Spyro Reignited Trilogy is Worse than you Think 

**I do not hate this game, and if you like it, I appreciate where you are coming from.** Some inaccuracies/clarifications in this vid below: Physics - There's nothing inherently wrong with the unreal engine. While some things are different (or worse), it is overall fun to optimize the movement in this game. Charging is still fast, collection is still satisfying. The devs clearly spent some time fine tuning this and I have to respect that, despite some flaws. Aesthetics - I used some incorrect terminology. For example, I said "hyper realisitic" to describe the environments when I should have said "stylized". I also used the term "cell shaded" to describe the the enemies, which is wrong, when I should have stuck with terms like "cartoonish" and "overly vibrant". I see many of you disagree that the art direction is clashing, which is fair. Also I said the spyro 3 baby dragons were great, but they did forget the sheep outfit dragon in frozen altars, which may seem like a small gripe but I think many spyro 3 fans remember that dragon quite fondly and were dissapointed by that. Music - I realize that you can change the music back to the original tracks if you don't like the new ones. That's great, but it doesn't take away from my criticism of the new soundtrack either. I will admit that the dynamic music when you charge is a great touch. And some remade songs are legitimately good too in the context of the game, they're not all worse. Release - I made it seem like toys for bob didn't want to release the 2nd and 3rd games, and that it was the fans that pressured them, when really the problem was Activision putting a hard release deadline on them in the first place. Toys for Bob, nor the fans, shouldn't be faulted for this. What "we" want to see - It is clear to me that I do not speak for every Spyro fan, nor can I definitively say what we as a community want out of a future release, I can only speak for myself on any of this. I am not trying to convince you guys to agree with me.

the fact that reignited is so poorly optimised is an absolute tragedy considering the original games were trailblazers in their optimisation and visual fidelity at such a stable framerate for the time

One thing I wish they didn’t change was the enemy noises. The original enemies noises were so unique and funny. Like the Bulls saying ‘whoa’in Town Square and the green Druid’s monotone ‘Ow’ in Magic Crafters. Also, I will never forgive them for taking away the crazy noise the enemies in the Dream Weavers homeworld made.

Agree for the most part but you failed to mention the greatest sin of Reignited which was getting rid of the WHYAYAYOWM chanting from the guys in Colossus

there are 3 reasons i prefer the originals 1: The physics. Controls feel too different. 2: The grass hides all the gems. 3: The game LITERALLY does not work unless you limit FPS to 60. Progression blocking bugs.

take a drink every time dayo points to clearly very stylized environmental design and calls it hyperrealistic

The main thing I really didn't like about Reignited, was that they changed every single color palette of each level, making it either washed out or just uncannily wrong. The original has such strong colors that seamlessly blend together in their skyboxes and environments, while reignited is just... color filters. The character designs also greatly suffer from an uncanny feeling, like you said. To me, it doesn't look like spyro characters, it looks like Toys For Bob characters. They have these plastic looking proportions that make many of them, even the dragons, look so out of place. They don't look like dragons, they look like mascot costumes.

Reignited is fine, I've only played through it once and glad it exists for those who wanna play Spyro and don't have as easy access to the originals but obviously the originals are way more special and almost flawlessly executed not to mention the nostalgia factor.

The one thing I give Toys for Bob credit for is preserving Copeland’s original soundtrack as a system setting in the menu. They could have just kept their own rendition of each soundtrack exclusive, my childhood self was overjoyed to know I could experience Stewart’s genius as it was when I first played the trilogy. 11:26 I absolutely love your Spyro outro animation ❤ Thanks for everything you do Dayo.

I grew up with the originals and to see it squandered in the remake angered me as a die hard fan, heck they didn't even add the original skeleton dance music till it was way too late

Am I seriously the only one who hasn't encountered a single glitch while playing?

I love that you started with load times. They truly are agonizing.

The most egregious problem that persists in the Reignited Trilogy is the fact that Sparx *STILL* ignores gems. How is that still a problem in 2024?

I'll never understand why they took the "HUAEAEAEAU HUAEAEAEAU" from us

I recently watched a video called _The Ethereal Dreamworlds of Spyro the Dragon_ by Joyless. I didn't really realized it before, but the original games really did have a otherworldly, unnerving, dreamlike quality to them that is lost when playing the Reignited Trilogy. Reignited does have a unique art style that I like, but it's more... Streamlined. Sterilized. The unusual qualities in Reignited feels like a forgotten mistake, while the "jank" in OG Spyro feels like it was supposed to be there, even though neither is really the case.

Dam I was just thinking “it would be cool to hear Dayo’s thoughts on the remaster or see him speed run it for the hell of it” and here you drop this video lol. Only a few minutes in but great video so far man!

Worst thing is in the original game in shady oasis you could feed the enemies the apples from the trees and they would say “yummy” 0/10 games 😔

8:43 feels disingenuous, it wasn't their decision to get funneled into being support for whatever AAA dumpster fire they're working on that blame rests squarely on activision management

They definitely went overboard with some of the new designs. Why'd they turn Spike in Spyro 3 into a less intimidating-looking rabbit creature? Why did they give Sheila clothes?!!? Excellent points btw.

Oh no wonder the Skateboarding felt off. Now I know why.

You're completely right and you should say it. The moment I saw how they trashed the obvious igneous rock with very visible igneous rock pores in idol springs I realized this remake was not gonna be good. Overall the texture work is definitely what I take the most issue with. All that elaborate stonemasonry replaced with haphazard cobblestone bricks, that was like the most unique feature of the original games' art style! And that's to say nothing of their absolute disregard for the meticulous color theory. It was like they never even read the gamasutra article...

THANK YOU, finally somebody said it. I hate reignited lol and Im really sick of people calling it the better version

I feel very similar about the N Sane Trilogy vs original Crash games. I'm glad they exist but they will never come close to the originals for me. The modern engines just can't recreate the incredible situation we had with those early 3D games where the devs were artists, but also trailblazers and technical geniuses...

I think Reignited is a pretty good remake. It doesn't capture the feeling of the original, but in reality that was never going to be possible. Spyro is so inherently _original PlayStation_ that anything less than a direct port of the original game will lose something in translation. I think that for what Reignited had to be, it was the best that anyone could have feasibly gotten it, aesthetically speaking. 2 and 3 are noticeably more rushed than the first game, which is a shame but also unavoidable. It was a patently bad idea to try to sell a physical disc with only 1/3 of the collection on it, and of course Activision would rather die than afford Toys for Bob more development time. That's the real tragedy of this remake, in my eyes--the fact that it had to happen under the purview of Activision. And for all Reignited's success, TfB was rewarded by being sent to the Call of Duty mines. And we'll likely never see another Spyro again.

Reignited was a better remake than I ever expected, but I kind of expected nothing. I like it a lot even if it can't live up to the impossibly high standards set by the original. I just hope we get more spyro and that it's good

The loading times on the Switch version takes about 5-10 seconds longer than the PS4 version

The vast difference in feel of controls is the biggest downfall imo. In the originals they're crisp and on point, but in Reignited, it is like controlling a bar of soap. The change to jump animation/mechanics has the biggest impact, as the game world is designed for accurate jumping.

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I think the worst part about the game's aesthetic changes are that they're so close to being there, the *models* are all fine (everything from the portals to the shrubs, buildings, even the gems). The music is so close to being right too, they just needed to recreate the original instruments as close as possible with higher quality, that's it. Naturally the game also needs a few toggles for 'original graphics', 'original music' etc for posterity. But it's something like 80-90% the way there.

I do like the Co-op idea. I had that idea for a fan track I made a while back called Yeti Meadow, a scenario where one player would control Spyro and the other Bentley and the two would help each other out in the level.

Wild because I 100%'d the whole thing and never experienced a single bug. Worked great for me and I loved it.

seems I'm not the only one experiencing glitches not found in the PS1 versions

I forget which one, but there's a level in the remake where you can get stuck in a river if you play at 60fps or higher because you can't jump high enough to get out.

I hate a lot of reignited trilogy, but one thing I gotta call you out on is that you used the opening theme of the Reignited Trilogy home screen as an example of a new soundtrack going against Stewart Copeland's words and composition philosophy of repeated listening. However, the Opening theme of Reignited Trilogy is the one new song in Reignited Trilogy that was composed by Copeland himself :x

I like the Reignited Trilogy, I really like it. But I *_love_* the PS1 Spyro games, to a degree that Reignited just can't stand up to.

The consequences of tying framerate to physics continues to be felt. I get why developers do it. Doesn't make it any less frustrating.

I feel like a big part of the optimization problem is that this game is constantly sending data to Epic Games servers even though it's a single-player only game. I know this because if you try to run this game on linux you have to go into the game's files and delete the line that has the address it's sending the data to so that it will simply decide there isn't a location instead of throwing an invalid location exception and crashing the game.

As someone who has thousands of hours in both the originals and the reignited trilogy, I think it's pretty good.

Its silly to make a lot of statements about what "Toys for Bob wants" when they've largely been directed by Activision

The first thing i did in spyro reignited when it released was to swap back to the original soundtrack, no need to mess with something that was already incredible. Modern remaster soundtracks for games tend to sound too much like a movie and a bit more lacking in identity making it sound repetitive. I did enjoy Reignited but the atmosphere and vibe of the original just did better for me. I appreciate the game, graphics are great but it felt like it lost some of the atmosphere.

100% agree, really felt like these didn't need a remake. Especially if you use an emulator looks amazing anyway

I remember day one I was in Town Square and got launched 1000 feet up in the air just from talking to the first dragon in the stage. I could have easily just flown to the end of the stage if I wanted to lol Also day one, I went into the options and changed to the original soundtrack because I could tell right away I was not going to enjoy the new one as much.

It's unfortunate Activision forced these games to rush out so quickly. Given another year or even 6 months of development, they'd feel so much smoother, especially Spyro 3.

One of the things I took from Reignited trilogy is just how gorgeous the scenery can be. Particularly spyro 1. Also, going underwater for the first time in Reignited was just jaw dropping for me. Going underwater, and just looking up in Sunrise Spring or Evening Lake is so calming and nice. Glad you're doing more on the aesthetic of the Spyro games too. That really resonates with me :)

the rankings of enjoyment i find from each Spyro game is 3, 2 then 1. Reignited feels like the devs spent more love and time in remaking 1 the most, then 3 feels like the most rushed and they never bothered flushing out many of the bugs, if at all.

Getting the skating skill point in Lost Fleet is the worst

Reignited easily should have had another year of dev time. It also sucks it's the last release we have as Spyro fans, meanwhile Crash has gotten several games. There's such an indescribable magic to the OG games, I can only hope a new game could come close to it.

You know, I think I actually played reignited, but totally forgot. that I did ..

I think the original Spyro series is the biggest example of less is more. The added details and higher quality graphics in reignited makes the game so much less appealing. It doesnt accentuate those stark contrasting colours like in the original (think green acid, dark blue sky and brown ships in lost fleet) that made the game feel so dream like and explorable. Having everything the same level of detail means its harder to highlight focal points and draw audiences into what youre supposed to be looking at, or looking for. It quite honestly felt like an assault to the senses to me, in a very underwhelming way.

That is the best way to describe it. I NEVER liked the new trilogy, I gave away my PS4 because I found it unplayble. I'm in my mid 40's so it shows my age, gaming to me was gone many years ago and to try the new one felt so sloppy, I don't care about video, give me good quality game play.

The amount of jank that exists in these games is beyond belief. I really wish they gave these games the proper time to actually make the game run better. The fact that they knew all the glaring issues and the PC version improved on none of them was just a disgrace. And the one thing that they advertised (UNLIMITED FPS!!!!) didn't even work, and then they made no efforts to actually fix it which is just sad. I know you barely scratched the surface with how busted these games are, it riles me up when i think about what it could've been

That slow zoom towards the night-blue skybox fading into the blue lighting of your backdrop was so satisfying to me 💙 10:40 So prettyyyyy ✨

One of the most biggest problems I had with the remake was the controls. At first I was like "Oh, it's just taking the controls from the third game and implanting them to the previous games", but it's not even that! As turning while charging/gliding was way to slow! And another thing I noticed (can't remember if the original was like this or not) but in the 2nd game, when I was playing the remake, I decided to go to Elora to teleport in front of a portal to get a talisman I didn't have yet. Instead, she sent me to a level I already fully completed. Also, this might be just me, but it bugs me whenever people say how the best part of the remake was how beautiful it is. Yeah, maybe from afar. But on a few levels (At least in the 2nd and 3rd game) , you can clearly see parts where it doesn't have much of any 'swaying grass' and all that is underneath is just a green ground with no textures. It's literally like you just pull up Microsoft paint, fill the entire screen with a single green color, and call that 'grass'. I know people like Reignited Trilogy, but I will always go back to the original trilogy.

Despite its issues, I appreciate the reignited trilogy compared to other recent "remakes". Other than the issues and changes presented in this video, Toys For Bob tried to keep the experience of the whole trilogy as close as possible to the originals without really changing much in terms of the story or characterization. On top of that, the entire trilogy is purchasable for less than the cost of a single new AAA game. Other remakes will needlessly change characters or the story for no real reason and strip out setpieces or moments to resell to you as DLC. The reignited trilogy (as well as the N Sane trilogy for Crash) give you all 3 games with nothing taken out. For me these two trilogy remakes set a new standard for remaking older titles that I wish other companies followed suit for.

Insomniac knew their stuff back in the day, hell should hear the witchcraft they put into Ratchet and Clank, made it an absolute nightmare to emulate properly last I heard :b It's certainly a mixed bag of an experience, like it's certainly great but there's enough nuggets of disappointment and/or annoyance to sour the experience as a whole, you know? Amazing all the same and definitely deserved better :) Hurricos, my beloved

my friend's first introduction to the series and he got gatekept because the wall wouldnt move at 60fps or higher and he was stuck. Good one toys for bob, he really wasnt interested in thhe game after.

I just in general don't like the graphics in a lot of the games of this decade. I personally find the shiny jello and plasticy look a lot of cute 3D games go for to be really unappealing and kind of hard to look at for long periods of time. The reignited trilogy is the bastion of this issue for me, and it's very hard to explain to people what I don't like about it. I think I'm lacking the vernacular for it maybe-- cuz it's not that I dislike cute, 3D, or stylized graphics. I even like most of the redesigns in the game a lot, there's just something about how it all comes together-- the lighting, the textures, the animation-- that I really dislike.

Man, I was expecting a fun glitch showcase from the title and thumbnail, not an essay about how it doesn't capture the same feeling as the original does. Which I agree with, but I think the feeling Reignited has has its own merits. It's still fun, it feels good to play in a different way once you get used to it, and the atmosphere still feels like Spyro to me, just a notch more on the cartoon side of cartoon fantasy than the originals were. The "download 2 and 3" drama wasn't about Spyro 2 and 3 being planned to release later - it was that they weren't going to be included on the disc and would have to be a download with the day 1 update, a practice that goes against every reason people buy disc releases. 2 and 3 being rushed happened completely separately. Activision did not give TFB enough time to finish, and they had to bring Sanzaru Games in to get Spyro 3 done at all. The fan outcry did nothing about any of this. There was an outcry for a delay to get all the games on the disc. There was a delay, but it wasn't for that. It was because 2 and 3 weren't done yet. The game launched with just Spyro 1 on the disc and 2 and 3 requiring a download. The Switch release several months later was even worse, with just the hub and first few levels of each game on the cartridge, the rest being unavailable without a download. But there was eventually a PS4/XBox One reprint with the full game on it. It just took a year and you had to pay attention to the writing on the disc to see if you got the right one.

Dayo never missed. Looking forward to the next Spyro 2+3 vibe videos homie

I disagree with your opinion but respect it. Except for the skating sections, the physics are just whack and I could never 100% Spyro 3 in Reignited despite doing so multiple times in the OG trilogy.

5:16 oh dude have you seen Oddworld Abe's Oddysee first cutscene transition to game (so smooth) granted it's not a 3d game but still

I will say the music shift from old to new took a bit getting use to but Tiger Train i feel got better and it occasionally comes up on my spotify and I can help but crank that up.

The Spyro Reignited Trilogy is to the original Spyro the Dragon trilogy what Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (and II) was to the original Sonic the Hedgehog 1990s era trilogy. Good games in their own right (I thought Sonic 4 was shit personally!) but they lack the winning formula which made the originals such an enjoyable yet magical experience. Just like how the Sonic the Hedgehog fans wanted a sequel to be more in line with what later became Sonic Mania, a lot of original Spyro the Dragon trilogy fans also wanted and still want a game which respects, understands and improves on what made the original games so enjoyable. The Ignited games are not bad games in and of themselves, they really arent! They just just lack the magic of what the originals had and still have from the simplistic movement physics to the skyboxes to the NPC character designs. They tinkered too much in areas and made it look, sound and feel too different from the original trilogy and as a result strayed too far from the winning formula.

My recommended mods for PC (from NexusMods): Sparx Light (awesome real-time lighting from Sparx that shines on the environment), 60 FPS water, Classic Font (3D text and HUD), Classic sounds, Classic Crystal Dragon, Metal Vase Model Swap. I also like the Classic Spyro with Yellow Spines design.

Reignited definitely had me feeling like Spyro was slippery... I never enjoyed the new physics and was surprised no one else I knew seemed to mind the literal soapbox controls. Same thing with the music, after hearing a couple of the updated tracks, I had to switch to the old ones. Still completed all three games, but I always go back to the originals on PS1. Less polygons for sure, but the dreamy vibes are unmatched and the sound design (not only the music but also the enemies) feels right. The remake was truly something forgettable in comparison.

Dayo on his way to piss off SRT runners again LUL

Banger vid cant wait to derail other conversations in the live chat later to talk about it

The gliding in this game is weird. There were some glides I missed here that I would’ve made first try in the OG. I agree with the music points. Thank God they gave the option to go back the original OST. I still love reignited tho.

Something extra that bothered me about the Spyro Reignited Trilogy was Spyros horns facing more upwards while he runs or rams into objects.

This was actually tamer than I expected it to be. Nothing beats the originals, but I do like Reignited.

90's programmers - artists. Modern programmers - corporation workers

There are a Lot of things I do genuinely enjoy about reignited. I like the art style, I like seeing how tfb interpreted the different characters and worlds and everything from low poly to high detail. But there are a lot of things I *really* dislike that stop me from replaying it as much as I replayed the originals. The weird purple haze over a lot of levels is really distracting, spyro's movement feels Weird, especially if you're supercharging, swimming, flying.... etc. There's a lot of sound effects that I dislike (changing some iconic enemy noises and NPC voices, which makes them less charming and interesting). I still have yet to go for 120 and 100 in 1 and 2 because I *hate* the flight physics so bad I just dont want to do flight levels im less familiar with (I never did full completion on either in the originals either). I got 117 in reignited 3 but that's because I was Determined to at least fully complete my favorite. I probably will never do that again though. Some of those side missions that I struggled with a little in OG were way harder and more tedious to complete in reignited. Overall I dont think it's a terrible remaster remake whatever but it *definitely* doesnt live up to the originals Edit: I actually went back and looked and I did in fact 100% reignited 2..... i forgot apparently LMAO

The load times are longer because, like with N. Sane Trilogy, they load the whole level completely instead of doing the distance thing like in the original As for the launch issues, none of that was up to TFB, that was all ACTIVISION being greedy and wanted the game out. They didnt give TFB the fair amount of time to remake Spyro. The art style and music was obviously them though. The rushed development and the original discs not having the entire trilogy was all kn Activision trying get the game out in 2018. TFB had to fight them to get the extra 2 months to have something that could be pushed out. As for the music, the title screen was done by Stewart Copeland called Tiger Train, the rest of the themes in that were remade were done by the new composer with some guidance from Stewart as well, and both verisons give off their own vibes that match each art style

8:12 To be fair, they lost the source code for the original games, so I'm not sure they could do that.

As someone who grew up playing the original trilogy to death (especially the second game, which is my favorite for admittedly totally nostalgic reasons) I was beyond excited when Reignited was announced. It had been years since I'd touched the ogs, so during my initial playthrough I was not nearly as critical as I am now. Now I always switch the music back to the original tracks. I do the bare minimum in the flying levels because something about the inertia in Reignited just feels so off to me that it's sapped all the fun out of those parts. The skateboarding is like that too, though I've never been able to put words to why it felt so wrong so... Thank you for that haha. I've truthfully never fully completed the third games for those reasons. Anyway, great analysis as always, man. It really is a shame we missed out on what could have been, even if the games we did get are still fun in their own way.

Great vid Dayo! Greater technical horsepower encourages a mindset whereby "more is best". The original trilogy is blessed with an artistic direction that made the most of limited hardware, which comes through in limited but well chosen colours and character designs. In comparison, Reignited just adds everything. More details, more colours, lights, textures, physics effects, and gloss with little consideration for what is actually necessary. The result is an aesthetic that feels disfigured by abundance; it's particularly noticeable in the characters and "Instagram filter" colour palettes. Also, Elora's giant black pupils are horrifying.

Back in the day we had Roll in Air and it was basically Reignited's equivalent of Swim in Air, but that got patched too. :(

8:44 honestly it wouldnt suprise me if that activision butting in and not actualy what they want to do.

And you wonder why Scrimblo Blimblo clowns are the butt end joke of the video game community.

Recently had a bug while collecting the last orb of metropolis, where Spyro was oscillating left and right on a diagonal axis during the collection cutscene

Excited to see the videos on the aesthetics of spyro. Seriously everything about the presentation if these games is beautiful

While the reignited trilogy definitely leaves a bit to be desired, I'll say one thing that I absolutely love about it: URVR VR SPYRO!!!

I can't say I've had so many issues with the Reignited Trilogy. I got the Platinum trophy with my partner letting her experience Spyro for the first time, that was special. The PC port though 100% has issues and they've just left it in a bit of a dismal place, Platforms not moving because you've set your refresh rate above 60Hz just shouldn't be acceptable. I still love the reignited trilogy though, they put far more effort into that most remastered/remakes do.

2:40 nah they cooked here

I kinda wanted a cutscene in Spyro 3 before the start of the final boss battle. But yeah the physics are bad and I cannot enjoy skating as much as the original games. But it is still enjoyable as a remake.

4:50 but… but… Stewart Copeland literally COMPOSED the title theme!! (Tiger Train) maybe it was the instrumentation? I thought it was fine.

Actually the only issue i had with the game is the Sound effects not being the same from original game and the optimisation, I thought the rest was a bit of an exaggerated criticism, especially the menu music, I never bothered with this music and I did 100% in the game at least 30 times during my life without paying attention to it

I have good memories with Spyro. I just thank my father a lot for brining a PS1 console a long with plenty of demo discs that I really enjoyed. Spyro was there and I enjoyed it a lot.

As a Spyro Reignited speedrunner (mainly Year of the Dragon) all I can say is PREACH DAYOMAN! There are a lot of things in here that I agree with. Love the originals, love reignited but man there are so many things in reignited especially 3 that just irks me from a speedrunning perspective. The biggest thing that bothers me in reignited 3 that Dayo didn’t discuss is the bizarre movement moments after grabbing an egg. Spyro’s movement gets scrambled and locked in based on the positioning and camera perspective of where Spyro is when the egg animation cutscene is for a couple of seconds. You either have to stay right where you are and wait until the movement reverts back to normal or you somehow figure out what direction Spyro’s movement is locked in risk messing up the level. Depending on what egg in what level you are in (Ricky in Molten Crater for example) if you don’t know Spyro’s immediate egg movement and start moving, you will very easily fall off the stage! That being said, love the video, still love speedrunning Spyro both original and reignited, and Dayo did an awesome job on this!

Didn’t expect to see a dedicated reignited video

Used to be all for remakes until they started coming out. They never put enough resources into fully converting everything and usually make terrible decisions regarding the soundtrack, no matter what game it is. I know there's usually licensing drama but like... come on publishers, just throw money at the problem, it's one of the few times that's an actual viable strategy.

I repeatedly had issues with YotD Reignited crashing my entire computer earlier this year while trying to get all achievement completion on Steam. It was attempting to verify my purchase at the Epic Game Store instead of Steam, for some reason, and getting so confused by what it was doing that my PC would BSOD. Blocking the EGS authentication servers in my HOSTS file fixed it permanently but... I shouldn't have to do that for a modern game release. Reignited could've been good remake if it had a few more months in the oven, and the fact that the quality slowly falls off a cliff from 1 to 2 to 3 is pretty solid proof that it was an undercooked release. Still wouldn't have been the same as the OGs, but the Crash N. Sane remakes are great (I regularly play both versions of that trilogy) despite their little quirks and differences.

I don't agree with all your points, and that's okay. I still really enjoyed hearing your perspective here. I had limited experience with the classic Spyro games as a kid, but I look back on my time with Spyro and Spyro 3 very fondly. Never did get to play the original Spyro 2. I loved my time with the Reignited Trilogy, and could even see myself playing through it multiple times, eventually. Spyro is a series that I wanna keep coming back to, for sure. I played the remake trilogy way after release, so the game had been patched up by the time I got to it, which was nice. I didn't experience any noticeable bugs, or issues, when I played it, and I played the PC port version on Steam. All that said, I would love to play the original games, as well. I definitely feel like there is room for both to exist and be enjoyed. I'll have to look into the best way to get into the originals.

Here for the opinion that opens the rift gate.

I can agree with a lot of the criticisms you addressed. As for me, aside from the run killing glitches I occasionally have to contend with, I love Reignited. It's just difficult to do 120 runs on it when there are so many dead gems and enemies sometimes become invisible for no reason. But if it weren't for Reignited I wouldn't have a way to play Spyro at all right now.

Man it really sucks cause i was so excited about this when it came out, and after beating every game 100% i never went back to it. Whenever i had the itch to play spyro again i would play the originals on an emulator. The music, visuals, movement and visuals feel way too smoothened(?), just charging into a vase or chest in the original feels better than anything in the remaster, idk its hard to explain 😅

I'll never forgive them for making the skeleton floss actually. Concluding the video with him really ties it all together thematically

My biggest problem in not going in either direction, as in it wants to be faithful but change stuff anyway? It changes dragon designs, SOME specific dialog, character designs and level aesthetics and yet at the same time it doesn't add, as a few examples, story beats that were manual only in OG Spyro 1 as dragon dialog or change Spyro 2's godawful story and progression (nor do you get the option to unlock it all from the start). I guess some of this stuff isn't a big deal (to some) but there's no reason to call this the "definitive version" of these games when everything feels so off in most places, i kinda hate that mentality with remakes actually, that some people are satisfied with "improved graphics and visuals" and the rest doesn't matter...

I remember I would close my eyes during the load times, pretending that would make them go faster lol. (It didn’t) 😂

Said very well my friend. Bottom line is... -Lack of being true to the original's authenticity... -Over-tweaking and adding too many new artistic details and/or artistic liberties. -Rushed development that led to glitches -Recycled visuals from Fortnite that honestly look horrible and match in no way the cartoony vibe of PS1 Spyro. -Terrible game architecture that in no way recreates the original's technical marvels, like NO FADE DURING LEVEL ENTRIES IN SPYRO 1..... PS1 did it, PS4 couldn't do it? Excuses.