darkSpyro

My page! And I agree, I thought ANB and TEN were better than DoTD.

I think there are a good few similarities. I thought Spyro hardly acted different at all in ANB...*shot*
And ANB was my least favourite. Repetitive for the first half, and too easy the whole way.

I'm surprised you didn't like it. I love that game so much. I love all three games equally.

And I don't see how you can like ANB and TEN, and then have a completely different game ruin both for you.. And make you hate them. I just don't understand that.

I don't hate ANB or TEN. I just thought that DoTD left nothing after all the times I've played it. I've only completed it 11 times, too.

It was just plain disappointment, I was expecting something with an epic storyline especially since TEN was such a good cliffhanger. But instead, well... I got this. After playing it again, all I have to say is, "If you're looking for a game with good replay value and an interesting storyline, look elsewhere, but at least give it a shot if you're a casual action gamer".

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I'm surprised you didn't like it. I love that game so much. I love all three games equally.

And I don't see how you can like ANB and TEN, and then have a completely different game ruin both for you.. And make you hate them. I just don't understand that.

I guess a more accurate was of putting it would be to say that DotD ruined the story of the trilogy for me. The gameplay was repetetive in all of them, and had no alternate endings, few collectables and almost no potential to explore, yeilding no replay value.

Is that clearer? DotD didn't make me hate the games but made me hate the biggest part of them, the story.

More!

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That dragon looks like Spyro but is coloured like Ignitus. More clones?
If those shadows are Malefor, I daresay this game would have been more kick-ass than the movie Kick-Ass.

I can only guess that we were either going to have swimming levels, or Ignitus' real departure was much more appropriate.

I assumed that dragon was Spyro, orange because he's surrounded by flames as he seems to have done some kind of Comet Dash into the water.
If so, perhaps the water wouldn't put up the fire because it's a magic attack.
A swimming level would have been quite interesting actually.

Now that I think about it, the possibility of it being a swimming level is unlikely since this was originally going to be a mostly-flight game, but maybe there were going to be extra swimming sessions? Some to explore underwater and find collectibles and some that are necessary to complete the game?

To me, it really looks like either the Comet Dash theory, or another clone. Urgh! This game would have been so all-round epic...

Malefor as a real final villain, more types of enemies, a Shadow Spyro, a much more fitting dragon city, more areas to explore, some really diverse designs... And just imagine all of that in an environment completely free, with no level-type structure, where you actually get to fly around as you see fit and wherever you want... One wide enough to explore deeply, but not so wide that if you just want to go onto the next objective you get there as quickly as you want...

I agree with Cynderfyre and GamingMaster.

But a mainly flying game? Like the flying sections in ANB? Mmm... Not sure if that would be good. I haven't played Legend of the Guardians to test them out, but, hey, I'm just going by the idea.

In that picture it's definitely Spyro. He's tinted purple beneath the fire, and it's his design. I think in that picture what's going on is he was doing a comet dash or something at an enemy and he got smacked in midair into the water? It doesn't matter really, but it's fun to speculate. I love looking at the concept art.

He was...errr..."Comet Diving" into the water!

I like that idea there
He looks like a plane shot from the sky

For some reason, it reminds me of the ending to Sonic Advance 2.

I've never played that, or seen the ending 0.0 What happens?

Meh, here it is. After watching it though, I'm not sure why that pic made me think of it!

Wierd how Tails only has one eye at 1:10 o.O
But hey, I can actually see where you get the similarity! They're both falling from the sky on fire!

Well....Spyro just jumped off a little ledge!

I couldn't tell if he came right off the ledge or if he fell from the sky, hit the land, and bounced into the water?

Where did you find these new pics, Darby? O.o If you forgot the link, prepare to be bonked :3

haha, well I went to the concept artist's website: http://www.yannickcorboz.com/
(I'll give you a fair warning that there's unrelated art, some of naked people)
I went to his/her Porfolio, then to Illustration, then to Spyro. That's only where I got the last two pictures though. I'll give you the links to the others later :3

Thanks, cause these pics are way too big and you didn't resize them to match the post length...

*bonks Darby for making the pics too big* :3

Lol, I can't even see what is going on in the pictures because they are so huge! And I can't be bothered to move the cursor to find out what is happening.

To view the pics, go here. It's right on the page where the Spyro art is: http://www.yannickcorboz.com/portfolio/spyro/

Eeeee sorry! Haha
I didn't know I could resize them, shoulda just posted the link!

*bonks Darby again*

If I come across any more huge ones, I'll be sure to link it! I'm still looking for more!

Aaannd? *was ready to bonk Darby again*

not again!
lesson learned haha
i'm not finding anything right now
..while looking at the artist's site, i came across their email and decided to give it a shot and email them. doubt i'll get a reply, but ehh, worth a shot i guess!

And you shall resize the new pics to fit the page when you post them here. *bonks Darby*

Aura....you're doin' it wrong....THIS is how you bonk someone!

I'd rather not be bonked like that! D:

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But a mainly flying game? Like the flying sections in ANB? Mmm... Not sure if that would be good. I haven't played Legend of the Guardians to test them out, but, hey, I'm just going by the idea.

Not like in ANB. The flight was actually free. It wasn't actually on-rails.

As you could imply from this, the absolutely necessary parts- usually the level intros- are mostly on-rails, but for most of the game, it was wide and explorable.

If there was a way to make the flight feel like challenging platforming it'd be perfect for Spyro.

... For a movie-game, it looks pretty damn good! But I still think it would feel strange in Spyro game to be just flying.

Here's my idea for a limited flight system in Spyro:

Have a genereal upgrade system, instead of just elements. This way you can upgrade stuff like speed, power, flight, etc. For flight, your maximum altitude increases with each upgrade. At first, you can't fly very high, but by the end, you can fly really high, up to mountains and everything.

I still think it might eliminate alot of the platforming. Like why would they make you have to leap from platform to moving platform and run along walls and climb and chimney jump to get from A to be when you can gfly, albiet low to the ground.

Becayse his wings would be weak at a low level. The further you are in the game, the stronger the winds are too.

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I still think it might eliminate alot of the platforming. Like why would they make you have to leap from platform to moving platform and run along walls and climb and chimney jump to get from A to be when you can gfly, albiet low to the ground.

I liked the platforming in the Insomniac Spyro games, and also in EtD, and in AHT, I thought it was balanced out very well. I also didn't mind the fact that Spyro couldn't fly all the time, I didn't think that it was a big thing/issue. Also you could fly in the speedways and any power-ups you find in any of the levels, I liked that the way it was.

I liked it too.

I like the idea of flight becoming avaliable after you beat the final boss or reach 100%.

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I liked it too.

I like the idea of flight becoming avaliable after you beat the final boss or reach 100%.

Really? What Spyro game was that? I don't remember that happening, lol.
Unless you're getting confused with Spyro 2 when you unlock the ablity to breath fire balls after opening Dragon Shores,
and going through the permanent power-up portal, it's awesome because then you can restart the game on a different file, and
you still have this unlimited ability, mind you, it does get a little boring, it's kind of hard to fail with it.

I think I figured out how to make Sackbots fly in LBP2.....should I make a Spyro test thingy?

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I think I figured out how to make Sackbots fly in LBP2.....should I make a Spyro test thingy?

I don't really care to be honest.

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I liked it too.

I like the idea of flight becoming avaliable after you beat the final boss or reach 100%.

Really? What Spyro game was that? I don't remember that happening, lol.
Unless you're getting confused with Spyro 2 when you unlock the ablity to breath fire balls after opening Dragon Shores,
and going through the permanent power-up portal, it's awesome because then you can restart the game on a different file, and
you still have this unlimited ability, mind you, it does get a little boring, it's kind of hard to fail with it.

No no no, I like the IDEA. I didn't say it happened, I'm saying it should happen in SK or a future game.

I don't really see a point in only getting flight after 100%. I mean, what would you do if you completed the game anyway?

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I don't really see a point in only getting flight after 100%. I mean, what would you do if you completed the game anyway?

Exactly.

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I don't really see a point in only getting flight after 100%. I mean, what would you do if you completed the game anyway?

Exactly.

Screw around

There's quite a few games that allow things like that for people to just have fun.