Spyro the Dragon Forums / How is this game?

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (Clock-la) — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:54:38 +0000

Stormy wrote:

KingLambda wrote:
The Hunter levels kicked butt though
They did! It makes me kind of wish Hunter had been playable in Spyro 3. He had so much potential.

I always play that snow bit when you are hunter at Christmas, i loved that part

ccrogers15 wrote:

Moneybags became an australian with a muslim style outfit.

I beg your pardon?

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (36IStillLikeSpyro36) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:58:47 +0000

except he crawled so slowly.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:05:54 +0000

KingLambda wrote:

The Hunter levels kicked butt though

They did! It makes me kind of wish Hunter had been playable in Spyro 3. He had so much potential.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (RangerOfIthilien) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:59:07 +0000

In terms of gameplay at least they got it right with Hero's Tail. I loved Hero's Tail even if it wasn't quite as fluid to play as the first three.

(again not counting the Blink levels, like Stormy said earlier) The Hunter levels kicked butt though

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:48:14 +0000

I think you're right; they're definitely their own series separate from the first three games. I'm not so sure we can say they were trying to emulate the old Spyro games exactly, though....

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (ccrogers15) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:31:50 +0000

The reason it was bad was because the developer tried so hard to emulate the old spyros, yet somehow down the line of development thought it was the perfect idea to make spyro like he was, remove tom and stewart, change the personality of many characters.

I hated that. Bad.
Even the designs of the characters prove that this game should not be canon to the past games.
I will strongly always say Heros Tail, Orange and Shadow Legacy was its own series, like the 3 legend games were their own series.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:17:33 +0000

Yeah, different people are obviously going to be bothered by different things, but I guess I just can't understand being bothered by a change just for the fact that it's a change. I was trying to say that the game is good independently of the context of previous games, so harmless changes shouldn't matter. But if he wants to be bothered by it he has every right, of course.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (36IStillLikeSpyro36) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:07:27 +0000

the fact that it's different could be a valid point for some people. significant changes might actually be more okay, it's the small details like changes in personality and voices that put some people off.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:05:56 +0000

Right, it would be like saying TLoS is bad just because they changed everything. I'm no fan of that series, but it's not just because it's different, but because I think it's bad in its own right. Simply pointing out how it's different from previous Spyro games doesn't prove anything about the quality; you have to actually explain why that makes it bad for your argument to make any sense.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (RangerOfIthilien) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:53:58 +0000

ccrogers15 wrote:

You also have to consider that moneybags and hunter were given largely different personalities. While hunter in Spyro 1-4 was the type of cheetah to be smart but act dumb, spyro 5 hunter was the skater "Dudeeeeeeeeeee!" type.
Moneybags became an australian with a muslim style outfit, bently who use to be smart was made to look dumb.
Basically, Heros Tail felt like a reboot.
Really absolutely no connection to past games aside from gnasty gnorc and other characters.
I would consider Spyro AHT, Orange and shadow legacy as their own reboot series, and non canon to spyro 1-4 and the GBA games at all.
I dont think the developer of the game ever played the past games. I just think they looked at screenshots and videos. Its pretty obvious.

Yes but it's still fun

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:41:40 +0000

I don't remember Hunter being anything like what you described in AHT. If anything he seemed smarter than before.

I'm not trying to argue that it's not different than the originals, or that it's better. I'm saying it's different, but I still found it fun in its own way, despite the changes. Basically, I don't think it sucks just because they changed the voices, music, and some of the characters.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (ccrogers15) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:36:19 +0000

You also have to consider that moneybags and hunter were given largely different personalities. While hunter in Spyro 1-4 was the type of cheetah to be smart but act dumb, spyro 5 hunter was the skater "Dudeeeeeeeeeee!" type.
Moneybags became an australian with a muslim style outfit, bently who use to be smart was made to look dumb.

Basically, Heros Tail felt like a reboot.
Really absolutely no connection to past games aside from gnasty gnorc and other characters.
I would consider Spyro AHT, Orange and shadow legacy as their own reboot series, and non canon to spyro 1-4 and the GBA games at all.

I dont think the developer of the game ever played the past games. I just think they looked at screenshots and videos. Its pretty obvious.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:22:22 +0000

While the music did add a lot to the original trilogy, I would definitely disagree that it was the only thing that gave the worlds life. There is much more to the game world than just music.

Tom Kenny just did the voice acting, not the script for Spyro's lines. Given better writers, Spyro could have had the same personality, just a different voice. I think this is something they tried to do but couldn't quite get right.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (ccrogers15) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:17:01 +0000

Stormy wrote:

Saying that is basically like saying Tom Kenny and Stewart Copeland were the only things worthwhile about the original series. They were great and all, but voice acting and music doesn't make or break the game for me; what's important is the game itself.

Removing stewart removed the life of the games world, and removing Tom removed spyros personality. Spyro became too childish and tried to hard to be funny.

Re: How is this game?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:13:37 +0000

Saying that is basically like saying Tom Kenny and Stewart Copeland were the only things worthwhile about the original series. They were great and all, but voice acting and music doesn't make or break the game for me; what's important is the game itself.