Gulp is definitely harder, I think people who are more familiar with the original will recognize it easier. The issue is that, his tracking is spot on, even when charging. The fight is actually easier if you don't dash and just dodge things slowly. (even when he's chasing you, just walk and then dash when he's in the air). I'm not sure if its intentional or just how it's been programmed but Gulp basically calculates your current speed and his attacks reflect that. No matter how fast you run, his attacks are gonna track you like homing missiles, which wasn't really the case with the original.
Ok that definitely reflects my experience. It is a shame, hopefully they can fix that with a patch. I honestly don't mind the added challenge but how it is right now, it comes out of nowhere and disappears straight after. Had the game gradually built up to it, I wouldn't have minded as much.
@@SquareEyedJak Want to avoid Gulp's jump? Charge towards him and don't stop. No honestly, it's that simple. You'll already be at the other end of the arena by the time he lands :p
Maybe it’s coincidence, but sharp turning seems to be able to avoid his stomp attack. I’ve tried it several times and it seems to do the trick. Of course, there is no denying the changes.
This trilogy was everything I wanted it to be and more. I played it solidly for 3 days and loved every minute. I didn't experience any glitches in Spyro 3 in my first play through, it's only now that I'm on my second playthrough I'm noticing a couple, but they are extremely rare for me. The only major gripe I have with this game is that once you activate the permanent Superflame in Spyro 2, it carries across to all save files for spyro 2 and there is no way to disable it. I hope they patch that soon, just make it a toggle option.
I actually experienced more bugs in spyro 2. Like in Crystal Glacier, there's a mini game for a gem where you have to kill 18 bugs (ironically), but I was puzzled because I did it at least 4 times to realize that one of the bugs was impossible to reach because it was glitched into the sky. Nothing in 3, that I could see, and that's the game I'm most familiar with and played multiple times over. I'm bias, it's my favorite of the trilogy.
I didn't encounter any bugs in any of the games but the rocket skateboard was more of a nightmare than in the original, especially in the bonus race at the Sorceress's lair, Spyro kept hitting corners of a ramp and would either bounce into the abyss or get knocked off the board, sometimes he'd evem jump off a ramp like it was a half pipe.. I also feel like the hitbox for landing stunts was a bit off, even if I weren't doing a stunt I would get knocked off. Had to restart those races sooo many times I was going Nsane.
There's a cheat code to turn the super flame off. PlayStation Superflame: Left, Right, Left, Right, R1, R1, R1, R1, Square. Xbox Superflame: Left, Right, Left, Right, RB, RB, RB, RB, X. Switch Superflame: Left, Right, Left, Right, R, R, R, R, Y. PC Superflame: A, D, A, D, E, E, E, E, Right Click.
@@antitoast7512 Different version of each game have different oddities. For example, depending on what version of the original Spyro 3 you get, the music for the final boss (which is supposed to be all gloomy and epic) glitches out and it ends up playing the cheerful theme of the very first homeworld (Summer Forest) instead. For Spyro 2, one of the versions (can't remember which) allows you to do a sort of glitched "double jump" rather easily, which breaks many of the challenges of the game in half and lets you cut corners like crazy (that glitch is a speedrunners wet dream). There are a couple different little details like that which vary between versions for each game.
Hoping for next year, though I've already got a lot planned. I'll be doing the next 3 all in a row and I'm lacking in Imaginators stuff. Literally only got the starter pack and the Crash pack so, I need to collect a bunch more of that stuff before I can really do it properly.
The original Spyro the Dragon has always been my favorite, and I absolutely loved its remake in the Reignited Trilogy. The additional details to the environment and the new dragon designs really elevated the experience.
I’m honestly surprised by this review being so positive, but I’m not sure why. Either way as a fan of the originals, I’m happy to see the success of the Reignited Trilogy! Thanks for the review Jak!
Man, here’s to Reignited Trilogy the present has been kind to Spyro let’s hope the future is to, and with Toys for Bob now their own independent company hinting at new things for both Spyro and Crash I hope we get the Year of the Dragon follow-up Spyro rightfully deserves.
As someone who's played my original copies of the original three Spyro games for 20 years now. I can honestly say it was everything I could've ever wanted and more. My only gripes with the game, which are extremely minor, is the lack of a slider for stick sensitivity and especially motion blur. But these things honestly stopped being an issue after the first few hours. I'm happy you enjoyed it too!
You are so lucky to have been able to keep your original copies and that makes me insanely envious. My life was so chaotic I own nothing from my childhood. My biggest gripe with the game is that I can't change it to bumper controls for the camera(I know, I'm insane for wanting it, but that's how I like it.) So I just play with mouse and keyboard.
A SQUARE EYED JAK 8!? Basically an 11/10!!! Awesome review man, was so hyped and you came through above and beyond as per usual. Also, I am 117% certain you are the only RUclipsr to review this game having fully completed it. MUCH LOVE.
Thank you! I'm not the only one, Calcom fully completed it and his video was up before mine (definitely recommend by the way! ruclips.net/video/i8w0IMJ86c0/видео.html ) but I think a lot of people might rush just to get a video out, over sitting down and enjoying the game first. It's a shame really.
Why does everyone hate on Spyro 3 in the Spyro community, seriously? It’s got the biggest levels, most varied gameplay, more levels than the other two. Stop hating please. It’s a great game if you would stop jumping on the bandwagon!
Square Eyed Jak The original definitely had polish. Except reignited lacks heavily in that aspect for 3. I think your score of 6/10 is very very low for YotD. It’s a great game.
spyro 3 is a huge grey area for the spyro community. while the number of people who enjoy spyro 3 is relatively higher than the people who dislike it ( around maybe 60/40 or so), the rankings are usually neck-and-neck. it very, very much depends on who you ask. While some fans seem to fight each other over the game, doesn't seem to be many who outright hate it though.
The original Spyro is the hated one, not Year of the Dragon. Year of the Dragon is the middle ground due to the sheer number of minigames and secondary characters that don't make use of the core platforming mechanics. Ripto's Rage also has that, but it strikes a better balance.
Twas a night full of turkey, with belly fully packed, After a night full of family, my sanity barely intact, Now is the perfect time for some Square Eyed Jak! Thanks for the review, mate!
As someone who loves Spyro 3 the most out of the original trilogy, even I can admit that some things control in a rather clunky way. Nothing I found too awful or hard to adjust to, but noticeable. For that reason, I was excited for your review of this trilogy. Not only do I respect your review style (because I can tell you’ll give your own opinion not influenced at all by the popular opinion or anything like that) but I personally felt the characters all controlled better and I was hoping you’d agree. Needless to say, I got a bit worried when you dropped the original Spyro 3 down to 6/10, but in all honesty that made your jump to 8/10 at the end even better! I’m honestly overjoyed to see you enjoyed it as much as I did. I certainly had issues like Bentley’s whack-a-mole segment ending up worse-off with the new camera, but nothing that ruined my experience at all. I enjoy every one of your videos is basically what I’m trying to say, hahaha! Keep it up!
It's been a blast playing this trilogy. Spyro 1 will always be my personal favorite because that is the one I grew up with, not playing 2 and 3 until years later. Playing through the game and changing the music to the original every now and then was simply amazing. The worlds, man the amount of detail, I was so happy to see how beast makers is not pitch black anymore! Although it does kind of remove that eerie feeling but its fine. I gotta feeling we will see a PC/Switch port, as well as a new classic style game. Let's hope for the best!
Jak, you have managed to impress me time and again, since I subbed to you during your early days. You may be younger than me, but you never fail to inspire me to create! Thank you so much for the entertainment!
I’ve always preferred Crash but if I’m being honest, this remake was honestly better than the N Sane Trilogy. Every game here felt better than the originals whereas in N Sane Crash 2 and 3 felt better in the originals.
Dude they need to fully remake all the Spyro game boy advance games in 3D, like just imagine them with the graphics of reignited trilogy, they would be as good as the original trilogy
I was 8 when I first played Spyro the dragon… in 2012 lmao. I only had the two original ps1 games on ps3. Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage is one of my favourite spyro game 😊
This game was also a lot of fun for me personally! I picked up an extra copy of it for my Switch and I might go back eventually and finish that version. I remember back in early 2019 when I had gotten the platinum trophies for the remasters. Hard to believe that shit was already 4 years ago!!!
Having grown up with the originals too, this remake has almost brought be to tears several times with the amount of love and polish put into it. And yeah, Gulp is way harder
Gulp definitely seemed harder here than the original, I've noticed that when he does his Jump attack it looks like Gulp has a fairly large amount of forward momentum during the jump (whereas in the original I think he stayed in place or he just hardly had any forward momentum) which is probably why people get so caught in that attack. Charging directly under him while he jumps seems to be a good method of dodging that attack however. I'm currently trying to get the skill point (perfect run) for the boss fight and oof it's been a bit tough to say the least.
Yeah I gave up on that skill point AND trophy for "not using any health items" very quickly with this. I am keen to go back and give it a second go at some stage though! :)
Out of all the spyro's reviews I've watched, yours was the most informative. Your quality and such is showing man good review, now to wait for my wife to finish this trilogy so I can play it haha.
Fun fact: the most likely reason for such improvements made with Spyro 3 is a joint production between Toys for BoB and Sanzaru games. Yes the guys behind Sly Thieves in Time helped make Agent 9 be cured of his stiff janky gameplay and actually be a third person shooter.
Great video, I highly disagree with the reduction for Spyro 3 original. In your video 3 years ago you complained about the skateboarding. It is meant for anyone not a tony hawk pro to pick it up and and play. The characters are more of a side gimmick. For about 80% of the game you play as Spyro. And Spyro in sky landers is a purple pug with wings because of how pushed in his face is like a pug.
No, I complained about more than just the skateboarding and there is nothing really "side" about the extra characters. You can not pass the game without them. My biggest issue with 3 is that all the extra characters and vehicles leaves SO MANY control schemes to be unpolished and in some cases, almost unplayable. 6/10 for the original is still a good score, just means there are some problems that need ironing out and much to my surprise, Reignited did a pretty wicked job at fixing things.
Well... i do agree that Jak is more complaining about controls of things in Spyro 3 when i have never had any issues with them but i get where he's coming from, haven't got to Spyro 3 yet in Reignited but i already knew from the start that of course many mini games/other characters would control better. I'm very conflicted with Reignited, there's many things i love but there's even more that i'm disappointed with, especially Twilight Harbor in Spyro 1....... holy shit what the hell where they thinking!?!? the level is ruined.
No, the level isn't ruined at all. It's 2 visual changes, means fuck all compared to everything else. Also my other big issue with 3 is how it totally made the formula a boring, repetitive formula. It's so formulaic how things are unlocked with the extra characters.
Square Eyed Jak I’m especially happy they fixed the controls for the tank game in the haunted tomb lol. Btw how was the yeti boxing and the snowboard race against the yetis? I just don’t like the sorceress voice in reignited. It doesn’t even come close to how menacing the original was. Great video dude!
I prefer crash as well, but if you asked me if I’d rather play n sane trilogy or reignited, I’d probably go with reignited. They really knocked it out of the park. Great review!
So fun fact about Bentley in Reignited, if you aim the camera directly down at Bentley, the camera will in fact zoom itself out, meaning they took into account his whack a mole challenge and the fact you need to be able to see around you.
I was so glad when I loaded this game up and saw just how beautiful it was and how amazing the games were in their true HD glory. Toys for Bob did not disappoint, and neither did your review, great job as usual good sir.
Seeing alot of people commenting about *The 19GB patch install* and how it was never brought up, while that would be understandable for some to get peeved about it specially when activition delayed the game just to try and fit in everything... *You already have spyro 1 fully to boot* i'm sure most people have decent providers and once you finshed spyro 1, The patch is completed if not... waste more time like 100%ing it or beat skill challanges until it's done... again it's not really that big of an issue
If you want an indicator as to how big of an issue it could be to someone, I wanted to get the trilogy after seeing this review, then was immediately put off when I heard that the download was going to be 40+ gigs. That's about 10 days' worth of downloading non-stop for me. "hurr durr get better internet" Can't. My ISP is the sole provider for this area, and thoroughly enjoys that monopoly.
@@Remls Yeah very true. Wasn't an issue for me because I had a decent connection it was done in 5 hours roughly, nothing having my dinner and doing other stuff couldn't fix. However, this is bad practice, if I had the same quality connection as I did in my old house, well let's just say I would be still sat here waiting for damn thing to download after buying the "game" on 13th November and we're 9 days later, fun game right guys. I sort of understand why they did it (due to size), but at the same time, two discs would've solved it easily especially the dual-layered ones 100GB in total for what essentially was 67.5 GB of data. So sorry for the Xbox One guys who had to download the entire thing rather than 2 and 3, what happened? My copy only required 19GB to be patched in, but Xbox One I saw people complaining that it had 300MB on disc and the rest of the 40+ GB to be downloaded, what a dick move, Activision! It's even more of a dick move for releasing THPS 5 when the IP licence was expiring so that all the content had to be pulled and now the game is now a coaster for your drink, thanks Activision, cunts! I can't stand the fuckwits that say "well get a better internet", sure ok wanna pay their increased tariffs for them to do this too while you're insulting people? No? I didn't think so. I won't be surprised if the next gen will require more of this. (You is referring to the developers and publishers now, not towards you Adam Raaif Nasheed) Online required to unlock the game. On the notes for Update History on PS4 it says in black and white v1.01: unlocks all content, WHAT THE FUCK?! Of course the player owns the game, but they need to download the data in order to play the damn thing wow that's just honestly the stupidest thing I've ever seen from a physical copy. "Get better internet" that's like telling the soldiers who risk their lives for their country to be told "fuck all of you". Coming from a poor family and have poor to no internet? "Fuck you". I wish this idiots use their head meat and realise there are still some without good internet and I know of some who haven't got that luxury. "Well they shouldn't have consoles then if they're poor", shut up, ugh owning a console with bootable games off a disc is not blooming difficult, it's the console developers that impose these patches that allow for games to be pushed out of the door half baked and still raw in the middle. Two discs would've solved the whole patch issue, all would be required would be downloading of the installation and you're good to go. "But that would double our cost for printing the games", you wanted the game to please everyone, right? You wanted the love and care of a 10 week delay to reach so many people well how is imposing a 19-40+ GB patch requiring decent internet supposed to achieve that, huh? Fuck me I would've taken the hit myself if I was the decision maker at Activision, it's not like you don't have sheep following your company anytime you drop a generic CoD every fucking year, but printing two discs for each copy of Reignited Trilogy? Nah too expensive. How many people would boycott this game and decide fuck you Activision? *shrugs* If you played the physical card and put it on 2 discs I would've given you a standing ovation, now you get rotten fruit and displeasure. It's console gaming, not digital only gaming. Choose one or the other. If you release it on digital only, fair enough you lock out an entire generation to do so, very risky in terms of sales, but all power to you. However, if you blur the lines between the two then you start pissing me off with this. The only series I support doing this digital only are the Oddworld games because they're a relatively small developer. Don't blur the lines and make physical copies a redundant thing, it's dishonest and really stupid. I only bought it because I haven't bought a Spyro game in 11 years (2007 when buying Spyro YoTD). Sometimes the internet drops out and if that happens, guess what, 2 and 3 are locked out even after doing Spyro 1, (well if you were downloading the patch anyway). Stop pretending everyone on the planet always has a decent internet connection, they don't! Stop pandering to the publishers who decide it's ok to impose massive patches to "unlock all content". I'm shocked Square Eyed never bought it up though. Maybe this was because everyone else who reviewed it has already said it, like he mentioned from his EtD deleted bits video he took out his comment that it was rushed etc. from the review because it didn't add anything. Perhaps this is what happened here. However, surely it would've got on his nerves to sit there on Spyro 1 and wait for the mammoth patch to complete and it was the lowest scored of the Reignited Trilogy to boot before he could play through 2 and 3 to review the entire thing. Rant over
@@ObsoleteMule About sums up my side of the story lol I would've picked up both RDR2 and Spyro, but the only thing keeping me from doing so is the literal weeks I'd have to spend with shit internet speeds for whatever else I do, just so I can eventually get to play. I already stay well away from any multiplayer phenomena like Overwatch or Fortnite, not because I don't want to play, but because I know my connection is going to be too shit to have any fun. So forgive me if I want everything I already paid for to be present on disc when I receive it. Day-one patches are fine (and actually welcome, considering it can contain fixes/enhancements); an entire ⅔ of the promised content is where I _might_ start to draw a line ...
@DeltaGem Oh yeah, forgot about that, they aren't stupid enough to pull 2 and 3 off the server are they? I hope that the disc at least has code to trigger a download from somewhere, I hope my external hard-drive doesn't die on me too fast otherwise I'll be screwed in the future with this game. I know people are complaining and I don't disagree with them either they should have all the games on the disc that's the point of a physical copy. If it was 67.5GB like a gaming website said then have it on two discs. Keep the two versions away from each other otherwise it taints it when the servers are shut down. TFB needed to argue that case with Activision, but oh well, I just completed Spyro 1, 120%, it was a rocking good time. However, I do feel a little guilty for being able to enjoy 2 and 3 while some won't be able to or having long download times in order to play the rest of the trilogy.
I've only experienced the demos for these games which I unlocked along with the Crash games, but after seeing this review, I'll certainly pick up Reignited! Great review, man!
Ah. Thanks for the advice! And yeah, I've certainly heard of Copeland and I've listened to some of his master pieces with the first game on RUclips! (I've obviously heard them with the Demos, but I've forgotten them over the years) And I agree, the dude DEFINITELY deserves great respect.
I was not expecting Year of the Dragon to rise to the occasion as I haven't got to that one yet but hearing you give it such high praise gets me super excited
I wouldn't mind that either, especially for Year of the Dragon; Bentley and Agent 9 deserve levels that aren't just short mini-games, and they should put their abilities to full use. Now, if I remember correctly, Bentley never has to use that spinning deflect move of his outside his own home level, so there's definitely some potential for levels based upon that.
reignited trilogy is almost 2 years old at this point, and i still play it a lot, even Making new ps4 accounts just to replay the game, man this game is great
Superb work, Jak. I've 100% completed the original StD out of the Reignited Trilogy so far, and I gotta say that it's a rush seeing my childhood favorites being brought back and given such loving treatment. I can only imagine how hard my younger self would have orgasmed upon witnessing what they've done. The animation, the environments, the soundtrack, they're all so amazingly crafted. On one or two occasions, I've just stopped and let the soundtrack go to that dreamlike "stillness" mode, and just looked around at the environments that I used to dream about as a child brought to life. I'm so pleased with this remake so far. Although I did find the censored stuff pretty distracting. Not just because paintball guns are not quite as awesome as machine guns, but because it's rather inconsistent. Some enemies in Spyro 1 are allowed to use cannons and muskets, but the machine guns are out of the question? But the guys with rifles in scorch are also censored. Didn't they pretty much use muskets too? So muskets before are okay, but now they're bad? Why not crossbows or something at least? And the renaming of the Bombo dude just strikes me as a reach. So I guess they're worried that the guy on a flying carpet shooting glowing laser balls at you can be misinterpreted as a metaphor for Middle Eastern terrorists or something just because he has "bomb" in his name? But Agent 9 blasting people in the face in third-person shooter violence is okay? As is getting straight up prison shanked by wicked looking knives and spears? It just bugged me, as I don't think there's any need to worry about what constitutes as "too violent" in Spyro the Dragon. I mean what kid hasn't seen a machine gun before? The Marvel movies, massively marketed towards kids, feature several main characters who have not only used guns, but have killed with guns. Fortnite is the hottest thing for kids to play right now, and it's a friggin homicidal rampage. My point is that there just isn't much need to alter details like that for a Spyro game when, in comparison to its competition, Spyro is and has always been much more family-friendly.
I had so much fun during this remake, I was saying myself that it was the definitive way to experience the trilogy, I personally didn't have the same enjoyment with the soundtrack during my play through, mostly because I couldn't really hear it, I had to turn the sound fx down to like 5 or 6 to hear it pretty clearly, i grew up with these games and replayed them countless times, so seeing them remade so masterfully like this, makes me happy, I'm gonna have to do a second play through of these games...
To compare, I grew up with Spyro 3, and played very little Spyro 2 way later. And from my perspective, Spyro 3 is perfect, and much better than 2. Nostalgia plays a huge factor, Jak, it's very hard to rank objectively...
This is gonna sound off topic, but I was thinking that they should make a legit free roaming Crash game. Let's be honest with ourselves, Twinsanity felt linear, Tag Team Racing had small levels, and Mind Over Mutant had a fixed camera. Anyway, in this Crash game you earn crystals by completing missions (kinda like in classic Spyro and Mario 64/Sunshine). Don't worry, gems and relics will exist in my idea. Gems are earned the same way, except you have explore the level and smash every box. Relics have a bit more variety, there are some relics that have you race against the clock from Point A to B (just like in the PS1 Crash games) and there are some that have you collecting items or defeating enemies in a certain time limit. I also think this Crash game needs a new gimmick. I was thinking that the developers should give Aku Aku a big role. Like I was thinking that they should give Aku Aku different types of powers and in order to get these powers, the player must break a special type of Aku Aku box with a picture of what ever power he'll grant Crash. For example, if Crash wants to use him as a hammer, the box will have a picture of Aku Aku and a hammer. The following Aku Aku powers I was thinking of are: Sledge hammer, skateboard, scuba diving gear, making platforms (kinda like Cloud Mario from Galaxy 2), boomerang, bazooka, sub zero spin (allows Crash to freeze enemies with his spin attack), and power slide (allows Crash to slide a longer distance, kinda like the super slide in N Tranced, except his slide attack leaves a fire trail). All these powers are temporary (so that it doesn't make Crash OP or the game too easy) and they will be useful in certain missions. Also I feel like they should make Aku Aku a playable character and have his own levels where Crash can't access them. I mean why not, like every videogame protagonist has their sidekick as a playable character: Luigi, Sparx, Kazooie, Tails, Daxter, Clank, etc. Oh I almost forgot, the plot. I feel like it should be a throwback to Crash Warped. I haven't gone too in depth with the story but I believe it should have something to do with time travel. I love Warped as much as everyone else, but I would really loved to explore these time periods as Crash. As for the bosses, I think there should be more than 5. This is my order: 1) Papu Papu: Present day 2) Tiny: Prehistoric Era 3) Dingodile: American Revolution Era 4) N-Gin: Pirate Era 5) Ripper Roo: Old West/Cowboy era 7) Koala Kong: Ancient Rome Era 8) Komodo Bros: Feudal Japanese Era 9) Nina: Midevil Era 10) N-Brio: World War 2 Era 11) N-Tropy: Present day 12) Cortex and Uka Uka: The distant future All bosses (exept for Papu Papu and N-Tropy) will wear clothing based off of the time period their in. (Kinda like how in Super Mario Odyssey, everyone including bosses wears hats). As for the Cortex boss fight, he will obtain an Aku Aku box that gives Uka Uka the powers you obtained throughout the game and use them against you (kinda like in Super Mario 3D World where Bowser uses the kitty power up against you). Speaking of hats, that's another thing, Crash should also be able to unlock outfits from the time period he's in. Like if he's in the American Revolution era, his outfit will consist of a gray wig and a blue Colonist uniform. Or if he's in the Ancient Rome era, he will wear a toga, or if he's in the World War 2 era, then he will wear a US soldier uniform. Outfits can be unlocked by collecting voodoo dolls (similar to the ones seen in Titans and Mind Over Mutant), completing a certain portion of the game, or as DLC. Here are the following outfits: -Default Crash (Crash's iconic look, shirtless, fingerless gloves, and blue jeans) -Crash Bandistone (Collect 10 cavemen voodoo dolls in the Prehistoric Era) -Colonial Crash (Collect 10 colonist voodoo dolls in the American Revolution Era) -Captain Orange Beard (Collect 10 pirate voodoo dolls in the Pirate Era) -Marshall Bandicoot (Collect 10 deputy voodoo dolls in the Old West Era) -Crashius Bandicootus (Collect 10 toga voodoo dolls in the Ancient Rome Era) -This is BANDICOOT!!! (Collect 15 gladiator voodoo dolls in the Ancient Rome Era) -Crash Bandiku (Collect 10 ninja voodoo dolls in the Feudal Japanese Era) -Sir Crash-A-Lot (Collect 10 knight voodoo dolls in the Midevil Era) -King Crash (Collect 15 king voodoo dolls in the Midevil Era) -Sgt. Bandicoot (Collect 10 soldier voodoo dolls in the WW2 Era) -Crash Bandi-Bot (Collect 10 robot voodoo dolls in the Distant Future) -Crashazoid (Collect 15 alien voodoo dolls in the Distant Future) -Fake Crash skin (Find every location where Fake Crash is hiding [It's similar to finding him in the N Sane Trilogy]) -Evil Crash skin (Collect 20 Evil Crash voodoo dolls in N Sanity Island) -Spyro skin (Collect 50 Spyro Voodoo dolls throughout the game) -Crash of the Titans model skin (Complete 25% of the game) -Skylanders Imaginators model skin (Complete 50% of the game) -Crash Twinsanity model skin (Complete 75% of the game) -Crash Warped model skin (Complete 100% of the game) -Japanese Crash model skin (Collect all crystals) -Skeleton Crash (Halloween special) -Phantom Crash (Halloween special) -Vampire Crash (Halloween special) -Valentine Crash (Valentines special) -Santa Crash (Christmas special) -Frosty the Bandicoot (Christmas special) -Elf Crash (Christmas special) -Pilgrim Crash (Thanksgiving special) -Mariachi Crash (Cinco de Mayo special) -Patriotic Crash (4th of July special) -Athlete Crash (Super Bowl/NBA Finals/World Series/World Cup/Olympics special) -Leprechaun Crash (St. Patrick's Day special) -Carbon Crash skin (Find 20 Carbon Crash voodoo dolls in N Sanity Island) -Papu Papu skin (Defeat Papu Papu without taking damage) -Tiny skin (Defeat Tiny without taking damage) -Dingodile skin (Defeat Dingodile without taking damage) -N-Gin skin (Defeat N-Gin without taking damage) -Ripper Roo (Defeat Ripper Roo without taking damage) -Koala Kong (Defeat Koala Kong without taking damage) -Komodo Bros (Defeat the Komodo Bros without taking damage) -Nina (Defeat Nina without taking damage) -N-Brio skin (Defeat N-Brio without taking damage) -N-Tropy skin (Defeat N-Tropy without taking damage) -Cortex Skin (Defeat Cortex without taking damage) -Aku Aku skin (Complete all Aku Aku levels) -Uka Uka skin (Collect all gems and earn all platinum relics) -Coco skin (Complete all of Coco's missions) -Crunch skin (Complete all of Crunch's missions) -Platinum Crash (Earn platinum twice in every time trial) -Angel Crash (Die 1000 times) -Officer Crash ( [police uniform] DLC) -Agent Crash 007 (DLC) -Hippie Crash (DLC) -Gangsta Crash (DLC) -Biker Crash ( [from the motorcycle races from Crash Warped] DLC) -Jet Pack Crash (DLC) -Ripto skin (DLC) -Gnasty Gnorc skin (DLC) -Evil Twins skin (DLC) -Luxury Crash ( [millionaire suit] DLC) I did mention free roaming, so I feel like N Sanity Island should be the main hub world and there will be portals scattered throughout the island to send you to a certain time period. The layout of the island should be similar to what we've seen in Twinsanity, but bigger with massive landscapes and mountain peaks to explore. Some time portals cannot be accessed until you earn enough power crystals. Other portals will be out of reach until you unlocked one of Aku Aku's power up crates; For example, if a portal is inside a huge boulder, then you'll need the Aku Aku hammer to break the boulder and gain access; Or if the portal is underwater, then you'll need the Aku Aku scubba diving gear. Another thing, Crash's house will be accessible to the player. This was something that wasn't featured in Twinsanity, but was featured in Mind Over Mutant. The player can check their game progress, watch the cutscenes, view leader boards, concept art, and change outfits. Another thing I would love to see is Crash reacting to the weather. I know we've seen Crash shiver in the N Sane Trilogy, but how about having Crash react to a hot, rainy, and windy environment as his idle animations; maybe even have Aku Aku react too, like have him click his teeth when it's cold or better yet, Crash uses him as a fan when it's hot. I mean we've seen Mario react to the weather in Super Mario Odyssey (depending on the level and what outfit you equip him). This feature isn't anything major, but it would be nice to see in the Bandicoot franchise. Now just because I say all of this, does not mean that I want my idea to be the next Crash of the Titans. Don't worry, Crash will still have Aku Aku as his health indicator and invincibility; and his classic spin, slide, and body slam, I'm just trying to give yall an idea that's similar to the classics, but at the same time giving yall an idea that could rival Super Mario Odyssey in terms of gameplay. After all, Crash needs a MAJOR comeback besides the Skylandars Imaginators and the N Sane Trilogy. Just saying. As for the title of the game, I think it should be called Crash Bandicoot: Masks Against Time. You know, because it focuses on time travel and Aku Aku having super powers
No no ur right gulp's battle is kinda hard and I had trouble with the camera too. Its really a shame cuz he used to be my favorite boss fight but now its frustratingly hard due to the camera....
Thank you for a wonderful Thanksgiving surprise! Certainly better than that one review comparing Buzz from Spyro 3 to a Dark Souls boss (which might as well just be clickbait material at this point). The thing that gets me the most about these games and the thing holding me back from the game is the motion blur. Even looking at footage, I can't stand too much of it at a time, and it always tends to make me sick to my stomach.
also my own personal gripe was when i died it would just say reignited and the music kept playing. oh well thats just me. also glad to see ur channel is growing
Did anyone else come across a major glitch in one of Sgt Byrd's levels where the level, and everything in it disappears, and all you can see is the sky box? It's happened to me a couple of times in Sgt Byrd's Base, so I had to be careful of how I play as him.
I'm a bit late but i'm so satisfied with your review to this as these have been a blast to play even though im no were near done with em. i just wished you touched on the controls for the flying levels might just be me but they felt way to fast and stuff than i remembered but that's just me i suppose thx for another great video jack!
i felt exactly the same way about the fight with Gulp! i was utterly shocked when he killed me so often because i’ve beaten Spyro 2 probably 50 times throughout my life and never had a problem with the fight in the original. glad i wasn’t the only one getting my ass whooped by those heat seeking electric blasts hahaha
The reason loading areas in Spyro 3 is so fast is because it's not actually loading the sub areas at all. Those areas are loaded in when the main level is loaded, and those doors are now just teleports and not loading zones.
Kind of funny, this remake actually reversed my love for each game compared to the PS1. On PS1 it was 2 > 1 > 3, now it's 3 > 1 > 2 in the remake. Well at least for first playthrough impression anyway, 3 still does have some of my most hated levels and 2 some of my favorites. Also it is funny how Agent 9 went from one of the worst things ever to a blast, what a difference modern shooter controls vs. PS1 shooter controls makes. I was doing pretty good when it came to glitches, until the end. Spyro 1 was a smooth experience, 2 was mostly good except for 1 had to redo a level glitch where the trolls you have to freeze in a certain level glitched out, but 3, during the last world of 3 I got a bunch, biggest being a frame pacing bug, that made the frame pacing issues of the collection become permanently active until I exited to the main menu, and even a crash. Gulp also caught me off guard as well. Took me several tries to get his tracking figured out and how to deal with it. Glad a previous comment went into detail about it.
G'day Jak, let me just say this comment at the time of typing before I watched ya video, I think your a funny bloke and given my own history with Spyro I expect nothing short of comical, reviewing gold keep the videos going mate, you just earned a top 10 spot on my list of favorite youtube game reviewers.
@@SquareEyedJak Well, Jak I must say you never cease to surprise me this video had me giggling a few times and its very well thought out, why can't the stupid muppets at IGN be more like ya, your a real reviewer in anycase well done and welcome back spyro everything you pointed out was exactly how i felt on my first time your review is right on the money, see ya next video
Fuck yeah! My dingle is in full tingle after watching this! (what this essentially means is that love this channel, this video game series, and this video).
Also I agree with you on the fact that these channels that cash grab produce shallow, meaningless and crappy content. I don't understand why they just can't produce good, creative content (you know, actually honouring the games they supposedly love instead of capitalising off of them without putting in the effort they deserve)! Thank god you're here to show these scrubs how do this excellent trilogy justice!
Thanks mate, it really does my head in. Saw a video recently from "such a die hard Spyro fan" decked out in Spyro clothes in a room FULL... literally FULL of Spyro shit who did a retrospective over the entire series, completely failing to mention any of the GBA titles aside from Orange/Fusion. A true Spyro fan, failing to mention the best "post Insomniac" Spyro games... no thanks!
ok... 2 and a bit years later seeing this video for the first time, and i have 1 question..... WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SLY MASK STANDEE AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET ONE IN THE UNITED STATES?
18:30 yo just letting you know that the change in weaponry wasn't to be more child friendly, but actually an aesthetic choice to make it overall more fun, playful and colourful, which the artists felt better suited the fantasy world of spyro. Which I agree with, seeing semi realistic guns would've been so jarring and out of place 😂😂 I think they got away with it in the original games bcs the graphics helped integrate them lol but I do prefer this change, it's nicer to look at. That's also why the bombs and barrels were kept: they're cartoony enough that they fit in haha
Spyro's balls don't shrink in cold weather.
1/10
Wait Spyro has no balls..
0/10
That's pretty funny really not joking.
Ummmm
Have you studied dragon anatomy?
@@flamingdragon1527 No because dragons don't exist so there is no anatomy
Slasherspike
You know what?
I was going to make a dragon joke but I’m too burned out to make one.
Maybe he's like other reptiles and has them on the inside
Gulp is definitely harder, I think people who are more familiar with the original will recognize it easier. The issue is that, his tracking is spot on, even when charging. The fight is actually easier if you don't dash and just dodge things slowly. (even when he's chasing you, just walk and then dash when he's in the air).
I'm not sure if its intentional or just how it's been programmed but Gulp basically calculates your current speed and his attacks reflect that. No matter how fast you run, his attacks are gonna track you like homing missiles, which wasn't really the case with the original.
Ok that definitely reflects my experience. It is a shame, hopefully they can fix that with a patch. I honestly don't mind the added challenge but how it is right now, it comes out of nowhere and disappears straight after. Had the game gradually built up to it, I wouldn't have minded as much.
@@SquareEyedJak Want to avoid Gulp's jump?
Charge towards him and don't stop. No honestly, it's that simple. You'll already be at the other end of the arena by the time he lands :p
@@SquareEyedJak Right? I wouldnt mind if it didnt mess up the difficulty curve so much. Would almost be suitable for a new hard mode or something.
TheLonelyGoomba Didn’t know you watched Jak.
Maybe it’s coincidence, but sharp turning seems to be able to avoid his stomp attack. I’ve tried it several times and it seems to do the trick. Of course, there is no denying the changes.
23:10 It's such a missed opportunity you didn't say this in the CTR:NF review.
This trilogy was everything I wanted it to be and more. I played it solidly for 3 days and loved every minute. I didn't experience any glitches in Spyro 3 in my first play through, it's only now that I'm on my second playthrough I'm noticing a couple, but they are extremely rare for me. The only major gripe I have with this game is that once you activate the permanent Superflame in Spyro 2, it carries across to all save files for spyro 2 and there is no way to disable it. I hope they patch that soon, just make it a toggle option.
I actually experienced more bugs in spyro 2. Like in Crystal Glacier, there's a mini game for a gem where you have to kill 18 bugs (ironically), but I was puzzled because I did it at least 4 times to realize that one of the bugs was impossible to reach because it was glitched into the sky.
Nothing in 3, that I could see, and that's the game I'm most familiar with and played multiple times over. I'm bias, it's my favorite of the trilogy.
I didn't encounter any bugs in any of the games but the rocket skateboard was more of a nightmare than in the original, especially in the bonus race at the Sorceress's lair, Spyro kept hitting corners of a ramp and would either bounce into the abyss or get knocked off the board, sometimes he'd evem jump off a ramp like it was a half pipe..
I also feel like the hitbox for landing stunts was a bit off, even if I weren't doing a stunt I would get knocked off. Had to restart those races sooo many times I was going Nsane.
Omg it's a demonic spyro,kill him!!!
There's a cheat code to turn the super flame off.
PlayStation Superflame: Left, Right, Left, Right, R1, R1, R1, R1, Square.
Xbox Superflame: Left, Right, Left, Right, RB, RB, RB, RB, X.
Switch Superflame: Left, Right, Left, Right, R, R, R, R, Y.
PC Superflame: A, D, A, D, E, E, E, E, Right Click.
This remake Is my first introduction to the original three, and I love it. I'm defintly gonna have to pick up the originals
Do it they are good. If not better.
Half to pick up?
@@johnathonturner2279 yes half, I'll get them split in half
@DeltaGem why?
@@antitoast7512 Different version of each game have different oddities. For example, depending on what version of the original Spyro 3 you get, the music for the final boss (which is supposed to be all gloomy and epic) glitches out and it ends up playing the cheerful theme of the very first homeworld (Summer Forest) instead. For Spyro 2, one of the versions (can't remember which) allows you to do a sort of glitched "double jump" rather easily, which breaks many of the challenges of the game in half and lets you cut corners like crazy (that glitch is a speedrunners wet dream). There are a couple different little details like that which vary between versions for each game.
I feel like a criminal for not playing the originals but now I can in all it’s HD glory
I had the first 2 but had no memory card so I only really experienced the first two hub worlds. 😔
Ur comment is Stupid
@XxDeanoSaurxX Venom: put that in ur pipe n smoke it. Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrd hahahahahahahahaha. This review sux
its*
If you have a PS3, PSP, or PS Vita, you can download the originals
Finally, the Reignited Trilogy review! You barely need to post a Christmas review, we already have this.
Oh don't worry, I've got something EXTRA special for Christmas!
Square Eyed Jak By the way, when are you getting back to the skylanders games?
Hoping for next year, though I've already got a lot planned. I'll be doing the next 3 all in a row and I'm lacking in Imaginators stuff. Literally only got the starter pack and the Crash pack so, I need to collect a bunch more of that stuff before I can really do it properly.
Square Eyed Jak Great! Looking forward to next month
The original Spyro the Dragon has always been my favorite, and I absolutely loved its remake in the Reignited Trilogy. The additional details to the environment and the new dragon designs really elevated the experience.
I’m honestly surprised by this review being so positive, but I’m not sure why. Either way as a fan of the originals, I’m happy to see the success of the Reignited Trilogy! Thanks for the review Jak!
Man, here’s to Reignited Trilogy the present has been kind to Spyro let’s hope the future is to, and with Toys for Bob now their own independent company hinting at new things for both Spyro and Crash I hope we get the Year of the Dragon follow-up Spyro rightfully deserves.
This is by far you best review yet that I have feast on your amazing professional opinions awesome job bro.
I agree
As someone who's played my original copies of the original three Spyro games for 20 years now. I can honestly say it was everything I could've ever wanted and more. My only gripes with the game, which are extremely minor, is the lack of a slider for stick sensitivity and especially motion blur. But these things honestly stopped being an issue after the first few hours.
I'm happy you enjoyed it too!
You are so lucky to have been able to keep your original copies and that makes me insanely envious. My life was so chaotic I own nothing from my childhood.
My biggest gripe with the game is that I can't change it to bumper controls for the camera(I know, I'm insane for wanting it, but that's how I like it.) So I just play with mouse and keyboard.
*makes a Spyro Reignited Trilogy video*
*wears a Crash Bandicoot shirt*
sonradiant WOAH
Well there was a little piece of Crash scattered in the old PlayStation trilogy via demos soooooo hey gotta keep it up.
sonradiant madlad...
23:15 you just sent that poor guy to outer space!
Spyro: *YEET*
A SQUARE EYED JAK 8!? Basically an 11/10!!!
Awesome review man, was so hyped and you came through above and beyond as per usual. Also, I am 117% certain you are the only RUclipsr to review this game having fully completed it. MUCH LOVE.
Thank you! I'm not the only one, Calcom fully completed it and his video was up before mine (definitely recommend by the way! ruclips.net/video/i8w0IMJ86c0/видео.html ) but I think a lot of people might rush just to get a video out, over sitting down and enjoying the game first. It's a shame really.
Just ate my thanksgiving im thankful for you squares
Why does everyone hate on Spyro 3 in the Spyro community, seriously? It’s got the biggest levels, most varied gameplay, more levels than the other two. Stop hating please. It’s a great game if you would stop jumping on the bandwagon!
More doesn't always mean better, especially when you've got so much that none of it gets enough polish or attention over the course of the game.
Square Eyed Jak The original definitely had polish. Except reignited lacks heavily in that aspect for 3. I think your score of 6/10 is very very low for YotD. It’s a great game.
@@MrFO1 Spyro 3 always had too much annoying minigames.
spyro 3 is a huge grey area for the spyro community. while the number of people who enjoy spyro 3 is relatively higher than the people who dislike it ( around maybe 60/40 or so), the rankings are usually neck-and-neck. it very, very much depends on who you ask. While some fans seem to fight each other over the game, doesn't seem to be many who outright hate it though.
The original Spyro is the hated one, not Year of the Dragon. Year of the Dragon is the middle ground due to the sheer number of minigames and secondary characters that don't make use of the core platforming mechanics. Ripto's Rage also has that, but it strikes a better balance.
Been binge watching your channel. Love your stuff, dude!
This really is Spyro time for me. I rewatched your whole Spyro levels ranking video and now this one.
Twas a night full of turkey, with belly fully packed,
After a night full of family, my sanity barely intact,
Now is the perfect time for some Square Eyed Jak!
Thanks for the review, mate!
Thanks for the comment, David Black!
As someone who loves Spyro 3 the most out of the original trilogy, even I can admit that some things control in a rather clunky way. Nothing I found too awful or hard to adjust to, but noticeable.
For that reason, I was excited for your review of this trilogy. Not only do I respect your review style (because I can tell you’ll give your own opinion not influenced at all by the popular opinion or anything like that) but I personally felt the characters all controlled better and I was hoping you’d agree.
Needless to say, I got a bit worried when you dropped the original Spyro 3 down to 6/10, but in all honesty that made your jump to 8/10 at the end even better! I’m honestly overjoyed to see you enjoyed it as much as I did. I certainly had issues like Bentley’s whack-a-mole segment ending up worse-off with the new camera, but nothing that ruined my experience at all.
I enjoy every one of your videos is basically what I’m trying to say, hahaha! Keep it up!
It's been a blast playing this trilogy. Spyro 1 will always be my personal favorite because that is the one I grew up with, not playing 2 and 3 until years later. Playing through the game and changing the music to the original every now and then was simply amazing. The worlds, man the amount of detail, I was so happy to see how beast makers is not pitch black anymore! Although it does kind of remove that eerie feeling but its fine. I gotta feeling we will see a PC/Switch port, as well as a new classic style game. Let's hope for the best!
Jak, you have managed to impress me time and again, since I subbed to you during your early days. You may be younger than me, but you never fail to inspire me to create! Thank you so much for the entertainment!
I’ve always preferred Crash but if I’m being honest, this remake was honestly better than the N Sane Trilogy. Every game here felt better than the originals whereas in N Sane Crash 2 and 3 felt better in the originals.
17:35 they are called cat bats in game
Dude they need to fully remake all the Spyro game boy advance games in 3D, like just imagine them with the graphics of reignited trilogy, they would be as good as the original trilogy
I was 8 when I first played Spyro the dragon… in 2012 lmao. I only had the two original ps1 games on ps3. Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage is one of my favourite spyro game 😊
This game was also a lot of fun for me personally! I picked up an extra copy of it for my Switch and I might go back eventually and finish that version. I remember back in early 2019 when I had gotten the platinum trophies for the remasters. Hard to believe that shit was already 4 years ago!!!
The review I’ve been waiting for and it didn’t disappoint. Good stuff. This was a great remaster.
I am very thankful that this trilogy was made, and I am also thankful for another entertaining Square Eyed Jak video!
Happy thanksgiving.
Having grown up with the originals too, this remake has almost brought be to tears several times with the amount of love and polish put into it.
And yeah, Gulp is way harder
this review was definitely worth the wait. Great job jak
Thank you!
Gulp definitely seemed harder here than the original, I've noticed that when he does his Jump attack it looks like Gulp has a fairly large amount of forward momentum during the jump (whereas in the original I think he stayed in place or he just hardly had any forward momentum) which is probably why people get so caught in that attack. Charging directly under him while he jumps seems to be a good method of dodging that attack however. I'm currently trying to get the skill point (perfect run) for the boss fight and oof it's been a bit tough to say the least.
Yeah I gave up on that skill point AND trophy for "not using any health items" very quickly with this. I am keen to go back and give it a second go at some stage though! :)
Out of all the spyro's reviews I've watched, yours was the most informative. Your quality and such is showing man good review, now to wait for my wife to finish this trilogy so I can play it haha.
Fun fact: the most likely reason for such improvements made with Spyro 3 is a joint production between Toys for BoB and Sanzaru games. Yes the guys behind Sly Thieves in Time helped make Agent 9 be cured of his stiff janky gameplay and actually be a third person shooter.
Great video, I highly disagree with the reduction for Spyro 3 original. In your video 3 years ago you complained about the skateboarding. It is meant for anyone not a tony hawk pro to pick it up and and play. The characters are more of a side gimmick. For about 80% of the game you play as Spyro. And Spyro in sky landers is a purple pug with wings because of how pushed in his face is like a pug.
No, I complained about more than just the skateboarding and there is nothing really "side" about the extra characters. You can not pass the game without them. My biggest issue with 3 is that all the extra characters and vehicles leaves SO MANY control schemes to be unpolished and in some cases, almost unplayable.
6/10 for the original is still a good score, just means there are some problems that need ironing out and much to my surprise, Reignited did a pretty wicked job at fixing things.
Well... i do agree that Jak is more complaining about controls of things in Spyro 3 when i have never had any issues with them but i get where he's coming from, haven't got to Spyro 3 yet in Reignited but i already knew from the start that of course many mini games/other characters would control better.
I'm very conflicted with Reignited, there's many things i love but there's even more that i'm disappointed with, especially Twilight Harbor in Spyro 1....... holy shit what the hell where they thinking!?!? the level is ruined.
No, the level isn't ruined at all. It's 2 visual changes, means fuck all compared to everything else.
Also my other big issue with 3 is how it totally made the formula a boring, repetitive formula. It's so formulaic how things are unlocked with the extra characters.
Square Eyed Jak I’m especially happy they fixed the controls for the tank game in the haunted tomb lol. Btw how was the yeti boxing and the snowboard race against the yetis? I just don’t like the sorceress voice in reignited. It doesn’t even come close to how menacing the original was. Great video dude!
One thing that I didn’t know about reignited is that it was a different studio that did Spyro 3 and not toys for bob.
I prefer crash as well, but if you asked me if I’d rather play n sane trilogy or reignited, I’d probably go with reignited. They really knocked it out of the park. Great review!
So fun fact about Bentley in Reignited, if you aim the camera directly down at Bentley, the camera will in fact zoom itself out, meaning they took into account his whack a mole challenge and the fact you need to be able to see around you.
Would have been nice if it told you that.
SIR! Permission to Cheer for this remaster! HIP HIP HOORAY!
*Remake
This is the best ranking I have seen of the uncharted series
I was so glad when I loaded this game up and saw just how beautiful it was and how amazing the games were in their true HD glory. Toys for Bob did not disappoint, and neither did your review, great job as usual good sir.
Seeing alot of people commenting about *The 19GB patch install* and how it was never brought up, while that would be understandable for some to get peeved about it specially when activition delayed the game just to try and fit in everything...
*You already have spyro 1 fully to boot*
i'm sure most people have decent providers and once you finshed spyro 1, The patch is completed if not... waste more time like 100%ing it or beat skill challanges until it's done... again it's not really that big of an issue
If you want an indicator as to how big of an issue it could be to someone, I wanted to get the trilogy after seeing this review, then was immediately put off when I heard that the download was going to be 40+ gigs. That's about 10 days' worth of downloading non-stop for me.
"hurr durr get better internet"
Can't. My ISP is the sole provider for this area, and thoroughly enjoys that monopoly.
@@Remls Yeah very true.
Wasn't an issue for me because I had a decent connection it was done in 5 hours roughly, nothing having my dinner and doing other stuff couldn't fix. However, this is bad practice, if I had the same quality connection as I did in my old house, well let's just say I would be still sat here waiting for damn thing to download after buying the "game" on 13th November and we're 9 days later, fun game right guys. I sort of understand why they did it (due to size), but at the same time, two discs would've solved it easily especially the dual-layered ones 100GB in total for what essentially was 67.5 GB of data. So sorry for the Xbox One guys who had to download the entire thing rather than 2 and 3, what happened? My copy only required 19GB to be patched in, but Xbox One I saw people complaining that it had 300MB on disc and the rest of the 40+ GB to be downloaded, what a dick move, Activision! It's even more of a dick move for releasing THPS 5 when the IP licence was expiring so that all the content had to be pulled and now the game is now a coaster for your drink, thanks Activision, cunts!
I can't stand the fuckwits that say "well get a better internet", sure ok wanna pay their increased tariffs for them to do this too while you're insulting people? No? I didn't think so. I won't be surprised if the next gen will require more of this.
(You is referring to the developers and publishers now, not towards you Adam Raaif Nasheed)
Online required to unlock the game. On the notes for Update History on PS4 it says in black and white v1.01: unlocks all content, WHAT THE FUCK?! Of course the player owns the game, but they need to download the data in order to play the damn thing wow that's just honestly the stupidest thing I've ever seen from a physical copy.
"Get better internet" that's like telling the soldiers who risk their lives for their country to be told "fuck all of you".
Coming from a poor family and have poor to no internet? "Fuck you".
I wish this idiots use their head meat and realise there are still some without good internet and I know of some who haven't got that luxury.
"Well they shouldn't have consoles then if they're poor", shut up, ugh owning a console with bootable games off a disc is not blooming difficult, it's the console developers that impose these patches that allow for games to be pushed out of the door half baked and still raw in the middle. Two discs would've solved the whole patch issue, all would be required would be downloading of the installation and you're good to go.
"But that would double our cost for printing the games", you wanted the game to please everyone, right? You wanted the love and care of a 10 week delay to reach so many people well how is imposing a 19-40+ GB patch requiring decent internet supposed to achieve that, huh? Fuck me I would've taken the hit myself if I was the decision maker at Activision, it's not like you don't have sheep following your company anytime you drop a generic CoD every fucking year, but printing two discs for each copy of Reignited Trilogy? Nah too expensive. How many people would boycott this game and decide fuck you Activision? *shrugs* If you played the physical card and put it on 2 discs I would've given you a standing ovation, now you get rotten fruit and displeasure.
It's console gaming, not digital only gaming. Choose one or the other. If you release it on digital only, fair enough you lock out an entire generation to do so, very risky in terms of sales, but all power to you. However, if you blur the lines between the two then you start pissing me off with this. The only series I support doing this digital only are the Oddworld games because they're a relatively small developer. Don't blur the lines and make physical copies a redundant thing, it's dishonest and really stupid. I only bought it because I haven't bought a Spyro game in 11 years (2007 when buying Spyro YoTD).
Sometimes the internet drops out and if that happens, guess what, 2 and 3 are locked out even after doing Spyro 1, (well if you were downloading the patch anyway). Stop pretending everyone on the planet always has a decent internet connection, they don't! Stop pandering to the publishers who decide it's ok to impose massive patches to "unlock all content". I'm shocked Square Eyed never bought it up though. Maybe this was because everyone else who reviewed it has already said it, like he mentioned from his EtD deleted bits video he took out his comment that it was rushed etc. from the review because it didn't add anything. Perhaps this is what happened here. However, surely it would've got on his nerves to sit there on Spyro 1 and wait for the mammoth patch to complete and it was the lowest scored of the Reignited Trilogy to boot before he could play through 2 and 3 to review the entire thing. Rant over
@@ObsoleteMule About sums up my side of the story lol
I would've picked up both RDR2 and Spyro, but the only thing keeping me from doing so is the literal weeks I'd have to spend with shit internet speeds for whatever else I do, just so I can eventually get to play.
I already stay well away from any multiplayer phenomena like Overwatch or Fortnite, not because I don't want to play, but because I know my connection is going to be too shit to have any fun.
So forgive me if I want everything I already paid for to be present on disc when I receive it. Day-one patches are fine (and actually welcome, considering it can contain fixes/enhancements); an entire ⅔ of the promised content is where I _might_ start to draw a line ...
@DeltaGem Oh yeah, forgot about that, they aren't stupid enough to pull 2 and 3 off the server are they? I hope that the disc at least has code to trigger a download from somewhere, I hope my external hard-drive doesn't die on me too fast otherwise I'll be screwed in the future with this game. I know people are complaining and I don't disagree with them either they should have all the games on the disc that's the point of a physical copy. If it was 67.5GB like a gaming website said then have it on two discs. Keep the two versions away from each other otherwise it taints it when the servers are shut down. TFB needed to argue that case with Activision, but oh well, I just completed Spyro 1, 120%, it was a rocking good time. However, I do feel a little guilty for being able to enjoy 2 and 3 while some won't be able to or having long download times in order to play the rest of the trilogy.
@@Remls Um RDR2 is in 2 Discs so what the fuck are you taking about?
I've only experienced the demos for these games which I unlocked along with the Crash games, but after seeing this review, I'll certainly pick up Reignited!
Great review, man!
Ah. Thanks for the advice! And yeah, I've certainly heard of Copeland and I've listened to some of his master pieces with the first game on RUclips! (I've obviously heard them with the Demos, but I've forgotten them over the years) And I agree, the dude DEFINITELY deserves great respect.
YASS
Been waiting for your take on it
Awesome channel man, honestly would expect you to have way more subscribers keep it up, you will hit 1 million
I was not expecting Year of the Dragon to rise to the occasion as I haven't got to that one yet but hearing you give it such high praise gets me super excited
My only complaints are the framerate issues and no new levels or areas and the cut epilogues and some other small nitpicks
Wonder if they'd release new levels just to see if Toys For Bob can make a new Spyro game? I'd be down for that.
I wouldn't mind that either, especially for Year of the Dragon; Bentley and Agent 9 deserve levels that aren't just short mini-games, and they should put their abilities to full use. Now, if I remember correctly, Bentley never has to use that spinning deflect move of his outside his own home level, so there's definitely some potential for levels based upon that.
I love how they added skill points in the first Spyro!
Great review bud. I definitely need to get used sheila’s movement speed as it’s currently messing me up. But I’ll get used to that in time.
reignited trilogy is almost 2 years old at this point, and i still play it a lot, even Making new ps4 accounts just to replay the game, man this game is great
IT’S FINALLY HERE!!! Oh and I am doing good at Year Of The Dragon so far!
22:45, weren’t there puzzles involving having to gain speed by transfering to different tracks to catch the egg thieves? Are those broken now?
The review we've all been waiting for.
Superb work, Jak. I've 100% completed the original StD out of the Reignited Trilogy so far, and I gotta say that it's a rush seeing my childhood favorites being brought back and given such loving treatment. I can only imagine how hard my younger self would have orgasmed upon witnessing what they've done. The animation, the environments, the soundtrack, they're all so amazingly crafted. On one or two occasions, I've just stopped and let the soundtrack go to that dreamlike "stillness" mode, and just looked around at the environments that I used to dream about as a child brought to life. I'm so pleased with this remake so far.
Although I did find the censored stuff pretty distracting. Not just because paintball guns are not quite as awesome as machine guns, but because it's rather inconsistent. Some enemies in Spyro 1 are allowed to use cannons and muskets, but the machine guns are out of the question? But the guys with rifles in scorch are also censored. Didn't they pretty much use muskets too? So muskets before are okay, but now they're bad? Why not crossbows or something at least? And the renaming of the Bombo dude just strikes me as a reach. So I guess they're worried that the guy on a flying carpet shooting glowing laser balls at you can be misinterpreted as a metaphor for Middle Eastern terrorists or something just because he has "bomb" in his name? But Agent 9 blasting people in the face in third-person shooter violence is okay? As is getting straight up prison shanked by wicked looking knives and spears?
It just bugged me, as I don't think there's any need to worry about what constitutes as "too violent" in Spyro the Dragon. I mean what kid hasn't seen a machine gun before? The Marvel movies, massively marketed towards kids, feature several main characters who have not only used guns, but have killed with guns. Fortnite is the hottest thing for kids to play right now, and it's a friggin homicidal rampage. My point is that there just isn't much need to alter details like that for a Spyro game when, in comparison to its competition, Spyro is and has always been much more family-friendly.
He needs way more subs. 😢
I’ve been waiting forever for your review and it’s finally here😭. Happy thanksgiving Mr. Jak
Hugo would’ve been proud of Spyro for scaring the sheep
I had so much fun during this remake, I was saying myself that it was the definitive way to experience the trilogy, I personally didn't have the same enjoyment with the soundtrack during my play through, mostly because I couldn't really hear it, I had to turn the sound fx down to like 5 or 6 to hear it pretty clearly, i grew up with these games and replayed them countless times, so seeing them remade so masterfully like this, makes me happy, I'm gonna have to do a second play through of these games...
I'ma huge Spyro fan. I've the HD remaster on my PS5 and the originals on my PS Vita.
To compare, I grew up with Spyro 3, and played very little Spyro 2 way later.
And from my perspective, Spyro 3 is perfect, and much better than 2.
Nostalgia plays a huge factor, Jak, it's very hard to rank objectively...
This is gonna sound off topic, but I was thinking that they should make a legit free roaming Crash game. Let's be honest with ourselves, Twinsanity felt linear, Tag Team Racing had small levels, and Mind Over Mutant had a fixed camera. Anyway, in this Crash game you earn crystals by completing missions (kinda like in classic Spyro and Mario 64/Sunshine). Don't worry, gems and relics will exist in my idea. Gems are earned the same way, except you have explore the level and smash every box. Relics have a bit more variety, there are some relics that have you race against the clock from Point A to B (just like in the PS1 Crash games) and there are some that have you collecting items or defeating enemies in a certain time limit.
I also think this Crash game needs a new gimmick. I was thinking that the developers should give Aku Aku a big role. Like I was thinking that they should give Aku Aku different types of powers and in order to get these powers, the player must break a special type of Aku Aku box with a picture of what ever power he'll grant Crash. For example, if Crash wants to use him as a hammer, the box will have a picture of Aku Aku and a hammer. The following Aku Aku powers I was thinking of are: Sledge hammer, skateboard, scuba diving gear, making platforms (kinda like Cloud Mario from Galaxy 2), boomerang, bazooka, sub zero spin (allows Crash to freeze enemies with his spin attack), and power slide (allows Crash to slide a longer distance, kinda like the super slide in N Tranced, except his slide attack leaves a fire trail). All these powers are temporary (so that it doesn't make Crash OP or the game too easy) and they will be useful in certain missions. Also I feel like they should make Aku Aku a playable character and have his own levels where Crash can't access them. I mean why not, like every videogame protagonist has their sidekick as a playable character: Luigi, Sparx, Kazooie, Tails, Daxter, Clank, etc.
Oh I almost forgot, the plot. I feel like it should be a throwback to Crash Warped. I haven't gone too in depth with the story but I believe it should have something to do with time travel. I love Warped as much as everyone else, but I would really loved to explore these time periods as Crash.
As for the bosses, I think there should be more than 5. This is my order:
1) Papu Papu: Present day
2) Tiny: Prehistoric Era
3) Dingodile: American Revolution Era
4) N-Gin: Pirate Era
5) Ripper Roo: Old West/Cowboy era
7) Koala Kong: Ancient Rome Era
8) Komodo Bros: Feudal Japanese Era
9) Nina: Midevil Era
10) N-Brio: World War 2 Era
11) N-Tropy: Present day
12) Cortex and Uka Uka: The distant future
All bosses (exept for Papu Papu and N-Tropy) will wear clothing based off of the time period their in. (Kinda like how in Super Mario Odyssey, everyone including bosses wears hats). As for the Cortex boss fight, he will obtain an Aku Aku box that gives Uka Uka the powers you obtained throughout the game and use them against you (kinda like in Super Mario 3D World where Bowser uses the kitty power up against you). Speaking of hats, that's another thing, Crash should also be able to unlock outfits from the time period he's in. Like if he's in the American Revolution era, his outfit will consist of a gray wig and a blue Colonist uniform. Or if he's in the Ancient Rome era, he will wear a toga, or if he's in the World War 2 era, then he will wear a US soldier uniform. Outfits can be unlocked by collecting voodoo dolls (similar to the ones seen in Titans and Mind Over Mutant), completing a certain portion of the game, or as DLC. Here are the following outfits:
-Default Crash (Crash's iconic look, shirtless, fingerless gloves, and blue jeans)
-Crash Bandistone (Collect 10 cavemen voodoo dolls in the Prehistoric Era)
-Colonial Crash (Collect 10 colonist voodoo dolls in the American Revolution Era)
-Captain Orange Beard (Collect 10 pirate voodoo dolls in the Pirate Era)
-Marshall Bandicoot (Collect 10 deputy voodoo dolls in the Old West Era)
-Crashius Bandicootus (Collect 10 toga voodoo dolls in the Ancient Rome Era)
-This is BANDICOOT!!! (Collect 15 gladiator voodoo dolls in the Ancient Rome Era)
-Crash Bandiku (Collect 10 ninja voodoo dolls in the Feudal Japanese Era)
-Sir Crash-A-Lot (Collect 10 knight voodoo dolls in the Midevil Era)
-King Crash (Collect 15 king voodoo dolls in the Midevil Era)
-Sgt. Bandicoot (Collect 10 soldier voodoo dolls in the WW2 Era)
-Crash Bandi-Bot (Collect 10 robot voodoo dolls in the Distant Future)
-Crashazoid (Collect 15 alien voodoo dolls in the Distant Future)
-Fake Crash skin (Find every location where Fake Crash is hiding [It's similar to finding him in the N Sane Trilogy])
-Evil Crash skin (Collect 20 Evil Crash voodoo dolls in N Sanity Island)
-Spyro skin (Collect 50 Spyro Voodoo dolls throughout the game)
-Crash of the Titans model skin (Complete 25% of the game)
-Skylanders Imaginators model skin (Complete 50% of the game)
-Crash Twinsanity model skin (Complete 75% of the game)
-Crash Warped model skin (Complete 100% of the game)
-Japanese Crash model skin (Collect all crystals)
-Skeleton Crash (Halloween special)
-Phantom Crash (Halloween special)
-Vampire Crash (Halloween special)
-Valentine Crash (Valentines special)
-Santa Crash (Christmas special)
-Frosty the Bandicoot (Christmas special)
-Elf Crash (Christmas special)
-Pilgrim Crash (Thanksgiving special)
-Mariachi Crash (Cinco de Mayo special)
-Patriotic Crash (4th of July special)
-Athlete Crash (Super Bowl/NBA Finals/World Series/World Cup/Olympics special)
-Leprechaun Crash (St. Patrick's Day special)
-Carbon Crash skin (Find 20 Carbon Crash voodoo dolls in N Sanity Island)
-Papu Papu skin (Defeat Papu Papu without taking damage)
-Tiny skin (Defeat Tiny without taking damage)
-Dingodile skin (Defeat Dingodile without taking damage)
-N-Gin skin (Defeat N-Gin without taking damage)
-Ripper Roo (Defeat Ripper Roo without taking damage)
-Koala Kong (Defeat Koala Kong without taking damage)
-Komodo Bros (Defeat the Komodo Bros without taking damage)
-Nina (Defeat Nina without taking damage)
-N-Brio skin (Defeat N-Brio without taking damage)
-N-Tropy skin (Defeat N-Tropy without taking damage)
-Cortex Skin (Defeat Cortex without taking damage)
-Aku Aku skin (Complete all Aku Aku levels)
-Uka Uka skin (Collect all gems and earn all platinum relics)
-Coco skin (Complete all of Coco's missions)
-Crunch skin (Complete all of Crunch's missions)
-Platinum Crash (Earn platinum twice in every time trial)
-Angel Crash (Die 1000 times)
-Officer Crash ( [police uniform] DLC)
-Agent Crash 007 (DLC)
-Hippie Crash (DLC)
-Gangsta Crash (DLC)
-Biker Crash ( [from the motorcycle races from Crash Warped] DLC)
-Jet Pack Crash (DLC)
-Ripto skin (DLC)
-Gnasty Gnorc skin (DLC)
-Evil Twins skin (DLC)
-Luxury Crash ( [millionaire suit] DLC)
I did mention free roaming, so I feel like N Sanity Island should be the main hub world and there will be portals scattered throughout the island to send you to a certain time period. The layout of the island should be similar to what we've seen in Twinsanity, but bigger with massive landscapes and mountain peaks to explore. Some time portals cannot be accessed until you earn enough power crystals. Other portals will be out of reach until you unlocked one of Aku Aku's power up crates; For example, if a portal is inside a huge boulder, then you'll need the Aku Aku hammer to break the boulder and gain access; Or if the portal is underwater, then you'll need the Aku Aku scubba diving gear. Another thing, Crash's house will be accessible to the player. This was something that wasn't featured in Twinsanity, but was featured in Mind Over Mutant. The player can check their game progress, watch the cutscenes, view leader boards, concept art, and change outfits.
Another thing I would love to see is Crash reacting to the weather. I know we've seen Crash shiver in the N Sane Trilogy, but how about having Crash react to a hot, rainy, and windy environment as his idle animations; maybe even have Aku Aku react too, like have him click his teeth when it's cold or better yet, Crash uses him as a fan when it's hot. I mean we've seen Mario react to the weather in Super Mario Odyssey (depending on the level and what outfit you equip him). This feature isn't anything major, but it would be nice to see in the Bandicoot franchise.
Now just because I say all of this, does not mean that I want my idea to be the next Crash of the Titans. Don't worry, Crash will still have Aku Aku as his health indicator and invincibility; and his classic spin, slide, and body slam, I'm just trying to give yall an idea that's similar to the classics, but at the same time giving yall an idea that could rival Super Mario Odyssey in terms of gameplay. After all, Crash needs a MAJOR comeback besides the Skylandars Imaginators and the N Sane Trilogy.
Just saying.
As for the title of the game, I think it should be called Crash Bandicoot: Masks Against Time. You know, because it focuses on time travel and Aku Aku having super powers
Crypto Dang. You’ve really thought this through. I think this idea could work, somewhat?
@@superlombax1561 Somewhat?
No no ur right gulp's battle is kinda hard and I had trouble with the camera too. Its really a shame cuz he used to be my favorite boss fight but now its frustratingly hard due to the camera....
Great review Jak, very in depth and not nitpicky.
Eh it's a little nitpicky but they mean nothing in the grand scheme. Cheers mate! :)
Thank you for a wonderful Thanksgiving surprise! Certainly better than that one review comparing Buzz from Spyro 3 to a Dark Souls boss (which might as well just be clickbait material at this point). The thing that gets me the most about these games and the thing holding me back from the game is the motion blur. Even looking at footage, I can't stand too much of it at a time, and it always tends to make me sick to my stomach.
I loved the originals and totally love the Trilogy!!!!! It’s graphics are breathtaking and colorful!!!
So much detail!!! ❤️
I just bought this game, can't wait to finish it. Thanks for you video you make such great content
also my own personal gripe was when i died it would just say reignited and the music kept playing. oh well thats just me. also glad to see ur channel is growing
Dang sheela looking good
*zip*
another amazing video jak!
RESPECT EARNED for reviewing the reignited trilogy
that fucking snoop dogg crossover was the oddest shit, forgot to tell you that during our convo yesterday LMAO. Enjoyed every second of this, man.
*SPIT THAT FIRE NEPHEW*
Very fucking strange!
THAT'S WHAT KILLED ME LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
19:38 was that a waumpa fruit?
Great review. I've not finished the trilogy but now I'm hyped to keep going.
SCREW THE GULP SKILL POINT!!!
I'm glad you really enjoyed the new spyro 3 it was my favourite just shows how good toys for bob are
Did anyone else come across a major glitch in one of Sgt Byrd's levels where the level, and everything in it disappears, and all you can see is the sky box? It's happened to me a couple of times in Sgt Byrd's Base, so I had to be careful of how I play as him.
5:46 Spyro the Dragon
12:49 Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage
20:51 Spyro 3: Year of The Dragon
I'm a bit late but i'm so satisfied with your review to this as these have been a blast to play even though im no were near done with em. i just wished you touched on the controls for the flying levels might just be me but they felt way to fast and stuff than i remembered but that's just me i suppose thx for another great video jack!
I had trouble with gulp as well. I agree his lasers are much more accurate.
i felt exactly the same way about the fight with Gulp! i was utterly shocked when he killed me so often because i’ve beaten Spyro 2 probably 50 times throughout my life and never had a problem with the fight in the original. glad i wasn’t the only one getting my ass whooped by those heat seeking electric blasts hahaha
Why did no one talked about Elora revamp?
Bro so pumped for your content! Keep it up like a mad man lmao
The reason loading areas in Spyro 3 is so fast is because it's not actually loading the sub areas at all. Those areas are loaded in when the main level is loaded, and those doors are now just teleports and not loading zones.
Kind of funny, this remake actually reversed my love for each game compared to the PS1. On PS1 it was 2 > 1 > 3, now it's 3 > 1 > 2 in the remake. Well at least for first playthrough impression anyway, 3 still does have some of my most hated levels and 2 some of my favorites. Also it is funny how Agent 9 went from one of the worst things ever to a blast, what a difference modern shooter controls vs. PS1 shooter controls makes.
I was doing pretty good when it came to glitches, until the end. Spyro 1 was a smooth experience, 2 was mostly good except for 1 had to redo a level glitch where the trolls you have to freeze in a certain level glitched out, but 3, during the last world of 3 I got a bunch, biggest being a frame pacing bug, that made the frame pacing issues of the collection become permanently active until I exited to the main menu, and even a crash.
Gulp also caught me off guard as well. Took me several tries to get his tracking figured out and how to deal with it. Glad a previous comment went into detail about it.
For me originals: 3>2>1
Now:1>2>3
Spyro 2 is the most nostalgic game fof me, but objectively, spyro 3 is the better game.
Where did you find awesome remix of Spyro 1's intro theme
i'm happy to see you loved Reignited! Toys for Bob has earned my respect and trust with this IP
G'day Jak, let me just say this comment at the time of typing before I watched ya video, I think your a funny bloke and given my own history with Spyro I expect nothing short of comical, reviewing gold keep the videos going mate, you just earned a top 10 spot on my list of favorite youtube game reviewers.
Thank you, very much appreciated!
@@SquareEyedJak Well, Jak I must say you never cease to surprise me this video had me giggling a few times and its very well thought out, why can't the stupid muppets at IGN be more like ya, your a real reviewer in anycase well done and welcome back spyro everything you pointed out was exactly how i felt on my first time your review is right on the money, see ya next video
Year of the dragon always has and always will be my favourite :3
I’m so happy I got to become a fellow Spyro fan with this trilogy!
Fuck yeah! My dingle is in full tingle after watching this! (what this essentially means is that love this channel, this video game series, and this video).
Also I agree with you on the fact that these channels that cash grab produce shallow, meaningless and crappy content. I don't understand why they just can't produce good, creative content (you know, actually honouring the games they supposedly love instead of capitalising off of them without putting in the effort they deserve)! Thank god you're here to show these scrubs how do this excellent trilogy justice!
Thanks mate, it really does my head in. Saw a video recently from "such a die hard Spyro fan" decked out in Spyro clothes in a room FULL... literally FULL of Spyro shit who did a retrospective over the entire series, completely failing to mention any of the GBA titles aside from Orange/Fusion. A true Spyro fan, failing to mention the best "post Insomniac" Spyro games... no thanks!
Square Eyed Jak - dude, thank you so much for responding! You're one of my RUclips idols, so I'm feeling pretty starstruck right now.☺️
What would you judge the disc game before the patches?
@DeltaGem then Activision should've delayed the game until summer of 2019 but unfortunately due to their annual set ups, they did not
DeltaGem so do you hope that activision gives TFB enough time to finish the new spyro game?
DeltaGem and are you worried that activision might make the new spyro game bad?
DeltaGem but hopefully Maybe TFB might make a DLC to fix these problems during the release of the Nintendo switch and PC versions (hopefully)
DeltaGem no I mean DLC because so we can what is behind the Artisans castle door
2:34: Your shirt reminds me of Twinsanity! A remastered Twinsanity would be great.
ok... 2 and a bit years later seeing this video for the first time, and i have 1 question..... WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SLY MASK STANDEE AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET ONE IN THE UNITED STATES?
I had issues with gulp I don't remember him being this fast and accurate with his attacks
I think you forgot to mention the yeti race in the Super Bonus Round
Screw the yeti race, the speed course after that gives me Vietnam flashbacks.
18:30 yo just letting you know that the change in weaponry wasn't to be more child friendly, but actually an aesthetic choice to make it overall more fun, playful and colourful, which the artists felt better suited the fantasy world of spyro. Which I agree with, seeing semi realistic guns would've been so jarring and out of place 😂😂 I think they got away with it in the original games bcs the graphics helped integrate them lol but I do prefer this change, it's nicer to look at.
That's also why the bombs and barrels were kept: they're cartoony enough that they fit in haha
I found the witch feeding the big yellow monsters wumpa fruit in alpine ridge(spyro 1)