darkSpyro

When I first discovered Skylanders, I fell in love with the concept. Who doesn't think toys with brains are cool? Not to mention, you can customize your Skylander with whichever upgrade pat or hat you want. Over the 3+ years of Skylanders, it has began to lose its charm to me. Therefore, I would like to provide my ranking of the games with 1 being best and 4 being worst.

1) Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
2) Skylanders: Giants
3) Skylanders: Trap Team
4) Skylanders: SWAP Force

I personally don't think 2-4 are that great, and haven't enjoyed any of them as much as I enjoyed SSA. SSA was simple, and as the games went on it felt less about the Skylanders and more about how much money you can spend to unlock as the material. 8 Skylanders, 3 of which were given, allowed for you to complete SSA 85-90%. Now, Eight Skylanders gives you 30%.
Please leave your lists below!

1) Trap Team
2) Spyro's Adventure
3) Giants
4) SWAP Force

1) Trap Team
2) Giants
3) Spyros Adventure
4) Swap Force

1) Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
2) Skylanders: Giants
3) Skylanders: Swap Force
4) Skylanders: Trap Team

1. Skylanders Swap Force 10
2. Skylanders Spyro's Adventure 9
3. Skylanders Giants 8
4. Skylanders Trap Team 7

1. SSA
2. STT
3. SG
4. SSF

1. SSA
2. STT
3. SSF
4. SG
5. SSA 3DS
6. SG 3DS
7. SSF 3DS
8. STT 3DS


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Swap Force
Spyro's Adventure
Trap Team
Giants

1. Giants
2. Trap Team
3. Spyro's Adventure
4. Swap Force

Using 5 points for #1 favorite, 3 points for #2 favorite, and 1 point for #3 favorite (zero points for #4), the most liked Skylanders game (so far), based on these replies is ...

1. Spyro's Adventure (104.5 points)
2. Trap Team (88 points)
3. Giants (59 points)
4. Swap Force (54.5 points)

edited to include votes through post #37 below.

1. Trap team
2. Spyro's Adventure
3. Giants.
4. Swap Force

Swap force is last well i was so excited when i got the game but once i played it on the wii i couldn't help but be like: "WHENS SKYLANDERS 4 COMING OUT. THIS QUALITY STINKS!!!" Thats why i switched to Xbox 360. Even Trap team on the wii isn't great

1. Giants
2. Swap Force
3. Trap Team
4. Spyro's Adventure

1. Trap Team
2. Giants
3. Swap Force
4. Spyro's Adventure

Ah, that's a toughie.

I like all of them, even swap force, despite its difference to the series it has likable things too..

1.Trap Team
2.Giants
3. Spyro's Adventure
4.Swap Force ( I still liked it though..)

And Including the rest...

1.Trap Team (funny, fun, and... feels like a fresh new start, but also has HUGE things left out, but makes up for it barely with the villains)
2.Giants ( with giants, and extra content that unlike swap force, was fun, and Heroics was best, and skippable/funny dialogue)
3.Spyro's Adventure ( much fun, )
4.Swap Force (like I said, its fun, but too bland and looked the same, but had lots of content too, but Swap Zones/mini games were annoying)
5.Universe (they should have never ended this...)
6.Lost Islands ( i know its a copy of all the "city builder" games but its fun!)
7.Battlegrounds (fun but repetitive)
8.Cloud Patrol ( better than I thought)
9.Collection Vault ( missing lots, and seems slow, and, well, ya know... not much to say really,)

1)Swap Force
(Lost Islands. I'm a freak. What can I say)
2)Giants
3)Trap Team
4)Spyro's Adventure

Here are my ratings.

1. Swap Force (Collecting enough treasure for upgrades is harder and not much stages for PVP battle mode, but plenty of levels and mini games to keep you busy and you can finally jump for the first time. )

2. Giants (Using the Giants is awesome, almost all of my favorite skylanders are back in reposed figures and you can watch your all your favorite cutscenes again and again. )

3. Spyro's Adventure (Can only use the original skylanders here, but it's the best place to get the most treasure for upgrades. Plus every single level in there is awesome.)

4. Trap Team (Can play as villians and stuff, but barely any reposed skylanders, no PVP battle and elemental gates can only be opened by Trap masters. )

I haven't played Trap team yet, so this maybe liable to change.

1. Spyro's Adventure
2. Giants
3. Trap Team
4. Swap Force

I have them on the Wii, which probably gives me a different perspective, but....

1) Spyro's Adventure
2) Trap Team - low on content, but man is it sexy!
3) Giants
4) Swap Force - the most content, but the ugliest by far

1. Spyro's Adventure

Have not gone back to it since the newer games came out so not sure if it is objectively better than the later games, but it will always have the #1 spot just due to nostalgia.

2. Trap Team

Has jumping and also has the best character designs of all the sequels (in my opinion). Also the best gimmick of the sequels.

3. Swap Force

Earns points for jumping but the swap gimmick fell flat for me. Also was not crazy about the looooooooong levels. And character designs of most of the swappers were weaksauce.

4. Giants

No jumping, Giants were slow and clunky, leveling and upgrading took too long.

1. SSA (no gimmick characters, right balance of # of levels, variety, level size, lots of extra content from Heroics, almost every character was unique and interesting)
2. Trap Team (villain gimmick is best one by far, level balance and variety is GREAT, but lacking in extra content, kinda buggy, and forced Trap Masters sucks)
3. Swap Force (best combat physics, tons of extra content, but levels too long and same-y, crappy art style, dull character designs, forced gimmick character purchases)
4. Giants (gimmick characters not very fun, levels too long, too few, and too many turret sections, worst Hub in the series, not many likable new characters)

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1. Spyro's Adventure

Have not gone back to it since the newer games came out so not sure if it is objectively better than the later games, but it will always have the #1 spot just due to nostalgia.

2. Trap Team

Has jumping and also has the best character designs of all the sequels (in my opinion). Also the best gimmick of the sequels.

3. Swap Force

Earns points for jumping but the swap gimmick fell flat for me. Also was not crazy about the looooooooong levels. And character designs of most of the swappers were weaksauce.

4. Giants

No jumping, Giants were slow and clunky, leveling and upgrading took too long.

Exactly what I was thinking except Giants is still above SF for me ( most likely because I played on the Wii It didn't increase my opinion of the game)

Console
1.Swap Force
2.Giants
3.Spyro's Adventure
4.Trap Team

3DS
1.Trap Team
2.Swap Force
3.Spyro's Adventure
4.Giants

1: Skylanders Spyro's Adventure: Fresh and new, nice level design, appealing and figures were good.
2: Skylanders Trap Team: Love the traps "gimmick" and it feels much more fun to play than the others apart from SSA.
3: Skylanders Giants: I liked it, but it just felt a bit off for me. Although I liked the Ring Out mode in PvP.
4: Skylanders Swap Force: Also liked it, but it felt a bit boring to play through and had less appeal.

1) Trap Team
2) Giants
3) Spyro's Adventure
4) Swap Force

1) SF
2) SSA
3) TT
4) Giants


I still LOVE all three games.

1) Spyro's Adventure - fantastic story, lots of chapters that were a manageable length, lots to find on each chapter. Great variety of settings.
2) Giants - didn't like the Giants themselves, thought that was poorly thought out but the chapters were entertaining.
3) Trap Team - the variety in the chapters is excellent. Story is not strong but it's still very enjoyable to play.
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4) Swap Force - weak story, annoying dialogue that can't be skipped, ridiculously long chapters that would have been ideal if cut in half.

I still go back and play SA and Giants from time to time. I can't get motivated to play Swap Force anymore.

Also I am ranking this on actual game play/chapters/story line etc. Not on the gimmicks or characters themselves. Swap Force does have some good figures and obviously I thought Kaos's mum was great as were some of the other villains and characters, I just didn't like the game play.

SF
TT
SA
SG

1 Swap force - best looking graphics, longer levels more content and every skylander up to that point is still useful

2 Giants- great reposes, giants are fun

3 SSA - good story, bad graphics and bad sound tracks

4 Trap team - have not used it much yet but have not found anything i like yet.

For me I'd say this

1.Trap Team - Love the villain concept, villains and the new characters this game had and the innovation was quite clever actually. Skylanders Academy is the best hub world and the minis becoming Skylanders from the academy is one of the best explanations I've seen in a long time in any franchise.

2.Spyro's Adventure - Original and started this phenomena to begin with so must be highly respected just for that. Even the beginning of a new gaming innovation and that's saying something really big for the gaming industry.

3.Swap Force - While I did like the idea, the innovation here was not extremely eye catching and the game did have a lot of annoying things going on with unskippable cutscenes and annoying looped dialogue. Still fun otherwise and without these flaws it would have made it higher for me.

4.Giants - I'm sorry, but while the game isn't bad by any means, it just didn't seem all that new or innovative at the time. Having Giants is not really an advancement for the game and not too many memorable stages for me. It's sadly the only game I felt that I just wanted to get it over with. Also the Dread Yacht was an underwhelming hub world.

1-SSA
2-STT
3-SG
4-SSF

Trap Team
Spyro's Adventure
SWAP Force
Giants

Quote: Snap Shot

SF
TT
SA
SG

On second thought

TT
SF
SA
SG

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.
Skylanders: Trap Team.
Skylanders: Giants.
Skylanders: Swap Force.

I'll rate the 3DS games when I get the 3DS version of Trap Team soon.

1. Spyro's Adventure
2. Swap Force
3. Trap Team
4. Giants

Swap force was awesome! STop hating on it

Interesting to note, based on these results so far ...

Across the board, on average, Spyro's Adventure is still the most beloved Skylanders game. Hard to say if that's a function of nostalgia/reverence, or if the game was just THAT good. Maybe both?

Trap Team is the only sequel that comes close to being as favored as the original Spyro's Adventure. Maybe that's a function of the "newness" of the game at this point? Or maybe it's just that much better than Giants or Swap Force.

Swap Force is definitely the most polarizing game out of the four. I guess that makes sense, since it was primarily developed by a different studio than the other three, and has a distinctly different "feel". Most people either listed Swap Force as "#1" or "#4" ... very few "2's" or "3's". You either loved Swap Force, or you really didn't like it.

Overall, despite having some fans that loved it, Swap Force is the least likeable Skylanders game overall. It's not too far behind Giants, however.

SSA
SF
SG
TT