Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy Reviews

The Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a love letter to classic 3D platformers. All three original Spyro games have been completely rebuilt, and the result is stunning. Vibrant worlds, buttery-smooth movement, and loads of personality make this a must-play, especially if you’re nostalgic or need a cozy, low-stress game. This is a nostalgia trip done right—but also a great starting point for anyone who never played Spyro in its heyday. It’s like comfort food in video game form. If you're into platformers like Crash, Mario 64, or Ratchet & Clank, you'll feel right at home here.

the best remaster of one of the greatest trilogies ever for nostalgia. seriously they just nailed everything 10/10

(Updated) Its a fun little game, But its mainly only nostalgia if you played it as a kid. Gets kind of old quickly, It is fun to play here and there. certain map spots only work if on 30 fps. I've never encountered a game with an issue like this! Literally had to go into settings and change fps to 30! Just to get a door to open! Absurd! Gameplay 6-10 Graphics 7-10 Story 5-10

The game was released 6 years ago and they never fix an issue with ultrawide monitors, I have a 5120x1440 and the game crashes every time I get to the Unreal logo, I tried several fixes and none of them worked.

I love these games and they're so much fun. I remember going to McDonald's to play these games on a Saturday morning(Yes young people McDonald's used to have game systems you could play in the stores). I wish I had the time to really sink into these games and beat them all, I however have very little time to play unless its summer like now and I find myself wanting to do other things instead.

Это игра, где ты снова становишься ребёнком, который любит сжигать барашков, бегать по цветным полям, и яростно кричать на телевизор из-за потерянного гема.

Spyro the Dragon. A trilogy of games featuring a dragon who is the son of Spy and Pyro. Made by the same people who made the endearing PlayStation 1 classic Disruptor. With the overwhelming sucess of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, it was inevitable that Spyro would have his turn reliving his better years. At this point, he was more known as the guy who's name was in the title of the first Skylanders game and played by an actor from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. When it was first dropped on PS4, only the first game was available on disk and the other two games had to be downloaded through an internet connection. Later revisions would have all three on disk for later PS4 disks and XBox One but the Switch port which wasn't even on the cards until someone got it working on the system does still require an internet connection to download the rest of the package. On PC, all three are available to play once you have it downloaded to your system. Three gorgeous looking games rendered in Unreal Engine versus the Alchemy Engine for NST and a lot of care has been put into the presentation. A fact that rings true even for the PS1 originals compared to the Crash games at the time. While Crash made a big leap from 1 to 2 both graphically and gameplay wise in the original games, Spyro didn't change much between Spyro and Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage other than receiving expansions to his movesets. Year of the Dragon sees the introduction of other playable characters who functions well including Agent 9. The three games are all remade from the ground up with everyone getting a new HD model each. Some seeing quite a visual change from their original design like Shelia. The gameplay remains the same and the controls for Spyro were already good as is in the oirgnal games. The other playable characters do see improvements in their controls to make them a little less annoying to use. The music and sound design are top notch. Unlike NST, there is an option to have the orignal music toggled on if you are not keen on the RT remixes. The cast give a great performance as their respective characters including Tom Kenny who had experience playing the character before in the original Spyro 2 and Year of the Dragon. In the original Spyro the Dragon, he was voiced by Carlos Alaraqui but he was replaced by Tom Kenny for most of the Classic Spyro series up to 2002 due to his Spyro voice sounding too nasally and entitled for the devs' liking. In RT, all of Carlos Alazraqui's lines in the first game are now redone by Tom Kenny and now more in line with the sequels. All done to a high standard as expected. Between this and NST, I would say the Spyro Trilogy holds up better overall as a set of games but both have their own strengths and weaknesses. If you want a trilogy of games that's fun to 100% casually or to earn all achievements for, Spyro RT is the more pleasant of the two for that. You're less likely to get frustrated by game design that still holds up today than one that show their age of when they were made. If I have to choose between this or NST, I would probably go with Spyro RT as an overall experience. Very cosy games to go through at your leisure. Your gamer frustration with Spyro even in the Skill Point department is less common than gamer frustration with Crash in the crates, gems and relics department. Give this collection a pick up if you can get it on sale and watch out for those flying boxes. They killed my grandfather one time but that's a story for another time. Word of note: Make sure your 3D Managment's FPS is set to 60, VSync on and in the game's graphics setting (More extensive than NST's), you can adjust the features to ensure a smoother experience. If you encounter the likes of a stuck door in Alpine Ridge; set the FPS to 30, 50, 60 or Unlimited to fix it. The game behaves weird at 120 FPS depending on your system. Oh and for the love of Pete's Dragon, turn off the motion blur as soon as possible. Seriously. Check the community threads for more detail.

Spyro has been my favorite game ever since I was a kid, and this remaster is everything I could have ever asked for. From having the ability to toggle the music between the Reignited OST and Classic OST, to seeing all of my favorite levels upscaled and beautifully crafted for the modern era, this game delivers for both classic fans and new fans who are just jumping in. I remember seeing the reveal for Reignited Trilogy and crying because this series has meant the world to me for as long as I've been able to play video games.

Just as fun as I remember it being back when I played it as a kid on my PS2, and it includes numerous QOL upgrades over just playing the original PS1 versions. One thing I do recommend to anyone playing this is to periodically back up your save file. In the past I had my computer freeze on a loading screen, while it was saving, which corrupted the save and caused me to lose all progress. Backing up your save after every few levels or so will help prevent lost progress in case something similar happens to you. Also, for anyone experiencing broken physics on Alpine Ridge I've found that just turning on Vsync and setting Max FPS to unlimited, rather than locking it at 60, resolved all broken physics issues for me. Here's hoping Spyro 4 comes out some day.

Spyro the Dragon was my very first video game back on the original PlayStation and seeing him so lovingly brought back to life in this trilogy was heartwarming! ... At least at first, until I remembered how rage-inducing some of the later sections are, but at least they recreated how annoying it was too! I aimed for 100% completion and some of the skill points are a nightmare. The achievements were all relatively easy and you'll get most of them simply by playing the game normally. Took me roughly 50 hours to get everything done and I *really* sucked at the skateboarding sections. My only criticisms for the PC-specific Reignited version are that it wasn't optimised too well when ported over to PC (I played the Reignited Trilogy on PS4 as well and had no problems) all linked to framerate - setting the frames to unlimited will cause you all kinds of issues from Spyro sliding around on his own to game-breaking problems with boss fights. Not the end of the world as you can simply set the framerate to 60fps (30fps in some cases) mid-fight. And again, I really sucked at the skateboarding. Not sure if it was actually hard or if I was just bad at it but, regardless, I never feel the need to ever touch a skateboard again. Despite some minor issues, it's a faithful recreation of the purple boi we love so much. You can tell it was made with love and by people that really care and that it's not just a cash-grab jumping on the remake bandwagon. Hopeful for a brand new Spyro game sometime in the future! :)