In Spyro the Dragon, you play as this small purple hero. Gnasty Gnorc, the main enemy of the game, transformed all of the other dragons into crystal; and all because he heard in an interview that they called him names, ugly being the tipping point to his outrage. So, with his friend Sparx, a Dragonfly, he sets off to free the Dragons in each of the Dragon realms.
Another task Spyro must complete is to retrieve all of the treasure that Gnasty tranformed into monsters. Most of the enemies bear some likeness to Gnasty, but there are some that look like regular animals in our world. Spyro main means of defeating enemies is to use his Fire breath. He also can ram enemies with his horns and dive into enemies from the air. If Spyro becomes injured, Sparx will change color to symbolize Spyro's health. First he is Gold, then blue, then green, then he disappears. If Spyro is hurt when Sparx isn't around, then you lose a life.
And as if freeing Dragons from crystal stasis and collecting the lost treasure wasn't enough, there are several Dragon eggs throughout the game that you must retrieve from thieves. These thieves are fast too, so you have to outsmart them or you will be chasing them for quite a while.
There are six worlds you traverse in your quest. The starting world is the Artisan World, filled with culture and beauty. Then there's Peace Keepers, charged with enforcing peace and order; Magic Crafters, with magical prowess; Beast Makers, which creates the creatures throughout the Realms; Dream Weavers, in charge of dreams and the night; and Gnasty's World, which is the home of Gnasty Gnorc himself.
For the most part, the game is pretty easy to complete. However, even after tens of playthrough, I still have trouble in a couple spots. The Beast Makers world is my least favorite world. One level in particular, Tree Tops, is so dependent on your skills on gliding through the air. It is so easy to miss treasure in this level because you didn't land on the right platform. I can usually finish the entire game in a day. I have a set way to go through each individual level that makes it easy to get all of the treasure. And if you finish the game at 100%, you unlock a special area that has thousands of treasure, turning your completion percentage to 120% when everything is collected.
For a game of its time, it is very nice graphically. The story is nice, and the voices are entertaining. The only bad thing about it is that sometimes the camera doesn't follow right behind you in certain spots. Even when you try and center the camera using the button for camera movement it won't work. But that is the only thing. The worlds are bright and colorful and the music is extremely fitting for each Realm. I highly recommend either picking up a physical copy of the game somewhere if you can find it, or downloading it off of PSN for $5.99 USD.
My Rating: 5 out of 5
Michael, aka me3lingual
No comments:
Post a Comment