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but all are pretty fuckin nice

>Crash HD remake turning out wildly successful

Spyro OT remake when?

He deserves it after being desecrated over and over again by Shitlanders

>>4252119
Yea I just started Ripto's Rage after replaying the original, and so far it's not as great as I remember.
Too many challenges for the orbs just feel pretty tedious, also too much talking yet Spyro barely says anything.
It's still a pretty great game though, love the homeworlds, a lot of the stages, music, and Elora.

>>4252225
And another thing, I hate how you have to buy new abilities from the 'bear jew', because it locks out parts of the realms when you first play them.
This might just be my autistic need to 100% complete every stage the first time though.

>>4252239
Yeah that's one of the big pluses about Spyro 1 for me: you can complete each level and each world without having to backtrack.

Just a simple and fun platformer collectathon.

And it has the best music.

>>4252195
Fuck no. Just make a good new Spyro game instead of repackaging the old ones with better graphics.

>>4252114
Wai-aiai-yum, Wai-aiai-yum

>>4252352
I agree.
As much as hd remakes would be nice and I'd probably play them, I'd like to see a game that went back to basics and tried to be closer to what made the series good in the first place.
Of course since activision are a bunch of twats they'll probably just keep making plastic craplanders since that's what sells.
Yooka-laylee like knock-off perhaps?

>>4252260
you can actually do entire game without backtracking using the double jump tech, except for the mini games in autumn plains that require headbash.

>>4252119
2>3=1

>my Ripto's Rage idsk is good
>Year of the Dragon is scratched i. That the music breaks, but is otherwise playable
>the first game is scratched beyond playability
How well do the games emulate?

>>4252114
Spyro trilogy on ps4 WHEN

>>4252489
And PC*
The N-Sane trilogy has only barely made its money back

>>4252508
bunch of obese redditors going to pirate bay for the game isnt going to earn them any cash retard

>>4252457
Yeah, I recently re-played Spyro 2 that way, abusing Double Jump as much as I could.

Sadly my old disc is way too scratched and two of the levels in Winter Tundra refused to load (screen would just go black and game would hang) so I couldn't get 100%.

>>4252352
>Activision
>making a new Spyro game
>after Skylanders

ahahaha

that's a good one, anon

>>4252119
2 > 1 > 3
I commend 1 for things like not being a mini-game palooza (looking at you 3), but 2 is just so much more polished.

>>4252469
First worked great for me on ePSXe, had a little trouble with the second (NPCs sounded really weird) but it just took switching to the default audio plugin.

>>4252373
That fucking emulation glitch.

I’ve never played the sequels, but I actually just completed the first game, 120%, a few hours ago. And I’m actually a bit surprised by how much more I was able to appreciate it as an adult than I was as a kid.

I know it goes without saying, but Spyro has to have one of the best color pallets in any game I’ve ever played. I swear each level had a different colored sky box, and before even landing I felt like I was able to get a certain “mood” from each level. Really makes the worlds feel organic, while also remaining unique amongst itself. All the while being accompanied by a truly stellar OST.

Never actually picked up on how each of the realms had a differently modeled dragon, until now. That was cool to see. I can tell a lot of care was put into really making this world and all the parts that make it up shine. Magic Crafters and Dream Weavers being the best examples from my experience. The game did start to lose me a bit when I found myself facing Commando Frog People packing machine guns and grenades though. But that’s just my own nitpicky autism.

Gliding is such a cool mechanic. And I liked how it does take some cleverness to pin point the platforms that were hidden away from the beaten path. Made getting all the gems actually feel satisfying from level to level. The Super Charge was well utilized as well for the same sort of reasons. Being required to use it in order to clear large jumps made for the possibility for some cool level layouts, and they did take advantage of that fact.

Spyro himself is a bit floaty for my tastes, though I understand the point of it, with his wings being such a big part of his mobility. And the platforms were usually wide and spacious enough to where this wasn’t a problem. But I never felt like I could get the hang of avoiding enemies, or that I was ever really capable of out maneuvering them consistently, even with the dodge role. But who know, maybe I just suck.

All in all, very solid game.

>>4252195
One of the strongest points of Spyro is the color palette and no remake has ever gotten color and lighting right

I'm >>4253513 and I hadn't even read the post above when I replied. Just goes to show how they nailed it.

Who ever was saying that Daikatana is fairly playable without sidekicks LIED.

I've finished it.

I regret everything.

Spyro map papes:
http://imgur.com/a/W4uw7
http://imgur.com/a/Yw04X
http://imgur.com/a/p2WHl

>spyro 1 is a rough around the edges but overall good game
>spyro 2 adds new collectibles to spice up the world as well as more character interaction
>spyro 3 becomes a minigame fest
>crash 1 is a rough around the edges but overall good game
>crash 2 adds new collectibles to spice up the world as well as more character interaction
>crash 3 becomes a minigame fest
>ratchet 1 is a rough around the edges but overall good game
>ratchet 2 is the first game with more stuff and better graphics
>ratchet 3 is the second game but rushed
>jak 1 is a rough around the edges but overall good game
>jak 2 is the first game with more stuff and better graphics and guns
>jak 3 is the second game but rushed
>both jak and ratchet had spinoffs revolving around a small minigame found in their games, and both turned out to be the best in the series
Shame they stopped following the same trend when the PS3 came around. Now Naughty Dog is oscar bait and Insomniac is politically correct babby games

>>4252380
Hasn't Skylanders been slowing down a lot in terms of sales, though? I remember seeing some news article about the Skylanders devs getting a lot of layoffs or something a year ago or so.

>>4252114
It's four fucking nas and four fucking hehs, you idiot.

>>4252352
>make new one with classic gameplay
Last time we had that, the result was Enter the dragon fly, not to mention Insomniac has long moved on to other things than to really give a shit about Spyro again. And even if they did give a shit, Insomniac is pretty piss poor now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqxLW9138g

First game had a pretty damn comfy soundtrack and atmosphere

>>4252195
>>4252489
I'd rather have nothing at all than an N. Sane Trilogy-tier remake. That shit is trash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQq6rXdFGwE

Here's a great video about Stewart Copeland and the Spyro OST, for those who haven't seen it.

>>4255404
>Last time we had that, the result was Enter the dragon fly
While not technically true, that was the one most people, including myself, played.

>>4255379
Sorry sir, doing my best.

>>4255502
Yeah, AHT was the closest the series ever came to re-creating the quality of the original trilogy. The level design is there, the platforming and collecting is there, the humor is there...although there are some really odd things like Ember disappearing past the first world, and Flame literally showing up once and then never appearing ever again. Why is this character even here? It feels like unfinished content that was accidentally left in the game.

Though the ps2 version seemed to have issues with saving, because my save file got corrupted like 5 times before I was able to beat it.

>>4255540
Man, they really gave a shit about the design

>>4255502
>mfw I recognise those character but have never seen that game in my life

>>4257174
>that reaction image

>>4255489
His organ skills are insane.

>>4252538
>Redditors
>Piratebay
Pick one

>>4257440

When I was a kid I had access to all 3 of them because my uncle let me play with his ps1. This allowed me to switch quicky between games and Spyro gameplay left me with different experiences and memories all together. Last year I found out only Spyro 2 worked and even that game, just after defeating Ripto for the last time the game broke forever, not letting me complete it 100%. Thus not letting me visiting at least one Summer Sunshores. Fucking gnorcks
Then I bought all 3 of them in the ps3 playstore, only to understand why I switched games a lot. Man, original Spyro was hard, but completing it at 120% felt so good. Spyro 2 left hanging and now Im stuck at the last level (the bonus one, after 150 eggs).

Spyro is such a good game

//end of my blog

>>4255489
Fun fact: him talking about racking up a tab on the help line wasn't just a joke. He helped test out the tip hotline before release.

>>4255207
>first game is rough around the edges but overall good
>second game adds stuff to spice up the world as well as more character interactions
>third game becomes a minigame fest
>fourth game is focused around a gimmick instead of following tried and true gameplay and is a mess
What series am I talking about? Crash, Spyro, Rayman? Why are they so similar? Why were gimmicky reboots like Crash of the Titans an universal thing?

>>4257543
>someone started the summon
I wonder how long it will take to finish it

>>4257803
>bought them on psn

I played the PSN version of Spyro 1 and it had horrific slowdown issues. In almost every level, if there was too many things on screen the entire game would just slow down, even the music.

PS3 having issues running a PS1 game. What the fuck sony

>>4258112
You can't be talking about Spyro, as the fourth game had a shittier version of the gameplay and the gimmick powers were in the background
Crash's fourth platformer was just Crash 3 again with more shitty minigame levels.
And I never played Rayman

>>4258134
Probably a few days considering this is /vr/
>>4257543

>>4258291
Recently played the PSN version of Spyro 1 on PSP and it was completely fine. Weird.

>>4258291
For me, it was more of a PS3 issue than an issue with the PSN version. The PS3 just sucks at emulating original PlayStation games in general, it just wasn't a huge focus when designing the console I don't think. On the other hand, playing the PSN version on a PSTV with the 'disc speed' setting set to high? That runs great.

This games give me a kind of cozy feeling that no other game ever gave me, the music in particular is so dreamy, i love it

>>4258291
The slowdown is the reason why I play these games on PS Vita... razor sharp, and no slowdown!

>>4258291
>t. underage
That's how it was on original hardware, little buddy

just played through all the PS1 Spyro and Crash games for the first time in a span of three days recently. Such a nice break from voyaging through a bunch of garbage looking for hdiden gems.

How are the later PS2 games for each series?

>>4261690
Bad. If you want something similar on PS2, the first Jak and Daxter game is pretty good

>>4254903
You're a saint

>>4252609
>>4252457
I am never able to do that double jump trick.

I have the collectors pack though >pic related

>>4252457
or you can just press at the start menu
circle circle circle circle square to get all abilities at once.

>>4261690
Spyro A Hero's Tail and Crash Twinsanity are both pretty underrated additions to their respective series, I think. Although the former has shitty voice acting and plot, and the latter is really short due to a lot being cut late development. And both are quite buggy. Still, both are at least worth a try in my probably outspoken opinion, even though I can't guarantee you'll like them.

Still can't get over how AHT switched the buttons for Charge and Flame though, what the fuck, devs?

>>4252114
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlQuSPD3dqI

>>4262539
Those buttons being swapped really annoys me. I've had several accidental deaths by charging off a cliff whilst trying to flame an enemy. There is no reason to change it, at least on PS2.

>>4262310
I miss cheat codes