Why the hate on Spyro 4?

[jeremyTH]

Why do people hate Spyro 4?
First off it continues the storyline:
Spyro 1.Spyro is a pretty young dragon who defeats the evil Gnasty Gnorc.
Spyro 2.Spyro travels to Dragon Shores but accidently lands in Avalar and meets:Elora,Hunter,Zoe, and the Profeser.And he "defeats" Ripto.
Spyro 3.It's the year of the dragon.The dragon eggs have arrived. Bianca and several rynocs steal the eggs. Spyro gets the eggs back and defeats the Scorceress.
Spyro 4.The Eggs have hatched and now the baby dragons get their dragonflies.Ripto returns and scatters the dragonflies.Spyro gets the dragonflies and defeats Ripto again.

Ok that was the Spyro series in a nutshell.Spyro 5 doesn't have anything to do with the storyline! People have always hated Spyro 4.Why?Please,seriously I need to know why everyone hates Spyro 4. I can see why people hate Spyro 5*Cough* Ember *Cough*

Also I have played all of the Spyro games except the new Spyro 3.

 

[James Raynor]

No, just stop.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I didn't even know there were that many Spyro games...

 

[Dr Pussymagnet]

Wait, Ripto comes back? Now I'm definitly not playing Spyro 4.

 

[Zer_]

Who's Spyro?

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

Because Spyro 4 was demeaning, childish (now that we're all grown up), no where near as good as the PlayStation classics in terms of fun or storyline, contained re-used plot devices, and it just sort of...wore out I guess.

EDIT: Also, Elijah Wood. Nuff Said.

 

[Raven28256]

Because Spyro 4 was the first one not made by Insomniac.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Is... Is this a joke?
Or is there something about the mindset of people that have these thoughts of presumed hatred for something that has them always word it as "why all the hate?"

Wasn't Spyro 4 the first one to be on ps2? I think the thing that bothered me about it the most was the insanely long loading times.
Other than that it was pretty good (at the time), I can't see any reason for actual hatred.

What I would have preferred to see was a thread titled "Why all the uncaring indifference towards Spyro 4?"

 

[Raven28256]

Is... Is this a joke?
Or is there something about the mindset of people that have these thoughts of presumed hatred for something that has them always word it as "why all the hate?"

Wasn't Spyro 4 the first one to be on ps2? I think the thing that bothered me about it the most was the insanely long loading times.
Other than that it was pretty good (at the time), I can't see any reason for actual hatred.

What I would have preferred to see was a thread titled "Why all the uncaring indifference towards Spyro 4?"

Well, Spyro 4 got the worst ratings and reviews out of all the Spyro games, and most fans say it is the worst in a series that has gotten worse and worse after Insomniac left. The reasons stated are usually that the new development team deviated too far from what made the Spyro games by Insomniac so good. They removed the world portals and made various other changes that made it feel...different, in a bad way. It was also loaded with glitches and bugs, and the mentioned long loading times.

 

[Bob_F_It]

I played Spyro 4, and I hate it because the plot was non-existant, it takes yonks to load, and the the levels fail to number in double digits.
Well, hate's a strong word. It was just such a leap backwards from what the series had been.

 

[D_987]

Syro one and two were great games, they were fun, exciting and something new - now they've changed it significantly, and kinda ruined it - but its really the same game over and over, just without the charm the originals had.

 

[The Lyre]

Please,seriously I need to know why everyone hates Spyro 4.

Go. Outside. NOW.

I don't care in the slightest about Spyro, or any of his shenanigans, but I can tell you I truly hate these threads.

I see less infuriating threads on 4Chan, for crying out loud.

 

[CannotComply]

I'm can't exactly place my finger on what I really disliked about the game.
Though in my opinion they should've kept the original graphic style from the first 3 games, number 4's art style was just... strange.
Plus I found Spyro a bit awkward to control, he didn't handle as fluently as the first games.
Oh and also those dragonflies were just annoying to catch mainly due to the poor hit detection of the bubble breath.
I distinctly remember that you also got nothing for beating Ripto at the end, in the other games you always got something for completing it 100% but there was nothing in the 4th game.

Before I can give some better reasons about what I thought was wrong about it I'll have to replay it, havn't touched it in years...

 

[Mullahgrrl]

Wait, thay made a sequel?

 

[axia777]

No, just stop.

+++++++

 

[Eternal_Rapture]

Spyro died after 2. Or maybe 1. I cant remember.

But mostly to say my point, they were only fun when i was young and didn't truly know a good game from a cheap one to keep a kids attention.

 

[Jumplion]

Oh yeah, I remember the spyro games. Never actually played them except for a GBA game that I never beat and a demo for it on a Playstation Underground disk or something, but that cute pink dragon brings back some memories atleast.

Wait, there was a 4th Spyro? Spyro had a continuing story? It was a, ermmm, "quad-rilogy"?

 

[Raven28256]

Wait, there was a 4th Spyro? Spyro had a continuing story? It was a, ermmm, "quad-rilogy"?

More than that. They had a fifth game, then started a "prequel" trilogy called "The Legend of Spyro." Of course, they realized that it was bollocks as a prequel, so it was rewritten as a separate, alternate universe instead.

Then they made like seven or eight hand held games...

So yeah, they milked that series to high heaven. Insomniac stopped and left the series after the third game because they were out of ideas...Then new developers took over and raped what was once a solid platformer.

 

[Eternal_Rapture]

Wait, there was a 4th Spyro? Spyro had a continuing story? It was a, ermmm, "quad-rilogy"?

More than that. They had a fifth game, then started a "prequel" trilogy called "The Legend of Spyro." Of course, they realized that it was bollocks as a prequel, so it was rewritten as a separate, alternate universe instead.

Then they made like seven or eight hand held games...

So yeah, they milked that series to high heaven. Insomniac stopped and left the series after the third game because they were out of ideas...Then new developers took over and raped what was once a solid platformer.

Insomniac seems to have a nack for milking a franchise to death.