36IStillLikeSpyro36 wrote:

you know, it just occurred to me after i read this thread, i don't even consider A Hero's Tail canon. like, i truly just don't see this game as part of the original Spyro storyline. i've come to see it as a standalone game that just happens to heavily reference Spyro. so it's not that big of a deal to me if someone is really out of character, which almost everyone is.

edit: in case anyone is wondering why i said everyone is out of character, i've decided to explain here:

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Gnasty Gnorc used to be an angry brute. now he sounds like some lazy college student who parties too hard or something.

Sgt. Byrd used to appear uptight because of his military training. he now is uptight because he has an inflated ego.

Bentley used to be extremely sophisticated and used words so complicated that it took me 10+ years to learn what some of them meant ("genuflect"?). now, he... i dunno, he doesn't seem to really have a personality and he just uses normal-sized words.

Moneybags used to be a sophisticated (albeit morally messed up) businessman, with no clear accent. in AHT he's... i dunno, Middle Eastern or something? why did his race change? also, they went post-2004 Mr. Krabs on him and changed him from a businessman into some lunatic who needs money as if he were medically addicted to it or something.

Sparx used to buzz. in AHT, he talks.

Spyro's more childish in this game. everyone is, the dialogue in this game is so dumbed down it hurts, but Spyro wasn't this bad in previous games.

only Hunter and the Professor seem to really be in character at all.

You kinda forgot Ember.

ember wasn't in any of the other games

you know, it just occurred to me after i read this thread, i don't even consider A Hero's Tail canon. like, i truly just don't see this game as part of the original Spyro storyline. i've come to see it as a standalone game that just happens to heavily reference Spyro. so it's not that big of a deal to me if someone is really out of character, which almost everyone is.

edit: in case anyone is wondering why i said everyone is out of character, i've decided to explain here:

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Gnasty Gnorc used to be an angry brute. now he sounds like some lazy college student who parties too hard or something.

Sgt. Byrd used to appear uptight because of his military training. he now is uptight because he has an inflated ego.

Bentley used to be extremely sophisticated and used words so complicated that it took me 10+ years to learn what some of them meant ("genuflect"?). now, he... i dunno, he doesn't seem to really have a personality and he just uses normal-sized words.

Moneybags used to be a sophisticated (albeit morally messed up) businessman, with no clear accent. in AHT he's... i dunno, Middle Eastern or something? why did his race change? also, they went post-2004 Mr. Krabs on him and changed him from a businessman into some lunatic who needs money as if he were medically addicted to it or something.

Sparx used to buzz. in AHT, he talks.

Spyro's more childish in this game. everyone is, the dialogue in this game is so dumbed down it hurts, but Spyro wasn't this bad in previous games.

only Hunter and the Professor seem to really be in character at all.

You kinda forgot Ember.

I guess with the Spyro series, I don't care to much about story line and characters as much as I want a game that's fun to play, and I really enjoyed playing AHT despite the silly characters.

edit: in case anyone is wondering why i said everyone is out of character, i've decided to explain here: