Now, this isn’t a complaint as frankly it is more likely than not that I’m just better than when I originally played them when I was about 8 years old. Sheila, the Kangaroo and other characters just felt incredibly stiff compared to the purple dragon and their movements felt a little more robotic during moments where you had to play as them.Įach game as a whole also flew by this time around as I not only completed each game, but perfected each game in roughly seven and a half hours. The same, however, couldn’t really be said for the other characters players play as in Year of the Dragon. Oddly enough, I felt like I had better control of him this time around even when I had the speed power-up and had to run through obstacles like I was The Flash.

This is because of how Toys for Bob approach remastering the controls of Spyro by just fine-tuning them slightly without try to completely reinvent them. Gliding over lush grasslands, swimming through the underwater level of Aquaria Towers, and even head-butting and breathing fire at every enemy in sight feels incredibly new all of over again. Just being back in the original three games would be a treat in itself, but Toys for Bob truly giving these games the updates they deserve. The Spyro Reignited Trilogy brings players back to the dragon’s original 3 adventures ( Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon ) with a fresh coat of paint and some tender love and care brought by the Skylanders creators, Toys for Bob. Thankfully, though, since Crash got a great remaster series of his original games, it was only a matter of time that Spyro got similar treatment and I am happy to say that time has finally came. They have gone pretty much dormant in recent years with Spyro being relegated to appear in the Skylanders series as a side character. The purple dragon was seen as an original mascot to PlayStation alongside another classic mascot, Crash Bandicoot and ironically the two have seen similar treatment since their original trilogies. Being one of the most iconic characters from the original PlayStation era, Spyro the Dragon has seen quite the struggle since the franchise was bought by Activision back in 2008.

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