Welcome to the final edition of Video Game New Looks series, and this time we're going to be looking at a series that is very special to me. A game that lit the fire in my heart forever, we're going to be looking at...
Spyro The Dragon.
What can I say? I'm a big fan of the Spyro games ever sense it came out, hell! I'm such a fan I've got a stuffed toy of him. The game tells the story of a little dragon called Spyro, who lives happily with the other dragons. But after an interview, with a the dragons (no joke.) the reporter asked the evil Gnasty Gnorc, the dragons then describe him as 'not a threat' and 'ugly'. Gnasty Gnorc is apparently watching the interview live on television (How? I don't know!) and is outraged. Gnasty Gnorc then attacks the dragon realms by using a magic spell that traps all the dragons in crystal, except for Spyro, who dodges the spell because of his small size. Now it's up to Spyro to travel all over the Dragon Realms and free all the dragons, after saving them the dragons give you hints and tips, battling bosses and collecting different colored gems. After saving the dragons you finally go off to face Gnasty to beat once and for all! And that's the plot. It's a simple one, but a lovable one. I loved playing this game so much when I was younger. Hell! It reminded me of playing the Crash Bandicoot games, and like those games for the Playstation 1 was bloody good! With many worlds and places to explore and remediable characters like...
Spyro himself, and Sparx the Dragonfly, his best friend who acts like the player's health meter and assists in gathering gems. And also helps Spyro to kill sheep who turn into butterflies, and then Sparx eats them.... Sick....
All the dragons you free along the way are also key characters in Spyro's progression through the game. I won't name any of them because.... There's a load of them!!
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Gnasty Gnorc, the main villain of the story, who froze all the dragons of the land in crystal. I will admit this isn't the strongest villain I've ever faced but he is memorable and... MY GOD HIS CHEST IS FUCKING HUGE!!!
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What can I say more? The graphics are brilliant for it's time, the story being a silly one was lovable and enjoyable and the characters really helped it. I just wished they thought about the story more to make the game more interesting and also burning every MOTHER FUCKER YOU SEE WAS FUN!!! HAHAHAHA!.... Sorry. So it's a fun game and should be looked at more.
But wait! There were squeals... That made the stories all the more better!!
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
The story begins a year after the events of the first game. In the distant, fantasy realm of Avalar, local residents...
Elora,
Hunter,
and The Professor
have been working on their latest and largest portal. During a test of it, Hunter enters his birth date as the portal's target coordinates, inadvertently activating it and allowing a small wizard named Ripto into the realm along with two large and dimwitted monsters, Crush and Gulp. Identifying that the land has no dragons, Ripto declares that he is going to "move in" and take it over; however, Elora is able to de-activate the portal by instructing fairies to remove the orbs powering the portal. As Ripto begins to terrorize Avalar, Elora and the Professor plan to 'catch' a dragon in order to drive Ripto off. And who is this dragon you might ask?... Who else? Spyro! In Artisans (I guess the new name for where dragons live?) have been under rainy weather for some time so Spyro decides he need a vacation, locates a portal to the realm of Dragon Shores. However, after traveling through the portal, he finds himself instead landing in the realm of Avalar by means of a smaller portal, built by Avalar's Professor. Ripto enters the scene and destroys the portal, objecting to how the Professor succeeded in bringing a dragon to the world of Avalar. Ripto is, however, forced to retreat when Gulp accidentally swallows Ripto's magical scepter, and Spyro is asked to help save the realm of Avalar by defeating Ripto. Oh...
The little guy is Ripto and with him are his dimwitted monsters Glup (the green triceratops) and Crush. (the grayish blue with the club)
Oh yes, need I remind everyone of this asshole...
Moneybags...
I'm not going to lie, I really hated this character! But it's a love and hate relationship I have with him. I love to hate him! You can't go forward without having this guy get in your way and take nearly all the gems you've collected!!!
*sighs*
Thankfully you get to kick his ass after you've beaten the game.
And now the third squeal to the Spyro series on the PS1...
Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon.
Oh my god! This is good!
The game opens with a celebration in the land of the dragons, where Spyro and his kin are celebrating the "Year of the Dragon", an event that occurs every twelve years when new dragon eggs are brought to the realm, and I'm not going to lie They're sooooo CUTE!! During the celebration however, a cloaked rabbit girl named Bianca invades the Dragon Realms with an army of creatures called Rhynocs (rhino men) and steals all of the Dragon eggs, bringing them back to the Sorceress, who scatters the eggs throughout several worlds. The worlds are split up into four realms, all of them are named after a time of the day, and types of geography: Sunrise Spring, Midday Gardens, Evening Lake, and Midnight Mountain. You can tell they put a lot of thought into making this game. So it's up to Spyro, along with Sparx and Hunter, and they are sent down a hole to find the thieves and recover the dragon eggs. While pursuing the thief, Spyro discovers a world once inhabited by the dragons, but long abandoned and forgotten. This world is ruled by the Sorceress and her Rhynoc army. Only a few creatures stand and fight against the Sorceress' rule. Spyro learns from one such inhabitant named Sheila the Kangaroo that when the dragons left the realm, the magic of the world began to dry up. Spyro travels through each world in the forgotten realm, acquiring aid from the local inhabitants and rescuing the dragon eggs. I will not spoil anymore about the ending or anything else about this game, it is that good and is my favorite out of the whole series. You get to play as not only Spyro but other characters as well! Including Sparx!!! I won't spoil it anymore by telling you the characters because... well I think it's best for you to play and see for for yourselves I may have already told you about Sheila the Kangaroo but let that slid eh? Also....
Dragons riding a skateboard are AWESOME!!!!
*sighs* Right now that I've talked about the three original classics and I'll skip the other three brilliant games after Year of the Dragon. Mainly because... Well they're just as good as the others really. So lets have a look at What they did next...
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning.
It doesn't look half bad, I'll admit Spyro needs a little more work done and his voiced by Elijah Wood! But it does seem like decent looking game. I can't see this bei....
O_O!
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WHAT!? ANOTHER FUCKING REBOOT!!!!!!?????
The Whalley.
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