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dijon du jour posted:It was terrible. Both of them. Completely awful. better luck next time
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Oh, this is rad, and kind of a neat coincidence seeing this thread pop up. I never got the chance to play the full version of the first game until about a week ago, just the various demos on the Toys R Us discs they'd send out in the mail every so often. But I loved what little of it I played back then, and it totally holds up! I love how much attention you're giving to the score. Copeland, along with Mancell and Mothersbaugh, created some of the most iconic and memorable music of that generation of games, and the series they were part of definitely wouldn't have been the same without them. That 8-note motif has been stuck in my head ever since I first played it, and that's okay!  2 and 3 refined a lot of elements, and the visuals are obviously better, but this game has a certain charm that the other two are missing, kinda like the Crash games. It's just a really cute, lighthearted romp. Also, your "Toasty" remix is ace, you should do more of those! I'd like to see what you can do with one of the more atmospheric, less in-your-face tracks like Dark Hollow.
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Feb 9, 2014 07:38
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So would you consider what game after the 3rd game was disastrous or the Sierra Reboot because we could totally have some fun on that subject.
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Feb 9, 2014 12:44
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Oh man, the nostalgia. The Spyro series were probably my favourite as a kid, along with the Crash Bandicoot series. This was the most exciting thing ever to get for a birthday present (still have that case): Like others have said, generally the games have aged pretty well-I'd say the worst parts are probably the Spyro 3 minigames, like the skateboarding parts, but they were cringe worthy even when it first came out. After Spyro 3 I got Season of Ice, but the only thing I really remember about it is the lovely camera angle. Then along came Enter the Dragonfly, and despite being hours and hours into the game I was convinced it was still basically the beginning since there had been next to no plot/cutscenes/etc. Then the credits rolled and welp Spyro 3 also had some interesting protection against piracy: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3030/keeping_the_pirates_at_bay.php
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Feb 9, 2014 13:28
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Battle Pigeon posted:I'd say the worst parts are probably the Spyro 3 minigames, like the skateboarding parts, but they were cringe worthy even when it first came out. Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.  Speaking of the post-PS1 games, for what it's worth, I played exactly one of the Wii Spyro games (I think it was the third one of the reboot trilogy), and it was actually pretty fun. I mean it didn't really feel like Spyro, but it was leagues ahead of what I was expecting, my only other non-Insomniac Spyro game having been Enter the Dragonfly.
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Feb 9, 2014 22:10
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SirDrone posted:So would you consider what game after the 3rd game was disastrous or the Sierra Reboot because we could totally have some fun on that subject. Enter the Dragonfly was super bad and kind of unforgivable. I haven't played Hero's Tail but I heard it's just mediocre instead of terrible, and I haven't played Shadow Legacy either but just from that gif posted earlier I think I don't want to. Like Battle Pigeon up there, I also had Season of Ice. I don't think I ever finished it though. For a game about mobility and getting to faraway places, playing in an isometric view at such a low resolution was hell, you couldn't see where you were going at all.
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Feb 10, 2014 00:10
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Hero's Tail is fairly eh, but one thing is unforgivable: circle is Charge and square is Flame. gently caress you High Impact. 
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Feb 10, 2014 00:37
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:Enter the Dragonfly was super bad and kind of unforgivable. I haven't played Hero's Tail but I heard it's just mediocre instead of terrible, and I haven't played Shadow Legacy either but just from that gif posted earlier I think I don't want to. 
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how can so much action and deep systems be contained into one game e: THE PLOT SOUNDS LIKE FANFICTION GODDAMN quote:During his journey, Red, the villain from Spyro: A Hero's Tail returns and decided to fight Spyro once again. After losing in a very short battle, it was revealed that Red was a pawn to the Sorcerer, the one responsible for trapping everyone in the Shadow Realm. Red decides to change his ways and help Spyro defeat the Sorcerer. After Spyro makes his way to the Sorcerer’s lair, the Sorcerer reveals himself to be a dragon with four wings who, like Spyro, is purple as well. NO LISTEN TO ME fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Feb 10, 2014 |
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Feb 10, 2014 04:11
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:THE PLOT So Eurocom literally got their inspiration from fanfiction.net? Now I see why I didn't play anything after Enter the Dragonfly...
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Feb 10, 2014 04:33
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:trapping everyone in the Shadow Realm And then Spyro duelled with Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
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Feb 10, 2014 04:41
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yeah, it has the good old nintendo dark world light world gimmick that has never gotten dated or overused
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Feb 10, 2014 05:33
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You can still make the dark world/light world thing work though, considering how good Link Between Worlds was. Shadow Legacy is not Link Between Worlds.
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Feb 10, 2014 23:10
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Finally recorded some more, video will be up tomorrow. Would be tonight, but  welcome to rhode island e: and this is a good day too e2: and then i hosed up the audio which results in me being up at 6AM doing surgery. Have me in your prayers. NO LISTEN TO ME fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Feb 11, 2014 |
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Feb 11, 2014 08:34
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And new video up. Also triple post. Deal.
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Feb 11, 2014 20:08
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Wow, i had no idea you could actually hurt enemies with those windmill things, that's pretty great. Anyway, Magic Crafters is just such a great world. It looks great, has great music, and the levels feel really huge and open. It's definitely one of the best two worlds. (The other one being Dream Weavers) One thing i really like about the game, though, which really gets more noticeable in Magic Crafters, is how much effort went into the sound effects in the game, specifically enemy ones. Every enemy in the game just has really hilarious sound effects, from the druids chanting and screaming to the various noises enemies make when you kill them. It's just so goofy and full of personality. Also, Dr Pepper is really good.
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Feb 11, 2014 20:54
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Oh god Spyro LP, clearing schedule. Spyro 2 is my favorite, just for the cutscenes before each stage. I'll never understand why they took them out for Spyro 3. It's still a good game, but I really liked those cutscenes.
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Feb 11, 2014 22:54
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Nihilarian posted:Oh god Spyro LP, clearing schedule. They were fun and goofy, and they added a bit of flavor, yeah. Sometimes they were brutal though, like the one in Magma Cone where one of the satyrs throws another into a volcano just to get their party hat, or whatever. By the way I want to talk about how great a name Magma Cone is. It's a volcano. Magma cone. It's like how an alien would describe a volcano.
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Feb 11, 2014 23:59
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Magma Cone's residents are gloriously sadistic. Earthshapers pooping your party? Just murder them with various tools of destruction! This LP is giving me more and more incentive to boot up Spyro on my Vita again. I didn't like it nearly as much as 2 and 3 back when I was a kid, but seeing these videos is persuading me to at least give it another shot. Keep up the good work.
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Feb 12, 2014 00:25
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Wordybird posted:Magma Cone's residents are gloriously sadistic. Earthshapers pooping your party? Just murder them with various tools of destruction! Like I said before, 1 has a certain charm to it that the others don't, but I'd still say 3 is overall better. 2 was a bit unpolished in everything it implemented and 3 refined it. So yeah that's why Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs on GBA is the best Spyro game.
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Feb 12, 2014 05:50
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:Like I said before, 1 has a certain charm to it that the others don't, but I'd still say 3 is overall better. Year of the Dragon also removed the double jump, which was one of the best things ever in Spyro 2 as far as sequence breaking and getting out of giving money to that goddamn bear.
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Feb 12, 2014 06:00
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morallyobjected posted:Year of the Dragon also removed the double jump, which was one of the best things ever in Spyro 2 as far as sequence breaking and getting out of giving money to that goddamn bear. I never sequence break in Spyro 3, so I can enjoy the chase a little longer.
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Feb 12, 2014 06:58
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I love Spyro. I 100% Spyro 2 one summer to unlock the mega fireball thing you get. The worst part about it was that by the time you got it you had no use for it.
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Feb 12, 2014 07:32
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jobroskie posted:I love Spyro. I 100% Spyro 2 one summer to unlock the mega fireball thing you get. The worst part about it was that by the time you got it you had no use for it. If you load a save file with that upgrade, then start a new game, you'll have it in the new game.
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Feb 12, 2014 07:35
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crowfeathers posted:If you load a save file with that upgrade, then start a new game, you'll have it in the new game. It also helps if you want to get a few of the skill points you need to unlock the Epilogue (like those no-hit boss runs )
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Feb 12, 2014 07:39
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:It also helps if you want to get a few of the skill points you need to unlock the Epilogue (like those no-hit boss runs well, that and the charge jump. Is it wrong that I was able to do those for the first two bosses without the super flame?
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Battle Pigeon posted:Oh man, the nostalgia. The Spyro series were probably my favourite as a kid, along with the Crash Bandicoot series. This was the most exciting thing ever to get for a birthday present (still have that case): You European bastard where were they selling those and how could this slip by me even though I was a child then?! That's pretty cool, how many CDs did that case hold? And I can't tell if that's just the game and the CD case, or did it also include a PS1?
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Hyperman1992 posted:well, that and the charge jump. The first one isn't really that hard--you just have to focus and not take too many risks with his attack pattern. Second one can go to hell though.
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Feb 12, 2014 09:50
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I just love the name Gateway to Glimmer, it evokes exploration and that's kind of what I love in the Spyro series.
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Feb 12, 2014 09:59
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"No more blue thieves after Magic Crafters" I see what you did there, NLTM  (gently caress Treetops)
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Kurtofan posted:I just love the name Gateway to Glimmer, it evokes exploration and that's kind of what I love in the Spyro series. Man, PAL regions got a bunch of cool exclusive music, and a way better name than Ripto's Rage. Y'all suck. Killrrhubarb posted:"No more blue thieves after Magic Crafters" The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Games > Let's Play! > gently caress Tree Tops
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:Man, PAL regions got a bunch of cool exclusive music, and a way better name than Ripto's Rage. Y'all suck. Really? I didn't know about the exclusive music.
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Feb 12, 2014 17:15
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Kurtofan posted:Really? I didn't know about the exclusive music. Yep NO LISTEN TO ME posted:One thing a bit disappointing/peculiar about Tree Tops: There were also some extra songs in Spyro 3, and probably Spyro 2 too, but the only one I can remember right now is Enchanted Towers getting its unique theme, instead of just reusing Byrd's.
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:Yep Thanks, curse my cursory thread reading St Byrd's theme is so memorable to me, so I'm not sure that's such a bad thing
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Boxn posted:You European bastard where were they selling those and how could this slip by me even though I was a child then?! It's just the game and the case. It's pretty good-it has a little zipped mesh section on the inside cover for memory cards/etc, and a bunch of double sided inserts for "up to 14 discs and their manuals".  Apparently there was also a combo pack for Spyro 1, but the case is a boring black one with the PS1 logo rather than anything Spyro related. I don't see anything for YotD though.
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Something I wish happened: In the beginning cutscene, the dragon says "It's been peaceful here in the five artisan worlds... or is it six" I wish there was either 6 levels in the artisan homeworlds, or they changed that dialogue to four and five. Then there would be an extra little hint to the existence of Sunny Flight.
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He isn't talking about the Artisan levels, he's talking about worlds, as in Artisans, Peace Keepers etc. The sixth one he's not too sure about would presumably be the final one, though that isn't as clear as the 2000 gems he's unsure about, which we can quite easily place - but that's for much later.
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HMS Boromir posted:He isn't talking about the Artisan levels, he's talking about worlds, as in Artisans, Peace Keepers etc. You're right. I simply misremembered the quote from the dragon. Somehow I got into my head that he said "five artisan worlds" rather than "five worlds". I imagine that he's forgetting the final one too, but I like to imagine he's forgetting Peace Keepers, because it's not as awesome as the other homeworlds :P
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You know, after playing this again, I have to say that Tree Top wasnt as bad as I remember it. Although the level is still designed by Satan and is unreasonably hard for the age of the target audience, I died way more on Misty Bog and Twilight Harbour. Seriously, gently caress Attack Frogs. Although Tree Tops will still have that special spot in my nightmares.
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This has little to do with Spyro but it has enough to do with the LP that I'll post it anyway. Decided to work on some more music, tried to get that authentic feel, but  EastWeeeeeeeessssst  
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