You can just charge right past and be on your merry way to the next adventure. In early home worlds, like the Artisans, this isn't annoying at all. The other major hurdle of Spyro 1 as compared to its followup games is that the home worlds – areas you access to go between official levels – are chock full of enemies that regenerate every single time you return to the area, meaning every time you beat a level, you have to continue slamming baddies until you enter the next one. In Spyro 1, the absolutely essential Hover move didn't yet exist, meaning that the only way to save a slightly off-angle glide is to run face-first into the platform and hope the engine fudges the landing for you.

Go ahead and show any Spyro 1 player this image to induce instant trauma: I mean, improving your product and making more amazing content is kinda the whole point of making sequels! It has some fabulous level design and it's a total delight, but if you're used to the smooth controls of 2 and 3, Spyro 1 will drag you outside by the ankles and kick your ass in the parking lot. Spyro 1 kickstarted one of the best platformer series of all time, so I can't blame it for being a little clunkier than the ones that came after.

Sure, I was missing a few crystal dragons here or there, but I beat it! But going after that perfect score is HELL (in a fun way!) As a kid, I never tried to go for 100%+, so it didn't seem that bad. HOW MAD YOU'LL GET IN THE TREETOPS LEVEL: 300/5.

So, after all that time spent on every single excruciating detail of all 3 games, I've got some stuff to say about 'em! OK SO the original Spyro trilogy on PS1 is probably my #1 favorite game series ever made and extremely close to my heart, so apologies in advance if this review is biased as hell.Īs you can see, I played thoroughly.

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