Spyro, Please? <3

[Raevis]

Now that I've got (or lost) your attention, I'll continue on. When it was still fairly new, I got into the Spyro: The Dragon series, and it was fun. Well, recently (mostly for the apparently non-existent nostalgia), I picked up a copy of the new Spyro game, Dawn of the Dragon.

First things first: if you liked Spyro for the old platforming games, with the complicated gliding and jumping puzzles, or the decently challenging bosses, this is NOT your game. That said, it is very refreshing to see the purple guy running around once again (even if everything seems to try and look a lot more 'mature' now). It plays more like a kind of a Zelda game more than a platformer (run around, kill enemies, use special abilities (items in Zelda, magic here) to solve the occasional puzzle. It doesn't actually teach you any new abilities at the point I'm at so much as tell you how to do the ones you already have <_<), but it's still fairly enjoyable, and it moves rather fast.

One thing that's a bit weird is that it seems that you won't get ANY of the storyline (unless there's some prequel game that I missed). Also, I can't help but feel that they turned Sparx (you know, that awesome little dragonfly?) into a wanna-be Daxter (or whatever the heck his name was, I haven't played that game in ages). The music is very, very low and un-inspiring, it's a bit hard to fly properly, and I miss my charging ability and actually infinite fire breath.

But with all the negatives, I still like it and am still going to 100% clear it.

(P.S. This thread is also for discussion of all the other Spyro games, as well as which one you think was the best.)

(P.P.S. I still think the first one was the most enjoyable.)

[Jordan]

I liked the original 3 for the PS1. They were good :>

[GrayFox]

I've seen some gameplay on this game, not really my type of Spyro. Although it does have some value for buying it, still not much to say about this one.

I sorta miss the original look, even if it was on the polygon side.

[Mysterious Mr.L]

Lol..I remember Spyro and Crash...

[Milk]

I remember going to my friend's cottage and playing my gba at night.
shinobi: return or the ninja or whatever was a failure, so I played season of Ice (or fire, i forget which)
was quite fun

[Raevis]

Ok, so I'm two or three areas from the end of the new game, and all I have to say is this:

It's fun if you aren't looking for the old Spyro. Too bad I was. =(

Alright, the game is all flying around the map and pretty much killing everything that shows up. There's no extreme puzzles, no complicated gliding maneuvers, no special enemies that need thought to be killed. It's just straight up go here, kill this, go there, kill that. The magic is easily breakable, making it ridiculously easy to play. <_<

Music wise... I turned on my own music. The music in the new game REALLY is just boring, predictable, and doesn't help enhance the game mood at all. Oh, sure, the songs fit, but they don't jump out and suck you in like the music in other games do. (On that note, fighting a giant stone juggernaut to 'Tana no uta' is hilarious. XD)

Storyline...... Someone else is going to have to take this one. I don't think they did a good job. So far, I've been able to see pretty much every 'twist' coming, and nothing about it has wowed me in the slightest bit. Maybe if I knew some of the back story, then it would be better, but meh.

In the end, I'd say to get this only if you have to get every Spyro game out there, or if you simply want mindless killing sprees while being a dragon. Nothing else really fits into this one.

Makes me sad, too, because this game was going to be my triumphant return to the series.

[Milk]

that's pretty disappointing to hear. sounds like the spyro games are turning into the next sonic

[GrayFox]

Aha I knew the user reviews were not lying.