darkSpyro

^ The irony

To me, the irony is that he was able to sit down and try the game before completely passing on it, saying it sucks, while people in the comments continue to talk about how Activision killed Spyro.

Fortunately, he responds to most of those comments, telling them that it's a surprisingly good game.

Well atleast the gamers playing the game like it.

I also like how it got the great reviews that it did. It's even as great as the reviews that the original Spyro games so far.

New York City Skylanders launch event:

^If that was a normal launch event, I'd probably be able to go.

Man, does Activision have some deep pockets!

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New York City Skylanders launch event:

1. I love how genuinely enthusiastic that big intimidating black guy is about Skylanders.
2. I only saw one person with Spyro face-paint
3. I want Spyro face-paint.

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Man, does Activision have some deep pockets!

And toys r us helped them launch it.

The cynicism of my remark is not to be... misinterpreted.

Cool! I want some Skylanders pajamas.

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New York City Skylanders launch event:

I want Skylanders pajamas!!!

I WNAT SKYLANDERS PAJAMA'S!!!!!!

Dude, want those pyjamas.

HEY ACTIVISION, YOU READING THIS? I have $$$$$money$$$$$ just for you if you sell them in the UK :x

Just after I pre-ordered my copy of the game on Amazon, they offered a digital coloring book for those whom pre-order it.

I wonder if they would still give it to me......though I probably wouldn't use it.

I'm pretty certain that digital coloring book is available online somewhere, though I can't remember where..... Derp.

Shame that Amazon's pre-order offer isn't as good as a few others I've seen.

Then again, they weren't all that great either.

Oh, and for those of you wanting Slam Bam or Sunburn -

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Dude, want those pyjamas.

HEY ACTIVISION, YOU READING THIS? I have $$$$$money$$$$$ just for you if you sell them in the UK :x

For that statement, Activision would HQ in the UK.

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Oh, and for those of you wanting Slam Bam or Sunburn -

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You'll be paying $19.99 for an Adventure pack with them in it, according to the guide.

Both in the same Adventure Pack? Or they have their own separate packs?

I'm guessing Slam Bam will come with the Empire of Ice adventure pack and Sunburn will come with Dragon's Peak.

Yep, you're correct. There's also a very specific help figure that comes with Dragon's Peak.....


Edit: @CAV - They will be in seperate Adventure packs, with an additional level + 2 extra items.

Where can I buy the Dragon's Peak pack?

Hey, what's all the prices for the different places selling the game? All they all the same? What deals are there?

Sorry, the wii won't let me look it up.

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Where can I buy the Dragon's Peak pack?

I believe it's a later release, no idea just yet.

And I haven't seen any deals lately, except about £1-2 off the three pack sets.

when a character is 'exclusive' does it mean its only sold in one place? or is there one special store where you get it? and does this rule apply around the world?

Either Toys for Bob have an amazing sense of humor (in regards to the haters phrase, 'Spyro is dead'), or this is just a fluke, but..... (May be considered a spoiler, though it has nothing to do with story or the actual level):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg1q2rMCX1A

Also, Hex's preview vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPEnZ9a6m4Y

Can I get a link to the Dragon Peak Pack?

What exactly do the "magical items" in the adventure pack do?
I've seen nothing actually stating what they do, aside from "included with adventure pack!"

And how big are the adventure pack levels? Think they're worth the $20?

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And how big are the adventure pack levels? Think they're worth the $20?

Unless the levels are significantly larger than the ones included on the retail disc, it's not worth the price. Each level in the game is roughly 1/2 hour long, remember. The levels in the adventure packs should have been included on the disc in the first place anyway. Withholding content from the disc and then charging extra for it shouldn't be allowed.

It's cool they kept the TLoS story for part of the background story, I didn't expect that.

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Either Toys for Bob have an amazing sense of humor (in regards to the haters phrase, 'Spyro is dead'), or this is just a fluke, but..... (May be considered a spoiler, though it has nothing to do with story or the actual level):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg1q2rMCX1A

Those guys are so mean.

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Either Toys for Bob have an amazing sense of humor (in regards to the haters phrase, 'Spyro is dead'), or this is just a fluke, but..... (May be considered a spoiler, though it has nothing to do with story or the actual level):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg1q2rMCX1A

Those guys are so mean.

They had darker humor in the 90's

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Yep, you're correct. There's also a very specific help figure that comes with Dragon's Peak.....

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Sparx.

I knew it!

lol really? a spyro skeleton? thats just friggin hillarious.

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And how big are the adventure pack levels? Think they're worth the $20?

Unless the levels are significantly larger than the ones included on the retail disc, it's not worth the price. Each level in the game is roughly 1/2 hour long, remember. The levels in the adventure packs should have been included on the disc in the first place anyway. Withholding content from the disc and then charging extra for it shouldn't be allowed.

It could be a way of them making DLC by adding new levels through toys and episodes instead of making more games or having to have the whole thing delayed because of it.

Some console games have 4 discs, Doom was going to take 6 but they decided to do it in episodes

Info on the Adventure packs fully


Just about the items in here


If anyone can post what the Pirate Sea's items do I would be greatful as I can only guess what they do.

The reviews were horribly disappointing.

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The reviews were horribly disappointing.

You're disappointed because Skylanders is getting positive reviews so far? Why would you be? I think it's great that the game's getting good reviews. That means we got another Spyro game that doesn't suck.

I guess this means that a Spyro game hasn't really got great reviews since 2000 with Year of the Dragon, wow, about ten years. That's a long time before a good review.

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The reviews were horribly disappointing.

Where I'm standing, the reviews have been surprisingly good.

Are you sure you're looking at the right game? Or did you just expect the game to get perfect 10/10s all around?

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The reviews were horribly disappointing.

Where I'm standing, the reviews have been surprisingly good.

Are you sure you're looking at the right game? Or did you just expect the game to get perfect 10/10s all around?

No, Activision wouldn't be able to pay off EVERYONE and still turn a profit. No, I think you misinterpret what I meant.

I don't care for good reviews. Any game can get them if you throw enough money at the reviewers, as at a point, they will say anything you want. No, I like... blunt reviews. Ones that don't ignore painfully obvious flaws in a game, that bash games rightfully, and call developers out on what they did wrong. Praise of gimmicks, graphics, and soundtracks... that I hate.

Let me put this bluntly. I don't hate SSA for the reasons everyone else does. Here is why I hate it:

1. I hate reboots. Reboots, frankly, are a way of game companies giving fans the middle finger. I am, more or less, a canon freak. The very few reboots I ever give leniency to are ones that tie in the smallest bit with the original series.

2. I hate gimmicks. Indescribably so. A game could be the most stunning, extraordinary, and amazing game ever, yet if it has the smallest little gimmick, I will hate it with a fiery passion and wish the greatest misfortune upon it.

3. I loathe Activision. They USED TO make great games, but now they cut corners, use gimmicks, rehash the same games with virtually no differences, and have quality control somewhere equal to Stellar Stone.

4. I hate games that are just idiotically expensive. For less than the total price of everything in Skylanders, I bought Assassin's Creed Brotherhood NEW, Oblivion GOTY edition, and Halo 3, along with all DLC for each. I can't even match Skylanders' price with every computer game I have, including Oblivion GOTY edition for PC. In fact, the combined value of every one of my game systems (PS2 Slim, Xbox 360, Xbox, NES, N64) minus the Xbox 360 doesn't even match Skylanders full price.

5. I hate anything hyped. SSA was hyped, and hype makes sure that I look for every flaw possible, due to my expectations being raised unnaturally high by hype. Hype is never indicative of quality.

For those 5 reasons and nothing else, I loathe SSA with a fiery passion.

Well first off, if you don't trust actual reviewers, you can look at a few playthroughs, like the one I linked on the previous page. He himself has said it's a good game, and he's certainly not popular enough for Activision to throw money at.

And if you don't care for good reviews, and you hate this game for a different reason, then why are you saying that the reviews are horribly disappointing?

Now for those little points:

1. To me, a reboot can be good or bad, depending on how it's done. There was nowhere that LoS could go, and the Classic series never really had an actual timeline. Spyro's story was very jumbled even before Skylanders, so another reboot is fine with me. It's better to reboot the whole thing than to try and add more to a mess of a timeline, only to confuse us even more.

2. Again depends upon the gimmick, and how heavily the game relies on it. From what I've been hearing, Skylanders doesn't really depend upon the toy gimmick as I assumed it would've.

3. So you're going to pass on a game you might like just because of the company that published it? I hate Activision too, but that won't stop me from buying this game. It won't stop me from buying Prototype 2. And I may be in the minority here on darkSpyro, but it honestly wouldn't stop me from buying MW3 either. Me not buying the games wouldn't tell Activision to fix themselves when millions of other people are buying the game.

4. I don't know if you noticed this, but Skylanders only costs $10 more than a standard Xbox or PS3 game. "BUT YOU NEED TO BUY MORE TOYS", I hear you cry. Not really. To play the standard game, you only need the game and the 3 toys it comes with. If you want to get 100% complete, then you only really need 1 toy from each element. You would only need to buy 5 toys, and only if you care so much about completing the game, having gotten all secrets.

5. Hype is not a valid reason to hate something you never played. If you played it, and you found it very overrated (i.e. Halo, Read Dead Redemption, etc), then it's one thing.

You always talk about how you hate this game for good reasons, and that nobody takes time to listen. Well I did listen, and the reasons you gave me aren't good. Sure, you hate this game for slightly better reasons than that of most people that have hated this game from the very start. But it's not saying much. It makes no sense at all to hate a game because of the company that published it, or because a completely unrelated game used a gimmick different to this one, or because it's simply hyped (which I personally think it wasn't compared to other games that have come out as of late).

You have no real reason to hate this game, let alone with such a passion, for the same reason why I have no reason to love it: Because neither of us have played this game. If you played it, and had understandable reasons as to why you hate it, then fine. I can't argue with you about that. But you gave me rather flimsy reasons to hate a game that only just today came out, without you ever having considered to pick up the controller, try for yourself, and see if your prediction is valid.

Could someone link me to a description or something of Dragon's Peak? I'm curious. What does the pack come with?

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Could someone link me to a description or something of Dragon's Peak? I'm curious. What does the pack come with?

We don't really know and it's not out for purchase yet anyways.

1. Fair, but I do not like it on the principle of my autism: I will inevitably hate change. Especially badly done change. Besides, most reboots do really poorly.

2. I don't care if the gimmick is irrelevant. Merely for having a small gimmick would I hate a game. Skylanders does not FUNCTION without the reliance on the gimmick. Besides, memory cards are more compatible for more game and cost less. And they make sense from a logical standpoint.

3. I had no problem with Activision when they gave a crap. However, I'm not going to blow 60+ dollars on a game that no passion or effort went into making. Shoot, if Activision put creativity, effort, passion, or even care into their games like they did in the past, I'd start buying their games again. But they haven't done so, so I reject their games. If they don't give a crap, I sure won't either.

4. You miss my point. No game should cost $300+ with all addons. My point was to show for the same price as Skylanders TOTAL aggregate price, I could buy 3 great games and all DLC for them. Or all but one of my game systems for the same price. Also, according to your stats, SSA is 111.66% percent the price of a normal Xbox 360 games, and I have seen SSA being sold at a price as high as ~300% the price of a normal Xbox 360 game, BASE PRICE (about ~1000% aggregate). There is a difference between an expensive game and getting ripped off for a game. This is a case of the latter.

5. If the bar is raised to the moon, you need a shuttle to get over it.

These specific points aren't limited to this game. If any game satisfies these unsatisfactory conditions, I will immediately and adamantly hate it, and nothing could change my mind.

1. That's understandable. As long as you see the other side of the coin, it's fine.

2. Brawler has already stated how the toys are a memory stick. And he's mostly right. Also, shouldn't the gameplay matter, not the gimmick? I didn't buy a 3DS so I can see the gimmick of 3D. I bought it for the games.

3. It looks like effort was put in. Also remember that Activision doesn't make the games. They just publish them. Toys For Bob are the guys that made the Wii version, and watched over the other two developers while they worked on the PC, 360, PS3, and 3DS ports. You look at the game and you notice that they were actually trying to make a good game, rather than copy and paste like Guitar Hero.

4. It doesn't cost $300+ with all add ons. And I think you missed my point. You don't need every last toy. Whether you decide to shell money to get every last toy is up to the consumer. To complete the main story, you only need the 3 toys that come with the game. To complete it 100%, you only need to buy 5 toys.
What stats? The game costs $10 more than an average game. You act as if you're being asked to pay almost double the amount of a normal game. Nobody complained when Fallout: New Vegas made a **** ton of DLC, each costing between $6-$12, or when you had to pay $160 for a full band kit in Rock Band 3. Why complain now when you only need to pay an extra $10.

5. Your point?

In that case, you're extremely stubborn and unable to judge a game on it's main component: the gameplay.

I will note, I like neither RB3 nor FONV, so it is moot point for me.

It's not so much this game that bothers me... It's that it's not wonderful or atrocious, but simply mediocre. It is nothing I haven't seen before.

whats a gimmick?

^Wasn't directed to you, rather than to anyone that complains about the pricing of this game.

You can't really say it's mediocre without playing it.