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why is the file size so big? Compare it to shadow of the colossus on ps4 which is only 14GB. Seriously why can't modern devs file compress?


also the dream weavers dragons look really noice

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Some other small things of note from the video footage:

• "Thank You For Releasing Me" dragons are definitely still very much there and unaltered.
  

Meeeh....

TFB did mention that they're not changing the script much.

Could the developers at least update that Tomb Raider parody in Spyro 3 with Gus changed into a woman named Pam and her friend Tara is less busty and more injured, a few bandages and breathing heavily akin to the modern Lara Croft?

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Meeeh....

TFB did mention that they're not changing the script much.

Could the developers at least update that Tomb Raider parody in Spyro 3 with Gus changed into a woman named Pam and her friend Tara is less busty and more injured, a few bandages and breathing heavily akin to the modern Lara Croft?

wtf don't insert ur fantasies into a children's video game

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the full range reveal and pre-orders will be live in ONE WEEK-ONE WEEK PEOPLE LET'S GOOOO

Where did you hear about this?

One of the official Spyro sources tweeted it on twitter but I can't remember who; I found it when I scrolled through one of the links posted here

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Some other small things of note from the video footage:

• "Thank You For Releasing Me" dragons are definitely still very much there and unaltered.
  

Meeeh....

Thank you for releasing me!

This screenshot makes up for how scary those devil dogs look lol

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Just posted this in the Activision d*ck move thread, but I figured it's worth posting here as well:

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Welp. Bad news for anyone hoping this is just a patch.

https://i.redd.it/bnmelsd30qe11.jpg

This is the official German case's back and the translation of the info is: "Games 2 AND 3 need to be downloaded from the internet. Contains: 1 disc with game 1 and instructions for digital download for games 2 and 3"

It furthermore says that you need at least 50 GB of memory to do the download.

Still not sure why they're doing this. Apparently a BDLX Blu-ray disc can hold 100+ GB easily, so unless consoles can't read those specific types of Blu-rays, I doubt memory is the problem (not to mention that they also could have just included multiple discs to solve that problem). Right now I'm inclined to believe it's because TfB couldn't roll out all the stuff for Spyros 2/3 before the disks were made. More pessimistically, part of the motivation really could be to kill off the secondhand market years down the line after the downloads disappear.

EDIT: Amazon Germany page showing the back of the box in case anyone was wondering about the legitimacy of this image.
https://www.amazon.de/Spyro-Re.../dp/B07BZ8SZ51/

I saw one thing that caught my eye, SNAZARU Games. How in the heck were THEY involved?

I'm backing away from the updates now... From what I've seen, Dark Passage is looking great! But we're also getting into Spyro 3 territory, which I've never played. I wanted to go into that one blind.

I don't have an Xbox or Playstation so playing Spyro in September (or 2018) is not gonna happen. But I can't wait to play it eventually! So, if anyone cares, that's Yelvy out for now.

Enjoy the game, everyone!

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I'm backing away from the updates now... From what I've seen, Dark Passage is looking great! But we're also getting into Spyro 3 territory, which I've never played. I wanted to go into that one blind.

I don't have an Xbox or Playstation so playing Spyro in September (or 2018) is not gonna happen. But I can't wait to play it eventually! So, if anyone cares, that's Yelvy out for now.

Enjoy the game, everyone!

Godspeed, friend, and may you evade the Spyro 3 spoilers!

The screenshot of Spyro on his skateboard is so precious. Year of the Dragon has been one of my favorite games just for the skateboarding minigames.

Also, my brother is letting me play the game on his Xbox One so I can actually play this in September, so I'm excited again yay.

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Some other small things of note from the video footage:

• "Thank You For Releasing Me" dragons are definitely still very much there and unaltered.
  

Meeeh....

Thank you for releasing me!

It was me a pleasure!

ugh I'm honestly conflicted on whether I should cancel physical and go for the download. I heard that 2 and 3 are considered an 'update' and that they can go away in years to come when the update servers go offline? Not sure if thats the same for going full digital though. But in all honestly the reason I go physical is so I can make sure I can keep the game forever lol. Spyro 3 is my favourite out of the trilogy and its the one I want to keep lol, not the first one.

I'm hoping that the the update is more an update patch rather than actually downloading the full game. Like the patch being the last 6 or so weeks that TFB have worked on the last two games. >.>

I decided to not “spoil” myself the first game anymore, as I feel I’ve already seen enough from it, but I still want to give my impression on what I’ve seen of Dark Passage:

- the angered Devil Dogs are outstanding.
They captured them perfectly and managed to somehow make them goofy other than frightening;
- can’t say the same for their regular form: probably the first reinterpretation I genuinely don’t like at all.
They look absolutely nothing like their original versions, lost the cuteness factor and frankly don’t even fit the artistic direction.
It’s a big pity considering they nailed the Armored Turtles in both forms.
- only seen one Elder, Obasi, and while I’m not a super fan of his look I do find him fitting both for the level and the World.
Was expecting something more mystical, though.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you know how people are opting out of the physical game because 2/3 of the game will be digital and they worry that the files will be lost when the servers shut down one day? Well, if you go full digital instead, won't you be losing the entire game now, instead of at least having one?

( Me? I'm going down the street at 9 am and buying the physical game as soon as the shop opens lol ;p )

To be honest the reason I'm going digital is because I've decided that I will probably wait on the physical for a later copy that has all three on it. It means I'm buying the game again twice but eh. I will do it for Spyro. >.>

I do worry about how well Spyro will sell now, because a lot of people are now cancelling the pre-order and going as far as to not even buy the game. Problem with Activision tho is that they will probably see this as a sign that Spyro doesn't sell and won't go with making 4 instead of realizing that its because of their terrible marketing.

Ah I've seen it all over the place so assumed it was more than just a minority >.>

I do feel that the 'minority' would still take up at least a third of the sales, which still seems like a lot to me.

Ah okay. I guess that's a relief to hear aha.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you know how people are opting out of the physical game because 2/3 of the game will be digital and they worry that the files will be lost when the servers shut down one day? Well, if you go full digital instead, won't you be losing the entire game now, instead of at least having one?

( Me? I'm going down the street at 9 am and buying the physical game as soon as the shop opens lol ;p )

That's a valid point, but part of the reasoning behind people opting out of physical is since you're not -really- getting a full product out of the box, which I can understand. And besides, no matter which way you go, there's a risk of loss...but that risk wouldn't exist if the physical copy had all 3 games on it in the first place. It's a matter of principle, I guess.

I also really don't think the cancelled preorders and boycotts are going to be enough to cause alarm for sales of the game. Quite frankly, the number of people who have no/bad internet and can't play the trilogy is probably a very negligible number in terms of sales. And the people who are extremely passionate about this issue in the fanbase are a vocal minority...and even then most of them are still getting the game anyway.

Remember, also, that there's going to be a lot of people buying this game who aren't diehard Spyro fans, and aren't even diehard gamers. People like parents, who just happen to see the game in a store and think it might be fun for their child. Those people don't keep up with gaming news and will likely have never even heard of this download debacle when they buy the game. Do not discount the power of non-fans when it comes to video game sales.

Surprised no one is talking about this, or am I being blind? Surprised that dark52 hasn't put it on the front of the website actually - a whole new level all the way through is a pretty big deal to me.

It was posted on the Achievement Hunter site for subscribed users yesterday. People grabbed some screenshots and footage of it. They just put it up on Youtube officially today.

Regarding the download controversy (a bit sick of using this term for the game, by the way), I think I might have an answer to why Activision chose to handle it this way in the first place.
This doesn’t mean they went with the best possible solution, if I’m right, but at least explains the situation.

I don’t think having just the first game on the disc is something random: looking at how much TfB listened to criticism and adjusted their work accordingly, it’s clear they were still working very hard on Spyro the Dragon for the last few months.
The improvements shown at the panel speak for themselves.

Gateway to Glimmer and Year of the Dragon didn’t have this post/response dynamic for the same time, as the former was first shown a couple weeks ago and we only got our first look at the latter a couple days ago; yet we did saw improvements regarding various aspects by comparing Idol Springs with Colossus or Glimmer.
My idea is that TfB is still actively listening to fans’ criticism, but managed to fix some things “in advance” (considering the hypothetical age of the builds, not when they were shown) because of what they learnt from tweaking the first title.

Of course Activision wants the game to be out on the 21st of September, so while they allowed TfB to keep working on what they think could be improved they still didn’t delay the production of the physical copies.

Long story short: the game is still under development and refinement because TfB is constantly listening and understanding how to improve it thanks to the fans, but the remaining fixes and tweaks will have to be downloaded because Activision didn’t want to postpone the release.

In the end, while it’s definitely not a nice situation, it might only be just another way to show how committed the developers of this game are to the project.

personally I think they should be better communication between fans and activision, maybe they should make a PR video explaining the whole situation and answering any major fan questions

This actually make sense but it still won’t be a day 1 for me.On the other side,you are right that Toys for Bob work hard to make a great remaster but I would gave prefered a delay than this situation.

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This actually make sense but it still won’t be a day 1 for me.On the other side,you are right that Toys for Bob work hard to make a great remaster but I would gave prefered a delay than this situation.

so you are boycotting it by....buying the game? HMMMMM

I'm buying it anyway. At least I have enough gigabytes of wi-fi to download whatever amount there is for Spyro 2 and 3 for the month coming.

My early complaint about the gem count has to been fixed, so instead picking up a purple gem and go from 0 to 5, it's 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! This is gonna make the gem count to satisfying when you ram Moneybags and steal treasure from the Sorceress and Gnasty Gnorc.

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the full range reveal and pre-orders will be live in ONE WEEK-ONE WEEK PEOPLE LET'S GOOOO

Where did you hear about this?

One of the official Spyro sources tweeted it on twitter but I can't remember who; I found it when I scrolled through one of the links posted here

In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

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Where did you hear about this?

One of the official Spyro sources tweeted it on twitter but I can't remember who; I found it when I scrolled through one of the links posted here

In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

Is this https://twitter.com/NumskullDe...739889273024513 the post you were talking about? Cause this is Probably not about Spyro the game but specifically the full range of merch numskull's offering. Still neat but probably not anything about other versions.

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Where did you hear about this?

One of the official Spyro sources tweeted it on twitter but I can't remember who; I found it when I scrolled through one of the links posted here

In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

I mean, I feel like we'd already have an announcement for the Switch and PC. How would it be revealed?

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One of the official Spyro sources tweeted it on twitter but I can't remember who; I found it when I scrolled through one of the links posted here

In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

I mean, I feel like we'd already have an announcement for the Switch and PC. How would it be revealed?

Usually Nintendo announces these things during their Nintendo Directs, Smash Bros. was the recent one but it was game-focused.

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In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

I mean, I feel like we'd already have an announcement for the Switch and PC. How would it be revealed?

Usually Nintendo announces these things during their Nintendo Directs, Smash Bros. was the recent one but it was game-focused.

I do expect a normal Nintendo direct later this months, but I don't expect Reingited to be part of it.

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In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

The reveal is going to be for Numskull's line of Spyro merchandise and is very likely unrelated to any sort of game-related announcement (besides MAYBE being around the same time Year of the Dragon is officially shown off).

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In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

The reveal is going to be for Numskull's line of Spyro merchandise and is very likely unrelated to any sort of game-related announcement (besides MAYBE being around the same time Year of the Dragon is officially shown off).

I think we will get YOTD shown soon thinking about it. No doubt the merch line will contain S3 characters.

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In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

The reveal is going to be for Numskull's line of Spyro merchandise and is very likely unrelated to any sort of game-related announcement (besides MAYBE being around the same time Year of the Dragon is officially shown off).

I think we will get YOTD shown soon thinking about it. No doubt the merch line will contain S3 characters.

Absolutely agree. Not only have we already seen the Ninja Rhynoc as a backpack hanger around the time some of their merch was getting leaked, but also those Spyro 3 screenshots that were leaked a few days ago. Plus the fact that Ripto's Rage was revealed in the beginning of July (hey, a month ago today actually). We probably aren't going to see too too much of it, but still.

I'm just kinda hoping they have merch of some of the big baddies in addition to our purple boy!!

Update: The Amazon page has mysteriously removed that image of the back cover.

https://www.amazon.de/Spyro-Re...KTpL&ref=plSrch

This could mean one of three things:

One: It's a lazy, last ditch effort to try and sweep the discourse under the rug

Two: The information on that back cover is outdated, and thus not accurate in some way shape or form.

or Three: The Back Cover image was fake, as a handful of people suspected it could have been, what, with Sanzaru company randomly being slapped onto the box without anyone hearing of any sort of involvement from them, and the Spyro 3 image conveniently being the one that JUST came out and whatnot...

Ultimately: The mystery deepens >3>

It's important to note that earlier today Reignited's information was updated on the Microsoft store and it states that the game is 36.32GB. (Source) It's currently unconfirmed if this includes the update or not at the moment.

I'm worried about how many people will cancel their pre-orders because of the download controversy. And if more people cancel their pre-orders and decide not to buy the Reignited Trilogy, then that means there is a risk of getting no more Spyro games after this.

This is why I will never agree with those who cancelled their pre-orders.
One thing is having a clear and definitive answer and then acting accordingly, anyone has all the rights to do that, but “boycotting” the game because of an incomplete or inaccurate information because “aaaaa, the Root of al Evil spit on muh childhood once again” is quite laughable.

Can I vent a little bit?
I’ll spoiler myself so it isn’t too annoying.

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I'm worried about how many people will cancel their pre-orders because of the download controversy. And if more people cancel their pre-orders and decide not to buy the Reignited Trilogy, then that means there is a risk of getting no more Spyro games after this.

I'm not. You are thinking now the people who are cancelling their pre-orders are in the majority because the voice of the negative is louder than the positive.

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In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

The reveal is going to be for Numskull's line of Spyro merchandise and is very likely unrelated to any sort of game-related announcement (besides MAYBE being around the same time Year of the Dragon is officially shown off).

Speaking of Switch, I put together this little mock-up on what the box art for the Nintendo Switch version could look like.

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In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

The reveal is going to be for Numskull's line of Spyro merchandise and is very likely unrelated to any sort of game-related announcement (besides MAYBE being around the same time Year of the Dragon is officially shown off).

Speaking of Switch, I put together this little mock-up on what the box art for the Nintendo Switch version could look like.

Aaaand I nearly got a heart attack....

Merch update: First look at the TOTAKU Spyro figure

https://www.gamestop.ie/Loot/G...ollection-spyro

come onn yotd
come onnnnn yotd

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In other words, next week we can tell if the Switch and PC rumors are true or not.

The reveal is going to be for Numskull's line of Spyro merchandise and is very likely unrelated to any sort of game-related announcement (besides MAYBE being around the same time Year of the Dragon is officially shown off).

Speaking of Switch, I put together this little mock-up on what the box art for the Nintendo Switch version could look like.

I swear, we better get a Switch version soon. My PS4 is gone to **** so I can't use that and I'm not going out to buy a new one. I hope we get news of it soon, even if it is coming out next because of a year long exclusivity thing.

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The reveal is going to be for Numskull's line of Spyro merchandise and is very likely unrelated to any sort of game-related announcement (besides MAYBE being around the same time Year of the Dragon is officially shown off).

Speaking of Switch, I put together this little mock-up on what the box art for the Nintendo Switch version could look like.

I swear, we better get a Switch version soon. My PS4 is gone to **** so I can't use that and I'm not going out to buy a new one. I hope we get news of it soon, even if it is coming out next because of a year long exclusivity thing.

But it's coming to Xbox One on top of PS4 so it's not a one-year exclusive thing like Crash.

I would expect Switch and PC ports in the first half of next year.