Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the third of the trilogy of games for Spyro on the PlayStation. I open with that because for a good 7 hours that I was playing the game, I thought it was the first game. Good on me to not do research until a streamer said "This is the third game to be honest." But in any case, with this actually the third game, this is what to like, not like and so forth!
Positives:
1. Graphics- The graphics in this game are absolutely amazing. I was very impressed by how this looked and it really doesn't matter the level, fight, or anything. The graphics overall on the PS1 are absolutely terrific with this game.
2. Music- A great game has to have great music, and that's what Spyro here has. It has terrific music, and again it doesn't matter the level, the fight or anything. Insomniac and Vivendi did very, very well for this.
3. Boss Fights- I thought these were actually done pretty well and they were a challenge but not to a point of say a DKC 2 where it is so difficult it's almost unplayable. This is something that I feel is a good thing overall and the developers did very well with.
4. Play at your Pace- This is underrated in games. You have to play at your pace to do well with it. Spyro allows for that. You can speed it, you can play more methodically. All the things are there. There are a few levels you have to play maybe above your pace if you are playing methodically but this game really does allow someone to play your own pace.
Honorable mention: This game allows you to take some chances. Wanna get an egg that is pretty far away but you don't know if you can fly that far? Take the chance. Don't know if you can get past that big palooka with your skills? Take a chance. Don't know how you will get everything with this super power up? Take the chance. This game is one of the more risk-taking games you will get but you do get rewarded for it.
Negatives:
1. Camera- This was the only negative really. The camera angles are so wonky in this game and it seems to affect a lot of different things when running especially. If they had taken a different approach to this and maybe had an option (Maybe they did and I didn't know it) to reset the camera, it would have been better. Otherwise, it's one negative in a game of positives.
Overall Rating
This game is one of the better ones on the PlayStation. Overall there are many, many things to like about the game, including the bosses, the pace, music and so forth. All of this provides a good detail into the trilogy I felt. The game itself makes everything better overall and minus the camera, is a great game regardless. I would obviously highly recommend this game.
Overall Rating: 9 out of 10.
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