Spyro Reignited Trilogy

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Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Single-player

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a 2018

Windows
versions released in September 2019. The collection received positive reviews from critics and has sold over 10 million units as of September 2023.

Gameplay

Main articles: Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a remake of the original Spyro trilogy developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation: Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. Each game is a 3D platformer featuring the titular protagonist, a juvenile purple dragon named Spyro, as he attempts to restore peace in a set of worlds specific to each game by vanquishing enemies. Spyro's sidekick, a dragonfly named Sparx, acts as an indicator of his health, defending him from a limited number of enemy attacks. Additionally, the games feature a number of collectibles which must be acquired to make progress such as gems, which also act as currency, and dragon eggs.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy attempts to mostly remain faithful to the gameplay of the original games. Each level is designed to match the size and layout of the levels in the originals.[1] A few features included only in one or two of the original trilogy were unified across all three games in Reignited, such as the addition of "skill points" in the first game, or Spyro's ability to roll from side-to-side in later installments.

The remake also made a few changes to content in the originals that was no longer considered appropriate. Some enemies in the first game, for example, wielded

genie character in Ripto's Rage! had its name changed from "Bombo" to "Bob the Flagkeeper" to avoid referencing a stereotype of Arabs and Muslims common since before the publication of the original game.[1]

Development and release

hub world
of the original game (above) and the Reignited Trilogy version (below)

Discussions around the revival of Spyro the Dragon began as early as 2014. In July 2014, now former

Vicarious Visions stated that they were aware of how high the popular demand was for a revival of the classic Spyro trilogy following the release of their previous remake, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.[4]

The realization of Spyro remakes was originally teased in April 2018 when several media outlets received a package with a purple egg from someone under the alias "Falcon McBob". The Reignited Trilogy was officially revealed a few days later on April 5, 2018. After initially being scheduled for release on September 21, 2018, it was delayed and released on November 13 of the same year.

Windows were announced and were released on September 3, 2019.[10][11]

Unlike the N. Sane Trilogy, development of Reignited Trilogy was a more collaborative effort between Toys for Bob and Insomniac Games. In the early planning stages, the staff from Toys for Bob brought their concept sketches of the titular character to the original team and held several discussions on how the character should look, with especially strong input from Ted Price. One of the key goals of the Reignited Trilogy, according to art director Josh Nadelberg, was to "get Spyro right". This involved putting Spyro's model through rigorous stress tests to explore the range of emotions and expressions that could be yielded before and after the discussions with Insomniac staff. Because Insomniac Games could not provide source code or original assets to use as a reference, Toys for Bob utilized an in-house emulation tool called "Spyro-scope" which showed the schematics of a level's geometry and revealed patterns in enemy pathfinding.[1][12]

The Sly Collection and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
, in developing the alternate gameplay styles in Year of the Dragon.

Reception

Spyro Reignited Trilogy received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.[20][21][22][23] Multiple aspects of the game were praised, such as the upgraded visuals, attention to detail, and faithfulness to the original trilogy. Jonathon Dornbush of IGN praised the game's attention to detail, noting both the level design, with "gorgeous horizons" and layouts "pristine and accurate to the original", and character upgrades, such as non-playable characters exhibiting more unique and expressive personalities.[30] Mitch Wallace of Forbes similarly highlighted the game's detail, calling the levels "childlike fantasy made playable", while also praising Toys for Bob's ability to faithfully recreate the games despite not having access to the original source code.[31] Chris Moyse of Destructoid commended the game's soundtrack for its rerecording, "dynamic" aspect in which tempo adjusted to match Spyro's activity, and the option to switch to the original recordings.[24]

The game was criticized for issues such as long loading times, glitches, and frame-rate. Wallace noted all of these aspects, calling the loading times in particular "a tad unacceptable" for being "slightly longer" than those of the original games, despite being produced two decades later for more advanced consoles.[31] Moyse noted that the game, in remaining faithful, retained some of the original games' flaws, particularly the overall "bland" and linear objectives.[24] Jeremy Winslow of Slant reiterated that criticism, calling Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon "mere reskins" of the first game, while also chiding the game's inconsistent frame-rate and "slippery" controls.[32]

Sales

Publisher

Pokémon: Let's Go, it outsold both its Pikachu and Eevee versions individually.[34] It placed at the sixth position in the Switzerland all-format charts.[35] It was also the best-selling PlayStation 4 game in its first week in Australia.[36]

As of September 2023, Spyro Reignited Trilogy has sold over 10 million units.[37]

Awards

Spyro Reignited Trilogy won the award for "Family/Kids Title of the Year" at the Australian Games Awards,[38] and was nominated for the Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake at the New York Game Awards,[39] and for "People's Choice" at the Italian Video Game Awards.[40]

Notes

  1. ^ The original games were developed by Insomniac Games. Sanzaru Games led the development of the Spyro: Year of the Dragon remake. The Windows port was handled by Iron Galaxy.
  2. ^ Arranged by Stephan Vankov

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External links

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