A wonderful remake brings a legendary character back to life: Sparx the Dragonfly.
As someone who never got to play the original, I was really excited when the trilogy remake came out and so far this was a strong start to it. Spyro is definitely one of my favorite video game characters, so being able to witness his journey's original beginning in the modern age was wonderful. I have played the game to completion twice now, and definitely think it has a level of charm that games today truly lack.
Probably the best thing about this game is how smooth Spyro's movement feels. His moveset involves quick ways to damage enemies and swap right back into movement, all while having great maneuverability. This enables you to play the game quickly if you wish, so I would say it's definitely looking good for speedrun potential. There's a tiny bit of less control over the flying segments, but nothing too aggressive to complain about.
As far as the levels go, they're pretty simple and often adhere to the world's theme a bit too closely to make them pop out from each other, but they certainly remain enjoyable all the same. The game operates as mainly a giant Collectathon, and oftentimes these levels have neat ways of hiding different collectibles. Some of them mentioned in the skill book (optional objectives) can be a bit harder to find than I think reasonable, but this amounts to three or so and that's all. Some levels contain boss battles as well, they're all pretty easy with some coming with interesting No Hit Challenges as well. The flying levels as mentioned earlier have a bit rougher controls, but outside of one I found them enjoyable.
Lastly, I'll mention that the remake does a stunning job on the graphics upgrade, while still having a taste of that old school charm to it in the revised music. Of course if you don't like the revisions made to the songs you can actually toggle the original versions as well, but I found the new versions to be rather faithful and enjoyable. Overall it was a great game and has me looking forward to the other two Spyros bundled in this collection.
As someone who never got to play the original, I was really excited when the trilogy remake came out and so far this was a strong start to it. Spyro is definitely one of my favorite video game characters, so being able to witness his journey's original beginning in the modern age was wonderful. I have played the game to completion twice now, and definitely think it has a level of charm that games today truly lack.
Probably the best thing about this game is how smooth Spyro's movement feels. His moveset involves quick ways to damage enemies and swap right back into movement, all while having great maneuverability. This enables you to play the game quickly if you wish, so I would say it's definitely looking good for speedrun potential. There's a tiny bit of less control over the flying segments, but nothing too aggressive to complain about.
As far as the levels go, they're pretty simple and often adhere to the world's theme a bit too closely to make them pop out from each other, but they certainly remain enjoyable all the same. The game operates as mainly a giant Collectathon, and oftentimes these levels have neat ways of hiding different collectibles. Some of them mentioned in the skill book (optional objectives) can be a bit harder to find than I think reasonable, but this amounts to three or so and that's all. Some levels contain boss battles as well, they're all pretty easy with some coming with interesting No Hit Challenges as well. The flying levels as mentioned earlier have a bit rougher controls, but outside of one I found them enjoyable.
Lastly, I'll mention that the remake does a stunning job on the graphics upgrade, while still having a taste of that old school charm to it in the revised music. Of course if you don't like the revisions made to the songs you can actually toggle the original versions as well, but I found the new versions to be rather faithful and enjoyable. Overall it was a great game and has me looking forward to the other two Spyros bundled in this collection.