Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Worth playing"

Well first let me say how glad I am that Spiro's back... I thought it would be a sequel that would never be. I've played every Spyro game in the series and always look forward to them because GOOD platformer games are sooo hard to come by and it seems as though it's almost a forgotten - platform. This new Spyro is no letdown for sure! I grabbed the game before GameSpot has rated it because I knew from reputation alone that it would be good... and it is. The first person shooter games are great but they are all generally the same thing... if you own Halo 3 you pretty much own them all. However, platformers are typically very unique outside of the normal fire world, forest, sea and air levels... but that's what makes them great. Spyro has some really cool powers and there are many which keeps things interesting and collecting gems to gather more strength is still just as alluring as the previous games. What surprised me was the powers of Cynder... wow she really has some unique powers that are new to the gaming world... very creative. I'll let you check them out for yourself. So all in all, having free range to fly anytime and anywhere along with the hugely upgraded graphics... this is definitely a game worth looking into and if you love platformers it's a must have!
FINAL THOUGHT - The game's graphics also don't look like all those crappy 1980's pre-nintendo era games I see everywhere when I click on the Platformer section on GameSpot. Come on guys, let's see a little "Spyro" like inspiration in platformers already... yeesh! We purchased the advanced hardware of an X-Box360 has for a reason so let's stop with the "cell phone quality" games and make something that can compete with this game!