Why I Prefer Spyro Over Crash Bandicoot 

Any one who considers Spyro 2 to be the PEAK Official Game of all time INSTANTLY gets my respect.

You know, this is one thing that I'm never gonna have an argument with someone about. I've always had a place so big in my heart for those games, that I love them on equal measure, unconditionally. Spyro, Crash, Banjo, Mario 64, I don't care which someone prefers, I will sit with them and talk about it for hours on end, share stories and memories, and laugh about the good times those games brought us.

I always loved Spyro so much more but also...it had a dragon and I was a dragon loving child

I actually prefer Spyro 1 bosses to the generic areinas of the other Spyro games. -The simplicity of Spyro 1 is actually the best Spyro game.

I've always loved both growing up on the PS1, but favored Spyro. It was fun to complete every level. Crash was fun to playthrough but a nightmare to complete.

Awesome comparison! I agree that if Spyro and Crash swapped initial release dates with Spyro coming out in 1996 instead of 1998 then it would have really been seen as PlayStation's original maskot and would have been more popular. plus I think CTR gave Crash a whole new audience of players. I really hope Spyro gets a proper sequel like Crash because both game series deserve attention as Crash is a more hardcore platformer and Spyro can be seen as much more relaxing adventure game

As a 27 year old who also also prefers Spyro over Crash but enjoys the fuck out of both, I definitely appreciate your retrospective on these two games here. You put great work into here and hopefully you gain many more subs. Also, make sure you play through Crash 4, it's pretty epic.

I feel the same way. I love both Spyro and Crash but I've always prerered Spyro. I adore the fully open explorable level design and variety of worlds to explore.

"Why I Prefer the Colour Blue over the Colour Green" --- 2hr35m

My top 4 favorite series has almost always been Crash, Spyro, Jak and Daxter, and Ratchet and Clank which I've always found interesting that the player base for those games overlaps heavily. Before watching the video, I completely understand why someone would like Spyro more than Crash (or why someone would like Ratchet more than Jak) even though I disagree. I'm already interested in not just this video, but if you're planning to do more of these in the future. There's plenty of playstation (and other console) mascots that would make for a fantastic piece like this

"Why I am absolutely wrong" Sorry, no beef. Had to do as and orange marsupial fan 😂❤️

I only had crash 1 and 3 growing up but never finished them properly, had all 3 of the original spyro games and 100% (or 120/117% if you wish) all three of them while still being new to gaming outside of racing games as a whole, and i've grown up loving them. Keep up the good work, i assumed this would have had thousands of views after finishing the entire video, turns out it's on 300, hopefully that increases in no time, praying for the algorithm to bless you

Hey there! On the blue gem in Crash 2, there is a hint, though very obscure; I don't know why a player who's collected everything in a level would EVER go back and replay it, but if you do, there's a new spinning translucent box counter in the final hallway of Turtle Woods, showing #/0; how many boxes you've collected, out of zero. This is unique to this level. Again missing this is totally understandable, just wanted to share a fun fact!

I'd honestly buy this guy a better quality mic for future videos if they're this good. Insane he only has subscribers in the triple digits

37:56 getting back your gems in Year of the Dragon is a top 10 gaming moment

I hope I can play a bunch of these sometime in the future yet. "A Hero's Tail" especially interests me. Regarding "Skylanders", I actually got to play "Superchargers" about two years ago and watched the other games' cutscenes and found them quite charming.

Both presented different experiences to me, sometimes I want a good challenge(crash), but there are times were I need to relax too, and I go for games like spyro

I also prefer Spyro over Crash too I also prefer Sonic over Mario. I like dragons and Spyro is one of my favorite dragons.

Crash over spyro for me but I love em both. Croc HD remake is in the works also. Confirmed from my editors sources.

I was always more of a spyro fan. Spyro 2 was the first playstation game i ever played.

As a Crash fan I can respect someone who prefers Spyro. The 2 platform series I never could stand were Mario and Sonic.

Spyro 2 og level with the fawns trapped in stone had an awesome soundtrack with bagpipes and the final one saved ends with a sudden bass boost in the bagpipes, Which was changed for a similar but different soundtrack in the same level in the remaster

I liked both as a kid. I prefer Crash now as an adult since I prefer it’s more compact levels than the more open-ended esque collectathon style of Spyro. They are both great classics though.

Spyro was my comfort character when I was 7

3:55 OH GOD NO!! WHY IS HE TALKING AND WHY DOES HE SOUND LIKE THAT!! QUICK GET THE HAIRSPRAY AND A MATCH! BURN IT! *BURN IT NOW!!*

It's a shame with Enter The Dragonfly, because behind the glitches, sluggish controls and long loading times, there is a fun game hidden there somewhere- not as good as the original trilogy, but potential was there.

The best breakdown of the games of my childhood iv seen!

I wanna see more break downs of old video games by this guy!

Both are good, but both pale in comparison to Gex

I love both and prefer Crash over Spyro, but loved listening to your opinions

Crash 3 is my G.O.A.T but Spyro 1 is also up there too. Ultimately, this video just makes me miss Video Ezy 😢

You need to do more videos like this .

I'm sorry, HOW do you have less than 300 subs?? This is premium content right here man

I played both growing up but I absolutely prefer Spyro, not many big games where you get to play as dragon

Awesome video. You produced and did a great job with the presentation and delivery there. 1:08:26 I will play a bit of devil's advocate argue against the the case for a hub world or multi level select in favour of menus. I would argue that a hub world only works well if there's actual purpose behind it. A hub world for the sake of having a hub world may not be a good idea. Like, in something like Super Mario 64, the Hub works as a way of giving the player a safe space to try out Mario's moveset before throwing them into proper levels. In Crash 2 and 3, there are secret areas that feel cooler to access using Crash's moveset. But for something like Crash of the Titans, with a much simpler moveset, would it have much benefit? If anything, you could argue it would slow down the pace as you just want to play the levels and the time spent loading a hub world, then selecting a level and then loading into that level may not be worth it (something you bring up for Mind over Mutant). In addition, the approach of if you are given a set of 5 levels at a time with the freedom to choose between them has potential downsides as well. For one, you could argue the choice is too arbitrary to feel meaningful. Like most players are going to play the 5 levels in the order they are numbered as there isn't much benefit or purpose in "going out of order". I remember one of the old Prince of Persia games had a solution for this issue. The levels were marked with which kind of hazard they generally had and the levels you completed later became more difficult and/or had enemies and hazards from completed levels show up. So now you actually had a choice. Perhaps you'd choose to do the levels in a different order based on what you feel you're better at and it even helped with replayability. Another potential downside of that approach is that since you're given a set of 5 levels at a time you can play in any order, the levels themselves need to be balanced to be reasonable regardless of which order you tackle them so they all have to be at the same level of difficulty. Wheras if they were unlocked in a linear order, later levels could guarantee you had completed prior ones and accommodate higher difficulties or be more challenging more quickly. Thereby allowing a much faster progression.

Maybe the npcs in the Spyro games have gammertags turned on? Or maybe Elora, Hunter, Zoe, and the Professer an spread the word that Spyro's gonna save them?

I never got to play Spyro, mostly because I never heard of it before it was dead for several years like Crash was. I finally got to try it through The Reignited Trilogy last year. Played all the way through Spyro 1 and tried 2 and 3. Now I'm officially going all the way through Spyro 2. Would I say it's better than Crash though? Well, I grew up on Crash so I may have bias when I say no. Of course, Ratchet & Clank is the best platforming series of all time in my opinion but Crash will always come 2nd for me and Spyro is definitely somewhere in my top five but probably not top 3.

Absolutley top quality video my mate, loved the analysis and I'm happy there's another one on the side of the purple boy. Cant believe the channel only has 164 subscribers, this kind of content is what you would expect from a 1M+ Subscriber channel. Fair play to you. One very teeny minor thing though, the persistent lip smacking did wear on my patience a bit towards the end, but that's just nitpicking at best, but maybe something to consider.

I dont think its a competition i think its just what you perfer i would love to see them team up in a songle game with a branching story line

awesome video - such good old games

The second Ratchet game had you unknoingly working for the villain for half the game too.

Spyro is my mario 64. Never had an n64 as a kid... but i did have a playstation and spryo.

Even though I will always prefer Crash over Spyro, I really enjoyed this video and it gave me a much greater appreciation of Spyro the Dragon.

If you asked me what game I prefer the answer would be diffrent from day to day. Its about the mood im in. In my opinion Crash is a lot harder then Spyro because Aku Aku is a bonus if you have him around and he dies with Crash if you fail a jump where Sparx will always be there if Spyro dies, and os alot easier to recover in some level because more passive mobs and respawns of the passive mobs. Spyro is more about to explore and collect, where Crash is more hard packour jumps. both games is really good platformers. I got both Spyro 1 and Crash 2 at the same time, back on PS1. Both games have one thing in common for me and that is that boths 2th games is the best, but I would in any case choose the Spyro 1,2 and 3 over Crash 4 Its about time since im a guy who want to collect all things, in the games so all boxes, gems and crystals in crash and in Spyro all gems. this is just my opinion. I can also totally understand why some love Spyro more then Crash. but for me they a more or less choosen by the mood im in

The first… the only .. the best reason Spyro 1 is superior… The soundtrack.. Composed by one Steward Copeland

I TOO was a Spyro kid, even tho I only played it as a demo

24:53 Bruh that’s literally SpongeBob’s voice. Did Tom Kenny do any voice work for Spyro?! Edit: It IS TOM KENNY

1:14:49 Spyros nooo impression 😂😂😂

Cash Banooca vs Spyro

Excellent video man and I can agree with every point you made. 😂 too much nostalgia 😅

"not my throat, i need it for swallowing" "thats one of the most quoted lines I've ever heard" Honestly idk where you'd have heard it so much before

6:28 wow never would have guessed that lol

Imo, Spyro 3 will always be better than Spyro 2. I played it religiously. Way more things to do, better story, fun playable characters, better OST, and better levels. It’s pretty much the all-encompassing Spyro experience you’ll ever need. Spyro 2 was great, but just wasn’t as memorable. But with that being said, Spyro >>>> Crash but I love them both and how much they made my childhood. CTR will forever be the best kart racing game of all time. So much better than overrated Mario Kart 🙄

Great video, but the game/music audio is way to loud. I can barley hear your voice.

Nice laptop stickers I want my own

The bike levels in crash 3 can be removed and I'll be happy, also did you know about the secret levels? Eg one of the Dino chase ones, hit the second perch pterodactyl and you'll carried off to a secret level

Resistance games were awesome

Why he likes Spyro better: because it’s easier & for children. The end.

There both great

hello there peppered horv i also prefer spyro over mario kirby & crash bandicoot but kirby have a lot advantages over spyro spyro is just crash bandicoot's dragon but not a crash bandicoot character can you hide my comments because some person likes my comment then false but i also love mario kirby especially crash bandicoot

3:31 2008... or 2018?

I first properly tried Spyro with the remake trilogy on PS4 and I instantly liked it. I still prefer Crash at the end of the day but Spyro is definitely up there in top for me as well. Both IPs always seemed very interconnected, they were both great kids in the PSX era, went through a rough teenage phase in the PS2 era (the mediocre games), disappeared after they turned 18 - PS3 era, and came back as well established adults in the PS4 era.

I prefer Spyro but you get a better challenge out of crash.

Everyone does. There's no freedom in crash.

I personally prefer the crash series because I like being challenged and Everytime I play Spyro it's feels like I'm playing a game meant for babies.

I'd say Spyro is the better game all round, but when it comes to being the better platformer, Crash takes the cake.

You're comparing two 3D platformers, one came before and the other after Mario 64, there's no comparison.

mu fuggin sub'd

In my opinion Spyro has health Need I say less?

kirby have a lot skills than spyro kirby have copy abilities like fire ability sparks ability water ability ice ability beam ability sword ability morpho knight sword ability cutter ability while spyro have few abilities flame glide charge super charge super fly super flame kirby's fire ability better than spyro's normal flame breath but i still prefer spyro cause more relaxing let's talk about kirby and spyro

Mario 64 controls like ass? Get good scrub But I agree, Spyro is better than Crash Bandipoot

We have placed Crash Bandicoot at 9? I can't take you seriously enough to continue watching.

Don’t show caddicarus this video

Maybe if Spyro had a kick ass sister, he may do better lol.