darkSpyro

I recently bought a brand new Spyro game, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
And this game is pissing me off, cause, well, I can't seem to be able to fight the larger characters in the first level known as Glimmer. There are these big brown enemies and I charge them like 3 or 4 times and then won't die! But I got good at charging right on to them without getting hit, so I think I'm a pretty average player. I really need help; I tried everything. I tried charging, spitting rocks at them, and even flying into them! Please, anyone. If I can't figure out this crap, I'm breaking my game then selling it on Craigslist. There will be no point for me to advance in this damn game. Regards!!!

~Forwarrd101~

So you did everything but breathe fire at them? Try that.

yeah darby is right flame them

trust me I should know I can get all the way to the battle with without getting hit

I tried breathing fire, but when I do I'm scared of getting hit by them and I turn away real quick, I think I miss them. Ok, I'll try that!

Yeah, you can't kill them otherwise, because fire breath is the only way to defeat them

Big Enemies=Fire
Smaller Enemies=Fire or Charge

But I tried charging them about 5o times each. I'm pretty you you would rather get flamed on once then to be charged 50 times!

Haha, true, but no amount of charging kills the larger enemies sadly, so you've got to fire them :3

Idk man. It's is a bit risky because I can kill off Sparx (the dragonfly following me around). And if I do this I will have to use that hack where you keep collecting ladybugs for butterflies. I'd rather just keep charging them or I can try to headbash (you probably don't know what that is). I will keep trying! Thx for trying to help me! :-)

That's not a hack.. you're supposed to get the butterflies from the ladybugs. Out of curiosity, have you played a Spyro game before? If you get hit a few times and Sparx dies, it's fine. Just fire the enemy and he'll die. :3

I don't think he has... Since the introduction to the charging and flaming was made in Spyro the Dragon.

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Idk man. It's is a bit risky because I can kill off Sparx (the dragonfly following me around). And if I do this I will have to use that hack where you keep collecting ladybugs for butterflies. I'd rather just keep charging them or I can try to headbash (you probably don't know what that is). I will keep trying! Thx for trying to help me! :-)

I don't know dude, head bashing sounds too risky. Besides, you can't unlock the head bash technique until later in the game.

Just keep charging at them, it might work.

No I never played this before. Just for a day, but it is impossible for me to get past these things. And I believe it is a hack because the ladybugs keep coming back. And when I kill a purple enemy, it doesn't come back unless you reload the game! Learn to read my comments, guys!

Maybe you should've bought the first game, Spyro the Dragon and played through it, before you bought Ripto's Rage, since Ripto's Rage is the sequel to Spyro the Dragon.

And why are you afraid to flame enemies when it's obvious that you can't beat them by charging? The answer was right in front of you.

I don't want to lose a bunch of lives though! Or else I'd have to get them all again...

Seriously? If you can't beat them by charging, flame them. If you can't beat them by flaming, charge them. That's how it's done.

Don't blame the game, blame yourself for not trying..

The ladybug think isn't a hack. That's the life system.

Sparx is your life meter
Ladybugs are extra hit points.

Learn to read the game's manual or listen to the dialogue in the game.

I don't have much time for reading, I'm busy on the computer playing some other games. I'm trying to flame these guys but it is not working! Do you think that I should sell this game on Craigslist if I'm not going to play it. This game is very difficult for me, I don't think it's my thing.

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I don't have much time for reading, I'm busy on the computer playing some other games. I'm trying to flame these guys but it is not working! Do you think that I should sell this game on Craigslist if I'm not going to play it. This game is very difficult for me, I don't think it's my thing.

*faceplam* You're not trying... or you are a troll.
Flame them and they die. Itt's simple. Easy. Works everytime.
Wouldn't it make sense to know how the game works first before playing it?

Forward101, you can't beat all the enemies by just flaming them. You have to charge them too.

You're only making the game difficult because you're afraid to even try charging at enemies that can be defeated by charging. Either you're stubborn to look at the manual for directions or you're too afraid to even try the charging method, and deem the game useless just because you didn't bother trying.

Ok, I will try this. But I know that some enemies can't be flamed because I watched my brother play it and he got confused as well. I am willing to try new techniques but I doubt they will work because we all know that charging them numerous times drains health and I believe they will die easily.

If enemies can't be beaten by flame, charge them.

If enemies can't be beaten by charge, flame them.

It's that simple.

If you're having this many problems, why not search it on Youtube and see how other people do it?

You have already told me this, I don't think it will work! Then how come for the other purple enemies I can both charge and flame them? I can test this because they cannot hurt me.

Here's an alternative; just avoid them. If you really are struggling to flame these enemies then it's probably best just to go around them. You don't need defeat all the enemies to beat the level anyway.

Good luck.

This will not work because I need to defeat them so I can activate the power-up at the end of the level. I'm not dumb, so I will certainly not try this!

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This will not work because I need to defeat them so I can activate the power-up at the end of the level. I'm not dumb, so I will certainly not try this!

..... Flame them. If that don't work, charge at them. If both works, who cares? It's simple, you're just making life difficult.

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This will not work because I need to defeat them so I can activate the power-up at the end of the level. I'm not dumb, so I will certainly not try this!

....You're just afraid to even try. A young adult scared to do something on a video game.

Blame yourself, Forward, blame yourself. The game's not at fault, it's you.

I do not believe I'm getting any useful advice on this post. You guys are criticizing me and making me feel like I'm a no-good gamer. I guarantee you guys that I know a lot more about video games than you guys! I will not be told up by people like you.

We did give you advice, but you keep saying that it will not work and afraid to try it out yourself, when it had worked for many other players who had played Ripto's Rage long before you have.

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This will not work because I need to defeat them so I can activate the power-up at the end of the level. I'm not dumb, so I will certainly not try this!

Looks like you just have to man up and press the circle button.

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I do not believe I'm getting any useful advice on this post. You guys are criticizing me and making me feel like I'm a no-good gamer. I guarantee you guys that I know a lot more about video games than you guys! I will not be told up by people like you.

If you know more than us you would have realized the obvious...
Come on is it really scary to lose lives?

Jeeze, you guys are jerks.

Forwarrd101, here's what I do/did with larger enemies that scared me:

Approach the enemy a bit slowly and wait for him to make his attack (usually he will do it when you're just barely out of range so you won't get hit). The minute he lifts his weapon, run closer and flame him.

You can't kill big enemies with a charge, you will always have to flame them. Just watch what they do and learn their attack patterns and that will help. Once you learn their tricks, the big guys are easy to handle.

We're trying to help you, but you're making it difficult. Try to flame them. I promise you it'll work.

And we weren't being jerks? Some members were getting frustrated because we're trying to explain and help him out, but he won't take our advice we offer. :3

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Jeeze, you guys are jerks.

Forwarrd101, here's what I do/did with larger enemies that scared me:

Approach the enemy a bit slowly and wait for him to make his attack (usually he will do it when you're just barely out of range so you won't get hit). The minute he lifts his weapon, run closer and flame him.

You can't kill big enemies with a charge, you will always have to flame them. Just watch what they do and learn their attack patterns and that will help. Once you learn their tricks, the big guys are easy to handle.

How are we jerks for explaning a simple process?

Here's how I flame my large enemies to kill them: Don't walk up and stop walking to flame. Just keep walking, and press circle. The Large enemies are slow, and chances of them hitting you while you walk straight up to them to flame is 3 to 50. You're gonna have to get used to flaming for the bosses. ^-^ Plus, if they do hit you, don't run- Flame as soon as Spyro gets up, and you should be fine.

Welcome to the world of gaming!

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Jeeze, you guys are jerks.

Forwarrd101, here's what I do/did with larger enemies that scared me:

Approach the enemy a bit slowly and wait for him to make his attack (usually he will do it when you're just barely out of range so you won't get hit). The minute he lifts his weapon, run closer and flame him.

You can't kill big enemies with a charge, you will always have to flame them. Just watch what they do and learn their attack patterns and that will help. Once you learn their tricks, the big guys are easy to handle.

Thank you man! It finally worked! But I see this ladder and stupid Spyro won't climb.. why would they put a ladder here if you can't even climb? I find that strange.

Yes, just flame them. If you can't just try to stay away from them... They aren't exactly necessary.

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Jeeze, you guys are jerks.

Forwarrd101, here's what I do/did with larger enemies that scared me:

Approach the enemy a bit slowly and wait for him to make his attack (usually he will do it when you're just barely out of range so you won't get hit). The minute he lifts his weapon, run closer and flame him.

You can't kill big enemies with a charge, you will always have to flame them. Just watch what they do and learn their attack patterns and that will help. Once you learn their tricks, the big guys are easy to handle.

Thank you man! It finally worked! But I see this ladder and stupid Spyro won't climb.. why would they put a ladder here if you can't even climb? I find that strange.

It's an ability you learn later on in the game.

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Jeeze, you guys are jerks.

Forwarrd101, here's what I do/did with larger enemies that scared me:

Approach the enemy a bit slowly and wait for him to make his attack (usually he will do it when you're just barely out of range so you won't get hit). The minute he lifts his weapon, run closer and flame him.

You can't kill big enemies with a charge, you will always have to flame them. Just watch what they do and learn their attack patterns and that will help. Once you learn their tricks, the big guys are easy to handle.

Thank you man! It finally worked! But I see this ladder and stupid Spyro won't climb.. why would they put a ladder here if you can't even climb? I find that strange.

It's an ability you learn later on in the game.

I doubt that, man. Because why else would they have the ladder in the first level? Maybe I have to talk to Money Bags and get it from him. Thx for trying to help though!

you learn it later on and come back to that session of the game.

You have to get the Climbing ability in order to climb the ladder, FForward. And it's obtained later in the game. Sorry, but that's how it goes.

Oh, well that really stinks if you guys are all correct. Does anyone know a code I could punch in order to climb right now? I don't want to resort to cheating, but it seems like that's how you guys want me to do it!

from what i know there isnt any cheats.

Yes there are cheats to gain abilities without progressing through all the levels but there is no reason to resort to cheat codes.

I know it sucks but you can only learn to climb once you reach the second home world, meaning you won't be able to fully complete this level at this point in time.

You just have to come back to the level once you have learned how to climb from Moneybags. I guess the developers wanted the players to play through there levels more than once to make it last longer.

Yes, I use the cheatcodes that gives you all abilities! That way you don't have to pay moneybags. And actually, if you know how to double jump (X and then [], I think) you can skip Moneybags almost every time!

BTW: Shouldn't this be in the GtG section?

//www.darkspyro.net/glimmer/info/

Uhh, yeah.

Ok, I am stuck in Idol Springs. What are all these stars at the end? I am epically confused and refuse to either leave the level nor quit the game until I complete this level (if possible).

It's fun to figure the puzzles out for yourself sometimes. Even if it takes forever and is frustrating, the satisfaction of having solved the puzzle without help from the internet is half the fun. Try and explore a little more and if you're still lost and frustrated, then come back and ask. Trust me, it'll make the game a lot more fun. :)

And remember, there's no need to figure everything out the first time around; you can always go back to any level later.

I'm extremely frustrated. Can some kind-hearted soul please help me?