levels as a result. I don't think it helped that in some levels the more realistic lighting effects made things more difficult to make out, especially underwater.
And then 3... oh, man. 3. I do remember loving 3 as a kid and being really excited to get to skateboarding and the baby dragons, but this is kind of where things fell apart for me. It's significantly jankier than the other two, for one thing. I seem to remember more instances of enemies clipping into things and baby dragons standing like an inch above the ground in certain animations. Some of the models were also not great, although for the most part it did play pretty well. When... controlling Spyro, anyway.
The other characters were... well... Minigame Hell, unfortunately. Which is a shame, because I do like them all (well, except Agent 9, who was probably a lot more tolerable when I was a child with any tolerance for monkeycheese humor), but Minigame Hell is even more of a problem in this game than in the second. Granted, that's from the original game design rather than the remake staff, but combined with the jank it soured me on the experience a lot more than it probably should have. It feels like a combination of the original's flaws and the fact that Activision was probably breathing down the Spyro 3 team's necks to get it done on time dragged this part way down, which is a shame.
Also I didn't like the designs of the baby dragons. Except for the chubby ones, those were adorable. But the rest were too goofy looking and not cute enough, when I was looking forward to cute new renditions of those blocky baby polygons. Alas...
Anyway, I think the disappointments I experienced were more minor than major, stemming more from being a tired adult without the patience to deal with minigame BS than an indictment on the devs' work here. Overall, I think it was a dang good remake of a dang good set of games. I'd hope for a Spyro 4 in the vein of Crash 4 because I think Toys for Bob would do a great job on it, but I feel like Activision would stuff that thing full of microtransactions and I don't feel like giving its ludicrously overpaid CEO any more money.
And, you know, it did! Like, yeah, sure, I didn't actually manage to beat Gnasty Gnorc because I never actually beat that when I was a kid when I had free time on my hands and I didn't feel the onset of carpal tunnel, but dang, the remake of the first game was good, y'all. All the unique dragons with designs that fit each world... it was such a labor of love! I will complain that Gnasty Gnorc should've had a checkpoint or at least some sort of easy mode option for a checkpoint because damn it's not fun or challenging to restart over and over from the very beginning of that fight, it's just kind of tedious. I also found the speedway levels to be kind of... more difficult to control than I remember them being, though I think I might just remember the easier versions from 2 and 3. Overall, despite my minor complaints, I think this one's the best of the lot in terms of the remake quality.
And then we get into 2, which was also pretty great, although it had some of the pitfalls of the original 2 in the vein of a bit of a reliance on sometimes irritating minigames. You hear "trouble with the trolley, eh" and you just wanna... you just wanna peace out. Regardless, I liked the new designs for the cast, and the new voice acting was... actually very good. But I do have to admit, I think I kind of miss Hunter talking to you like he's an adult and you're five. Robbie Daymond's performance is less hilariously condescending, which has the upshot of making Hunter slightly more likable but also slightly less funny.
I feel like 2 is a little more flawed than 1 in some ways. I do remember one minor complaint in terms of Gulp feeling a little overtuned, but I figured out a trick to make him a little more manageable so I beat him pretty quickly. I also had trouble with the speedways in this one even though I definitely 100%ed the game as a kid... hm. Speaking of having trouble with things, man, I hated the swimming controls considerably more than I remember hating the old ones, and I didn't really want to do much in the various water levels as a result. I don't think it helped that in some levels the more realistic lighting effects made things more difficult to make out, especially underwater.
And then 3... oh, man. 3. I do remember loving 3 as a kid and being really excited to get to skateboarding and the baby dragons, but this is kind of where things fell apart for me. It's significantly jankier than the other two, for one thing. I seem to remember more instances of enemies clipping into things and baby dragons standing like an inch above the ground in certain animations. Some of the models were also not great, although for the most part it did play pretty well. When... controlling Spyro, anyway.
The other characters were... well... Minigame Hell, unfortunately. Which is a shame, because I do like them all (well, except Agent 9, who was probably a lot more tolerable when I was a child with any tolerance for monkeycheese humor), but Minigame Hell is even more of a problem in this game than in the second. Granted, that's from the original game design rather than the remake staff, but combined with the jank it soured me on the experience a lot more than it probably should have. It feels like a combination of the original's flaws and the fact that Activision was probably breathing down the Spyro 3 team's necks to get it done on time dragged this part way down, which is a shame.
Also I didn't like the designs of the baby dragons. Except for the chubby ones, those were adorable. But the rest were too goofy looking and not cute enough, when I was looking forward to cute new renditions of those blocky baby polygons. Alas...
Anyway, I think the disappointments I experienced were more minor than major, stemming more from being a tired adult without the patience to deal with minigame BS than an indictment on the devs' work here. Overall, I think it was a dang good remake of a dang good set of games. I'd hope for a Spyro 4 in the vein of Crash 4 because I think Toys for Bob would do a great job on it, but I feel like Activision would stuff that thing full of microtransactions and I don't feel like giving its ludicrously overpaid CEO any more money.
Beat spryo 1, then stopped playing the others
Por ser um remake, eu esperava uma melhora interessante, trazendo o que aprendemos nos últimos anos, em level design, qualidade de vida, controles e câmera... Mas é só os mesmos jogos do PS1 com uma repaginada total nos gráficos (pelo menos, isso ficou realmente bom, tá tudo lindo). Eu cansei de jogar porque não aguento mais entrar em uma fase nova e saber que vou fazer a mesma coisa das outras 15.
Welcome back my favourite purple dragon ❤️
HD Spyro, same old great game but made even more gorgeous. A great nod to the original too is that you can change the soundtrack to play the original PS1 track versions.
HD Spyro, same old great game but made even more gorgeous. A great nod to the original too is that you can change the soundtrack to play the original PS1 track versions.
I do indeed enjoy to destory and collect jewel :o
Spyro Reignited is a great remake of three beloved titles. The worlds are colorful, the characters are cartoony and likable, and the levels are a lot of fun to traverse. Collecting gems and bashing enemies never felt so good!
My only gripe(s) with the game is the occasional glitches and wonky hitbox detection. I've died many times because of random enemies killing me from a distance or the hitbox not registering properly. It's tolerable but still annoying.
At the end of the day, these games are still worth playing. If you dig platformers, then you will definitely like this. Here are my ratings for each game.
Spyro The Dragon (8/10)
Ripto's Rage (9/10)
Year of the Dragon (TBA)
My only gripe(s) with the game is the occasional glitches and wonky hitbox detection. I've died many times because of random enemies killing me from a distance or the hitbox not registering properly. It's tolerable but still annoying.
At the end of the day, these games are still worth playing. If you dig platformers, then you will definitely like this. Here are my ratings for each game.
Spyro The Dragon (8/10)
Ripto's Rage (9/10)
Year of the Dragon (TBA)
watched my sisiter play. did not care!
Three dragon chunguses in one package what more could you possibly want
Playing these games took me back to my childhood. A truly memorable experience.
(Rating for 'Spyro The Dragon')
Pure nostalgia
A really good recreation of the Spyro games. Everything feels just right.
spyro 1 having its problems fixed fills me with life
spyro 2 is still good
spyro 3's friends are far less obnoxious
what an achievement
spyro 2 is still good
spyro 3's friends are far less obnoxious
what an achievement
Spyro 1- Shit slaps and is the best in the collection.
Spyro 2- not as good as 1 but pretty good also Riptro was cool.
Spyro 3- Meh it was alright could have done with less annoying characters though.
Overall- Pretty good remakes, can I have a new Spyro game now.
Spyro 2- not as good as 1 but pretty good also Riptro was cool.
Spyro 3- Meh it was alright could have done with less annoying characters though.
Overall- Pretty good remakes, can I have a new Spyro game now.
Sorry but this was created to target long dormant endorphins in my brain so I cannot even pretend to be objective on it
I may have triple dipped. I may have done it for nostalgia. It may have been worth every single penny.
Such faithful recreations, THIS is how you remake a game.
Such faithful recreations, THIS is how you remake a game.
Juegazo de plataformas clasico, remasterizado a la perfección.