It's hard to believe that this monstrosity of a game is the follow up to the great original Spyro games on PlayStation.
User Rating: 2.8 | Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly GC
Back when Spyro the Dragon came out for PlayStation it was a great, fun platformer, which resulted in several just as entertaining sequels. When I heard there was one headed for the next generation of consoles, I was very excited, and kept checking the calendar to see when it would come out. I kept track of it religiously! It didn't look too impressive, but I kept my hopes up! The release day came, and I was excited to go out and get it, but I saw its horrendous review on GameSpot, and decided that I'd better rent if first. That was a very smart move. I'm going to get one thing out of the way before I get into detail: this game blows, big time! The story in the original Spyro games weren't fantastic, but in the first one you had to rescue all of Spyro's dragon friends as they had been encased in an odd glass-like substance. Sure, the story sounds about as deep as an episode of Spongebob, but it was entertaining nonetheless. However, in this new Spyro, you have to rescue a whole bunch of dragonflies. Not only is the story poor, but the gameplay isn't much either; there are a few additions, but it's not much. They bring back all of the old jumps and glides, but they do add the ability to add elemental effects to your headbutts. There is electricity, fire and ice. They executed it in a surprisingly poor manner, and somehow it's as if they made the gameplay mechanics worse than those of the original games. The controls are hard to use and sloppy, there is a horrendous frame-rate issue, and it's just plain not fun. It's just like the new Star Wars movies: way worse than the originals, and a bore to watch. The graphics in Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly are definitely nothing special. There are some bright colours, but the whole look of the game is bland, and it just doesn't look good, plain and simple. Its graphics look like they would be easily done on PlayStation, so why they chose not to upgrade them is beyond me. The sound is very poor. There is some voice acting, but there is almost no emotion, and it's so uninteresting you could almost fall asleep listening to it. The noises are annoying, especially those of the dragonflies that you're rescuing, and the music is mediocre at the very best. You'd be better off playing this game with ear plugs, or at least with the volume off. In closing, very few people would enjoy this ten hour piece of garbage. If you loved the first Spyro games like I did, that is less than a guarantee that you will like the latest installment in the series. The gameplay is boring, and the additions actually seem to make the gameplay worse. It can't even boast having far superior graphics and sound than the first ones. Unless you absolutely love Spyro to the point where you have your own fanclub, this game is definitely not recommended.
