Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Spyro reignited trilogy would have easily earned a five star rating. Let's start with the positive: First,it's Spyro! The gameplay is as fun and addictive as you remember on the PS1. There have also been some added bonuses and levels that were not in the original title. In fact, gaining entry into the first one nets you an easy trophy! Even though old school gamers don't need a reason to pick up this title and play all over again, it's a fun little bonus. There is now a hintbook in game that acts as a "checklist" for all the goals that need to be accomplished and all the items that need to be collected. A mini map feature has also been added that can be turned on or off at anytime. All of these additions make the game a little better in my opinion, as I remember getting "lost" at certain points in the original. So the issue of "where do I need to backtrack to?" isn't present. The camera flows much more smoothly now and doesn't get "stuck" against certain objects. The overall controls have been improved and don't feel as clunky as they did on the original. Jumping and gliding to different areas to collect that one last chest or gem isn't as trial and error as it used to be. The graphics are very beautiful and fluid. This really impressed me during the first few minute of playing the game. I knew a remake of this title would be awesome, but it's almost like playing a cartoon! Watching the flames shoot from Spyro's mouth and turn the surrounding grass to cinders only to magically restore itself moments later is cool. It's also cute to leave the controller alone for a bit and watch Spyro nap and Sparx break the fourth wall. There are now more detailed versions of the dragons that you set free. For instance in the opening artisan level, one dragon holds a lute and wears a renaissance hat while another has a paintbrush while sporting an apron. Tom Kenny does an excellent job as the voice of Spyro. When I first heard that he was the voice actor chosen, I admit I was a bit concerned that gamers would get a SpongeBob-esque remake. Not the case at all. Tom offers up Spyro as the cute,little mischievous dragon who sounds very similar to the original. Now unfortunately comes the negative and why I need to dock one star. Believe me, I really hate to do this as I love Spyro and this isn't the fault of the game itself, but rather the publisher. The Spyro trilogy release date was pushed further back only to put "some of the levels" of 2 and 3 on disc. The rest must be downloaded online. There is no excuse for this. Hell, I would have waited a year to get ALL of the content from ALL three games on disc. This was a very lazy, half-truth deception. I do not pay for digital ghost copies of games. That has zero trade in value. I am not a millennial and am not going to start throwing down money for a game that I will not really own. When the PS4 is dead and the PS5 is out, I'll just no longer be able to play the remake of Spyro 2 and 3 as it's not on disc and no longer available online? After all Sony has offered up so many digital PS2 titles on PS4... Fallout 4 GOTY edition was a bad enough blow. I will not support this practice and encourage companies to continue this type of greed. Had I known this, I would have canceled my pre-order. Sorry for my rant, but this could have been prevented and easily made into a five star game as having all three Spyro remakes on one disc would have been amazing. If something is going to take up 55GB of my space, then I don't want this type of crap to be pulled. Crash didn't get this kind of treatment, neither should Spyro.