It's Spyro. The purple dragon that gave our childhood hope. That sense of adventure, the excitement of progression, and the patience of collection. I've had this game for a while. Haven't been able to dedicate too much time to relive it. But, at the end of the day, it is the same little Dragon that gave my younger years that sense of excitement, and drive to take on challenges that appeared much larger and tougher than myself.

Imagine Getting Crash N. Sane Trilogy instead of this...


Anyways Amazing Games.

When I was a child, I generally played two main game franchises: Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot. While I did enjoy playing Crash, I honestly preferred Spyro, owning the first three original games, Enter the Dragonfly and A Hero’s Tail. So, one can imagine the joy I felt when it was revealed back in 2018 that the first three games were getting remade/remastered. I played the Reignited Trilogy when it was initially released and wanted to revisit it six years later.

The Spyro Reignited Trilogy stays generally faithful to the first three games that started the series of one lovable purple dragon and his friend Dragonfly. Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon have all been faithfully recreated with up-to-date graphics and available for modern consoles. It’s up to Spyro to restore peace and tranquility to the worlds he travels through. The first game sees him and his friend Sparx travel across the Dragon Kingdom and put a stop to Gnasty Gnorc, who trapped all other dragons in crystal. In the second game, he wants to take a vacation but ends up in Avalar, meeting others who put him on a quest to stop Ripto. The trilogy ends with where the evil Sorceress has stolen dragon eggs, and Spyro must return them back to the dragons.

As someone who grew up playing the original versions of these first games, I really adore this remake/remaster. It perfectly captures what I love about those games and brings them into the modern age. Going through the various fantastical worlds and meeting so many different characters brought back so many memories. In terms of the nostalgia this game gave me, it all stays true to what was original, with some minor changes that don’t impact the game too much. When I played this, I felt the same type of excitement and thrill I felt when I was a kid.

The gameplay and controls are pretty easy to master, so players shouldn’t have too much trouble. Each world features its own host of characters, enemies, challenges, minigames, and much more. The unique music and soundtrack further bring these worlds to life. Generally speaking, the game’s challenges and minigames aren’t too difficult, except for the various skateboarding ones in the third installment. Those ones really caused me to thoroughly rage. Some of the skill points were also tricky to get and took me several tries, but I was thankfully able to complete them. For example, if you want to beat the Yeti in two rounds in Year of the Dragon, I recommend turning down the FPS to 30 frames. That really helped me.

If you are a fan of the originals or new to this series, this game is a great pick if you want a fun, adventure platformer. I would absolutely recommend this!