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really, crash 1 was the only good one

i liked spyro when i was a kid but in retrospect i think it was all rubbish

The first three PS1 platformers are masterpieces. I prefer Warped over the other two, but even today people are looking back at the first one fondly, and some people who have played Super Mario 3D Land are saying it borrows elements from it. Crash Bandicoot 2 improved on the original's flaws by having an actual save system, and then Warped improved it further by adding more objectives while still
retaining the save system.

After Crash Team Racing, Universal's contract with Sony ended, and as a result Crash Bandicoot was no longer exclusive to Playstation. Despite this, Crash Bash was released exclusively on the Playstation.

In 2001, Universal developed Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. It was meant to be "next-gen" Crash Bandicoot, but it failed to hold up a candle due to its long load times, among other flaws. It wasen't until the following year when they released the Xbox version that the load times were rectified. From Wrath of Cortex onward, Crash games performed better on Xbox and Xbox 360 for some unknown reason, though the games were still multiplatform. Crash Twinsanity came out in 2004, albeit rushed to hell and back with missing content galore. Much like Spyro: A Hero's Tail, Crash Twinsanity took the original Crash formula, but instead of recycling the "Warp Room" formula like Wrath of Cortex did, it decided to be more linear. This was neither a bad thing or a good thing. Since saving was now automatic there was no need for a "Warp Room". As a result of this change, Crash Twinsanity felt more fresh, and is arguably the best non-Naughty Dog Crash game.

Prior to the release of Twinsanity, Universal released two Crash Bandicoot games that were developed exclusively for the, get this, Game Boy Advance. Starting with Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure in 2002, one could tell that the games retain the "Warp Room" formula, but the levels were all in 2D instead of 3D. The sequel, N-Tranced, changed the "Warp Room" to more of a map not unlike that seen in Super Mario Bros. 3, but was otherwise an expansion to the first GBA game.

In 2007, Crash got a reboot, both in terms of character design and gameplay. Crash of the Titans was now a platformer/beat em up. The game wasen't bad on its own, but it was a huge departure from either Twinsanity or the Naughty Dog Crash games, and the majority of the new character designs weren't attractive to fans. They would go on to make a sequel in Crash Mind Over Mutant, which came out in 2008. It was unique because virtually every single cutscene used a different animation style and brought back N. Brio, who was absent for some time in the series. Reception of Mind Over Mutant was stronger than Titans, but fans still felt it wasen't a true "Crash" game and regarded it as such.

Since 2008 there hasen't been any new Crash games, though there was a prototype for a 2010 crash game that was seemingly scrapped.

Honestly I hate what Spyro has become but I still have fond memory of the first 3 games.

(12-21-2011, 12:26 AM)Kat Wrote: [ -> ]Honestly I hate what Spyro has become but I still have fond memory of the first 3 games.

If you enjoyed them, you'll probaly like A Hero's Tail. It's basically the originals, but there are no lives, and the level structure is different. It has multiple playable characters much like Year of the Dragon, but each character offers something almost completely different. The only minor complaint I had was that the "main theme" was repeated too much throughout the soundtrack, but there are a couple songs that are a delight, such as;

(12-21-2011, 12:26 AM)Kat Wrote: [ -> ]Honestly I hate what Spyro has become but I still have fond memory of the first 3 games.

(12-21-2011, 12:26 AM)Kat Wrote: [ -> ]Honestly I hate what Spyro has become

(12-21-2011, 12:26 AM)Kat Wrote: [ -> ]Honestly I hate what Spyro has become

Uuugh the Legend of Spyro series is ugly and unattractive, and it just doesn't look like Spyro anymore. Also

(12-21-2011, 12:51 AM)Whack-Dat-Yoshi Wrote: [ -> ]If you enjoyed them, you'll probaly like A Hero's Tail. It's basically the originals, but there are no lives, and the level structure is different. It has multiple playable characters much like Year of the Dragon, but each character offers something almost completely different.

thisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthis. I have not played the PS games, but I can say that Hero's Tail was very likely the best game before the original series died. Don't let Enter the Dragonfly's bugginess turn you off, AHT is vastly improved in pretty much every way. I completed the game 100% and was actually starting a new game as Ember. It's definitely up there with my much more favored games. Highly recommended for classic Spyro lovers.

I'm not crazy about the Legend of Spyro trilogy. The gameplay is completely tolerable and sometimes enjoyable, but it seems like they tried to turn Spyro into something that he wasen't.

No Spyro game can hold a candle to the original trilogy though, especially the first one.

I didn't like spyro 3 that much to be honest
1 and 2 defiantly had a charm that it lacked
skylanders spyro is probably the coolest spyro though

(12-21-2011, 02:10 PM)Zac Wrote: [ -> ]skylanders spyro is probably the coolest spyro though

Uhhhhh what. Serious post?

(12-21-2011, 12:26 AM)Kat Wrote: [ -> ]Honestly I hate what Spyro has become but I still have fond memory of the first 3 games.

Damn, where is the "Thank" button?

I've played all three games on PSX, years later I've got two gamecube versions, Enter the Dragonfly and A Heros Tail.

The first one has better graphics than the originals, but it has also a stupid storyline (Ripto: "hey you killed me but guess what I'm back") and too many bugs/lags. The second one has literally no charme left. No more collectable gems, the goofy characters are gone and the story is nearly as stupid as in Enter the Dragonfly. Especially the ending is disappointing and the "special scene" with the dragons disappoints even more. You're just asking: "Why did I play this shit"?

Never played a spyro game again (except the old ones), it's a shame what happened to the series.

Oh yeah there's also the GBA trilogy. They were interesting, being 3D-esque games on the GBA. Season of Ice was my first GBA game, funnily enough.

(12-21-2011, 03:58 PM)Whack-Dat-Yoshi Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-21-2011, 02:10 PM)Zac Wrote: [ -> ]skylanders spyro is probably the coolest spyro though

Uhhhhh what. Serious post?

no joke

just look at him
he's hilarious

I haven't even played the game but he already shows more character then any incarnation of spyro since the original, and he isn't some weird furry bait which you all know spyro was becoming

if you hate him cause he's ugly then you're missing the point that spyro is and always should be a little dragon ready to scorch some norcs

(12-22-2011, 12:15 AM)Zac Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-21-2011, 03:58 PM)Whack-Dat-Yoshi Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-21-2011, 02:10 PM)Zac Wrote: [ -> ]skylanders spyro is probably the coolest spyro though

Uhhhhh what. Serious post?

no joke

just look at him
he's hilarious

I haven't even played the game but he already shows more character then any incarnation of spyro since the original, and he isn't some weird furry bait which you all know spyro was becoming

if you hate him cause he's ugly then you're missing the point that spyro is and always should be a little dragon ready to scorch some norcs

I'll admit the skylanders design has grown on me, and may be better the Legend of Spyro's design, but good god it's not even close to the original Spyro's design.

what is this for a gremlin dragon thing? This could be a original character if they change the colours, but this is not really Spyro to me.