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My thoughts on the Crush trailer:

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I do have some personal criticism regarding the arena, though.
I get that TfB probably wanted to make it different from Gulp’s (and possibly Ripto’s) and make it feel more unique, but I think the new sewer-like look made it lose the dangerous aspect (is Spyro just gonna drown in the water, if he touches it?) and also its connection with Summer Forest’s architecture.
It’s a very cool arena... But I think it doesn’t fit there.

Kinda reminds me of Ineptune’s Lair.

Hmmm!

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I do agree with you to an extent! I still think the arena does look dangerous because of the toxic sewer water ... but at the same time I completely agree that it feel a little out of place. Why is there a toxic sewer below the castle?
I love the design, but why?

Why is there a toxic sewer below the castle?

My dude, it's a dungeon.

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I don't know if you know this, but dungeons usually don't look as pretty as the outside of the actual castle. It never made sense for it to look the way it did in the original, whereas it makes more sense the way it looks now.

It's only "out of place" because you're acting like it should look the exact same on the inside as it does on the outside, which doesn't make sense. Gulp's Overlook is different because it isn't a dungeon or anything of the sort.

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It definitely makes more sense now under a lot of points of view, and as Bolt said they even found a way to justify the platforms by turning them into some kind of sewer grates.
That being said I personally don’t like it because it’s waaaaay too different from the original and doesn’t triggers the nostalgia effect unlike the other levels.

It definitely is’t as much of a “problem” as with Beast Makers, since I most likely won’t spend as much time fighting Crush as I will in that Homeworld, but it’s still something which makes me say “this is absolutely Crush’s Dungeon... But doesn’t feel like it”.
Which is totally fine since many other people probably think the same about other aspects.

All of that being said, I do get that it looks more like a dungeon than it did before but we are talking about some of the most creative and fantastic games around; why limit ourselves to what is obvious? Buzz’s Dungeon doesn’t look like a moldy prison either, does this mean we should expect its amazing aesthetic to be scrapped in favor of a “blander” and more predictable one?
An underground arena surrounded by lava can be a dungeon, if the creators decide so.
Never felt like Spyro aimed at realism to begin with.

I just want a cutscene fbetween Spyro and The Sorceress since she's the villain of Spyro 3 and also she's the last boss of the classic trilogy...
It seems the ending phase of Spyro 3 was rushed at one point during development (you can enter into the secret level in the Cowboy world with a glitch but they confirmed it was scrapped but still in game, Midnight Mountain secret island with three bottles, etc...)

Yes! Hunter was so fun in A Hero's Tail.

• The textbox has changed
  
• The HUD is now red instead of blue.
  

This is the third HUD color that we've seen in the 2nd game. Blue in most footage, purple in some short Colossus/Glimmer footage, and red in this one. I'd be surprised if we can't customize it.

I have to admit I don’t remember the purple HUD (I do remember the purple gem in some Gateway to Glimmer’s footage if that’s what you are referring to), but yeah, I think there’ll definitely be some form of customization.

Some people suggested the HUD dinamically changing according to the level, but I strongly doubt it’s the case based on what we’ve seen so far.

Wait, since when were there other posts of Zephyr?

^You may want to put that video in spoiler tags.

Quote: Drek95

I have to admit I don’t remember the purple HUD (I do remember the purple gem in some Gateway to Glimmer’s footage if that’s what you are referring to), but yeah, I think there’ll definitely be some form of customization.

Some people suggested the HUD dinamically changing according to the level, but I strongly doubt it’s the case based on what we’ve seen so far.

Compare the initial gameplay of Colossus with the gameplay from this video (just be wary that the second video has spoilers). It's interesting to note that the Sunny Villa footage in that video has the same purple textbox as well.

I personally believe a dynamic HUD might be a little out there, but then again you probably could've said the same about dynamic music a few months ago.

Wow, you are right!
I did see that footage once but absolutely didn’t pay attention to the purple textbox; the fact it wasn’t shown anywhere else seems to be yet another indication of a customizable interface, since the footage doesn’t look outdated.
I do believe those kind of changes don’t require much time, so maybe what we’ve seen over the past months was actually done in merely a few days.

Regarding the dynamic music, with Skylanders using it and considering how open the original three ganes are it wasn’t that much of a far fetched idea, but the possibility to select the original soundtrack as well...?
Now that’s something I wouldn’t have imagined even in my wildest dreams!

That being said I got your point, it could still be a possibility.

im kinda confused why you all use spoilers, people should know going into this topic about spoilers shouldnt they?

im kinda confused why you all use spoilers, people should know going into this topic about spoilers shouldnt they?