darkSpyro

Hello everyone!

I'm a huge fan of Spyro, I have played all of them (except skylanders) and I almost own all the games.

Spyro The Dragon was a very good platformer. At the time was mindblowing because you could explore vast levels in 3D. In terms of gameplay, it was very well executed, but, it had something missing, because it was just collecting... no puzzles and something like that.

So, Insomniac decided to shake things up a bit and delivered us an amazing game. Spyro 2 was groundbreaking because it offered a lot of diversity and fun, plus the gameplay was amazing.

A year later Insomniac delivered us a 3rd game. A 3rd game is always hard to do, because you don't want to have "more of the same" (Tomb Raider... cof...cof...). So, they gived us even more variety and... more playable characters! Spyro 3 was the definitive platformer for the Sony Playstation.

Insomniac Games delivered us 3 amazing games, but, as a new console came, IG wanted to do games directly to Sony, so they moved on leaving Universal behind (who own the rights).


Universal wanted a Spyro game on the 2002's Christmas Eve, so 2 developers make Spyro: Enter the dragonfly, but the time was short and they delivered us a flawed game. By the end, the Spyro fans were disapointed and they moved on with other franchises.

In mid 2004 a new Spyro came along and that game was very cool with some inovations. But by the end of the day, nobody cared.

So, Sierra wanted a complete reboot, and with that came The Legend of Spyro Trilogy.

LoS: A new beginning was a good start. It has great graphics, good OST, good characters and some gameplay inovations. But Krome made a huge mistake, and that was... where's the platforming? 90% of the game was combat, and by the end of the day, it became a repetitive experience.
If Krome Studios had made that game with a nice balance between Platforming and action, it could have been a good game. But that didn't happen.

A year later Krome did LoS: The Eternal Night. They listened to the fans and made the 2nd game more pleasant by delivering more platforming and puzzle solving. Neverless they made the game so hard that it became a frustrading experience. That's a shame, because LoS: Eternal Night is a good game.

Krome Studios was disapointed with The Eternal Night had become, so they delivered the task of making LoS climax with Étranges Libellules (but the story was made by Krome).
The french team made a fresh new experience based was Krome Studios made with LoS 1 and 2. Spyro and Cynder now can explore vast cenarios anda fly everywhere and anytime. And that's where the flaw is... the flying mecanic is so lame that became one of the lowest points of the game, and the combat moves of Spyro where more hard to perform.
It was a good game, but it could have been better.

The Legend of Spyro to me, in terms of design, was very good. I loved the new look of Spyro and the other characters. Gameplay wise, it had some good ideas (breath upgrading, combat), but in general was uninspired.

What do you think about the entire series?

Firstly, welcome seeing as you've just joined.

My opinion of the Spyro games I have played.

Spyro 2 RR: overall a very good and fun game, no doubt about that. Even despite this I just can't have fun with the game for more than a couple hours at a time. It's just not my kinda game, so to speak.

TLoS ANB: A highly entertaining game that I can have fun with for many hours at a time. This is my kind of game, my favorite type of game. However it isn't perfect, mainly, it's far too short. My 2nd favorite Spyro game.

TLoS TEN: This game is absolutely brilliant, it is virtually perfect. Everything in this game was done amazingly and it was a moderate challenge which I highly approve of. I can find myself playing this game for 6+ hours nonstop without even realizing it because I have so much fun.

TLoS DotD: Another great game in the LoS series but not nearly as good as the first 2. I can play this game for about 4 hours without getting bored but it doesn't last. This is not the great game I was expecting the series to end with.


This is entirely based on how much enjoyment I get out of playing the games.

tl:dr TLoS > Spyro 2
TEN > ANB > DotD > Spyro 2.

In TLoS trilogy my favourite is The Eternal Night, mainly because it had good combat and platforming. The only thing I didn't like was the dificulty. It was so frustrading!!! Spyro 2 is hard, but is hard in a good way... it is challeging. TLoS The Eternal Night is just frustrading...

^I have to agree with TEN being too hard. I didn't finish it until after DotD came out. Now I can do it in 4 hours though. Spyro 2 was frustrating in many parts too just like TEN, imo.