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[Spyro thread No.3949223]

Let's have a Spyro trilogy thread


Favourite game, track, homeworld. portal?

[Anonymous No.3949258]

>>3949223
no one?

[Anonymous No.3949429]

>>3949223
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDeuPQzMntg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3B1dkDaoPw

[Anonymous No.3949498]

3 is better than 2

[Anonymous No.3949541]

I have played the original game through at least 50-60 times. My sister and I went through a period of trying to speed run it, and after we gave up we still get together a couple times a year and just beat the game in one sitting. Amazing shit.

My favorite world has to be Beast Makers, this is where the difficulty spikes imo and the level designs become fucking crazy. I don't think any subsequent games had a level that pissed me off more than Tree Tops.

[Anonymous No.3949697]

>>3949498
Why can't you contribute to the thread?

[Anonymous No.3949729]

Hey, I just posted about this in another thread! Favorite homeworld is Autumn Plains.

[Anonymous No.3949750]

>>3949223
I really like Ratchet and Clank.

[Anonymous No.3949756]

Country Speedway

[Anonymous No.3949768]

Enchanted Towers skate park

[Anonymous No.3949879]

I can never decide if I like 2 or 3 more. Those games are gorgeous.

[Anonymous No.3949907]

>>3949541
Fuck man. As a kid I'd spent an hour trying to figure out how'd to finish TT all while my older sis would laugh at my ass. Then I'd hand it over for her to do the double turbo boost...Took me forever to nail that!

[Anonymous No.3949913]

>>3949729
Beautiful. I always like how the level design makes it seem to exist sole on its own.

[Anonymous No.3949925]

>>3949223
>original
>dream weavers
>beast makers
>bog

[Anonymous No.3949926]

1 is absolute horrid trash garbage and i despise it.
2 is probably one of my favourite games, just 100%'ed it a few days ago in 6 hours or so.

now playing 3 to 100% right after completing 2.
The overall story seems better and Bianca is cool.

But no animated intros/outros for levels ruins them for me in 3.

They were the best part and gave the levels in 2 soul and charm.

So I think 2 > 3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1

[Anonymous No.3949946]

>>3949926
>>>/trash/

[Anonymous No.3949954]

>I always thought this was from the china level in 3
>it's from a level in 1

[Anonymous No.3950150]

>>3949429
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3B1dkDaoPw

used to hate the music to dr shemp but now i love it

other favorites include

wizards peak
dark hill (ps1 vol 9 demo memories)
blowhard
crystal flight
gnorc cove
gnasty gnorc

[Anonymous No.3951176]

>>3949223

>Favourite game

Spyro 1 no contest. Bosses are too easy and the final world should've been much bigger, but it's miles above the other ones in terms of atmosphere.
The exploration and adventure aspects are at their peak and the gameplay is not interrupted by dubious minigames or cartoony NPCs like the sequels.
Every level has its own charm while also existing in a cohesive world. No out of place or overly cartoony stuff. It feels surprisingly subtle and almost mystical, thanks to the pastel colours, the gorgeous skyboxes and Copeland's work.

Spyro 2 still has part of first game's charm (especially the Homeworlds) but introduces too many characters and gets too colourful, straying away from the solitary adventure feeling of S1. Spyro 3 continues that process and strays further from Spyro's orginal spirit. Still fun games.

>Favourite track

Misty Bog, Dark Hollow, Toasty, Gnasty Gnorc, Dream Weavers Homeworld, Icy Cavern and a few others. But mostly Misty Bog.
The OSTs of 2 and 3 aren't as good, but a few themes still come to mind, like the homeworld themes in 2 and Spike's Arena.

>Favourite homeworld

Beast Makers, Dream Weavers and Autumn Plains. I wish Spyro 1 had something like AP's gigantic castle. Such a well designed structure. Midnight Mountain is cool too.

>Favourite portal

You mean the gates? I think the ones in Spyro 3 are the worst ones, because they didn't blend with the homeworld. S2 ones all look the same, right? I liked the ones in Spyro 1 because they blend well but still have their own identity, plus some of them take a mini-challenge to reach, like the maze leading to Dark Hollow. So, Spyro 1 I guess, though I don't think portals are vital.

OP you didn't ask about our

>Favourite level

Ice Cavern and Dark Passage master race, then Stone Hill, Alpine Ridge, Tree Tops, Misty Bog and Haunted Towers.

>Favourite boss

Toasty and Gnasty as characters. Ripto, Scorch and the Fireworks Factory dragons as fights.

[Anonymous No.3951296]

>>3949223
2 is my favourite game.

[Anonymous No.3951305]

Spyro 1 is the best for people who like fast paced, fun platforming. Spyro 2 and 3 are for people who like being dazzled by bullshit.

It's similar to the Super Mario 64 vs Banjo Kazooie argument.

[Anonymous No.3951317]

>>3951296
Requesting more Spyro fanart.

Preferably of Spyro, but this is all I got.

[Anonymous No.3951325]

>>3951305
>Spyro 2 and 3 are for people who like being dazzled by bullshit.
I don't consider the minigames bullshit (at least, not in the 2nd game). They're fun and gives you a short break from the main gameplay.

[Anonymous No.3951381]

>>3951317
I posted it to keep the thread bumped mostly.

[Anonymous No.3951414]

The first time I heard the (thwack!) "AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGH!" in Doctor Shemp's stage was hype as fuck for some reason.

[Anonymous No.3951450]

Can we agree this is the worst?

https://youtu.be/96WX35MMg8g

[Anonymous No.3951460]

>>3951450
It wasn't that bad. It took a bunch of tries, but never rage inducing.

[Anonymous No.3951548]

>>3951317

[Anonymous No.3951572]

>>3951317

[Anonymous No.3952530]

Lofty Castle was my favorite world because of the song

[Anonymous No.3952545]

"NANANANANA HEHEHEH"

[Anonymous No.3952561]

>>3952545
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll_Fff2JnJ8 this happened to me once chasing the yellow thief

[Anonymous No.3953268]

>>3952530
It's old news but all the same,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MAF2Zk4I1w

[Anonymous No.3953368]

>>3951381
another

[Anonymous No.3953730]

>>3949223
Original, Lofty Castle, Autumn Plains.

[Anonymous No.3953742]

>>3949926
>1 is absolute horrid trash garbage and i despise it
>2 is probably one of my favourite games

It's called suffering from shit taste.

[Anonymous No.3953760]

>>3949498
I second this.
>return of dragon eggs
>reuse of original dragon models in intro cutscene
>I actually like Sheila's levels
>the Sorceress seemed like more of a threat than Ripto
>bosses were cooler than in 2
>bonus world reminiscent of Gnasty's Loot
>there was a unified enemy again with the Rhynocs, as opposed to the totally random assortment of enemies in 2
>more levels like Charmed Ridge and Spooky Swamp remind me of the original

And first game, Dark Hollow, Artisans, Dark Hollow

[Anonymous No.3953764]

>>3949498
>>3953760
3 does some things better than 2 while doing worse at others.

[Anonymous No.3953779]

>>3953764
Another pet peev I have with 2 is all the Hunter minigames where he has all those orbs but doesn't want to help you out in your quest unless you do some retarded ass thing for him. Also the Alchemist minigame where you do it, learn you need the headbash, and when you return to the level to do it again you have to do the WHOLE minigame again.

[Anonymous No.3953793]

>>3953779
2 is full of retarded contents.

[Anonymous No.3956210]

>>3951305
I admit that I never played 1 that much, 2 was my first game.

[Anonymous No.3957082]

>>3949223
I like this franchise more than Banjo Kazooie

[Anonymous No.3957149]

>>3949223
I've never played this game? Which one should I start with?

[Anonymous No.3957281]

>>3957149
Play them in order. There are some callbacks to the previous games during cutscenes but it's not that important.

[Anonymous No.3957294]

>>3949925
>Beast Makers
>Misty Bog
Such shit taste... I actually feel sorry for you.

[Anonymous No.3957305]

>>3951317

[Anonymous No.3957357]

>>3957149
in order so you can appreciate the improvements as the trilogy goes by. I played 1 and 3 years before playing 2 and that's now made it my least favourite because in my opinion, everything 2 does 3 does better, while 1 holds a specific charm not in the later games. the transitions between worlds for example. all three are lovely little platformers though.

[Anonymous No.3957361]

>>3953779
>the Alchemist minigame where you do it, learn you need the headbash, and when you return to the level to do it again you have to do the WHOLE minigame again.
i forget that shit every single time i play

[Anonymous No.3957590]

>>3949223
my own
3
Toasty
Evening Lake
Fireworks Factory

[Anonymous No.3959161]

>>3957294

>Implying Misty Bog and Beast Makers are bad

Now that's shit taste. Misty Bog is cool as fuck. Its theme was used in the credits in all 3 games and is one of creepiest levels in the series.

[Anonymous No.3959796]

>>3951176
>It feels surprisingly subtle and almost mystical, thanks to the pastel colours, the gorgeous skyboxes and Copeland's work.
there really is something about it. i love the transitions between levels in 1, i'm sad they weren't in 2 and 3.

>straying away from the solitary adventure feeling of S1.
you see i liked that. i felt like it shouldn't be just spyro against the gnorcs especially after he freed a load of big dragons. i get it though, they'd just get crystallized again spyro is small enough to avoid it but i felt so alone in 1, as much as i love it.

>Favourite level
yeah i meant level when i said favourite portal.
>Stone Hill
i like it too but it is literally just an introduction level to the game.
>Tree Tops, Haunted Towers
both excellent

>Favourite homeworld
>Dream Weavers
yes
>Midnight Mountain is cool too.
really? i think it's the weakest part of Spyro 3 and one of the most uninspired homeworlds. Probably THE least inspired homeworld of the trilogy.

[Anonymous No.3961567]

Bump

[Anonymous No.3962338]

>>3959796

>you see i liked that. i felt like it shouldn't be just spyro against the gnorcs especially after he freed a load of big dragons. i get it though, they'd just get crystallized again spyro is small enough to avoid it but i felt so alone in 1, as much as i love it.

I'm ok with the empty feeling. The characters the other games added weren't bad, but some felt too cartoony and took away from the elegance of Spyro 1. I appreciate S2 and S3 for what they did but I prefer to see them and Spyro 1 as mostly separate.

>i like it too but it is literally just an introduction level to the game.

Sure it's simple but the little secrets here and there and there are fun and the level design is incredibly pretty. It was one of the first instances that made me realize how different Spyro 1 was from the other Spyro games.

>really? i think it's the weakest part of Spyro 3 and one of the most uninspired homeworlds. Probably THE least inspired homeworld of the trilogy.

Interesting. First time I hear someone dislking MM so much. Personally, I like it because it feels very different from the other three homeworlds, which look too similar to eachother (green grass, blue sky, castles with similar architecture, etc). Plus MM looks very surreal, like something straight out of Dream Weavers. Really, I wish we had more levels like that in the game.

[Anonymous No.3962547]

>>3957305
That's a good one.

[Anonymous No.3964576]

>>3962338
Midnight Mountain was the best homeworld. The skybox was mesmerizing and the music was the best.

[Anonymous No.3966487]

>>3961567
One more.

[Anonymous No.3966491]

>>3964576
Mmff

[Anonymous No.3966531]

I think the art direction in this game is some of the best in the generation

[Abwezi No.3966536]

So I'm playing through Spyro 3 rn and 100 % all of the first homeworld except the Sgt. Byrd part of one of the levels. Doing all that I never had the fairy give me the whole hacked game dialog but now in the second world I'm finding I'm missing gems in two levels, Icy Peak and the world you buy Sgt. Byrd in both missing what seems to be a single gem and I've scoured the levels a few times each. Am I dealing with a bad ROM? If I find a new one and switch mid playthrough will any difference be made or should I just start over?

[Anonymous No.3966592]

>>3966536
Icy Peaks is a tough level to complete. I always have to search the place top-to-bottom. iirc there's a somewhat hidden basket that you need to glide to reach. It should be around, but you gotta look.

Spooky Swamp has the lost gem glitch. I hope that isn't one of the gems you're missing. Never encountered the glitch myself, but it's there.

[Anonymous No.3966634]

>>3951176
>and the gameplay is not interrupted by dubious minigames or cartoony NPCs
My nigger, this is the main reason 1 is leagues above 2 and especially 3. Fuck the minigames, I can't stand them. Give me straight 3D platforming in comfy environments.

[Anonymous No.3966645]

>>3966634
Minigames literally ruined 3d platforming. Fuck Banjo Kazooie for setting that terrible, boring trend.

[Abwezi No.3966685]

>>3966592
I'll take another look around Icy Peak thanks that sounds about right because I'm only missing a 2 gem. Spooky Swamp I haven't gotten to yet but I'll keep my fingers crossed. The first Sgt. Byrd level is really what's got me racking my brain because it's such a small level I can imagine what I missed but it's a whole 10 gems on that one

[Anonymous No.3967006]

Try playing the games without music

They somehow become the most boring games

[Anonymous No.3967015]

[Anonymous No.3967404]

>>3966685
>sgt byrd level
you sure you got all the floating/balloon vase things?

[Anonymous No.3967428]

>>3966645
You mean Banjo-Tooie? Cause I don't remember any minigames in Banjo-Kazooie.

[Anonymous No.3967441]

>>3967428
Stuff like the sandcastle, the choir, activating all the statues in the desert. Anything timed or with a strict objective you could fail besides a boss. Those were all minigames in my opinion. Don't forget the secret jigsaw puzzles!

[Anonymous No.3967446]

>>3967428
>I don't remember any minigames in Banjo-Kazooie.
congratulations you're fucking retarded

[Anonymous No.3967447]

>>3967428

[Anonymous No.3967449]

>>3967447

[Anonymous No.3967450]

>>3967441
>>3967446
Eh, I'd consider stuff that takes less than 1 minute a challenge, not a minigame.

>>3967447
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[Anonymous No.3967457]

>>3967450
>stuff that takes less than 1 minute
so none of the minigames mentioned, then.

[Anonymous No.3967464]

>>3967457
I've literally been playing through it again over the past week and the only "minigame" mentioned that's longer is the croc game, and that's because there's three in a row.

[Anonymous No.3967494]

>>3967450
>I'd consider stuff that takes less than 1 minute a challenge, not a minigame.
that's not how it works.

[Anonymous No.3967596]

>>3967494
Well, I couldn't tell you what the official definition is. Probably we'll just have to agree that you dislike whatever those things are that Banjo-Kazooie has. :3

[Anonymous No.3967634]

>>3967015
<3 this

[Anonymous No.3969470]

>>3953742
did minigames really ruin 2 for a lot of people?

[Anonymous No.3969504]

>>3949541
>>3949907
Is Spyro essential sister-core?

[Anonymous No.3970282]

[Anonymous No.3971653]

>>3969504
Girls really seem to love spyro. Why is that?

[Anonymous No.3972390]

god I love these games. I replay them every couple years.

In fact if the Watch Out For Fireball guys want me to pick the podcast back up they'll have to play one of them

[Anonymous No.3972428]

>>3971653
Because he's super cute.

I somehow managed to get three different girls to talk about Spyro with me in high school.

[Anonymous No.3972441]

>>3951317

[Anonymous No.3972750]

>>3970282
Ha this! Still takes me at least 10 tries.

[Anonymous No.3972786]

>>3972390
>I replay them every couple years.
same
there's something about them.

[Anonymous No.3973163]

>tfw doing the higher jump exploit to avoid multiple money bags encounters in 2

[Anonymous No.3975518]

i don't know why but 2 feels unfinished

>>3949729
>autumn plains
>is actually a plateau

[Anonymous No.3975902]

>>3972750
seriously?

[Anonymous No.3976089]

>>3975518

Pretty sure Spyro 2 is the least unfinished of the 3. It might lack a Spring world but the story flows well: Autumn Plains is so fucking long that when you defeat its boss the game is self-aware enough to try to trick you into thinking Ripto might have been defeated. Only real evidence of it being rushed, aside from a fourth world missing, is that Winter Tundra is shorter and lacks Talismans.

Spyro 1 and 3 are a lot more rushed. Spyro 1 had an entire Dragon Realm cut and one reworked into a super short final World. Spyro 3? Ooooooh boy.

[Anonymous No.3976113]

>>3966634

Yeah. The only mini-games I was fine with in Spyro 2-3 were the sub-bosses which were a pretty good idea. The others interrupt the gameplay and the adventure. Not to mention a lot of them have that cartoony feeling that doesnt fit Spyro 1's fairy tale tone.

In a way, Spyro 1 did have mini-games, or rather side quests. Secret or hard to pick gems like >>3970282, eggs, some super hard-to-find dragons. The difference is that they blended well with the levels and you had to find them yourself instead of the game outright telling you what to do. The worst offender is by far Year of the Dragon with the mini-games being inside little convenient portals. Letting kids figure stuff by themselves is bad!

[Anonymous No.3977435]

>>3973163
>tfw can't pull it off reliably

[Anonymous No.3978781]

[Anonymous No.3980223]

Anybody have the soundtracks?

[Anonymous No.3980239]

>>3980223
http://www.videogamescrapbook.com/download/spyro_the_dragon_original.php
for 1
they're legit.

[Anonymous No.3980813]

Played through the first two games over the past couple weeks and loved them just as much as I did as a kid.

Tried to play through YOTD next and it's just not very fun compared to the other two. All the minigame challenges are so hit and miss and they make up the majority of the game.

I made it to Sgt. Byrd's level before quitting. Weird that yotd used to be my favourite in the trilogy as a kid.

[Anonymous No.3981478]

>>3980813

>Weird that yotd used to be my favourite in the trilogy as a kid.

Because YoTD was tailor-made to market to what kids growing up in late 90s/early 00s like you and I thought was cool at the time, like skateboards, UFOs, laser guns and whatnot. Result is that YoTD aged the worst out of the trilogy while 1 and 2, which are more heavily in the fairy tale tone, feel timeless.

[Anonymous No.3982613]

>>3980813
>>3981478
I disagree, Year of the Dragon is still the strongest of the three in my opinion. 2 is the weakest, every portal world feels disjointed, there are fewer homeworlds and none of them have enemies, it has the weakest story, no dragon eggs, enemies turn into points for power ups instead of gems which just seems like a waste of time.

Actually my favourite world of all 3 games is in 2 - Robotica Farms - but playing through most of the game i enter a world and think ''oh god i hate this place.'' i hate Hurricos, Aquaria Towers, Scorch, Fracture Hills, Magma Cone, Metropolis.
i hate that you have to pay to learn new skills, i hate the reuse of music, i hate how pointless the entire game feels considering Ripto is a total joke. You could argue that Gnasty Gnorc was too but he fucking froze all the dragons in crystal because he was pissed off, what did Ripto do?

oh no he kicked moneybags out of a castle one time and hung up some flags. also he doesn't like dragons. what a monster.

[Anonymous No.3984929]

I just downloaded Spyro 1 on PSN and I remember what playing the other two were like but I love the look of the first world. It's so pretty.

In terms of a beautiful inviting world, Spyro does it better than other video games.

[Anonymous No.3985134]

maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, but I can't find that much art.

[Anonymous No.3985624]

[Anonymous No.3985771]

>>3982613

See, I don't necessarily think of YOTD as the worst one. 1 is my favourite by far and then 2 and 3 are roughly on par. One's weakness is made up for by something it has above the other one.

First, I agree on the "Oh god I hate this place" realms. Many Spyro 2's realms are painfully generic (Idol Springs) or outright tacky (Robotica Farms). "Fun" fact, until you mentioned Aquaria Towers I forgot it existed, because in my mind it and Sunny Beach were the same realm.
Ripto is seriously overrated in the fandom. He falls short of Gnasty and the Sorceress as a menacing villain, feeling more like a bully than an evil overlord. I think his popularity has partly got to do with his boss battle, more on that below. Even Crush and Gulp are goofy brutes compared to the suprisingly creepy YOTD bosses.

What Spyro 2 does good, though, is actually pretty good. 3 homeworlds are too few, but they're beautiful and fun to explore (too bad Winter Tundra is smaller), and in my opinion superior to the first 3 YOTD homeworlds. I find YOTD has a lot of generic and tacky stuff as well (like the stuff I mentioned in >>3981478) on top of obviously unfinished or rushed parts. YOTD leans too much on referecing Earth civilizations instead of building a fantasy world separate from ours like 1 and 2 did, resulting in some of the trilogy's worst realms.
Finally, strictly from a gameplay point of view, Ripto is a better final boss than the Sorceress, who always felt just a little underwhelming to me. YOTD clearly shows a lot of ambition and build up as the final Spyro chapter: 5 extra playable characters, super evil villains and more. But the many problems it suffered due to time constraints prevented it from being the ultimate Spyro game it could've been.

tl,dr: Some things in 3 are better than 2, some things in 2 are better than 3. Both have terrible stuff but on the overall both are pretty good.

[Anonymous No.3985807]

did anyone here like the legend of spyro?

[Anonymous No.3985840]

bump

[Anonymous No.3986017]

>>3985807
>No collecting
>No punishment for dying
>30 minutes between save points
>Even the most basic enemy takes roughly 6 hits

Hot fucking garbage.

[Anonymous No.3986041]

>>3985134
There are a few Spyro groups on DA.
Unfortunately, it's rather similar to Sonic fanart and there's plenty of this >>3985624

But this one seems to be pretty safe
http://the-best-spyro-art.deviantart.com/

[Anonymous No.3986982]

>>3986041
I was avoiding deviantart, I was just using google images. But I consider myself to be fairly picky with what I'll post.

[Anonymous No.3987018]

>>3985807
I tried. But the whole "go into room, defeat all enemies before progression, repeat" bullshit turned me off of it so fast. That shit is my least favorite type of gameplay.

[Anonymous No.3987045]

>there will never be a return to form for spyro, or any attempt to make a spiritual successor to Spyro
I know all Kickstarter spiritual successors have ended in disaster, but I just want one more game that plays like the good old Spyro trilogy, maybe even add mod support

[Anonymous No.3987049]

>>3987045
rachet and clank is as fun as spyro

[Anonymous No.3987063]

>>3949768
>skateboarding

What were they thinking?

[Anonymous No.3987114]

>>3985771
>painfully generic (Idol Springs)
oh god yes so plain

>or outright tacky (Robotica Farms)
it was my least favourite for years because of the 'flame the bugs on each scarecrow' minigame but now i love it. i like all the robot farmers and the superspeed pumpkin path, the seesaws and the bee enemies.

>He falls short of Gnasty and the Sorceress as a menacing villain, feeling more like a bully than an evil overlord.
exactly this.
>What Spyro 2 does good, though, is actually pretty good.
yeah i do agree with that. I still prefer YOTD homeworlds i adore evening lake small as it is for example. but yes the boss fights are the most enjoyable to me in all three games (aside from toasty in 1). autumn plains is a truly gorgeous homeworld and i love the hidden orbs in each world - like in winter tundra having to fly over to the waterfall, took me ages to figure out.
>tl,dr: Some things in 3 are better than 2, some things in 2 are better than 3.
i agree but i still maintain that 2's weaknesses are a real detriment to the game overall, whereas 3 flows a lot better.

[Anonymous No.3987121]

>>3987063
what are you talking about it was fun

[Anonymous No.3987240]

>>3949223
1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LkB4j5hYiw
Cliff Town

[Anonymous No.3987243]

>>3987240
oh. And Dream Weavers

[Anonymous No.3987886]

>>3987063
skateboarding was huge in the late '90s & early '00s. Also it was actually one of the better mini games in yotd despite how dumb it looked.

>>3980813
yotd was basically insomniac letting loose all the ideas they had left on ways to expand Spyro. No surprise that they moved onto new things for the PS2. The Agent 9 levels felt like a prototype Ratchet & Clank


>>3987240
Good taste. There's something really comfy about Cliff Town's level design.

[Anonymous No.3987898]

>>3987049
No, Jak and Daxter was. The inclusion of guns ruined any resemblence to Spyro Ratchet or the rest of the Jak series had. Too action oriented.

[Anonymous No.3987905]

>>3987886
>>3987240
>that one fucker who says you've reached the highest point in Cliff Town but the top of the pueblos near the end portal is clearly higher

[Anonymous No.3988076]

If they remake Spyro 1 do you think they'll rescript the "Thank you for releasing me" dragons?

[Anonymous No.3988082]

>>3988076
Why would they rescript them? Did they say lewd things or suggest that there are 2 genders?

[Anonymous No.3988095]

>>3988082
They're just such throwaway lines I could see them replacing it with short tutorial dialogue for new players.

[Anonymous No.3988270]

>>3988095
>short tutorial dialogue for new players
that's what they do now you stupid fuck.

[Anonymous No.3988439]

>>3988270
>They can't do more
Wow

[Anonymous No.3988667]

>>3988095

They already tell you enough. Anything more and it'd be spoonfeeding. One of the main reasons the first game is so fun is because you have to figure out everything by yourself.

[Anonymous No.3989179]

What would a Spyro ripoff look like? A modern game with the same play style and mechanics but significantly less enjoyable than the originals.

How about Toro the Bull? You charge around the countryside with your trusty companion Buzz the Horsefly collecting piles of shit or whatever. Gotta save the farm from... something.

Give me $2 million.

[Anonymous No.3989186]

>>3989179
Bulls can't hover, how about a Pegasus with a fairy companion?

[Anonymous No.3989221]

>>3989186
Pegasus or Griffin for sure

[Anonymous No.3989246]

>>3989186
>>3989221
I might regret bringing this up, but fuck it.

There's a game called Sulphur Nimbus in development. It's not trying to be a Spyro clone, but it's a 3D platform game about a griffin. It does vaguely remind me of Spyro, if the flying mechanics were expanded upon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ViwX8EUm0A

[Anonymous No.3989313]

>>3949223
First game, peacekeepers home, loved the shield gnorcs simple but fun, toasty was a great boss and my favourite level was the penultimate. Assault rifle gnorcs man.
>>3949750
I know this is shitposting but... I agree the change from ps2 onwards was unkind to it however.

[Anonymous No.3989441]

>>3949498
>4 pretty comfy homeworlds
>the worlds in the last homeworld are fleshed out, unlike in the second one where they just made them and sorta hit a wall at that point
>The homeworlds had actual music instead of dumb ambient tracks
It did do quite a bit of things better than 2

[Anonymous No.3989463]

>>3976089
>Spyro 3? Ooooooh boy.
How is Spyro 3 the most unfinished? I'm curious, please fill me in.

[Anonymous No.3989851]

>>3969470
When you ask for quality contents from a game, yes.

[Anonymous No.3991983]

>>3989246
what engine is it?

[Anonymous No.3992010]

>>3989851
they weren't that bad.

[Anonymous No.3992957]

Wasn't someone here in a thread months back making maps of every level?

Are you here? Any progress on that?

[Anonymous No.3993635]

>>3987049

actually, the first R&C is a bit like Spyro; obviously it's more oriented around ranged combat, but you didn't have the ability to strafe yet (that was introduced in GC)

>>3987898
>Jak & Daxter
Nah, that was more like Banjo Kazooie with a better camera & framerate.

>>3989246
>tons of HDR slopped on
>particle effects that look like a 16-bit game

and don't even get me started on that character design

[Anonymous No.3994495]

>>3949729
I tend to find the abyss's surrounding game worlds to be creepy. but the spyro ones never bothered me.

[Anonymous No.3994510]

>>3993635
Jak and Daxter was Banjo Kazooie sucked dry of imagination and personality.

[Anonymous No.3994520]

oh man. where do i begin.
spyro was a staple of my childhood, i still have vivid memories of christmas day hooking up my tv and ps1 on the floor in my living room and laying down on my stomach starting up year of the dragon! i even remember going to toys r us before that chrismas and picking it out with my dad. i remember how it looked in the glass case, and holding it for the first time and my dad asking me if thats what i wanted.

i love the song "toasty" from the first game, when you are in the first boss level. just that drum fill into the JAM gets me hype. two little snare hits. BAM in your face rock jam.

autumn plains is the best homeworld. ever. so comy. spent like an hour swimming in that pool by the lava level.

2 just had the best mini games, the flying sheep saucer shoot down in the robot world in 2 was soooooooo fun! and the hockey mini game in the ooga booga level...yooooooooo

[Anonymous No.3994525]

I think Spyro is the only playstation trilogy where I find all games equally enjoyable.

I love both Crash 1 and 2, but 3's gimmick stages are truly horrible. I like R&C 2, but 1 is hard to go back to and I find 3 has a lack of good variety. Jak 1 and 3 is really fun, but 2 really needs me to be in a masochistic mood to enjoy it. And I never really got into sly cooper.

Spyro on the other hand, 1 is just a fun exploration game, 2 is more of that and then some interesting objectives added in, and 3 is all of the above only with full fledged gimmick stages that are actually fun (unlike fucking crash 3).

Just about the only thing I dislike about Spyro is the forced backtracking stuff in 2 and 3, with having to come back to levels later with abilities you can't get yet. In adventure games like this I absolutely always prefer to get everything done in one go and having to come back for usually just one thing is annoying as hell. At least Spyro 3 isn't as bad since if you're savvy enough then you can glitch into literally every alt character portal that's present before you can unlock said characters, but then there's the bit in evening lake where the game just decides you can't to hunter missions anymore until you finish the world because fuck you, and it's really just annoying.

[Anonymous No.3994586]

>>3992010
It's like saying that a shit could smell worse.

[Anonymous No.3994589]

>>3994520
>the hockey mini game

[Anonymous No.3996167]

Do you guys think they'll eventually do a faithful remake of the original trilogy like they're doing with Crash? Would you even care?

Bumping with various fanart.

[Anonymous No.3996173]

>>3996167
I might buy a PS4/5 if they do it.

[Anonymous No.3996179]

>>3996167

[Anonymous No.3996185]

>>3996179
3/?

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>>3996185

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>>3996192
5/??

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>>3996194
6/??

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>>3996198
7/??

I was thinking about getting into speedrunning Spyro 2. I know, I know, speedrunning is autistic, but I play through the OT every year, and have done so since it was released I think, and already know the game like the back of my hand.

[Anonymous No.3996206]

>>3996205
8/??

I dunno, I've just found myself watching a lot of Speedruns for 2 in particular, and thinking "I wanna do that too!" Eh.

[Anonymous No.3996210]

>>3996206
Fuck, forgot the picture.

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>>3996206
>>3996210
9/??

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>>3996220
10/??

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>>3996223
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>>3996227
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>>3996234

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>>3996236

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>>3996238
15/??

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>>3996241
16/??

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>>3996248
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>>3996258
18/??

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>>3996261
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>>3996263
20/??

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>>3996264
21/??

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>>3996269
22/??

[Anonymous No.3996278]

>>3996167
What reason does Activision have to do such a thing? Skylanders prints money, and any remake will probably be fucked up in way, whether it be glitches, atmosphere being fucked up or Activision using nuspyro from skylanders

[Anonymous No.3996279]

>>3996273
23/??

[Anonymous No.3996290]

>>3996278
If this were over a year ago, I'd agree, but times are a changing, for two reasons.
1. The N-Sane trilogy became a thing, and if it sells well, it'll prove that tapping into late-90s PS1 nostalgia sells. Do you really think Activision would ignore such a blatant money cache? (Again, this depends on whether or not the Crash trilogy sells.)
2. Apparently (don't quote me on this) the previous Skylanders game flopped, and this'll be the first year they don't release an annual instalment. I'm absolutely sure it's been on the decline with every passing game. It doesn't "print money", at least.

>>3996279
24/??

[Anonymous No.3996298]

>>3996278
Oh, by the way, they're licencing classic Spyro's likeness, so it's not like they're autistically sticking to some kind of "Skylanders spyro or else!" policy.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1363589

>>3996290
25/??

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>>3996298
26/??

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>>3996303

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>>3996307
28/??

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>>3996312
29/??

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>>3996314
30/30
I'll take a break from posting art for now. Most of the rest of what I've got is more TLOS anyway, which I won't bother posting.

[Anonymous No.3996348]

>>3996278
It would take very little effort

[Anonymous No.3996405]

>>3966592
>Spooky Swamp has the lost gem glitch.
Drove me goddamn nuts, it was the one thing keeping me from 100% completing the game as a kid. Fuck.

[Anonymous No.3996416]

>>3978781
>No Sparx
This is what hell is

[Anonymous No.3996529]

I have very fond memories of this series. As a kid, I liked Spryo 2 best, and it's still the one I replay most primarily because doing challenge runs with the double-jump glitch is pretty fun, but I can't deny that Spyro 1 holds up the best as designed. It's part of a handful of early 3D games that feel incredibly unique; there really aren't any games with the level design or atmosphere of Spyro 1.

Levels like Ice Caverns or Dark Passage have looping alternate routes that feed into each other, and almost EVERY level in the game uses vertical space in a way that most 3D platformers of the time just didn't even try to. Each level had fleshed out side routes that either created interesting spatial puzzles to hidden treasure or created convenient shortcuts back to earlier sections of the game. Every level feels like it has a distinct gameplay gimmick, despite the core controls being so simplistic.

If you'll forgive the overused comparison, it's the kind of vertical, looping level design that would later earn Dark Souls mountains of praise, since it's so very rarely done. Even the sequels basically only used verticality as a transition between flat, horizontal plains, which is probably why the team felt they couldn't do more with the character; they lost whatever originally inspired them to create these interesting, interlocking levels.

>>3996167
I'm conflicted on whether that would even be a good thing or not. On the one hand, a huge portion of Spyro's charm is its atmosphere, music, and color palettes, which the Crash remake/remaster shows that even a team with good intentions will probably mess up. On the other hand, the Crash remakes use the original level geometry almost 1:1 and I think that's the other big draw of at least the original Spyro. So it'd be a neat novelty, but I doubt they'd end up being the definitive versions of those games in any capacity.

[Anonymous No.3996597]

[Anonymous No.3996618]

[Anonymous No.3997629]

These Spyro fan arts are pretty comfy.

[Anonymous No.3998463]

>>3992957
I need more of these top down maps

[Anonymous No.3998786]

>>3996416

I'm wondering the same. The thieves in Gnasty's Loot can't hurt you. Is there any acid goo there?

[Anonymous No.3998846]

>>3998786
I may be wrong, but I believe there is lava in the tunnel where you chase the Thief in the plane. Even if not, there's definitely drownable water in gnasty's home world, so it's easy enough to lose sparx there before entering the level.

[Anonymous No.3999013]

>>3998786
>>3998846
There's lava and water you could fall into, if you're awful. I'm assuming the guy making the gif did so on purpose to make sure Sparx didn't pick any up, since he wanted to show all of the gems.

[Anonymous No.4000136]

So anyone else excited about the possible spyro remakes

[Anonymous No.4000224]

>>4000136
I'd probably dump my money on it

[Anonymous No.4001552]

>>4000136
i would sell myself to anyone funding an spyro remake, possibly made by nu-insomiac

[Anonymous No.4001564]

>>3951176
liking 1 the most.
Nigga I thought I was the only one.

liked the atmosphere. It also has a feeling of openess. I also like the fantasy theme of the Dragon world. how each areas had a speciality.

The other two are good as well an din some ways better of course.

[Anonymous No.4001610]

>>3951548

This one's really nice. I'd love to see it redone by someone who isn't deviatart-tier.

[Anonymous No.4002474]

Are the last few levels in spyro 2 shit or is it just me

[Anonymous No.4002524]

>>4001564
>I thought I was the only one
Not him, but I take it you're new here? Around 3/4 of the people I usually see on Spyro discussions on /v/ & /vr/ prefer 1. Having 2 or 3 be a favourite seems to be the minority around here.

[Anonymous No.4003538]

>>3967015
looks like shit

[Anonymous No.4003551]

>>4002474
That is the general consensus, but they're personally my favorite bunch. Possibly just because the Marsh and Temple levels are pretty unique among video game level settings.

[Anonymous No.4004450]

>>4003551
I like the marsh and temple levels, but robotica farms and metropolis are kind of short and don't really have anything to do in them besides just get to the end, compared to how full of content other levels are.

The canyon flight is really lame too.

[Anonymous No.4004491]

>>3953779

Fracture Hills in general is just a shit map. Stupid enemies, stupid side missions, stupid level design and overall aesthetic, stupid sexy goats.

[Anonymous No.4004509]

>>3970282

But Wizard's Peak (and Magic Crafters in general) are GOAT levels.

[Anonymous No.4004540]

>>4002474

I think Spyro 2 levels are really weak in general. I enjoyed most levels in 1 and 3, but whenever I think of Spyro 2 levels it's stuff like Fracture Hills, Zephyr, and Robotica Farms. They're all pretty bland or tacky. I think Skelos Badlands and Mystic Marsh are the only levels I really enjoyed in the game aside from racing/flying levels, which were consistently great across the entire series imo.

The homeworlds are really nice, especially Winter Tundra, but I don't like how dead they feel.

[Anonymous No.4006565]

>>4004540
Yeah, Spyro 2's homeworlds felt pretty dead with the ambient background music essentially being the same for all of them with pitch variation

[Anonymous No.4008871]

>>4006565
I actually enjoyed that. Gave some contrast between the hubs and actual levels

[Anonymous No.4008930]

2 was the only one I played as a kid so I'm biased against it, but it's still my favorite. I recognize 1 as the better game overall, the concise platforming and magical lonely feel throughout the game is truly unique and superb. 2's homeworlds make it for me though, someone else mentioned how the ambient empty feel to them gave a really nice medium with which to present the levels you travel to. Some of the levels are on par with ones as well if you go into it with the right mood, like Aquaria Towers and Hurricos (my favorite level in any game.) The missions were pretty decent usually as well, aside from the handful that change the major control scheme. I think of 2 as a decent sequel in that it expands on the original idea with new ideas while only losing a bit of the originals charm.

And then 3 comes along and turns into a Saturday morning cartoon, complete with obnoxious side characters (that control horrendously at times) and a gratuitous lack of subtlety. And it still manages to be a great game that I'd consider replaying, if only after the other 2.

And now I'm going to go slit my wrists because I remembered how my one fucking hipster BITCH of an ex-girlfriend stole my PS1 and all three Spyro games when we broke up, all painstakenly collected from thrift stores over several years, and proceeded to move to the other side of the country.

[Anonymous No.4009031]

>>4004540
>I think Spyro 2 levels are really weak in general
Moving from Spyro to Spyro 2 was like the staff taking the freedom of the original Zelda game and replacing it with SS bullshit.

>>4002474
The first ones aren't particularly good either.

Spyro 2 truly good stuff are its hubworlds.

[Anonymous No.4009039]

>>4008930
>And then 3 comes along and turns into a Saturday morning cartoon
Spyro 2 levels were Saturday morning cartoon already.

[Anonymous No.4009043]

>>3970282
>he doesn't like WP

[Anonymous No.4009045]

>>4004491
Fuck the alchemist. Fuck Hunter. Fuck Fracture Hills.

[Anonymous No.4009373]

All those half baked minigames really did spyro 3 in

I want to play it again but thinking of them puts me off

[Anonymous No.4010108]

>>4009373

which ones in particular bother you?

i honestly like them all. i love the sparx levels and the skateboard stuff.
shelia's levels are fine, sgt byrd, yes i totally get how people don't like those levels, awkward controls/camera combo, the music, he's my least favourite. i always have to double back with him because i missed something.

bentley - it's cumbersome but i like the change of pace, having power over agility. agent 9 is pretty fun to me, shooting lazers and having to search for floating balloon/out of reach gems, much more fun than sgt byrd atleast.

[Anonymous No.4010629]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy2gFWx5os

This level was one of the best, in my opinion.
All of the levels in Dreamweavers were excellent in terms of design and aesthetic.

[Anonymous No.4010638]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=458wbeCd9Og

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibiel0Sak34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ja3Q4H2S0g

All three of these homeworld tracks from Spyro 2 are incredibly atmospheric. I could listen to them for hours.

[Anonymous No.4011803]

>>4010629
that song was in a movie?

[Anonymous No.4012641]

>>4010629
I forgot just how comfy the first game was to just hang around in

[Anonymous No.4014601]

Anyone else pretty much hang out in these levels for extended periods of time?

[Anonymous No.4014635]

Will Spyro too become bipedal once he grow up?

[Anonymous No.4014698]

>>4014601
the entire dream weaver world and portals freaked me out, and the beastmaker world freaked me out in a bad way so for the most part, no. the artisan world however i drag out as long as possible. maximum comfy.

[Anonymous No.4014717]

>>4014698
also on this note

artisans>magic crafters>dream weavers>peace keepers>beast makers>gnasty's world

and for good measure

autumn plains>winter tundra>summer forest

midday gardens>evening lake>sunrise spring>midnight mountain

[Anonymous No.4014751]

>>4014635
Not necessarily if Legend of Spyro is to be considered.

[Anonymous No.4016138]

>>4010108
The side characters are probably a bigger problems than the minigames. Plus many minigames involeve them. The Spyro based MG of 3 are probably more tolerable than the ones in 2.

[Anonymous No.4016150]

>>4014751
Thank goodness those games aren't to be considered

[Anonymous No.4016562]

>Replay Spyro 1
>Completely forget hovering wasn't a thing yet and hit triangle near the end of a glide.

[Anonymous No.4016940]

Can someone clear this up for me? I swear to god I've seen this thread here for so long. I mean, it feels like it's been here for months. Have there been multiple or is it this same one?
>maybe its just because ive been drinking too much

[Anonymous No.4017754]

>all these posts shitting on Robotica Farms
Fuck you, I liked it.

[Anonymous No.4018397]

>>4016940
you can check the date the OP was posted, which was 28 days ago.

[Anonymous No.4018612]

>>4016940
There was a thread like this in February that you might be thinking of.

[Comfyanon No.4018776]

This thread is great
I played a bit of spyro as a kid at my friend's house
I'm gonna buy it from eBay tomorrow
Only thing is I'm quite lonely already in this town so I'll wait until I find a friend and then play it with them

[Anonymous No.4018783]

time to die

[Anonymous No.4018867]

>>4016562
>Replay A Hero's Tail
>circle is charge, square is flame
AHT is a pretty underrated sequel, but YOU HAD ONE JOB EUROCOM, CMON.

[Anonymous No.4019512]

Anyone autistic enough to come up with some level ideas? I've invented 3-4 levels for Spyro 1 myself for fun.

[Anonymous No.4020040]

>>4019512
I used to map out Spyro 2 levels on an etch-a-sketch when I was really young.

[Anonymous No.4020872]

What do you guys think of Spring Savanna? Anyone else excited?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0tZkTnn24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auBT7mdJ2A8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEKVfQf64xM

[Anonymous No.4020929]

>>4018783

What's with that isolated room in the upper right?

[Anonymous No.4020961]

>>4020040

Neat. I haven't done it as a kid, but for some reason I've started doing it in the past month. 3 I came up with and 1 I somehow created in a dream I had the other day.

>>4020872

I am. The homeworld shows that the people behind this have a good grasp of what makes Sypro great, ie the huge spaces to wander around, the secrets you stumble upon, the fairy tale feel, etc.
Shame it's based on Spyro 2 because that means more sidequests and annoying NPCs. But that also means the boss should be a good fight.
And my god MrModez's music is just so, so good.

[Anonymous No.4021149]

Did u knoe that the entrance to the Ripto boos fight in 2 was originally going to be a hole in the floor like Crush and Gulp's was?

At least I'm assuming so, since that's how it is in the cutscene version of the Winter Tundra map. Go fire up Spyro World Viewer and look for yourself.

On an unrelated note:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NAzsDExMDw

[Anonymous No.4021227]

>>4017754
Spyro 2 did much worse. It's an alright level.

[Anonymous No.4022410]

>>4020929
That's where the small bit of dialog happens

[Anonymous No.4024942]

>>4000136
i think the first one remake could be amazing, im not so fussed about 2 and 3.

[Anonymous No.4025146]

>>4004491
fracture hills is a top 5 spyro level imo

many levels in the second game feel very simply structured and straightforward compared to the sprawling organicness of the first game, but fracture hills manages to feel totally unique. the contrast between the upper grassy area and the lower lava area full of hard to kill enemies is some of the best level design in the series.

the backtracking for the alchemist and the bagpipes are slightly annoying, but there's also an awesome supercharge route and skillpoint

[Anonymous No.4025180]

>>4024942

I think the same. The first one is my favorite by far, but it is the one that suffered the technological limitations of its time the most. Same for Spyro 1. The bosses aren't bosses, Spyro can't swim or climb, and other stuff. On the other hand there's not really much to improve in 2 and 3 aside from updated graphics, unless they intend to add cut content.
See N. Sane Trilogy. Crash 1 was severly outdated and needed major updates whereas Crash 2 and 3 are receiving new graphics and little more.

That said, part of me is curious to see remakes that do something more than just a few updates. Spyro worlds are so vast there's a lot more you could do compared to Crash.

[Anonymous No.4025201]

>>4024942

I think the same. The first one is my favorite by far, but it is the one that suffered the technological limitations of its time the most. The bosses aren't bosses, Spyro can't swim or climb, and other stuff. On the other hand there's not really much to improve in 2 and 3 aside from updated graphics, unless they intend to add cut content.
See N. Sane Trilogy. Crash 1 was severly outdated and needed major updates whereas Crash 2 and 3 are receiving new graphics and little more.

That said, part of me is curious to see remakes that do something more than just a few updates. Spyro worlds are so vast there's a lot more you could do compared to Crash.

[Anonymous No.4027546]

>>3952545
cute little bastards

[Anonymous No.4030112]

OP here
i've just finished my trilogy playthrough and we've had a great thread. nice work guys.

[Anonymous No.4030370]

Is it worth to start from the first one?

[Anonymous No.4030782]

>>4030370
More like it's not worth going on after the first one.

[Anonymous No.4030784]

>>4025146
>the backtracking for the alchemist and the bagpipes are slightly annoying
>slightly

It was nothing less than infuriating bullshit.

[Anonymous No.4032152]

Spyro 1, Charmed Ridge, Autumn Plains, Mystic Marsh

[Anonymous No.4032379]

>>4021149
You must be 18 to post here.