Spyro the Dragon

[terse falcon]

Discussion for Spyro the Dragon!

[fluid yacht]

[prime glade]

Who's doing Reignited? I will

[slate snow]

100% original baybe

I own reignited but the chances of me being allowed to use "The Big TV" with my kids about are extremely low

[azure furnace]

I tried the original like 5 times and never got far, but tried reignited yesterday and it's very pretty. Really like playing a cartoon

I'll probably get this for the nephews one day

[slate snow]

yeah Reignited is absolutely gorgeous

[ruby sand]

I'm going to. Got it in the steam sale.

[ruby sand]

I feel this haha

[terse falcon]

[teal flume]

Is reignited on switch any good?

Or should I just get it on ps5 or not bother at all

[lament vault]

YoU gOTtA BelIEvE!!!!

Best voice line in this whole game

[slate snow]

Anyone know how to stop Sparx from shining a flashlight with the force of 1000 sun's?

Duckstation standalone on RP3+

[terse falcon]

@clever arch 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒.

[olive thicket]

Oh fabulous, the Reignited Trilogy is sitting unplayed in my Steam library. I’m ready for my first Spyro experience. 🔥

[ruby sand]

I played the original but really looking forward to playing reignited on the deck!

[empty pawn]

I'm playing Reignited on pc and reached the first boss.

[scenic fox]

Storming here all day, so hopefully I can knock this out. Doing reignited on switch because I already have it and spent too much on the steam sale

[storm hill]

Never played this game. The GotMers have said it is a great game. Going to play this last to keep everything mixed up this month. Lets goooo

[prime glade]

I really liked the first two but I never started the third for some reason

[scenic fox]

I love the second one. Never played 3 either

[lethal phoenix]

Excited to finally play Reignited!

[azure furnace]

Did the first two worlds on reignited, it's nice. Feels similar to the latest Kirby

[scenic fox]

Feel like I’m zooming through this one. Going to end up way under 6 hours I bet

[azure furnace]

Pretty easy action platforming, with additional brain activation required for 100%

[clever arch]

Just finished the first world. Playing on my Steam Deck and it's pretty nice.

[storm hill]

Since I never played this I will play the psx version first.

[unkempt lake]

Definitely agree on the 'pretty on the steamdeck'

[toxic lantern]

Use software rendering instead of OpenGL or vulkan

[clever arch]

Just made it to Gnastys world. Breaking for dinner then should be able to wrap it up tonight.

[slate snow]

Why is that the only option I didn't try!? Thank you b xxoo

[lament vault]

Ripto is definitely my favorite of the three, but 1 and 3 are both solid games as well

[toxic lantern]

Yeah I tired so many things lol. That was the only thing that resolved that 😂

[light carbon]

Does Spyro need R2 and L2 - looking to play on a psp

[slate snow]

Spyro does that annoying thing where they hide a bunch of shit in the overscan area so while in theory widescreen hack + 16:9 would work, you get a bunch of artifacting

[slate snow]

They control the manual camera rotation, not necesscary but good to have

[light carbon]

Ah damn, this is what stopped medievil being playable on a vita

[slate snow]

Medievil has an absolute monster of a camera, Spyro's auto turning is ok but yeah, not ideal

[toxic lantern]

It does for dodging or for the camera. Depending on how you map it out

[clever arch]

Finished the game including the bonus stage. Final time was around 4 hr 30 min.

[scenic fox]

That’s about my final time too

[mental moss]

Oh wow

I'm like 3 hours in and still in the 3rd world

I'm having a blast trying to 100% it though

[slate snow]

Man fuck tree tops

[chrome zenith]

I have reignited but probably playing PSX on my Odin. Ps5 time is for ffxvi

[slate snow]

Anyone know how to get to the secondary area in Dark Passage? I'm all turned around. I'm at the exit bur can't figure out how to get the the last 2 drags

Rubber Duck Programming strikes again

[clever arch]

Probably the hardest level in the game, especially if you don't know what you're doing. I remember my family going wild when we just naturally figured it out back in the day. I tend to just check a guide if I can't remember the sequence of ramps needed for that one jump.

[slate snow]

Took me so long to remember, the double back is a nightmare. The return trip is so long as well if you stuff it up, ugh.

I was having flash backs of haunted towers earlier, wandering around aimlessly as a kid for hours and hours trying to work out where the last dragon In the whole game was.

Got him this time though, bastard.

[slate snow]

I can imagine it would have been screaming from everyone involved lmao

Is so weird how front loaded the eggs are, like they just gave up half way through, slammed a bunch in Magic Crafters and just called it a day

[slate snow]

Skadoosh

Deal with it

[feral scaffold]

Does reignited count for this? I've had it on steam for a while. Technically I've had the ps1 discs for decades but haven't played those either

And even if.. worth just doing the original?

[brisk relic]

Reignited counts, the flying levels are worse but everything else is smoother

[clever arch]

Not sure what people mean about the flying levels being worse. Took me an extra attempt to adjust on the first one, then beat all the others in one try other than the last one.

[terse falcon]

I'm not sure what's the deal with the flying levels. They felt fine to me. The only things that bothered me about Reignited (first time playing the remake, played Spyro 1 a lot as a kid and finished it for the first time about a year ago) were the slight audio changes (nostalgia for sure), and the extra effects and pretty-ness sometimes got in the way of being able to see a gem or something hiding in grass. And as you can no doubt tell, these are extremely minor gripes.

Spyro is an incredible game. It's shocking to me just how great the sound design is (in addition to all the other things Spyro does right). Every gem pickup, chest smashed, Sparx nomming a butterfly, to the multitude of enemy noises, Spyro's sound design is just . Like how you know there's a dragon hidden nearby by the sound of the statue. So so good.

Side note: I love how they were like "water levels suck, no one likes water levels, fuck it, water KILLS you." I know there are water levels in future entries (and I remember them being handled well), but still. Good ass game.

[prime glade]

Well, was hoping to get this game out of the way during my 13 hour flight, but apparently it didn't download the night before and I didn't check it. Now at the hotel for my layover and Steam Deck can't connect to the Internet for some reason... guess I'll start this one later than I expected

[old thicket]

These flying levels can F all the way off 🤣

[slate snow]

You can ignore them If you don't want 100%. They are alright as a deviation from the norm buy they are pretty stressful until you've familiarised yourself with the layout of each one

[old thicket]

Good to know, I tried a few routes on the first flying level and would run out of time with 2 items left to collect

[short prism]

Right... never played Spyro before... What is the goal? Just go through the levels and rescue dragons from their statues? Eventually meeting an end boss?

[slate snow]

basically!

each world has 3 levels, a flight level and a boss level, theres 6 worlds and to get to the next world you have to appease the balloon operators requirements. Some need a certain amount of treasure collected, some need a certain amount of dragons saved. Goal is to get to the last Hub world and beat the main boss

[short prism]

ah ok, thanks! I have rescued 11 dragons so far... but I haven't left the starting area, other than its associated levels. i will have a proper look 🙂

[short prism]

Thank you! It looks way better in Vulkan than using Software but the brightness of Gondors Beacon was really irritating 😄

[slate snow]

Easy fix iif using Vulkan, just sit at no health, problem solved

[light carbon]

Soooo looking at the intro, the sheep seem identical to those is Sheep Dog n Wolf / Sheep Raider

Can I make a claim for “same game world”?

[prime glade]

Got the game loaded just in time for my second flight. Got to the marsh world. It's actually getting hard. Died multiple times

[olive thicket]

So far having fun in Reignited on Steam Deck. Just finished the first area.

I never played this on PS. I imagine this was their answer to Mario 64.

[slate snow]

As usual, gravity is the strongest enemy in the game

[prime glade]

Those little toads are super annoying enemies too, but yep, plenty of falls. That shouldn't be a lost life. Luckily lives are super easy to get

[prime glade]

Ok, Treetops is annoying. Can't figure out how to get to the island next to the dragon that says to combine supercharges. But screwing up means a couple of minutes just to get back to try again. And if I fall, I lose a life. Ridiculous.

[slate snow]

Legit! tree tops is probably the hardest level in the game to 100% for exactly the reasons you said.

but to get an idea of what you need to do, follow the thieves

[prime glade]

Whoever designed the Haunted Towers skill point can also get royally fucked

[slate snow]

I have fucking ptsd from this level, it was the one dragon I could never find. No internet access for young BillyZard

Insomniac had some monsters working for them

[prime glade]

Jacques was a weird choice for a boss. Way too easy

[azure furnace]

I didn't understand the skill point thing. It popped up twice but what do they do?

[clever arch]

Extra lives I believe. And achievements in the remake.

[prime glade]

That Gnasty Gnorc boss fight seemed to come out of nowhere. Thought I had one more stage left. Nope... Beat him easily and got the skill point even. Got 100%

And the boss fight was pretty bad. What kind of scary giant orc just runs away and calls that fighting?

[azure furnace]

I'd run away from a dragon tbh

[shrewd mauve]

I’m really liking this one. I thought about 100% it, but my first couple attempts at the flying levels sank that dream

[teal flume]

does this game support dualshock properly or is the control strictly digital?

[slate snow]

I think it supports it? Stick can be tilted slightly to walk, so in theory, yes?

[teal flume]

Okay cool. Wasn't sure

Lots of ps1 games don't really have true analog control

[brisk relic]

what big brained genius decided that you don't get to know the clear conditions for each hub til you find the end?

was he overly concerned about weekend rentals?

[azure furnace]

It takes 45 seconds to get to the balloon guy

[slate snow]

Just 100% every level without ever knowing the requirements for the balloon, problem solvered

[quiet igloo]

My copy arrived

[prime glade]

Are all the requirements just saving dragons? What kind of monster would save some dragons but not save all those poor gems?

[slate snow]

Thankfully, some of the balloon boys aren't dang commies and understand the truly important things in life, capital gains

[azure furnace]

Some are dragons, some are gems, some are eggs

[brisk relic]

Dragons, Gems, Eggs, Gems, Dragons
In that order
Can I go back to Astal?

[prime glade]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-carrey-throw-up-puke-vomit-gagging-gif-16080834

This game is wonderful if you love collectathons. If you don't, you need to reevaluate your life and discover happiness

Mario is not a good comparison to this game. It's much more analogous to B--K

[brisk relic]

ok but in BK I knew Jiggies = Progress

[prime glade]

But can you collect the jiggies without collecting the notes? No

Or if you can, you're a monster

[clever arch]

You also need Notes to unlock the Note Doors.

[brisk relic]

absolutely, my gripe is with the non-signposted nature of these goals

[clever arch]

Same thing here really. In BK Jiggies are needed for opening levels, and Notes are needed for doors. Here there's only one gate and the needed resource rotates.

[brisk relic]

right after i get off the baloon I want him to tell me what i need to focus on

[clever arch]

I think we play differently. I always complete the hub world first, so get to the balloonist before I even enter an individual level, so I know what the requirement is before I start trying to meet it.

So in that sense, it is sign-posted. But if you just jump into the first level you see, run through it and get to the end only collecting half the stuff, and just keep doing that, I can see it being frustrating.

[brisk relic]

bingo, well said

[prime glade]

If I stumbled upon the balloonist early and he told me I was ready to go to the next island, I just told him "fuck no I'm not, I didn't get all the gems in two stages"

[clever arch]

But you would have that same issue in BK as well if you're not familiar with it. You complete the first level just getting like 40 notes and a handful of jiggies, and then you hit that first note door, and now you gotta go back.

[brisk relic]

yep, and thats usually where my BK playthroughs end, first time i have to backtrack

[clever arch]

Oh well fair enough then. I was under the impression you had a better view of BK. 😂

[brisk relic]

i do like it, and my wife loves it, shes a 100% person who has doubled my playtime in TotK

[clever arch]

Yeah, I guess I meant more that me drawing parallels between the two would help you see it a different way, but sounds like you already see the parallels and just don't like that kind of game.

Or don't like that aspect of those kinds of games. 😂

I dunno, words are hard sometimes.

[brisk relic]

appreciate the effort, Kirby was just such a wonderful breezy time, spyro is a come-down

[light carbon]

So just to confirm - if you want to complete the game as quickly as possible, you can just go to the balloon guy as soon as possible?

(I haven’t started playing yet and may go for the full 100%)

[prime glade]

Go to him and see what he needs to go to the next level

[clever arch]

Basically this, but you might find yourself needing to go back to previous hub worlds because you need more eggs than what the current hub world offers for example.

[brisk relic]

To finish you need
||50 Dragons rescued
6,000 gems collected
5 Dragon eggs from thieves
Finish all stages of Gnasty's World||

[azure furnace]

Well, the game tells you you need to finish all stages for the last world, but there are four doors, and after doing two the third is the final boss, so that was a lie

Last one opens at 100% supposedly, and doing what's behind is 120%?

[clever arch]

Yep, it's basically just a level where you can perma fly but only so high until you unlock the next height and you just collect a shit ton of gems.

[quiet igloo]

To me Spyro is more like this game 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue on PS1 (not sure if anyone played it, it may be niche) than it is to BK

[empty pawn]

I thought about playing 102 Dalmatians. Loved the movie as a kid, but my interest in the genre is unsteady.

[slate snow]

It's pretty solid for a late stage licensed game but if you dislike collectathon the aesthetic might not pull you through

[azure furnace]

Collectathons are the bomb (you have to collect the fragments of the bomb)

[light carbon]

Ok next question - somehow I’d missed that Reignited was in the steam sale. Is that a better experience than emulation?

[clever arch]

In my opinion, absolutely. The remake is just gorgeous and still feels like the original game in almost every way.

Runs great on the Steam Deck as well.

[prime glade]

I wonder what percentage of GotMers have a Steam Deck. Or what the most popular device is among us

[frail trellis]

Heh i just loaded up Reignited on Steam Deck. Glad I bought it, but 40Gb?!

[light carbon]

I’d put money on the miyoo mini, then second the rp3+, then third the sd

[clever arch]

Tbf, that's all three games. So like 12ish gigs per game.

[frail trellis]

Wish I could have just installed one at a time. Space on my Deck is severely limited right now.

[clever arch]

Honestly yeah. That's one thing that the Halo MCC really got right.

[prime glade]

I wonder how many assets are shared among the games in Spyro remastered though. Do they all have the same Spyro?

[azure furnace]

I started up 2 but didn't look at it closely enough to tell

Certainly very similar but they wouldn't have gained a lot of space. I saw completely different ennemies

I guess some basic environmental stuff could be the same too, like water and walls

[clever arch]

Yeah enemies, environments, collectables, etc... are all pretty different across the games.

The gems, spyro, and sparks are the most consistent parts for sure.

[azure furnace]

Well we need to ask Bob

[toxic lantern]

I’d say a 353 device over the miyoo mini. I agree with the rest though. I’m betting the rp3+ and steam deck are amongst the most popular

That’d be a cool poll to see for this community

[teal flume]

I think there's too many 353s for one to be the dominant one

That market is split too much

[toxic lantern]

Well they’re all Technically the same device. Just different form factor

[knotty carbon]

Is it a hot take to not like the music in this? It weirdly stresses me out, lol

[slate snow]

Too much tambourine

[light carbon]

For the purposes of my “who has the most” I was separating products with the same chipset but a different form factor - while I’m happy lumping the 353v and 353vs together, to me at least, it feels like a separate device from the 353p and ps. Personal opinion maybe

[toxic lantern]

I can see what you mean.

[teal flume]

mildly yeah lol tho i think the later two in the trilogy have better music. it's by stuart copeland from the police!

[knotty carbon]

oh, nice. I just looked it up and I guess he did the theme of the Amanda show as well

[teal flume]

yeah lmao

him and mark mothersbaugh from devo both did playstation exclusive videogames and nickelodeon shows lmao. mark mothersbaugh did Crash Bandicaoot and Rugrats

the new wave band member -> video game/cartoon soundtrack composer pipeline

[knotty carbon]

haha that’s awesome

[round yarrow]

oh wow, the controls on this game (PS1) are horrendous. Definitely a learning curve for movement

on the vita I've mapped camera controls to the right joystick... that's helped a bit but holy hell... this is annoying

[knotty carbon]

I should remap the shoulder buttons, haha, I keep using the wrong one

I might switch over to the mario and luigi one and see if I come back to this later

[tired plank]

took switching from swanstation to pcsx rearmed to get analog controls to work

done with 2 levels and the game still holds up

so good

[toxic lantern]

I’m missing 2 gems on gnorcs cove 🫠 I don’t know where these things are 😭

[prime glade]

Are you playing PS1 or remake? Remake has a button to point to gems. Can't remember if PS1 does. It's L3 on remake

[full fog]

I 120% the remake and didn’t know this.

[warm kernel]

Toasty is such an iconic boss. I don’t remember most of this game but as soon as I saw the second phase I remembered

[short prism]

I am on the balloon boy that needs ||50 dragons|| I think? Might take me some time as I currently have ||23||...

[round yarrow]

yeah I don't think I can finish this one out. Not having much fun with this game tbh. I already completed Kirby, and have played the NDS version of Mario and Luigi superstar saga. Both are solid.

I might try to revisit spyro, but I think I'll focus on the RPG of the Quarter for a bit

[knotty carbon]

Yeah I’m going to move onto Mario and Luigi when I get my rp3 to play it on, but will put this away for now haha

[toxic lantern]

Been thinking of getting an rp3+. What is it you’re playing on rn?

[knotty carbon]

This one I started on my PC, haha. I don’t have an emulation handheld yet, just some corpo ones.

[frail trellis]

I usually don't like collect a thons, but this game is pretty fun. Glad I bought Reignited though, couldn't handle the PS1 jank.
Just game overed, didn't think that was possible.

[urban cloak]

Oh hey. Had Reignited in my steam library. I blame Humble Choice.

[chrome zenith]

Really enjoying this so far, have 100% the first two lots of worlds

[ancient lichen]

I started Spyro. I can see if people have nostalgia for it but it's kinda dull. finished two levels already. it's just a collectathon with no real challenge so far. dunno if it opens up later. it's fun to collect though. I 100%'ed those levels.

I finished artisan's home and stone hill. is there a recommended order of levels? I saw a level called dark hollow or something.

[full fog]

Not really. You can beat the levels in any order. The boss fights are pretty cool. And the really standout thing on the PlayStation was the draw distance. When you have stuff like silent hill where you can only see 5 feet in front of you, Spyro was pretty special. It felt so open, and the flying was fun.

It’s definitely a game aimed at children though. Kind of like world of illusion. But I think the open worlds of this makes it more entertaining than world of illusion, and you know having at least a couple different attacks.

[empty pawn]

The jank is the challenge.
I'm at the end of world 1 in Reignited and world 2 in og and the choice paralysis is real

[ancient lichen]

ok, I like that it has boss fights. I was suspecting them being there.

[light carbon]

Trying to work out what I should play on a new handheld - is the ps1 jank so bad, should I stick to re-ignighted?

[brisk relic]

Yes

[light carbon]

Ok then, thanks

[ancient lichen]

I'm playing Spyro on rg353m. works fine @light carbon

[full fog]

The ps1 version is probably fine if you’ve never experienced reignited. But it would be hard to go back.

[chrome zenith]

No issues for me on the Odin, not worth sacrificing ffxiv time for me

[light carbon]

Yeah it’s Zelda time for me

[ancient lichen]

do you need to 100% every level to progress?

[clever arch]

Nope, just enough to pacify the baloonist in each main world.

[ancient lichen]

ah ok. I might do that. I'm not loving this so far. do you guys like the music?

[quiet igloo]

How many hub worlds are there?

[brisk relic]

five or six?

[frail trellis]

Oof Twilight Harbor on the last world is KILLING me.

[frail trellis]

Lol wtf I cannot beat this level

[shrewd mauve]

@ancient lichen here’s the list of what you’ll need to get to the final world. The dragons came easily, but I had to back track to get the treasure.

[manic compass]

Well this is unfortunate

[manic compass]

For those playing reignited, did they redo the butts in hd?

[toxic lantern]

Hey! Apple vision pros!

[frail trellis]

Yeah dude, high definition butts everywhere, that's how you find the vulnerabilities. Doctor Shemp or whatever his name was especially.

[frail trellis]

This last boss battle is fcking infuriating. Did no one else struggle with it? Really wish I had save states right about now.

[frail trellis]

Jfc

[azure furnace]

It sucked a bit that you restart all phases when you die

[teal flume]

man spyros jump is really low for a 90s 3d platformer lol

the levels feel really flat compared to like, mario 64 or banjo

[gray vortex]

How many endings we get? How to get the best one?

[clever arch]

There's a bonus stage for getting 100% that once completed gets you 120%.

[gray vortex]

Oh alright, but I don't need to get every dragons?

[empty pawn]

#1124669679663849562 message

[gray vortex]

Thought this was here?

[empty pawn]

I tried to link the post that listed the minimum requirements, but it didn't work?
Oh, it does.

[gray vortex]

I thought it was a link to the group, lol

Someone need to pin that comment

[feral scaffold]

So, this game is just running around collecting gems and unlocking dragons. Doesn't seem like there's much to it. I expected more from a 25 year old hyped game

[manic compass]

As far as I’m aware it’s the franchise that’s hyped, the first game isn’t as good as the next 2

[feral scaffold]

Ahh ok

Because as is, something like Gex 2 is more enjoyable

[ancient lichen]

it's enjoyable when you were a kid

[teal flume]

yeah 2 and 3 have more objective-based goals with npcs and stuff. ive played more of them than i have this one. this one is alright but i cant play it for too long in a row

[manic compass]

https://tenor.com/view/that70s-show-ashton-kutcher-michael-kelso-burn-gif-4891812

[feral scaffold]

1 just feels like a multi stage tutorial

[manic compass]

Good thing is now that 1 has won, that makes Ripto’s Rage eligible

[frail trellis]

I started number 2 immediately after finishing 1 and it already has 10 times the story.

[plain monolith]

Ripto’s rage was always eligible. There are folks who won’t vote for a game if previous games in the series hasn’t won — and some who won’t play them — but games have definitely won before their predecessors

[zinc pagoda]

Spyro 1 is significantly different to its sequels, especially with the level design. I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. All three games are great. 🙂

[slate snow]

Spyro 1 is a great spring board that Spyro 2 uses to soar.

[dull heath]

It's enjoyable as an adult!

[ancient lichen]

to each their own

[zinc pagoda]

As a big fan of platformers, Spyro 1 is a great game. It still holds up today imo. ^_^

[empty pawn]

Roaming around is fun. Just the joy of collecting things.

[prime glade]

I can see how it can be bad if you're objective-based, but for a game to just wander around and see what there is to see and do, it's a treasure. Except that treetop level. Fuck that shit

[ancient lichen]

I just played the cliff side level in the second hub. They love to hide a small amount of goodies. I don't enjoy searching for them but I get anxiety till I find them all. one of the reasons I don't enjoy this game much.

[storm hill]

Going to start this today

[dull heath]

I'm so proud of myself for remembering how to 100 percent that level.

[dull heath]

There's no greater insult in this game than when you free a dragon and all you get is "thank you for releasing me ."

[slate snow]

Like, mate, what was your plan if I didn't come along? At least drop some wisdom, goddamn

[teal flume]

wait they drop wisdom ive just been skipping them

[slate snow]

A lot is just a gag or things you already know (gliding, charging armoured enemies)

Or like the first dragon of an area you run into will tell you about a mechanic that you're about to encounter (fairy kisses making flames burn hotter)

[dull heath]

Sometimes they're useful. When I played as a kid it was more about seeing all the cool dragons.

[storm hill]

100% the first 3 levels having a blast so fat

[empty pawn]

The dragons got individual models in Reignited and they're so cool.

Still at the second boss, I keep falling off the cliff.

[prime glade]

Tip for that boss: don't fall off the cliff

[empty pawn]

Mind=blown

[teal flume]

yeah im on the fourth hubworld and have been 100%ing every level but i might stop 100%ing and just go for the ending at this point, its getting a little repetitive

[dull heath]

I have and always will detest the flying worlds in that game.

[ancient lichen]

just played the first flying world. I like the flying missions in harry potter games. never played superman 64.

it seems I have to go through it multiple times

[dull heath]

There's a way to do each flying world in one go but you have to know the order to do it in.

Which requires many goes

or just watch a video of someone doing them

[clever arch]

I've got the orders memorized at this point. Might take me an attempt or two to remember some of the trickier parts.

[ancient lichen]

yeah, I bet. might just leave them to last and see if I need to 100% them.

[storm hill]

F these flying levels.

[prime glade]

I didn't think they were easy, but they all took less than 10 minutes for me. Not too bad

[errant turret]

It’s been kind of a slog for me. 1 world a night has been my limit so far. Def haven’t been 100% everything I’m hoping I can reach the credits without having to do everything. Never played this as a kid.

[gray vortex]

Don't think I will finish in time, but I enjoy this game

[storm hill]

They aren’t bad (flying levels) just bad if you want to 100% the game.

[warm kernel]

The final boss isn’t hard I just suck. And the checkpoint is non-existent so it felt like hitting a brick wall when I would jump into the lava

I think free time of being a child made me like the game more back in the day

[zinc pagoda]

I got 100% completion. The flying levels were somewhat annoying, but they're not that bad at all imo.

[storm hill]

Just bad you have to get everything in one go to 100% the level. I dislike when games use a tight time limit for these levels. Wasn’t fun when banjo did it also.

[zinc pagoda]

Eh, I don't mind it much. Only one or two of the flying levels really aggravated me.

[storm hill]

Is this all that is need to beat the game?
||World 1: Free at least 10 dragons total.
World 2: Have at least 1,200 gems total.
World 3: Have at least 5 dragon eggs.
World 4: Free at least 50 dragons total.
World 5: Have at least 6,000 gems total.||

[clever arch]

Sounds right. As long as that's what the baloonists requests, that's all you need.

[storm hill]

I am going to play all the levels just those flying levels I don't think I can 100%. Just not good at flying lol

[clever arch]

Yeah, you should be able to ignore the flying levels 100% if you want.

[storm hill]

At world 2 and I have 30 dragons, 2,800 gems and 4 eggs. I like this game so far fun to just explore.

[olive thicket]

I'm having a lot of fun with Spyro Reignited. I never played this or even knew anything about it back in the day.

[storm hill]

I just 3x the psx game and it looks great.

[olive thicket]

I'm at the 4th world with 38 dragons. I feel like the game has gotten more interesting at this level.

and yeah, skipping the flying levels

[storm hill]

I will still play the flying levels. Just think it is BS you have to do all the task in one run with in the time limit to max out the gems

[plain monolith]

I keep thinking I’ve gotten 100% on a level and then I find a new area

[storm hill]

You can check at the pause screen.

[plain monolith]

It only shows me the areas I’ve been to

[plain monolith]

Exactly

[storm hill]

OH ture

You meant in the hub world

got it.

[plain monolith]

Looking at that, I’d think you had 100% of peace keepers, but there other areas you haven’t been to yet

[storm hill]

this was just a photo I found on the internet. not my playthrough

I am at the magic crafters as of right now.

[teal flume]

i was having this same issue but i think every hub has 6 levels (including home)

cuz yeah i try to go through and 100% home first so the enemies don't respawn but then i forget where all the levels were lol

[plain monolith]

Hmm. I only did 5 in Artisans. Did I miss one? (Doing Peace Keepers now)

[teal flume]

probably lol but so did i

[storm hill]

||Stone Hill.
Dark Hollow.
Town Square.
Sunny Flight (Flight Stage)
Toasty (Boss Stage)|| I think there are only 5

[dull heath]

Each land that a baloonist takes you to has 5 portals to other worlds in them.

||except for the last one.||

[storm hill]

Peacekeepers has 6

I counted the hub land also. My bad

[dull heath]

S'all good!

[storm hill]

how many does the last one have/

there are 5 hubs with 5 portals so 30 levels counting the Hubs

[dull heath]

this many

[storm hill]

That looks like 5 to me

[plain monolith]

Ah, I didn’t find the flight one

[dull heath]

The top one is the land the baloonist takes you to.

However you wanna classify it.

[storm hill]

go to the waterfall and jump on all the stones

[storm hill]

so the hub

[dull heath]

yes

I hope Ripto's Rage makes the nom. one day.

[storm hill]

Oh it most likely will get nominated. Votes who knows

[chrome zenith]

Lost out on some time due to travel and a new job. I'm at Gnasty's world and I believe I already have the right number of eggs, gems and dragons so is it pretty quick to smash through those final levels?

[storm hill]

Getting better at flying

[quiet igloo]

Yea, flying is annoying at first, and the first flight level seems the hardest to me, but from there it went swiftly

[tired plank]

Wild Flight in Beast Makers is the toughest imo

the rest are kind of a breeze but I've played through spyro 1 at least 5 or 6 times

I think this game is the best choice to introduce a kid to the 3d platforming genre with

The controls and moveset are simple compared to others from its time, the overall game difficulty in combat and puzzle-solving is relatively accessible for the most part, and the collectathon variety is easy to keep track of

[plain monolith]

I’ve been trying to 100% each level, but at some point I also want to play reignited since it’s been sitting on my backlog for a long time. I wonder if it’s worth shooting for the balloon man’s requirements now, and taking my time with the remake

[prime glade]

I doubt 100% is really that much longer than rush. 100% took me 5 hours

[plain monolith]

HLTB says 6 vs 8.5

Is there a way to go back to previous worlds?

Maybe I should just read the manual 🙂

[prime glade]

In the start menu of Reignited, your can just warp to any previously entered world. Not sure if OG can do that

[ancient lichen]

I think balloon guy can take you to previous worlds?

[plain monolith]

I’ll have to check. I thought he was only offering to take me forward

The last thing I did was finish the world i was on, so i have to go see him anyway

[storm hill]

He does

[plain monolith]

Yeah, i just tried

https://tenor.com/view/phew-scrubs-that-was-close-thank-god-gif-11494908

[plain monolith]

When i get into a groove, the levels really fly by. When i get into a rut (usually trying the find the last gem or two) they take forever

[olive thicket]

So it seems like Haunted Towers is ||Notoriously tricky for its hard to find last dragon|| Any hints? I’m wandering around and can’t get to the area I think I need to get to.

[slate snow]

I was literally having horror flashbacks to when I was a kid when playing this level, it was the only dragon I was never able to find as a kid, with the internet in it's infancy.

This time I charged to the extreme all around that tower and found it

[olive thicket]

I finally got it, thanks. Now if I can just figure out Tree Tops…

[slate snow]

"Follow the Thieves"

[ancient shuttle]

So I’ve played the first few levels. Freeing dragons and finding gems has a nice zen collectathon feeling to it. Getting the eggs back from the thieves not so much.

[storm hill]

Just go fast

[dull heath]

The key is to charge and jump at the same time.

[plain monolith]

I’ve gotten to ||tree tops|| in ||beast makers||. I guess I’m supposed to ||chain together some of the supercharges|| and it’s really harshing in my mellow in this game

[clever arch]

Probably the lowest point of the game. Even to this day, having beat it dozens of times, I usually have to look up how to do the one jump.

[plain monolith]

The flying level is also the first one i couldn’t quickly figure out a way to do. It seems there’s really only one right order to do it in

[dull heath]

This was the level that frustrated me most as a kid.

I didn't learn how to master that level until the remake came out.

[plain monolith]

I think this is what will give me the nudge to focus on finishing the game without feeling the need for 100%

I’ll revisit it later

Or just try to do it in reignited

[teal flume]

i think you had to chain supercharges to 100% some levels in the previous world too? at least i thought i did

[plain monolith]

you did, but on ramps that were right next to each other

[clever arch]

Yeah treetops you have to run around the world not loosing momentum and even run up a couple ramps backwards and one ramp that I'm pretty sure you only use for this one jump.

[teal flume]

oh damn. i didnt get that far yet lmao

maybe ill just rush to the end at this point then

i missed 1 or 2 levels in previous hubs entirely tho lol so ill back track to those

[plain monolith]

Im not rushing to the end, but I’m not worrying about 100% or everything anymore

[feral scaffold]

Yeah if I feel the need to 100% I'll replay on ignited

Just got to level 5, I'll get through it here soon enough

It's just not a very compelling game

[quiet igloo]

Guys, what do I need to open this

I have all levels on 100%

This are my stats

97% game completion

[clever arch]

Did you get the flight level in all hub worlds, including the first one?

[quiet igloo]

Does the last hub have a flight level?

[clever arch]

There's one in each hub other than Gnasty's.

[quiet igloo]

Then I have them all, I'm 99% sure

[clever arch]

So you jumped on the little pedastals in the water in the first hub world to unlock the flight level there?

[quiet igloo]

Yes

[clever arch]

If you send screenshots of each hub worlds completion, I might can see what you're missing.

[quiet igloo]

Wait, second hub is 6 levels?

Cause I only have 5

[clever arch]

Sounds like you're missing one there then.

[quiet igloo]

Damn it, thanks!

[clever arch]

There's one directly to the right of the baloonist down a little ramp that's easy to run by.

[quiet igloo]

Yup, that's the one, Ice caverns

[clever arch]

Boom jams.

[feral scaffold]

Down goes Gnasty, down goes Gnasty!

[slate snow]

End that Gnorc!

[dull heath]

Damn the remake looks so good

[plain monolith]

I’m mostly jealous of the mini map

[hearty trench]

fuck that last chase

lol

[ancient lichen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlQuSPD3dqI

[quiet igloo]

You mean chasing the final boss?

[hearty trench]

yeah

[clever arch]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-piccolo-dragon-ball-funny-as-hell-skill-issue-gif-21337105

[hearty trench]

I did. I won.

[clever arch]

https://tenor.com/view/pr-gif-4408356

[hearty trench]

https://tenor.com/view/ron-swanson-nick-offerman-thumbs-up-right-on-good-job-gif-25371744

[quiet igloo]

I see you played OG. It was easy to the point of being anticlimactic in reignited, used fire twice, gg boss defeated

[hearty trench]

killing him was cake. Chasing him around those blind corners with ledges all over was frustrating

[clever arch]

I do remember it taking a good few tries back in the day.

[feral scaffold]

Felt like around some of those turns I had to look for the apex and make sure I had enough turning friction. Dude has some wide turns

[prime glade]

That's weird. I first-shot the boss first try and even got the achievement for taking no damage. Or was it much easier in Reignited and you guys played OG?

[feral scaffold]

The controls while running aren't the best in OG, and having to run non stop around twists and turns while Spyro has a terrible turn radius isn't great

[plain monolith]

92%. I’m both pleased and disappointed

[olive thicket]

It’s making me hate this game. I’ve been having a great time with this one until now.

[olive thicket]

Turns out it was a Skill Issue

[fast coral]

Last chase was the classic try it again the next day beat it first try kind of boss. I just wish they didn't make you go after the keys again everytime

[olive thicket]

Exactly. I took a break then nailed it pretty quick. Getting the keys every time was so annoying.

[calm widget]

I'm so close. Made it to Gnorc's world last night, so hoping to knock this one out when we get back Sunday. The remaster is GORGEOUS.

[olive thicket]

Agreed, this game is so pretty. I never played the originals and I probably shouldn’t even try after starting w Reignited. I am looking forward to playing parts 2 and 3 now.

[calm widget]

☝️Same. I'm sure the originals hold up, but I never played them and there's no chance I will now having started with Reignited.

[feral scaffold]

That's why I did the original for this. Always wanted to try it and I knew I wouldn't if I did reignited

[plain monolith]

Ripto’s Rage when?

[ancient lichen]

I don't think I'll finish this. I should've started mario game instead

[plain monolith]

If you don’t have time to finish Spyro, you definitely don’t have time to finish Mario

[calm widget]

Yeah, if you any% Spyro it's quite short. M&L took me 15 hours and I used a guide.

[teal flume]

yeah i should just knock spyro out i guess lol, ive played enough of it that it would be dumb to leave the point on the table

[plain monolith]

There are so many games to play. Never feel dumb walking away from a game that you aren’t enjoying

[teal flume]

its not that im not enjoying it i guess i just needed a break

[ancient shuttle]

I’m going to take a break from this gnasty gnorc fight/chase. Try again later tonight or tomorrow

[storm hill]

This game is great. Still like the OG look compared to the remake. So fun to play a couple world ever night.

[calm widget]

That's basically what I've been doing. Should have it wrapped up tonight.

[tired plank]

somehow lost my save for this when transferring devices so I think I'm dropping it

still love this game though

[ancient shuttle]

Just finished. Liked the game, but did not like that the last boss is just 4x of the worst part of the game

[slate snow]

Boss design is 100% the weakest part of Spyro. Thankfully the sequels more than make up for it.

[calm widget]

I didn't even realize I was fighting the first boss. Just thought it was a big scrub, and then I got an achievement for winning without taking damage. Was thinking "What just happened?"

[calm widget]

And done! Wild that we had two games this month with shit final bosses.

Still a great game

[ancient lichen]

I started like in the middle of the month I think. it's not that I didn't have time. I made it to 4th world but I don't wanna play it anymore. it's just meh 😑

[teal flume]

i had enough shit to skip dream weavers entirely lol so i think ill finish today

[teal flume]

oh yeah the last world is short lmao

I'll give them credit, the point where I was getting bored with the game was pretty much the point where I had enough collectibles to just rush the ending lol. Final boss was pretty lame tho

[teal flume]

wouldnt mind playing 2 and 3 down the line tho i have played a bit of those ones and its definitely a big step up, and the first one is already a good foundation. but i dont think im gonna 100% this one lol

[azure plover]

necrobumping the hell out of this. I've been working my way through for 100% RetroAchievements completion / mastery, and now that I'm about 70% of the way there, I realized that the build of Duckstation on my 406V does not unlock Hardcore versions of achievements, even with Hardcore mode enabled. Probably need to start over. Incredibly annoying lol.

As for Spyro tho, we love Spyro. Gotta grab all the things. 100% through Beast Makers

[south peak]

I'm playing this as well

Reignited

And doing 100%

I used to do it when I was younger. The absolute worst is doing the stage and realizing you're 2 gems short

[azure plover]

or when they hide like, 25 gems behind the level where you'd have to be crazy to check, and you think you're looking for a yellow gem or something

[azure plover]

Mastered

[azure owl]

might play this some time this year without points just so I'm ready if Spyro 2 finally makes it

[azure plover]

valid -- it's a pretty short game if you wanted to try to squeeze it in this month. Mastering it for RetroAchievements only took me a little over 6 hrs, but I've played it before. If you're just going for completion, though, idk, might be comparable

[south peak]

Being ready for Spyro 2 is also a factor for me

Hard to say what my final time will be. I've been taking it slow so I can take in the changes this made from the original