But, I didn't last year because I got TEN early in October, and I didn't have a DS at the point when SL came out in 2005. (but I got in this year, earlier... makes a great traveling game, IMO. ^^)

But luckily I think this year will pay off those two years when I didn't get Spyro games... because I want to have Seasons of Ice and Flame for my GBA/DS in the "Spyro Superpack!", and of course, LoS: Dawn of the Dragon for the PS2. ^_^

I'm a fan of both trilogies, really. I loved to play the three originals when I was around 8-10, and now, 16, and wanting to play DotD, I'm very excited. No matter what Spyro looks like or his gameplay is to me, he's apart of my childhood, and teenhood. And if I ever have any kids of my own, I'm totally bringing out the PlayStation and let them have a try of beautiful imagination in the wonderful adventures of Spyro. Heck, they might even like both of the trilogies.

It's funny, but I've noticed that the most volatile people who are against LoS are the younger fans who didn't play the games when they original came out. I find it a little strange and also amusing. A lot of the older fans like me who've been with the series forever don't usually freak out as badly as the youngsters (though a number of them do still get angry at LoS; I find that I am a general exception to the polarization this series has brought about; I love the old games, I love the new games, and I hate the games in between ).

I can't get my husband to play any of the Spyro games, but he saw me playing DotD the other night and expressed genuine interest in playing. He also said he was impressed by the way the story ended (frankly, so am I; they ended the story, gave us closure, and still managed to leave enough room for future games; I didn't think it was possible XD).

Oh, so I'm not the only one who noticed this, lol? My dad seen me and my sister playing DotD, he always seen spyro as a goofy little kiddy game, but he said he thought this one was pretty awesome looking, and me and him are both hardcore gamers.

I've seen friends almost duke it out over stuff like that <.<
I mean, being a fan is one thing...

Also, methinks my "cliche detector" is damaged. I've never really thought of a story as cliche, even if I've seen it 100 times.

I can't get my husband to play any of the Spyro games, but he saw me playing DotD the other night and expressed genuine interest in playing. He also said he was impressed by the way the story ended (frankly, so am I; they ended the story, gave us closure, and still managed to leave enough room for future games; I didn't think it was possible XD).

Stormy, here's the answers to your questions: ...

er... actually that was me.
anyway, i guess i need to go back over my tapes and take notes.

So, at this point Dawn of the Dragon had only been announced a few months ago and has a little bit of screenshots, and I decide to show Michael these screens to see what he thinks. He was awed, actually. Haha. He said he loved the realistic look and for some reason was super excited over there being a dragonness character. He then calls Krystal over to see the screens and she looks at them for a while and when Michael goes "aren't they c--" she instantly goes "OH MY GOD THEY RUINED SPYRO!!!!!" Then Michael goes "what?! I like them what are you talking about!?" And they argue for a long time while I'm cracking up on the office chair. Then Ernie eventually gets sick of things and goes "guys just shut up so we can go to Taco Bell, I'M SO HUNGRY.... SPYRO'S GAY." So yeah, look at what I did.

I wasn't a member of these forums around that time so I never got a chance to mention it, but look, a common argument from here seen in real life! Awww.

But I suppose you and I will always disagree here. I happen to like LoS very much, even more now that I've finished the story. It's a good story in my opinion and I very much enjoyed it. I've decided to not really care if anyone else doesn't; that's your opinion and you have a right to it.

As for comparing it to the old games, I try not to be biased when playing the game so I erase all traces of the old games from memory as I play them, and I still can't enjoy them. If I wanted to be biased I wouldn't have ever played them at all because I was so hesitant to do so, but alas. I've also used a friend of mine as a lab rat. I hadn't talked to him for a while after he moved from here but when he came to visit this weekend, I told him to play these three games. He's never actually heard me talk about Spyro, nor has heard of the games at all besides the commercials he saw for both the old school games and the newer ones. After he finished the trilogy I asked for an honest opinion and all he said was "pretty graphics, dumb story, weird designs... Boring." So quite frankly, the old games have nothing to do with this.

As for whether comparing it to the old games is fair or not anyway, as long as the title is "Spyro" it will always be fair. A "series" should try to be better as the games progress, if they aren't, usually the creators just give up. (But of course this is Activision.) The Sonic series receives flack each time a terrible game comes out and if it's too different, people will trace it back to the superiority of the old games. So basically if you choose to continue a series you're going to have that burden on your shoulders no matter what.

I'm not trying to argue but I want to give you all knowledge so you'd all stop with the "man you guys don't like these games because you're stuck on the old ones!" No, we just don't like them and the old ones happen to be good.

I'm an old-school Spyro fan, but I love LoS. So, no, we're not all LoS-haters. I see the two series as being completely different (which they are, what with LoS being a reboot and all). The Insomniac games are more fun to play, the games in between generally sucked (sorry AHT fans, I just didn't see the appeal), and LoS has an incredible storyline the likes of which I have never seen in a game. It may be cliche, but who says that's a bad thing?

But I turned on the subtitles when I got to the Hermit. I didn't catch a THING he said.

Me and my brother LOVED the entire game, including all the voice actors. I can't think of a single bad thing to say about this game, but then again, maybe I'm just easy to please.

OH, and did anyone else have to turn the subtitles on to understand Malefor? I honestly couldn't understand a word he said.  o_O

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Cynder is a wind dragon and she only has other powers because of Malefor's influence on her (I TOLD you! *shakes fist*).  ...  Dragons are sustained by their elements.

forgive me, i must have missed this somewhere in the game.. where are these things stated?