([played via Spyro Reignited Trilogy)

A charming game that sticks to the basics. Good one-sentence summary, I think.

Spyro the Dragon is bright, colorful, expressive, lively, and fun. Spyro himself has just enough personality to have a presence when he's interacting in the (very excuse-plot) story, while not stealing the show, as it were, during regular gameplay. A few other mascot franchise characters could benefit from this sort of treatment (though, it would have been nice to get to know Spyro a little more).

Having played a small amount of the PS1 version (which I'd like to play eventually), I believe it captures exactly what people who grew up with the original game would have imagined (though I am a fan of how PlayStation 1 games look lol). The art direction is absolutely gorgeous, full of color, whimsy, and enough detail to look grounded, while not so much it's distracting.

Level design, especially later on, is very good. While the gameplay loop of bashing or flaming enemies and collecting treasure is simple, the levels themselves are often very intelligently (though sometimes bordering on obfuscated) designed, that they can really make you think about how to traverse them. There could have been some clearer signposting in some sections, like in Haunted Tower, it wasn't exactly clear how to get to the other side. Though it was satisfying to find out (I think I really liked the supercharge ramps, they felt a bit like shinespark puzzles from the Metroid series lol).

I also admire the amount of variety in each of the levels. From what I could tell, there was at least one new enemy per level, except for the very last level. Very little asset flipping in that regard, something I would have been fine with, but this game really went the extra mile.

The game doesn't do much beyond what is presented, and I would have liked a bit more complexity, but it was a pleasant experience all around, and I enjoyed myself.

(Note: The PS4 copy of Reignited Trilogy I played on my PS5 is a used copy. Activision did not get a single cent from me.)

I knew of Spyro for years, but never played any of the games. My earliest memory of the purple dragon was commercials for Spyro: A Hero’s Tail. Never played that game and I have no interest in that today. Another memory I had was when the Wendy’s restaurant had Spyro toys. https://gyazo.com/08becdf4fac494d23ae75a0c544befa2 This is a fond memory. I remember my brother, father, and I were at a food court at this mall near us, it was closing time for the restaurants. While my father was talking on the phone, the Wendy’s employee gave my brother and I the toys that were in the display case for free because it was time to change the toys to something else. I do not have the toys anymore, but I always remember that moment.

Cut to 2024 and since I completed Crash 1-3 and It’s About Time, it made sense to jump into Spyro. One playthrough of Spyro 1 on the Reignited Trilogy later and I thought it was mid.

Spyro 1 has our purple dragon protagonist needing to free all the dragons who were crystalized by Gnasty Gnorc. Simple story for a platformer from the 90s.

You travel to different homeworlds and complete different objectives like save a certain amount of dragons, collect a certain amount of gems, and collect a certain amount of dragon eggs. To be honest, the levels were pretty uninteresting. The level design is fine, but lacks a sort of flare to them. By the third homeworld, I said to myself: “When will this game get good?” The final homeworld was where things got interesting. The level design was better there.

I used the Reignited Controls and the game controlled well. I do not remember the soundtrack at all, but I love the visuals. Just like the N-Sane Trilogy, this looks great.

The final boss was pathetic. It takes two hits and it is done. I thought after all the chasing and flaming Gnasty, we would teleport to an arena to do a final battle, but nope. After two hits, the game ends. What???

Spyro 1 is a competent game that I do not see myself replaying. The level design is fine, but lacks spectacle. The controls are good, the music is forgettable, and the visuals in the Reignited Trilogy are superb.The final boss was pathetically easy and I expected more. I expected more from this game, but what I got was a mediocre game.

اللعبه حلوه و لطيفه و كلشي بس طلعت روحي علما كملتها
ما ادري ليش هيج علاقتي وي هاللعبه مع اني احب هالنوعية من الالعاب بس حظ هاللعبه مجان كاعد وياي
اللعبه ريماستر رائع كوني مجرب للجزء الاصلي و لاعب قدر من المراحل لما كنت صغير على البليستيشن الثاني اكدر اكول انهم ضبطوا كلشي و خلوه احسن
ما اكدر اعاتب اللعبه على قصتها بس جانت تكدر تستعمل بوسس اكثر خلال اللعب بدل اشباه البوسس الاثنين الي حصلناهم خلال اللعبه
العوالم جانت جدا جميله شكليا و حتى على مستوى الموسيقى كل واحد بيها مميز و اله هويه مختلفه
الشي الي خلاني فعلا انغث من اللعبه هو الغلايد , اكره الغلايد بهاللعبه لا لشيء الا لان سبايرو ما يدرك الحواف لما يطير الها و لان اغلب التنقلات تعتمد على الغلايد و اني شخص جدا اعصابي تالفه كرهت اللعبه بسس مرات فشلي بوزنية القفز
عالعموم هذا مو محدد لمستوى اللعبه لان صديق قريب الي استغرب من هالشي و ابدى انه ما واجه اقل صعوبه بالموضوع و انا اجزم ان هواي ناس يشاركوه هالرأي فهذا شي شخصي
عموما اللعبه حلوه كما قلت شكليا و سمعيا حتى على مستوى ال100% كانت مريحه و سهلة ( و مزعجه ببعض الاماكن) لكن تستاهل الانهاء

No puedo decir que tengo grandes recuerdos de Spyro. Si bien jugué el demo del juego de PS1 muchas veces cuando era niño, nunca me vi con las ganas de conseguir el juego y terminarlo. No fue hasta muchos años después de decidí terminar la trilogía original usando mi PSP para más comodidad y lo encontré muy, muy divertido. Ahora que tengo a la mano la Reignited Trilogy, sigo pensando lo mismo del juego: Es un plataformero muy bueno, con gran y fluido gameplay, mecánicas simples, secretos para encontrar y coleccionar todas las gemas es adictivo, y más ahora que el juego se ve precioso en todos los aspectos gracias al nuevo motor gráfico. No puedo esperar para ponerme a jugar Spyro 2, que siempre fue mi favorito.