The Dark Gems from AHT and DotD

Aura24 · May 13, 2009 6:40 PM

I just noticed something about the Dark Gems from both A Hero's Tail and DotD.

In Hero's Tail, the Dark Gems are used to fuel Red's power, and also turn the lushful life on the environments around them into dark places. They emit a haunting sound when you're standing near them.

In DotD, the dark gems are crystals, and are used to animate the Golems of the Deep under Malefor's will, and used as a power source for the machinery of Malefor's army(as seen in Dragon City when you have to destory the Seige Towers on the Ramparts). They emit a haunting, whispering noise and also suck out the mana Spyro and Cynder need for their breath attacks when they are close.

Both dark gems from the two games emit a dark, haunting sound when you're near them, but A Hero's Tail's dark gems don't suck out your mana. They're both similiar, since they both radiate with dark magic.

Spyroflamesredsbum · May 13, 2009 11:35 PM

I ALWAYS HAVE THOUGHT THAT TOOOO C8
woo!!!!!!!!

Jackson117 · May 14, 2009 8:35 AM

Eh if the haunting sound had a creepy zombie/ghost thing then i freaked

Swaffy · May 14, 2009 7:27 PM

Before I figured out that those dark stones made that noise, I always
thought that a horrible enemy was nearby, and I got some feeling that
something was about to annihilate Spyro.

~cornys~ · May 18, 2009 8:57 PM

lol.. yeah... they are pretty simmiler.. what else could a dark crysly be like though? lol

RedDragonX · May 18, 2009 9:05 PM

They ran out of good ideas obviously...so they went back in time.

Jackson117 · May 27, 2009 7:40 AM

And they meet Doctor who and he's TARDIS

Spyro Volcanix · Jun 16, 2009 9:13 PM

o_O ... What?... Never mind.

The dark gems were pretty similar... But for the aHT dark gems, they cut out all other background music, while the DotD dark gems didn't.

Spyro Master · Jun 16, 2009 9:20 PM

You cant beat Jackon's random comments big_smile , anyway i wouldnt be surprised they went back to older gmes for ideas for 2 reasons.
1. they were probaly running out ideas
2. its the spyro game which was released on Spyro's 10th anniversery so they would go back to grab ideas from it to relate back, e.g these dark gems, being able to climb on walls and also hunter returning.

shadowsfall · Jun 16, 2009 9:33 PM

I have noticed that to. Maybe they were just like "hey lets bring this back just to tease them but lets add a feature to it" And of course that it the taking of your mana. which is really annoying

Spyro Master · Jun 17, 2009 9:24 AM

To be honest im actually quite pleased they did it, sure in some respects it shows that they are lazy, but if you think about it they are paying tribute to the 10 years Spyro has been around, which to be honest was the best thing they did to that game, cause thats how it seems to me.

jellyspyro · Jul 27, 2009 8:31 AM

Maybe there are dark gems in both because they were the same people who made hero's tail and Dotd

Nightfall · Jul 27, 2009 11:40 AM

jellyspyro wrote:

Maybe there are dark gems in both because they were the same people who made hero's tail and Dotd

You mean the same developers? No. AHT was Vivendi (or something like that) and DotD was Etranges Lib-blegh-blegh. o_O

Spyro Master · Jul 27, 2009 6:39 PM

If you peel away at DOTD you can see elements of past spyro games in the game itself e.g:

Climbing: First seen in Spyro 2
Fly at any time (only in 1 level): Spyro 1
Dark gems: Spyro: A Heros Tail
Hunter: First seen in Spyro 2
Earth Ball: sort of similar to the ball gadget in Spyro: AHT

DarkMaster · Jul 27, 2009 8:13 PM

Spyro Master wrote:

If you peel away at DOTD you can see elements of past spyro games in the game itself e.g:
Climbing: First seen in Spyro 2
Fly at any time (only in 1 level): Spyro 1
Dark gems: Spyro: A Heros Tail
Hunter: First seen in Spyro 2
Earth Ball: sort of similar to the ball gadget in Spyro: AHT

oh yea, i just noticed that!

Spyro Master · Jul 29, 2009 8:33 PM

big_smile im sure there is other elements but i cant remember them at the moment lol XD

SuperSpyroFan · Sep 03, 2009 5:47 PM

I reckon that the dark gems are both similar because in my opinion, AHT is a prototype for DOTD.

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