I really don't understand...

ratchet · Mar 18, 2008 7:30 AM

I disagree, and you can see that by my numerous posts on these forums. about your "Everyone is entitled to their opinions...I just don't want to hear them" is very ignorant and arrogant, no offence.
Welcome.
Want to know why i disagree? here is why.
1. Music- THe Epic, orchestral tunes are nice but i much prefered Stewarts rockin tunes, this is debatable though, and probably is only opinions
2. Variety in gameplay- In TLOS, there are a few alternations, but it is mainly fight, bit of platforming, more fighting. Sure the fighting has different styles, bust most of them are quite boring like the strafing fireballs.
3. Bosses- I found the Bosses in the original games alot more fun than in TLOS, mostly because you have to use your mind to defeat them, and just not dodge this and repeatably press this button. Besides, in TLOS they reused buttons, ravage rider was steam all dressed up, the elemental dragon was Cynder, the exterminator or whatever is the second boss wrapped up, arborick and the scurvyings/assasins are all very similar engines, and i havn't played Gaul yet, but i bet he'll be a boss already used.
4. Design- TLOS is alot more detailed than the originals, obviously because of the Graphical capabilities, but the creativeness of backgrounds, levels, enemies and characters i found awesome
5. Comedy- Sparx is the only funny think in TLOS, and i DO find him funy, but the originals always made you smile, most of the Jokes were lame, but still altogether fun
6. Characters- All of the characters in TLOS are stereotypical, there is the Wise OLd Dragon who guides Spyro, Spyro the courageous kind hero, Sparx the funny wisecracking sidekick, Cynder the mysterious girl whos not very wise. Ofcource the originals had some stereotypes aswell but there were so many characters that it was hard to notice, and they were ment to be steretypes. All characters had great personalities though, with all kinds of emotions, you may disagree with me on this if you want.
7. Portals, Sparx the health Bar- Sparx the health bar was a very unique feature and some argue that he is unneeded these days, but i think he was great, and alot more believeable actually, even though he was a dragonfly who takes hits. I loved the idea of Portals.
8. Minigames- Some say that Spyro is not a party game, but i say he IS a party game... in disguise. The Minigames made the Spyro games have tonnes of variety, and insure that you do not get bored, they were great.
9. Flame- I hated how its limited in TLOS, even if it was needed, Spyro should have unlimited flame
10.Length- As you said, TLOS is hell short, and is one of the greatest flaws
11.Levels- Under design, but still, the originals had tonnes and TONNES of level, really unique too. Even though the Levels in TLOS are long, there are only 6. THis was to cut down on making palettes, lazy, lazy Krome Studios. The level designs in TLOS are boring, look at ANB, you have the grass area, the snow/icy area, the volcano area, the crystal/electric/castle area.
12.Replay- well after you beat the boring games of ANB or TEN, what can you do? hmmm, ANB you cant do anything but upgrade your breaths, and you get nothing once you do so, and in TEN you can get these quills to get "concept art", a cheapy excuse for a prize which only some will want to take notice to, you can do the "dragon challanges" and unlock dark spyro, and then you can fight more... and its easier, WHAT A PRIZE (sarcastic)
13.Gliding- You can use it much more in the originals, you might as well not have it in TLOS

THat is my opinion, feel free to argue if you want, i wont mind.

spyromaster330 · Mar 19, 2008 9:20 AM

i honestly dont think another game in the series will beat Year of the Dragon. That was totally the best game in the series. But i will have to wait until i have played TLOS series before i have a definete opinion.

ratchet · Mar 19, 2008 10:11 AM

I recon Spyro 3 was one of the best platformers ever

shadowsfall · Mar 19, 2008 2:12 PM

this was a long time ago but raidon
you made me sad
not all people like the old series
by the way
1 the meters and the enemies make the game more challenging doesnt it
2 those puzzles were hard
3 sparx isnt pointless he helps spyro sometime

ratchet · Mar 20, 2008 5:00 AM

1. Well kinda, i found ANB easy, but Spyro isn't supposed to be a "kill enemies to reach the end" game, they are just there to stop you from getting place to place, not to be the actual part of the main game, its hard to explain.
2.Which ones?
3.Okay, seriously, all Sparx does is talk, in the originals he wasn't pointless, he got gems, acted as health, buzzed sometimes, you could play as him in a few games.

I noticed that you like Hard games, and i agree, the original Spyros should of been harder and a brawler mixed with the original Spyro style could be nice, but TLOS doesn't do that.

TheManiacOnWheels · Mar 20, 2008 10:02 PM

Ratchet, about my signature...i don't really mean it, it just seemed funny at the time. Lol.

ratchet · Mar 20, 2008 10:24 PM

OK, that is fine lol.

depaul · Mar 25, 2008 5:03 PM

a couple of things

1.) Somebody said they hadn't heard from insomniac for a while. they did continue making games, fairly popular ones actually. they made the rachet and clank series, and a lesser known FPS called Resistance: Fall of Man.

2.) Enemies: the old enemies were pretty easy, but the game wasn't combat oriented back then. It combined platforming and mini game elements to create the challenge. Not a bad thing. The new spyro games shifted the focus to combat, and the enemies can take a lot more hits, and dish it out a lot better too. Not a bad thing. What i don't like is that the way to defeat those enemies is mashing buttons like crazy, and they are all pretty much the same. When I was playing this, my neighbor was over and we were just laughing at ANB because we just kept killing the same thing over and over again.

3.) Story/voice acting: I don't buy games for the story. However, a good story can draw a gamer in and really motivate you to keep going. For instance, the halo series has an awesome story that makes you want to find out what happens next. The story from LOS, however, seems kind of cookie cutter: main character is separated from his family at birth, lives with an adoptive family in the boondocks, discovers by pure chance that he is called to join an organization that fights evil, and is taken under the wing of an elder from that organization. Finds out he is chosen one, and that in the past the organization fought a great war and lost. The story isn't bad, and its better than the original spyro games, but it isn't amazing either. Also, expensive and/or big name voice actors don't necessarily make good voice acting. To be honest, Frodo sounds like he's phoning it in. Spyro's face is way more expressive than Frodo is, and it looks hilarious.

A Guy · Mar 26, 2008 12:22 AM

There's so much hatred because some people are sticks-in-the-mud that can't accept other people's opinions. Take Raidon, for example. He calls TLoS garbage, and he's entitled to his opinion. But here he goes, claiming he's a big boy when he goes flaming the crap out of anyone that disagrees with him. Well, that's Raidon for you. roll

ratchet · Mar 26, 2008 4:17 AM

I know i sound like a broken record but yes DEpaul, I Agree with you. Depaul, you say the things that i want to say but i have crappy english skills. lol, your the man depaul!

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