raindrop717 wrote:

One thing I have noticed though is that the sheepdogs do seem to be slightly harder to kill than before. At least they seem so to me in the way that they follow Spyro more directly when they jump at him. Before they seemed much easier to dodge if that makes sense. I'm terrible at explaining things, lol.

I think that's mostly due to the fact that they simply have more lively animations then they did in the originals. From what I've seen, the timing of their reactions and everything else seems right on par, it's just a bit harder to keep track of them since now they sorta flail themselves all over the place in the air. Again, I think their timing and positioning of their attacks are spot on, just that the animation of their movements are a lot more busy now, if that makes sense.

"flail themselves all over the place in the air" Sorry, that made me laugh. That must be it though because they do seem to do that.

One thing I have noticed though is that the sheepdogs do seem to be slightly harder to kill than before. At least they seem so to me in the way that they follow Spyro more directly when they jump at him. Before they seemed much easier to dodge if that makes sense. I'm terrible at explaining things, lol.

I think that's mostly due to the fact that they simply have more lively animations then they did in the originals. From what I've seen, the timing of their reactions and everything else seems right on par, it's just a bit harder to keep track of them since now they sorta flail themselves all over the place in the air. Again, I think their timing and positioning of their attacks are spot on, just that the animation of their movements are a lot more busy now, if that makes sense.

I could be wrong, but I always figured the reason Gnasty and all the other Spyro 1 bosses only took a couple hits had to do with the newness of the 3D platformer genre. The industry later worked out that "boss" = "arena fight against strong bad guy" whereas before you were almost fighting with the level more than the boss itself.

That could be true and definitely makes sense. All the more reason for them to maybe spice up the battles a bit. However, seeing all the E3 footage and the Toasty battle now, they probably won't change anything. One thing I have noticed though is that the sheepdogs do seem to be slightly harder to kill than before. At least they seem so to me in the way that they follow Spyro more directly when they jump at him. Before they seemed much easier to dodge if that makes sense. I'm terrible at explaining things, lol.

raindrop717 wrote:

Aquila King wrote:

Really? I always felt the exact opposite. I mean Ripto was a shorty and the Sorceress was basically dino-Ursula.

Yeah. It might have to do with the fact his boss battle felt so anti-climatic where the others put up more of a challenge.

That's perfectly understandable. I really hate how they literally just gave the final boss two hits.

Oh, I know! Not gonna lie, I won't mind at all if they change the battle up and give him more hits or something.

Aquila King wrote:

Really? I always felt the exact opposite. I mean Ripto was a shorty and the Sorceress was basically dino-Ursula.

Yeah. It might have to do with the fact his boss battle felt so anti-climatic where the others put up more of a challenge.

That's perfectly understandable. I really hate how they literally just gave the final boss two hits.

Really? I always felt the exact opposite. I mean Ripto was a shorty and the Sorceress was basically dino-Ursula.

Yeah. It might have to do with the fact his boss battle felt so anti-climatic where the others put up more of a challenge.

It's kinda funny. I always felt like Gnasty was the least-intimidating-looking of the three villains, but now I feel the opposite. He's MUCH more fierce-looking now.

Really? I always felt the exact opposite. I mean Ripto was a shorty and the Sorceress was basically dino-Ursula.