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mariocaseman: Hey guys, I need your opinions.  I really enjoy Spyro 1-3 on PSOne and am playing the 4th and 5th one soon.  Is it true that the 2nd series, the "New Beginning", "Eternal Night" and "Dawn of the Dragon" really suck?  I haven't heard many good things about those.  Given that I like the gameplay of the original series, do you recommend I play or stay away from the "Legend" series?

Arseen: I've played New Beginning and Eternal Night. They are diffrent than the originals and maybe bit boring but I still liked them. If you want more of the originals, get the Game Boy Advance games.

AO007: Legend of Spyro, as well as Skylanders, are reboots of the Spyro series. Legend of Spyo was met with mixed reception, but the general consensus is that it's overall worse than the original PS1 trilogy, and even the GBA trilogy. Skylanders is its own thing arguably, Spyro was just shoehorned in to revive the IP while attracting the fans I suppose, Skylanders is actually pretty good and different though, a reboot done right I think. Enter The Dragonfly is to the Spyro series what Wrath of Cortex was for the Crash Bandicoot series, that is to say the first "next-gen" entry that unfortunately had some technical issues to it. While Wrath of Cortex merely suffered from long load times(Which were fixed in the Xbox and Gamecube releases), Enter The Dragonfly suffered from many more glitches unfortunately; It was rushed to meet the holiday deadline in 2002, and it shows. Despite the glitches, Enter the Dragonfly is still playable, but just barely. It follows the format of the PS1 trilogy, but it offers much less in the way of levels; I recall only 9 separate worlds, 10 including the hub world. It introduces elemental breaths and the wing shield, but those mechanics weren't perfected until the next entry. If you want to play Enter The Dragonfly, it is recommended to go with the Gamecube version as it's somewhat less glitchy for the most part. A Hero's Tail is like the Crash Twinsanity of the Spyro series. It takes the PS1 formula and advanced it, while taking some elements from Enter The Dragonfly. Developed by the same people behind Crash Bash, A Hero's Tail is the best Spyro of the GCN/PS2/Xbox generation. It has virtually no glitches, and advanced the formula. Even though each world only has two major levels to it, those levels take a while to complete, especially 100%. There is still backtracking which was present in Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon, but it's toned down to a degree thankfully. Spyro retains his moves from the PS1 trilogy, such as Headbashing, and also has the elemental breaths and wing shield from Enter The Dragonfly. Like Year of the Dragon, it offers several playable characters; Sgt. Byrd takes over for the "Flight" and "Speedway" sections of the game, while Hunter takes on specialized situations in the game that require his cheetah abilities and archery, he even gets his own level late in the game. Blinx the Mole is the new character, who gets his own underground sections throughout the game. Sparx is also his own character; His sections play like a rail shooter. Hero's Tail also has some fan service, though it's fairly light. If you enjoyed Spyro the Dragon, you'll appreciate who the first boss is we'll just say... but overall, I enjoyed A Hero's Tail much more than Enter The Dragonfly. The GBA games are isometric platformers, and for the most part they work, but overall they don't innovate nearly as much as the PS1 trilogy. Still, it's handheld Spyro done right, much like Crash Bandicoot The Huge Adventure and N-Tranced were handheld Bandicoot done right.

Maben: I would like to ask a related question as I've been looking to get games for my past systems.  Does the original Spyro series still hold up as a platformer series?  I understand that it's not Super Mario Galaxy 2 by any means, but is it unique enough to stand on its own right?  A lot of the praise and reviews I find for them seem to be talking a lot about the innovations and the great graphics.  There are tons of other platformers I'm looking to play (Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank), should I include the original Spyro games for the PS1 in this list, or are they overshadowed by games like these?

AO007: --- Quote from: Maben on April 24, 2012, 08:44:34 PM ---I would like to ask a related question as I've been looking to get games for my past systems.  Does the original Spyro series still hold up as a platformer series?  I understand that it's not Super Mario Galaxy 2 by any means, but is it unique enough to stand on its own right?  A lot of the praise and reviews I find for them seem to be talking a lot about the innovations and the great graphics.  There are tons of other platformers I'm looking to play (Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank), should I include the original Spyro games for the PS1 in this list, or are they overshadowed by games like these? --- End quote --- These are the best platformer games for PS1/PS2; Crash Bandicoot Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Crash Bandicoot: Warped Spyro The Dragon Spyro: Ripto's Rage(Gateway to Glimmer in PAL) Spyro: Year of the Dragon Sly Cooper & The Thievius Raccoonus Sly 2 Band of Thieves Sly 3 Honor Among Thieves Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Ratchet & Clank Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Jak II and Jak 3 are still platformers, but they're structured like a GTA game, and feel more sandbox in nature than the original Jak & Daxter. Also, the Sly & Jak games are available via digital download on PSN and retail collection discs, with the Ratchet Collection releasing next month in PAL and this fall in the US. In terms of price, all of the PS2 games can be found dirt cheap, though the Spyro games are somewhat pricier. The Crash Bandicoot games are in between the PS2 and Spyro games in terms of pricing, with the original Crash Bandicoot commanding the highest prices. The Spyro and Crash games are also available via digital download on PSn for $6 a pop.

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