ROR: Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon (PS1 Vs. PC & Switch) | The Trilogy Perfected 

3:04 "Last time, i talked about Spyro 2's story for 20 minutes. I'm gonna try to tone things down-" Talks about the Story for 24 minutes. At least is super detailed.....

Spyro 2 Review: June 12 Spyro 3 Review: July 13 The quickest feature-length review in the West

Me: I'm so bored, I wish I had something to do ExoParadigmGamer:

Broke: The Gruntilda Effect WOKE: *_THE MONEYBAGS EFFECT_*

_Two hours, WOW. You are leaving NOTHING untouched._

I've seen so many Spyro fans praise Spyro 2 as being the pinnacle of the trilogy despite them complaining about so much stuff like the minigames, and yet they bash Spyro 3 even though it does a lot of the same things yet does those things way better, as you so extensively discussed here. Thank you so much for sticking up for Spyro 3, man. I hope it gives the game a lot more credit than what many other fans give when comparing it to the second game. Well done for such a detailed and well though-out review.

I'm pretty sure Sgt Byrd claiming he had limited ammo was clearly him trying to make up an excuse because he didn't think to use his weapon. Also, PS4 and PC both have gyro. I use my PS4 controller for gyro all the time

I feel I must once again put on my tinfoil hat and talk my music theory: I think the PAL version is actually the *only* one that plays the right music during the Sorceress battle. I think that what ended up as Spike's theme was *meant* to be the Sorceress's theme and vice versa. There are two reasons for this: The more subjective one is that Spike's theme kinda just sounds a lot more ominous and climactic, but also... Spike's theme samples Agent 9's theme. And the Sorceress's Arena theme feels like it takes at least some cues with the instrumentation from Sgt. Byrd's theme. This is odd considering that Sgt. Byrd fights alongside Spyro against Spike, while Agent 9 fights alongside him VS the Sorceress. So yeah. I feel like at some point someone got those two tracks mixed up and it was never corrected.

In case anyone is curious about the music changes in the PAL region, here are the alterations: - All Speedways have Harbour Speedway's theme - Enchanted Towers Skatepark and Bonus Challenge has the Desert Ruins theme - Evening Lake shares Sunrise Spring - Lost Fleet shares Super Bonus Round - Crystal Islands shares Seashell Shores - Haunted Tomb shares Cloud Spires - Dino Mines shares Molten Crater - Sorceress's Lair shares Spike's Arena

Hell yeah

I'd like to think that due to how Sgt. Bird reacts in the reignited trilogy he just kinda FORGOT he had rocket launchers on his person this whole time and makes up an excuse to sound cooler than he is.

I really believe that these 3 Spyro reviews are some of if not your best reviews. It’s truly a shame that more people aren’t watching them considering how much effort you put into them.

Well, now I have something to listen while trying to sleep. I don't know why, but your voice relax me and helps me sleep.

Calling it now - Exo’s next ROR intro is just going to be a minute of trilling before starting into the review.

One thing that I really wish they'd done with the remake was add more to it. Year of the Dragon feels grander because everyone is banding together to fight the Sorceress. The NPCs you help in the levels help you in return by building vehicles to get to different realms. Until you reach Midnight Mountain, where the NPCs disappear despite going through the portals. They could have had each character from that realm help to open the door to the final boss. It would have made the fact that they added a portal flying sequence before you fight the Sorceress much more of an epic bookend.

I'm actually shocked to learn ppl had a problem with Sheila's redesign. Its an amazing update and fleshes out her character and personality immensely in a way that's true to the spirit of the original. I love it!

Honestly, the Switch version of Spyro 1 looks amazing docked and often in handheld too, even if it misses a lot of grass in handheld but Spyro 2 and 3 feel half assed on Switch.

I’m so glad you also think 3 is the best. Too many people sadly don’t love it. I played through all 3 on base PS4 at launch (completed them in about 6 days) and the only real glitch I ran into in 3 was that after a few unsuccessful tries at the race, the Rhynocs in the Lost Fleet skate stage just...disappeared. I was able to race completely unopposed and could complete the course at whatever pace I wanted. It was really weird.

I’d love to see you RoR Rehydrated or the N Sane Trilogy next.

Exo: *mentions keeping timestamp down* Me: *looks at time* *spits out coffee*

Every time you say “greatest hits” I hear “Great as T*ts”

I just want to say for the past 4 years you have given me great content. I really love the Mario 64 one. Even for games I have no idea about like Pac-Man World, I still watch your videos.

This game wasn't just my childhood but I truly do admire some of Spyro's Friends who are truly underrated and hopefully If Spyro 4 ever gets made these guys truyl needs to make another grand comeback!

Actually, the best thing about boxing minigame is the fact that you can play it against your friends if a second controller is connected. It was a fun feature and I enjoyed it... back in 2001. Snowboard race in Super Bonus Round just might be my favourite minigame in a 3D platformer. That or skateboard racing in Lost Fleet.

This guy needs more subs. Seriously this must’ve been hell to edit

Spyro 3 is my favorite childhood game, im glad its getting more recognition now

"Oh man, I have two hours left at a graveyard shift where I will literally have nothing to do." *sees this on my timeline*

Me: Playing Sonic Heroes on PS2 Exo: Uploads Video Me: Why do you do this to me....IT'S 2 HOURS LONG, CHRIST ON A BIKE!

Exo, I just wanted to say that every upload you make whether it be an ROR or typical review always makes for an excellent watch. I always appreciate the level of detail you go into in your videos, even if it’s for a game I’ve never played like Spyro, and because of these last few vids you made me wanna try out the Spyro trilogy whenever I get the money to comfortably afford the games. I look forward to the next video, thank you so much for making such quality content for so many years

1:46:32 S A N Z A R U *Screams of the dammed sounding while the Sly 4 dancing mingame is playing in the background*

Exactly what I could've hoped for to fall asleep to. You're the best serious game reviewer on all of RU-vid, you've got that perfect voice, you've got the most professional articulation of your thoughts, it's just great. And you make long videos, which I LOVE dude. Not to mention you're quick at making them somehow it's nuts. Keep putting these long-form videos out, both of your main series are absolute RU-vid gems.

51:07 That shot really bothered me.

I felt like the races were way harder in reignited simply because I wasn't used to how slippery flying is. The stars felt like a hindrance due to how much more difficult it is to turn once you boost through them. In the original I didn't have that problem, but in reignited, no matter how I tuned my controls, I couldn't make it feel tighter or better to control

I'm willing to excuse the backtracking for a reason I don't really hear anyone mention. Sheila and Sgt. Byrd are unlocked in the first half of the game, so they can easily get stages to themselves throughout the rest of the game. Whereas Bentley & Agent 9 are unlocked in the second half, so without backtracking you have have fewer chances to experience their playstyles. Alternately, the game could just be backloaded with their levels (which it does a tiny bit), making the game feel a little lopsided in terms of alternate characters. So I felt a few points of backtracking were acceptable for a more level experience overall. Also, was this video really 2 hours long? I was so engaged the whole time I hardly even noticed haha

1:21:55 & 1:22:53 OK I'M SO GLAD SOMEONE POINTED THIS OUT ABOUT THE CONTROLS ON SWITCH AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY! For some odd reason, in the Switch version of the Reignited Trilogy, no matter what controller you use, pushing the left analog stick in any of the 4 diagonal directions DRAMATICALLY cuts your speed in half to the point it's almost at walking speed. This also affects flying controls as you can't move up or down fast enough diagonally, w/out resorting to the d-pad. It's most noticeable when playing as any of the extra characters in Spyro 3. You've probably never noticed Spyro's own speed getting cut while running, but I think his animations and general speed are just really smooth to counteract the decreased speed, but it's still somewhat noticeable while jumping. They never patched this issue in the Switch version, and the only way to get around it is to use the D-Pad, as for whatever reason wasn't affected by this weird glitch.

most youtubers :this massive project im never doing again exo : movie length review is an every video thing exo u damn legend

Watched it all the way through, great review, and I’m glad to see that someone recognizes how great Spyro 3 is in comparison to the rest of the trilogy while acknowledging its gameplay additions as significant and fun to play

This made me so happy to see in my uploads. These are just relaxing to watch while stuck at home during quarantine. Thanks for your continuing work!

Caddicarus is going to have a near impossible time topping this. Great work as usual Exo. A few flaws here and there, but I can let them slide. Very informative, constructive and even opened my eyes on a few things that past me by. A guy by the name of "fettfive" once said that Spyro 3 is the superior version of what Donkey Kong 64 was trying to be. I have played both games and I can agree. DK64 was very promising at first and I was digging it, but it gradually became more tedious and repetitive due to how it's structured and designed. I don't have much interest in completing the game as a result. As for Spyro 3, what started out as a game I originally accepted as "good" eventually grew to being one of the best PS1 games to replay. I've replayed the original trilogy nearly two months ago and as much as I respect Spyro 2, it's not a game I have much fun with especially when I can just play the other two games instead. Spyro 1 is the best if I just want a pure platformer, but I'm not a hardcore purist, let alone an obnoxious one. I usually prefer to have variety in my games, so my favourite is obviously the third entry. Spyro 1 rewarded exploration, Spyro 2 focused on side-content for nearly the entire game. Spyro 3 nails the balance with more than half of the eggs found in the main sections of the levels, and nearly half being found in mini games or challenges. It also helps that the side-content is a major improvement. There's far less reliance on tedious fetch quests and meandering escort missions, and more of an emphasis on actual minigames that do a much better job on testing the player's skills. There's vehicles (that control better than they have any right to), there's shifting genres, there's different playable characters, and there's straightforward challenges that feel like homages to some of the more difficult parts of Spyro 1. Also, the vehicles and playable characters combined only take up nearly one third of the game, which is a decent amount, but it's still mostly Spyro. Plus, the core principles of Spyro's design are still present for the most part. Collecting gems and eggs, killing enemies, small and confined levels that prevent the simple act of collecting from being a sluggish chore, etc. Backtracking is now meaningful and there's a lot less reliance on time-wasting repetition thanks to the game bringing back shortcuts akin to Spyro 1. I do have a few issues with Spyro 3, even though they don't ruin the fun factor much. Bentley and Agent 9 aren't as fleshed out or as enjoyable as Sheila and Sgt. Byrd (Bentley is just an amusing distraction, and Agent 9, as fun as he is, really feels like a prototype of Ratchet & Clank, which I haven't played yet admittedly), and there are several minigames that kind of suck with Yeti Boxing sticking out the most like a sore thumb. Lost Fleet and Dino Mines aren't exactly stages I look forward to aside from a few minigames, and the Sorceress is an anticlimactic final boss, even though the boss fights are a step up from the first two games. That's really it. A phenomenal 3D platformer all around (10/10) and a game that's easy to recommend. I would recommend all three games, but if one is forced to choose, make it either Spyro 1 or Spyro 3 depending on what they're looking for. EXTRA: If I was to rank my top ten 5th Gen 3D platformers (from what I've played), it would go like this. You'll see where this game ranks overall. 1. Spyro 3 😉 2. Crash 3 3. Super Mario 64 4. Toy Story 2 5. Tomb Raider 1 6. Tomb Raider 3 7. Tomb Raider 4 8. A Bug's Life 9. Spyro 1 10. Crash 2

This is the only game in the original trilogy to not have a japanese version.

Always happy to see another ROR

Really appreciate the consistent amount each of these new ROR come out 😃

As for glitches, I had a bad time with them at one specific point. The skate park. As you mentioned, getting the skill point required almost perfect play. With things like this, I tend to overextend a lot and go for bigger tricks than I really need to, and end up having a lot more trouble then I should as a result. I also kinda suck at them. As a result, I played this section over and over for hours. While I had a few runs ruined by the game just ignoring that I completed a lap, there was one much bigger issue that I had. It seems that replaying this so much (or maybe hitting the restart option so much) does something weird to the gameplay. I'm not really sensitive to things like framerate or things like that, so I couldn't point out exactly what was wrong, but something screwed up to the point where the game became really hard to control. Once I figured out that there was something drastically wrong, and completely shut down the game and restarted to fix it, the section was drastically easier and I completed the skill point quite quickly. Pointless, I know, but it is a story I just had to share somewhere

I'm glad you finally finished this, I was very excited for it, and you definitely delivered

Spyro 3: The Review: The Movie. Seriously tho, this is thorough and absolutely fantastic. Plus you made a reference to Xenoblade, which gets a big thumbs up from me

Sgt Byrd said he had limited ammo because he didn't think about using his launchers to get out he said that to not sound like an idiot

I appreciate how in depth your videos are. Great work dude :)

There was a game-breaking glitch in reignited's Lost Fleet that made the level unbeatable because one NPC wouldn't follow the path. It was patched afterwards.

I just finished rewatching your Spyro reviews and I gotta say you've got some real masterpieces under your belt

Was looking forward to this video!! Good job!

LETS GO TWO HOURS OF PERFECTION BABY!!!

Also, in Reignited Sheila now hops in rhythm with the stage music. That's a game changer.

Everything was extremely well explained. Excellent video.

Thanks so much for this staggering retrospective of all 3 games! I just fully completed all 3 Spyro games on the Reiginited Collection recently playing alongside your reviews leading up to this one where I finished a couple days before this video got out. Upon finishing Spyro 3 this time, which used to be my least favorite in the trilogy, I soon found out it's probably my absolute favorite! The backtracking I thought was more severe actually was alleviated in comparison to Spyro 2 now that the levels that incorporated it (Bamboo Terrace, Fireworks Factory and Molten Crater) actually kept shortcuts open upon the revisit. In Spyro 2, which I used to think was my favorite, I quickly became annoyed at all the things you addressed in that video on the game. The only thing that keeps me off holding any of the Reignited games above their original counterparts is the art style, character and overall atmosphere the game allots. I just think some things were lost in the translation towards Reignited that diluted some of the charm the original games possessed such as removing the valley-girl accents on the Fawns in Fracture Hills, or ridding of Hunter's bumbling fool/stoner status, or changing the whispering voices of the bird guys in Frozen Altars which was always hilarious to me or the fact that even Spyro lost his edge in Spyro 1. Sure, he lost it a little bit in the PS1 trilogy going into Spyro 2 and 3, but it was far less severe than the now-starry eyed Spyro we get in Reignited which I think ruins some of his initial appeal (albeit it was very 90's). No matter what, glad the remakes exist if only for the fact that we may see a Spyro 4 in the same vain we're seeing Crash 4 now. Keep up the great work EPG!

"These actors reprise their roles from Spyro 2 Reignited." Almost like they recorded the entire trilogy at once.

I've really enjoyed your incredibly detailed review of the Spyro trilogy and the reignited version. It's EXACTLY what I wanted to watch! Now that you've finished, I'm glad you're doing a follow-up I can look forward to :)

Every time you say a K or G sound my ears are so happy. Amazing mic setup

Spyro 3 is possibly my favourite from the trilogy too (always changes between this and Spyro 1) and I agree with a lot of your points. I didn't encounter any glitches in my first playthrough of Spyro 3 Reignited and subsequent playthrough showed only minor ones. Spyro 3 also has arguably the best dialogue and character interactions out of the whole trilogy.

My man! Loved your playthrough of this also on the gaming channel 👌

When I played the Reignited version, it took me over an hour to get the skill point in the last skateboard minigame, the one where you have to finish the track in a certain time, because of how broken the skateboard gameplay is in this version... and a really weird glitch happened. The more time passed, the slower the game was running. And I'm not saying the framerate was going down or anything, the game literally was consistantly slowing down. This ironically helped me because I had more control over the skateboard and could time my tricks better, but yeah, by the time I got the skill point, the game was running at like... x0.75 the normal speed. And it kept doing that even after I went out of the skateboard area. I had to close the game and launch it again for everything to work well normally again. That was a strange experience. Another thing I'd like to mention is that the French version of the Reignited Trilogy was retranslated and recasted compared to the original PS1 version. The voices are less cartoony, which I'm not a fan of, and a lot of characters had a name change. This mostly concerns one-off characters you encounter inside of the different worlds (basically, they kept their English names, whereas on PS1 they had different names), but the biggest offender is Moneybags. He used to be called "Gros-Sous," which is a money pun, and now it's just... "Richard." I guess it still counts as a money pun, but it's also just a random name, and a completely unnecessary change.

This is the first video I've seen of yours. I'm hooked. I love spyro and I love long form thorough reviews. I also appreciate your unique perspective in that I've heard very few people saying that the third Spyro is their favorite. Well I disagree with some things you say it's refreshing to hear the positive perspective and your less positive thoughts on things that other people seem to not care about. Good vid. Keep up with this. :) now I'm going to backtrack and watch the other two you made

I don't think back tracking is all that much of a negative. I think sometimes it can even be fun. Also I really don't care for speed runner's needs. Maximizing efficiency can be amusing, but if I wanted to play a game really really fast, I'd play a game designed around it. E.G. sonic 1-3 or other similar game styles. Speed running is not a universal standard to rate games by, and as such, I really don't care to hear about how a game isn't friendly to speed runners. It's like complaining that Harvest Moon isn't very hardcore gamer friendly. It's your show man, I've learned to take the reviews with a grain of salt, but at the very least you could acknowledge this.

Very impressive you always put so much work in these videos. For my personal viewing experience too long to be honest, but well that doesn't mean your analysis was bad in any way. You mentioned Paper Mario 64 being one of your favoruite games if I understood correctly which is incidentally my no 1 game of all time. Ever plan on making a video covering that, I couldn't find any on your channel yet.

I'm surprised that you somewhat defended the Switch version. I was kind of expecting you to tear it apart due to the major graphical downgrade and bad performance. I always thought I was weird for preferring that version the most since I don't have high standards for that kind of stuff and portability for my favorite games always gets me instantly sold on it.

Great video. Over the years I've kind of had a recurring joke I kept to myself whenever I saw one of your longer reviews starting back with mario 64, basically with that review I called it EPG: The Movie and every review that has been longer has gotten that title. So this video now lays claim to the title of EPG: The Movie, being one of your most extensive reviews to date. Keep up the good work as it is appreciated, but after your Majora's Mask video (based on what I've seen on twitter) I hope you take it easy with either a break or by doing a smaller ROR or EPG Review As for my experience with the game I'm going to be brief. I've recently been playing some Spyro games and so far 3 has been my favorite. I avoided most of the problems I have with most collectathons until the very end, where the eggs required to get to the final boss is high (you need 2/3 of the eggs) plus the final levels existing only in their capacity to provide eggs, but until that point it was a pretty good experience and I can see myself going back for more any percent runs.

Holy shit, this has by far been your longest ROR ever, Exo! XD I remember back in the day where you kinda dreaded the idea of having reviews that were an hour long, or even longer. Nowadays, that seems to be somewhat of a standard ever since the long-awaited Super Mario 64 ROR video. lol Regardless, this has been another solid Remake Or Rebreak video! It's thanks to you that I've come to appreciate Spyro 3 a lot more these days, and have greatly preferred it over its predecessor! It absolutely gets my vote as well for best game on PlayStation, and has definitely become 1 of my FGOATs as well (which I'm kinda surprised you didn't say that at all seeing as how you said favorite game of all time a lot near the end of the video, but, I seriously digress)! :D This game looks gorgeous, has even better bosses (with a handful of exceptions here, and there), amazing story, well developed, and memorable characters, fantastic new game-play with 5 new playable characters, breathtaking graphics, greatly designed levels that loop back to the start with some convenient shortcuts (though, I'm not sure why the new characters' introduction stages are more linear since there's some backtracking which the remake doesn't improve) wonderful character models, and expressions, excellent villain (or "villainess" in The Sorceress's case), (mostly) fun mini-games, and kick-ass melodies! I do agree that the developers absolutely missed out on giving Spyro, and The Sorceress some conversations every once in a while since Spyro, and Ripto had a handful of interactions in the last game, granted, they were all very brief, but, that's still more than The Sorceress, and especially Gnasty Gnorc ever got, I mean, I don't see the reason of why not doing so when there's newly spoken dialogue by Sargent Byrd, Bentley, and Agent 9 for every new movie before entering the boss (although, I don't know why Shelia didn't get 1 in the movie that first introduced The Sorceress), plus, it would've given Spyro more character development in the game, not to mention Spyro 1, and 2 Reignited still recycled the exact same flawed scripts verbatim. Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of a handful of these mini-games either such as the Firefly guarding one with Sheila, the boss fight against the 2 Chinese dragons (as much as I do love the idea on paper), as well as the hovercraft 2-round shootout in Haunted Tomb (I personally find it a bit too annoying for my tastes especially when you're trying to hit the fodder with the cannon to recover health), and without a doubt the Yeti boxing mini-game, the worst part in the entire PS trilogy, completely wasting 1 of Bentley's sections, and it aggravates me that Toys For Bob still kept it in yet replaced the original epilogue with an art gallery like in Spyro 2 Reignited, along with changing overhead camera angles in to the standard platforming camera, again, like Spyro 2 Reignited, which makes Nancy's ice-dancing mini-game more frustrating to play (not to mention whenever Nancy gets attacked by 1 of the Rhynoc hockey players she doesn't even get knocked down, just remains stationary, so, there's no reason to start over much like how the Alchemist's potion no longer breaks in Spyro 2 Reignited if he gets hit). I do kinda miss the intro, and outro movies from the 2nd game, and wished they returned, and improved them, though at the same time I'm fine without them. It does suck that Year Of The Dragon does have a handful of subversion, and contrivances like its predecessor. I do wish we could see the Professor, and Elora a little more especially considering the ladder only shows up in the last movies. It is a shame that Bentley's 3rd section is entirely wasted by a shite boxing mini-game against the (somehow still alive) yeti from Colossus in Spyro 2 instead of perhaps a potential boss fight against an even bigger evil snowman with adding in the reflector club that's only used in his introductory stage, and never used again, likewise, I think the 4 new characters should've gotten equal levels, and it would've been great to have them playable, and racking up Gems in each of their sections in Super Bonus Round rather than bringing back that mediocre submarine-shooting mini-game. It's also a bit of a disappointment that Sargent Byrd, and Agent 9 don't get to use their secondary weapons all that much. I feel like some of the Skill Points should've gone to the main bosses to replace some of the filler ones since their health bars aren't as beefy as Ripto's, and especially Gulp. I find it somewhat baffling that the game doesn't tell you that you can strafe by setting the camera to Passive which the remake doesn't fix, as well as not updating Sparx's moving controls to the analog stick like it did with Agent 9's. I don't get why Sargent Byrd's theme mainly plays in Enchanted Towers (or why all 4 of Sparx's levels reuses the game's main theme instead of having a different for each) when there are sections that play a different track that should've been the level's main theme, as well as bringing back the 8-bone collecting mini-game from the 2nd game instead something a bit more original. Same here, Spyro 2, and 3 should've used the 1st game's rule of having characters move in the movies when speaking to NPCs instead of just having stock animations. Don't forget that there's a hidden item on the ceiling in Agent 9's section in Fireworks Factory that if you shoot at it you'll get a lot of ammo, and thus, making it much easier. I do unfortunately have the vanilla, black-labeled version (though, that was also because I got this game on Christmas 2000, I believe, so not too long after the game's official launch) which explains a lot of repeated tracks, next time I'll be sure to try, and pick up the superior green-labeled version. I do think as well that Bentley, and Agent 9 could've use more platforming in their sections. Well, at least now I know where the eggs came from, lol. It's great to see Stephen Vankov take a bit more risk with the music this time around, but, I think he still could've done a lot more since a majority of soundtrack still sounds nearly identical to the original. It is a missed opportunity to not include motion controls as an option in this remake. I can't say I'm the biggest fan of Lost Fleet myself despite the fact that there's still plenty of platforming, and fun side-contents, I just don't get why I can't just grab the Gems while in the submarine as opposed to swimming in the acid, same with in the acid while invincible in the main area. I also don't get why the 1st hub-world has levels that require Dragon Eggs to open, yet, the game doesn't do that in future hub-worlds. I never thought J.B. Blanc (Moneybags) would ever surpassed Neil Ross (Moneybags) but he surprisingly managed to pull it off really well! I do wish the graphics could've been patched up to fix some of these bugs since this remake was rushed, that, and it would've been nice if the frame-rate was a bit more consistent, but at least still plays well in all versions. Regardless of all this, I still LOVE Spyro: Year Of The Dragon, and it's by far my favorite game in both the vanilla PS trilogy, and the whole series!

Great review! Most people critique Spyro 3 for diverting too much from Spyro and his core gameplay so it's refreshing hearing a reviewer actually challenge that sentiment. Very well paced and a joy to listen to as well! Haven't played the Spyro trilogy as of yet but after watching all three of these reviews I can safely say that I'm very interested now. I'm very big into Platformers so I'm sure these games would be right up my alley

Greetings from Finland! Very impressive😉👍

2 hours of my life well spent, this is a great video

A beautiful channel honestly

Holy shit, two hours?! You are a madman. I had better make some popcorn...

I agree Spyro 3 is the best and I loved the other playable characters. I beat the game as a kid so I would never say they are too difficult

2 hour review of Spyro 3!? You sir are a legend

This is my first video on this channel. You said that i should watch the other videos to get well informed. BUT THE VIDEO HAVE TWO FUCKING HOURS!! Love it already

I've been playing 'Pre-Greatest Hits Spyro 3' for over 20 years and I've only just now learned that the final boss battle actually had it's own theme, and that it WASN'T supposed to reuse the first hub world's theme. I always thought it was an intentional choice, and even as a kid I thought it sucked the boss didn't have a cool, unique theme that fit the fight. I can't even describe how shook I am right now.

I recently re-played Spyro 2 & 3 back-to-back for the first time in years and while it was a tough choice, I think Spyro 2 comes out on top, ironically with the need to backtrack being a big part of why I feel that way. The problem with being able to 100% every level on your first go is that it makes everything feel transient; the levels in Year of the Dragon were extremely fun to play, but once I 100%'d them they stopped feeling real and felt more like empty husks, and the lack of any reason to go back made it hard to feel immersed in the world. The need to go back to previous stages in Ripto's Rage on the other hand built an attachment to the world and inhabitants of Avalar for me and made it feel like a real place. I also personally found Spyro 2 to be a lot more challenging than Spyro 3 in a good way: there were more moments of frustration and tedium with the minigames in Spyro 2 compared to Spyro 3, but also A LOT more moments of engaging challenge that created a real sense of accomplishment for me compared to the third game, which I overall found very easy. I should replay the first Spyro, but I find it kind of hard to find the motivation to go back to it. Like Exo points out it has a huge open-world element to it and I can appreciate why it'd be some people's favorite, but for me the lack of variety in the visual design (a visual design that I don't find particularly appealing to begin with) makes it less appealing for me.

1:44:14 YOOO thanks for the shout out! :D

Spyro 3 is my favourite game of the trilogy, so glad someone else agrees! Then has to be 1, most likely because it's shorter than 2, 2 really does drag a bit. I replayed them all recently(after you posted the vid on spyro 1 actually) and I'm glad my love for 3 wasn't just rose tinted because it was the one I played a lot as a kid Side Note: I really enjoy your vids but I started watching this 4 days ago and just finished. I don't have the attention span for a 2 hour video lol. But please continue making them long as more to enjoy! :)

0:21 the last frame before: " SOFTWARE TERMINATED CONSOLE MAY HAVE BEEN MODIFIED" for all of you with modchips out there.

Found you after a random Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga ROR video. So glad I found you.

"I talked about the story in the last video for 20 minutes, and I want to try to tone that down this time. If you don't want spoilers please skip ahead to this time stamp" *sees time is 25 minutes later*

To make the chapters actually show up in the video's playback bar, you need a 0:00 timestamp 😉 Absolutely amazing in-depth video! Your dedication to quality is inspiring! also, an editorial on top of this? 😆

You could glitch the cat hockey in the original game by scoring in the Rhynoc's goal. It confused the AI and made him start scoring in your goal.

Amazing video! One suggestion i have for your next video for spyro reignited trilogy is showing what you can do without installing the disc and without download the updates. Since i have only the digital versions for switch and pc i really want to see the differences.

Here's a long paragraph: Exo has so many terms, he better makes his own dictionary. Seriously, every time Remake or Rebreak is brought up, Exo has to explain what it is, and the same goes with the "Gruntilda Effect." Also, I was shocked by the fact that this video is 2 hours long. I remember Exo made videos that were 15 minutes long. I love how the graphics take about 10 minutes to explain. It's not that it's a bad thing, it's evident that Exo understands what graphics are and tells how they work. Personally, the fact that a game is playable on the go should go into effect of the rating. Speaking of ratings, you showed the wrong box art for the game where it showed a Teen rating, though I wouldn't lose sleep over it. I feel you should've actually shown snippets of the soundtrack when describing a specific song as you do in your Conker's Bad Fur Day ROR. 👈 Also, video editing is really well done, especially when comparing Spyro 3's map. I do feel that complaining that a game removed glitches isn't fair since that's not what the game intended. They needed to remove glitches to avoid cheating (the reason you didn't use the level select code for the Sonic games), as mentioned in 1:06:08 (the word "unfortunately" suggests you didn't like that they removed glitches). I also feel you're leaving out pauses too much, as evidenced in 1:08:47. These are really easy to catch in a video editor and could've been entirely cut out of the video. I mean, you did criticize the Banjo-Tooie remake's intro for a similar reason. You should also get a thesaurus as you said "frustrating" about 5 times. Grammarly can give you the other synonym to choose from. 😎 Having a "core" is pretty useful and is something I should do when critiquing games. Speaking of Spyro 3 feeling it wasn't that long, your review was just the same way, but that may be because I skipped the story section. You know how to make your script very engaging to listen to, I don't think I ever clicked on another tab (though I was using Grammarly to type out a comment). ✌️

All of the praise for this game makes me really want to get the whole trilogy for myself, especially since every reason that you state for liking this game is so well supported

Nobody: Exo:"DITHERING , DITHERING EVERYWHERE "

RoR is one of the best review series in the whole platform, so well done!

You're the best game reviewer on RU-vid Exo. I love ROR and XP!

I’m a bit surprised that during the time they weren’t owned by Sony, that Insomniac Games didn’t do a game for Nintendo. I think they would be a great choice to do a new 3D Donkey Kong or Wario game.

Spyro 3 was my first Spyro game, and when I got to playing it in Reignited, it was rough on a base PS4, but I loved it! This game really brought me back to the day I first came home and put it in my PS1. Even with the bugs, and even before the bad ones were patched out, my experience with the remake was really solid!

Great review!! Spyro 3 is definitely the best of the original trilogy.

No rumble on PS4 and XBO?! What is this, Ratchet & Clank 1?! Oh and uh, the PS4 totally supported Sixaxis motion controls; it's how some titles like Astro Bot track the controller movement!

Revisiting this gem. Hope life is treating you well Exo.

Very well researched and documented. I have only one criticism: you appear to have a tendency of repeating key talking points later on in the video (e.g. Mouse and Keyboard integration with Agent 9 and Sparx on the PC port, which I believe was mentioned at least 3 times).

This is the best Review of Spyro 3 I have seen in the Interwebs Yet. Despite Been Two Hours. I Might have yo Gave the Game a Second Chance Next Week.

Reignited trilogy's sorceress comes off less threatening and moneybags comes off less funny and is more mean. Bianca also comes off as less strong and Hunter is less likeable and warm. Unlike what you said, in my and others experience sheila's RT kicks really got botched. Not only do they have less range and stop your momentum, but I was literally kicking directly on gem vases and enemies' backs in Sheila's Alp and they did nothing. But the new animations, as well as stage warping and sparx gem finding being available from the start in RT is great.

never been this early to a ROR I'm amazed

As always, amazing review, I hope that you make the ROR episode of Super Mario 64 soon!

49:22 almost sounds like something out of Metroid Prime lol I need to get back to playing Reignited. I couldn't get past the fact that Spyro feels like he weighs more in the remasters. Like, he falls down to the ground so fast when you're charge jumping. But seeing YoTD look soooo good really makes me want to give it another shot.