Spyro 2 addresses the simplicity of the first outing but at the cost of losing the original's charm.
It's main concern was to add more to do in each world and judging by the development time being 1 year instead of 2 years with Spyro 1, I can see why the pacing is so off and a lot of the levels just feel like ideas they threw at the wall to see if they would stick.
This isn't to say this game doesn't work as a sequel, far from it, I think the new additions are great, civilisations make the levels feel more like worlds, minigames make for more variety and the soundtrack is fantastic It really has stuck with me more than the first game's soundtrack ever did.
However, I'm mixed on my thoughts with these additions. I quite enjoyed the mystical ethereal mood Spyro 1 has, the new wacky characters in each world just wasn't my thing. (Based off the Remake verison now looked into comparsions between the og and remake). I also think the minigames whilst nice, most are just not that engaging, lack any challenge even for kids and some are buggy as fuck.
It's main concern was to add more to do in each world and judging by the development time being 1 year instead of 2 years with Spyro 1, I can see why the pacing is so off and a lot of the levels just feel like ideas they threw at the wall to see if they would stick.
This isn't to say this game doesn't work as a sequel, far from it, I think the new additions are great, civilisations make the levels feel more like worlds, minigames make for more variety and the soundtrack is fantastic It really has stuck with me more than the first game's soundtrack ever did.
However, I'm mixed on my thoughts with these additions. I quite enjoyed the mystical ethereal mood Spyro 1 has, the new wacky characters in each world just wasn't my thing. (Based off the Remake verison now looked into comparsions between the og and remake). I also think the minigames whilst nice, most are just not that engaging, lack any challenge even for kids and some are buggy as fuck.