Quote: Cynder_Rox...Cynder? Yuck, I hate her in DotD. Not only is she seeming like a Mary-Sue, but she is horribly cliche along with the rest of the story. I still like her from the previous games, and in some well written fan-fics where they made her exciting and definitly not bland and boring.
She is so predictable, preppy, and the opposite of how I wanted her to be. Her character development had nothin'. Now that I look back at it, all the characters had pretty poor character development. The whole story could have been writin' better, and not have just been a smorgishborg of the worlds top hundred movies. Nothing said "Wow, this very original and very Spyro." It screamed at me more: "Lord of the rings! Harry Potter!" And so many more...
Another thing that pleaded to me was how dinky the enviorments were. Sure they look gorgeous at first, and send a tingle in your spine telling you "hours and hours of fun" but I think I needed my spine to be checked. The enviourments were so small and scrunched together it wasn't a challenge at all to find all the crystals or armour. Took me only a few minutes to finish "Twilight Falls." Everything in this game wasn't very challenging.
I still enjoy this game, though. I have to say EL did amazing graphics, and the puzzels were enjoyable. Nothing compared to "Zelda" but still fun. Another thing that I loved was the combat and flying. Whereas the combat get a little boring after a while, the flying still captures me. Soaring through the trees was magnifiscent, even though it still had some annoying flaws.
One more thing I would like to aknowledge is the music. Where it was still reused, it was still beautiful. They could have created more pieces, but afterall DotD was made only in one year.
And so that wraps it up. I still think this game is enjoyable, and great for younger children, but just something I can't really sink my teeth into. I will probably replay this game, for me being a Spyro fan afterall.
OMG... have you ever heard about being 'carried away'?
LOL i asked about Cynder, and i get a hole interview about DOTD!
About Cynder:
Like i said before, i think she's just hiding her feelings.
And i have no idea what a 'Mary-Sue' is.
And i agree when you say she didn't fit perfectly into the story, but i still like her.
About DOTD:
I agree.
And it took me 15 hours to complet the hole game.