Wouldn't it be great if you could fly spyro while playing the game?

Sammy The Dragon · May 29, 2008 5:17 PM

As you probably know, Spyro flys on his own. But wouldn't it be great if you could fly him around whenevr you want?!?!?!

Aicebo · May 29, 2008 5:25 PM

Sammy The Dragon wrote:

As you probably know, Spyro flys on his own. But wouldn't it be great if you could fly him around whenevr you want?!?!?!

We will when Dawn of the Dragon comes out.

TheManiacOnWheels · May 29, 2008 11:46 PM

Yeah. I just hope they actually flap their wings instead of the constant glide in the flight levels of the previous games.

Kat · May 30, 2008 1:48 AM

TheManiacOnWheels wrote:

Yeah. I just hope they actually flap their wings instead of the constant glide in the flight levels of the previous games.

Ugh, YES, I'm so glad I'm not the only one that noticed (or was bothered) that. I'd purposely angle my flight at a downward slant just so I could keep tapping the A button to flap. >_>
Lair was also like that, they only beat their wings when they were practically vertical or constantly tapping X to go faster. Birds are light creatures, yet THEY have to flap. Why shouldn't dragons?

Blah, sorry, rant over.

Neotyguy40 · May 30, 2008 3:06 AM

I noticed that too... the only time Spyro flapped by himself was when you were going upwards... And only very upwards.

TheManiacOnWheels · May 30, 2008 4:25 AM

I don't think dragons should flap their wings nearly as much as birds, but enough to make it look like they're actually flying. With Spyro, you looked like you were gliding the whole *bleep* time. If we wanted to glide, we would, but if we want flying, we want to see them FLAP. Not just somehow manage to stay in the same place without losing altitude for a whole level. I had that problem watching Eragon, but at least the dragon did flap occasionally.

Spyro_For_Life · Jun 07, 2008 5:50 PM

Maybe dragons don't need to flap, They might have some other flight ability that keeps them up, and they only have to flap to climb. And you know, birds of prey don't flap much either, because their huge, broad wings enable them to ride upward on thermals or to just glide forward without flappig. They pretty much only flap to change direction or make the first, hard ascent, but once they reach a thermal, no more flapping is required, unless they want to. When they perfom aerobatics, then they flap, because they can't spiral downward or flip through the air with their wings still.
And that, boys and girls, was my argument of logic and fact that puts people to sleep. -.-
Maybe dragons fly the same way as birds of prey. They glide on broad wings and thermal hop. ( Going from thermal to thermal without flapping.)
Here, make a comparison of wings:
and
Yep, I see broad wings on both.
Being on topic, yeah, it would be cool if you could fly whenever you want.

Doppelgangergang · Jun 07, 2008 5:58 PM

Hm....

Dragons could take advantage of updrafts to stay up.

Aicebo · Jun 07, 2008 7:12 PM

You're able to flap your wings in the first Spyro game if you hold down the X button...

Spyro_For_Life · Jun 08, 2008 1:21 AM

Aicebo wrote:

You're able to flap your wings in the first Spyro game if you hold down the X button...

Yeah, I used to do that. I would fly downwards, too, just so I could flap. I thought it looked cool, but now I'm all science-y and I've learned some stuff about thermals and wings and such... And I started thinking; In hot weather, or even with tailwinds and headwinds, there may be no need to flap except to speed up or make the ascent.

dragon protector x · Jun 08, 2008 3:43 AM

Flying in games while attacking things is one of my favorite things to do in a game, so i would really like to have Spyro fly anytime.

Juice box · Jun 08, 2008 3:53 AM

Momentum? Maybe if there is enough then they can keep up speed and are given lift like a plane to stay up.

ratchet · Jun 08, 2008 7:41 AM

I agree with Spyro-for-life on this one, but i do agree, it was crap how in spyro 2 and 3 that you went higher if you flapped, i think they did this if you wanted to go higher quickly, but i wasn't a fan of it and like people here, i pressed down so that i could flap more. in spyro 1 you can flap all you like and not go up, yay!!!!

So yeah, i guess that free flight would be fun.... but if it were up to me, i'd just make it an ability you unlock after beeting 120%

Dragonstar · Jun 08, 2008 1:34 PM

I agree we should be able to fly SPyro whenever and as high as we want.

Hurricos_McBreixo · Sep 30, 2008 4:21 AM

I had an idea for a Spyro game to unlock free flight after getting a certain percentage in the game. The only thing is that in my game it'll have many easter eggs that you can only reach by unlocking the free flight mode.

Kazoobie64 · Sep 30, 2008 12:43 PM

^
I also thought about this idea too.

I guess in the old games you could fly when you wanted with a certain gameshark cheat, but otherwise it probably would have made the game too easy. As for the flapping, it was probably because it could have been too advanced to have Spyro do it on his own at certain times. Either way, I looked at that flight video for DotD and the flapping looks kind of annoying, especially since it's associated with a sound effect. Then again, that could have been because the person playing it was being dumb and pressing a bunch of buttons without it necessary going "wheeeeeee."

SpyroFan2071 · Oct 11, 2008 2:25 PM

the wings DO flap, but only when you stay still... when you are flying, they dont flap. i saw some gameplay on youtube and saw it.

Kazoobie64 · Oct 11, 2008 3:00 PM

Which game are you talking about?

Trasher258 · Oct 14, 2008 3:16 AM

Yeah, getting to fly around is nice but I want to try pulling stunts like flying upside down. Having physics apply to this matter would also be nice. If you fly directly up for a while, you'll stall and start to either free fall or freezing to death. (Try not to fly into outer space. tongue ) The canopy between the skeleton of the wings could flutter abit as well.

I...I just have so many ideas I wish I could list them all.

SpyroFan2071 wrote:

the wings DO flap, but only when you stay still... when you are flying, they dont flap. i saw some gameplay on youtube and saw it.

Kazoobie64 wrote:

Which game are you talking about?

I think it might be the original or DotD. Do they flap when going up and fold when going down? Or something like that? You need to be a little more specific.

ratchet · Oct 14, 2008 7:43 AM

Actually, manually flapping will probably be very annoying.Constants going down and have to bring yourself up with flaps is just annoying, sorry! But i'm in favour of Spyro automaticly flapping and you dont go anywhere, or just like Spyro 1 where you flap for fun.

Bit yeah, in DOTD You have free flight, but they've already said theres a limit to how high you go, its not like Grand theft auto where you can just keep on going up/out of the area.
And i've seen a screeny where "Spyro cant get past because theres a Wall that for some reason cant fly over, and he has to complete a battle first", and THIS was the moment where i lost my faith in DOTD, but it could be better than i thought. i guess its just the long line of Crap Spyro games gives this game a bad name already.

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