To the games credit the load times are short if you retry but these were the levels I usually avoided. Making just a few mistakes lead to failing these segments. One level in each section is a brutally hard flying segment which required you to shoot or collect several items while flying with a incredibly strict time limit. There are five Hub world areas to explore each with several levels. If you are hardcore and collect everything the game rewards you with a bonus area at the end of the game. You don’t need to collect everything to progress in the game but it’s quite addictive and you’ll find yourself generally looking in every nook and cranny. This may make the game easier but it allows you to return to levels later without incurring a penalty.

One of the best features is once you have collected any item or rescued a dragon you can leave the level or loose a life and it doesn’t matter you still have the item banked permanently. A simple menu helps you keep track of your progress in each level. As well as rescuing dragons you need to collect gems and dragon eggs if they are present in the level. When you release each dragon they thank you and either give you a gameplay tip or say something funny just don’t expect any comedy gold. Within each level the idea is to find and rescue all the dragons tombed in crystal.

You begin the game in a hub world which acts as a level in itself, except it also provides gateways to other levels which you can enter in whatever order you choose. Spyro is a 3D platformer with a heavy emphasis on collecting, this is essential to progress further in the game. The story is very humorous and cute with plenty of chuckles to have whatever age you are. Spyro somehow evades this and sets out to free his buddies. After a elder dragon insults a baddie named Nasty Gnorc on television he gets mad and turns all the dragons to stone. In the game you play as the cute little dragon Spyro. For this review we are going back to the origins of the character with the very first game on the Playstation that was developed by Insomniac games. I am of course referring to Spyro the Dragon. You had Crash Bandicoot, Gex (other than the first) and Croc but there was also another animal who made a name for himself on the system and later rose to greater popularity, probably even more so than Crash. The Sony Playstation was well known for having a generous supply of 3D platformers. Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA)ĭigital Release? Yes, this is available as a PSOne classic on PSN for $5.99

Spyro 4 2020