Spyro the Dragon

[sabercrusader]

Not my first games but probably the first ones that I really got into. The first three were amazing even though I only beat the third one. I remember I was close to beating the first and I was probably about three-fourths through the second but I always got stuck. Now I am regretting giving thoose game to my younger cousin for his birthday when he got a PS1.
Sadface

 

[EHKOS]

I liked the first one, then they added hunter and I didn't like it so much. The controls were shit though.

 

[aLivingPheonix]

I LOVE them. Through all the crap games I waded through as a child, the first three Spyro games were a beacon of excellence, humour, and great gameplay. I bought a PS2 for the sole purpose of re-playing them.

 

[Dr. Paine]

They were fun platforming games. I have more fond memories of Spyro than I do the original Crash Bandicoot games. Been thinking about grabbing one of the newer Spyro games...

No, no, NO! Dude, DON'T. Just don't. Trust me.

Insomniac sold the franchise to Universal after the third game, so any later ones were produced by lazy incompetents whose only priority was to make a quick buck. The resulting games are so INCREDIBLY bad that some who have played them, altogether refuse to acknowledge their existence.

Personally, I say they have NO legitimate connection WHATSOEVER to the purple dragon we all know and love.

I know they didn't get the best reviews, but I hear the newest one is actually pretty good.

I tried the first game in the new series ("Legend of Spyro: A new beginning"), and while it IS a signifigant improvement over Universal's previous efforts, I still say it falls through.

The graphics are impressive, the controls are tight and the dialogue is great - but the gameplay itself is as repetitive as it gets. ALL you do is fight off endless waves of enemies, proceed to the next area, and fight off more enemies. After a few levels, the sheer boredom hit me like a jackhammer. Much as I wanted to see the next cutscene, I quite simply COULDN'T keep playing the damned thing.

Your taste in games is likely to be at least SOMEWHAT different from mine, so if you figure you can live with a product of the "Pretty world, cookie-cutter gameplay" - school of game development, you should certainly give the "Legend"-series a try.

However, I think you will find that the only way to truly bring back those fond memories of Spyro the Dragon, is to play through the original PS1 trilogy one more time. Always works for me.

Glad to finally see someone who isn't just saying 'it's new so it sucks', I've seen too many people who say it's an insult to the series without giving a single reason why. You do need to have a certain tolerance for the gameplay, but I didn't find it any more repetitive than in the original series. If anything, you get more options if you take the time to work various combos and such.

But then you remember it has Gary Oldman as a dragon.

 

[omega 616]

Hate it, bad controls, annoying levels, really repetitive and boring story.

I have no love for this game, too much frustration.

Crash was the original and the best. The noise the mask makes is awesome, sounds like "ooh, ya bugger!"

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Surprisingly funny games. Great platformers. Played them again a few weeks ago and was shocked at how easy the damn game was.

The first three are the only three and they are fantastic.

Oh, come on. Enter the Dragonfly wasn't too bad. Everything after it was shit, though.