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"Spyro: Reignited Trilogy" Announced - PlayStation 4 & Xbox One - September 2018

  1. So pleased to finally have this confirmed, I always enjoyed these more than the main Crash games.
  2. This isn't Resetera so let's not complain about that place on here. If there are issues there, Spyro can't help you with them.
 
I'm curious to see how much they changed the controls and camera from the originals. I replayed the first one some years ago on my Vita and i admit it was hard to get back to it at first due to its controls. But after an hour of playing i had no problem whatsoever. Some segments of the game were really hard though and especially the last boss which was impossible to beat this time.I have no clue how i managed to beat him back when i first played it...
 
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sublimit said:
I'm curious to see how much they changed the controls and camera from the originals. I replayed the first one some years ago on my Vita and i admit it was hard to get back to it at first due to its controls. But after an hour of playing i had no problem whatsoever. Some segments of the game were really hard though and especially the last boss which was impossible to beat this time.I have no clue how i managed to beat him back when i first played it...
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You probably set the camera to active back in the day :p
 
sublimit said:
I honestly didn't even remembered that option existed. :p Was that also possible with the Vita version? Now i need to check it...
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I'd imagine so since those are just rom dumps. The default camera in Spyro was horrible, hopefully the remaster is more like the active option.
 
Looking real good!

It's funny, I've played through the first game for the first time just a little over a year ago, but I still have these nostalgic feelings for it. It's gonna be fun playing this remake and seeing how they updated and maybe slightly altered the levels.
 
Soltype said:
Haven't played them in a while, but aren't these games kind of mediocre?
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Not the first three games. Clunky camera aside, they were great 3d platformers. Id say Spyro was about on par with crash in terms of quality and popularity but for whatever reason the rights were sold off and spyro suffered "forgettable sequelitis" before being turned into that shitty skylanders series.
 
Soltype said:
Haven't played them in a while, but aren't these games kind of mediocre?
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The original 3 were some of the best plaformers of the PS1/N64 era. Afterwards, yeah they were pretty bad, although I remember A Hero's Tail (Spyro 5) being alright, but Spyro 4 was pretty dreadful. Then The Legend of Spyro soft reboot, whatever it was, turned it into a mediocre platformer/beat'em up hybrid, and they did the same with the final 2 Crash games.
 
Crash bandicoot's twitter just posted the secret code (the one from crash 3 to access the spyro demo) but unfortunately it just plays the trailer. lol
 
Really excited for this! I think the original Spyro holds up well, even today. Glad a newer generation of people get to experience this!
 
People talkin Croc and Gex but there is only one other game that deserves a remake let alone this year. Which also happens to be the 20th anniversary like Spyro.
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Soul of Cinder said:
People talkin Croc and Gex but there is only one other game that deserves a remake let alone this year. Which also happens to be the 20th anniversary like Spyro.
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Didn't they get remasters on the 360 and a rerelease in the Rare collection on X1? I guess they could re-remaster them and bundle them with Nuts n Bolts, but I somehow think that would tick off more people than it would please. Not me though, I'd play the heck outta that trilogy.

Dbazi.com said:
Nintendo UK store lists Spyro Reignited Trilogy on Switch
https://store.nintendo.co.uk/games-...81a0f8ca3744&dclid=CI_f6-nuo9oCFdUt4Aodn98Bjw
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Here's hoping. I've always wanted to play these (I was an N64 kid, or, rather, my older brothers were thanks to Goldeneye/Perfect Dark). For some reason though, Switch feels like the right platform to play this on. I'll pick it up when it hits the hybrid, or else on sale for PC.

I guess that makes me excited, but in no rush. Lol. I have more to play than I have time for anyway.
 
Zannegan said:
Didn't they get remasters on the 360 and a rerelease in the Rare collection on X1? I guess they could re-remaster them and bundle them with Nuts n Bolts, but I somehow think that would tick off more people than it would please. Not me though, I'd play the heck outta that trilogy.
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No they were just ports with Nintendo removed and replaced with MS Studios (and achievements). BK N&B saw better fps on Xbox One once that was BC (after some updates because at first it was worse than 360)
 
Soul of Cinder said:
No they were just ports with Nintendo removed and replaced with MS Studios (and achievements). BK N&B saw better fps on Xbox One once that was BC (after some updates because at first it was worse than 360)
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Huh. I could have sworn the XBLA rereleases had new graphics. Quick google search shows that you're right and I'm wrong though. Guess I'm losing my mind.

Regardless, I'd definitely buy a prettied-up trilogy. Might finally cave and get an XB1 for that, or that gaming PC I've been meaning to indulge in.
 
Zannegan said:
Huh. I could have sworn the XBLA rereleases had new graphics. Quick google search shows that you're right and I'm wrong though. Guess I'm losing my mind.

Regardless, I'd definitely buy a prettied-up trilogy. Might finally cave and get an XB1 for that, or that gaming PC I've been meaning to indulge in.
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Probably the high resolution textures and draw distance were making you think it had new graphics since it's definitely a prettier game despite still being the same. Not to mention the little QoL improvement and smoothed out framerate were a big plus.
 
Soul of Cinder said:
People talkin Croc and Gex but there is only one other game that deserves a remake let alone this year. Which also happens to be the 20th anniversary like Spyro.
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The fact ms hasnt done anything with this since nuts and bolts is a literal sin

Also croc and gex were shit. Them along with taz were just some b-tier 3d-platformers in an age when everyone tried aping sm64.
 
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Omeggos said:
The fact ms hasnt done anything with this since nuts and bolts is a literal sin
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Do you remember how much N&B sold? I feel like it wasn't much.

Public reception has definetly come around a bit since release for sure (A lot of the hate was still because MS owned Rare. That shit hasnt died off yet and its 2018), I would hope that they pull a remaster/remake to gauge interest in the series.
 
nice i have never really played them. I hope it will come to Switch some day :) Crash is so i bet this will aswell.
 
Soul of Cinder said:
Do you remember how much N&B sold? I feel like it wasn't much.

Public reception has definetly come around a bit since release for sure (A lot of the hate was still because MS owned Rare. That shit hasnt died off yet and its 2018), I would hope that they pull a remaster/remake to gauge interest in the series.
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Partner up with Nintendo, have an HD remake on Xbox, PC and Switch. I'm certain it would sell a shit load. There was a tremendous amount of hype around Yooka Laylee as a spiritual successor (My problem with that game was it felt less Kazooie and much more tooie, with worlds so big it needed loading screens in certain transitional spots) And the problem with N&B barely selling is word of mouth. The game wasn't bad but anyone you'd talk to would think its bad because its not the sequel they were hoping for.
 
Omeggos said:
The game wasn't bad but anyone you'd talk to would think its bad because its not the sequel they were hoping for.
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I actually really like it. Its a fun game, just not what comes to mind when I think BK.

partnering with Nintendo to bring it to 3 platforms would be interesting for sure. Dont see it happening tho, unless at E3 they announce BK for smash and Xbox announces BK remake for Switch/Xbox/PC.
 
Soul of Cinder said:
I actually really like it. Its a fun game, just not what comes to mind when I think BK.

partnering with Nintendo to bring it to 3 platforms would be interesting for sure. Dont see it happening tho, unless at E3 they announce BK for smash and Xbox announces BK remake for Switch/Xbox/PC.
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It wasnt. But as i mentioned, word of mouth really can picture on a game.

Between minecraft's halo and gears skins coming to the nintendo systems, cross compatibility for MC and rocket league, along with their prior publishing deals (viva pinata on the ds for example) i think nintendo and ms currently have a decent partnership.
 
I don't know who would want this but it's an impressive remake effort that deserves praise. Now only if we would get a super Metroid remake instead of these low tier efforts.
 
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KiteGr said:
Lets hope they take from the superior PAL version unlike the Crash Trilogy.
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That's interesting. What was superior about the PAL versions of Spyro?

I know I'd prefer to have the PAL version of Crash Team Racing because Penta Penguin being the best unlockable driver just feels right to me.
 
Ka-Kui said:
That's interesting. What was superior about the PAL versions of Spyro?

I know I'd prefer to have the PAL version of Crash Team Racing because Penta Penguin being the best unlockable driver just feels right to me.
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Lots of small things are different, being superior is subjective. Like gems and chest placements in some levels, enemy placements and reactions, and small stuff like that. I played the NTSC on the ps1 many years ago and the PAL version on VITA a couple of years ago, i don't mind either. One issue that shouldn't affect the remake is that the audio dialogue gets out of sync in the NTSC version because its 60hz, assuming they recorded the voices again (the quality wasn't great in the original).
Note: This about Spyro 1, can't say about the other 2.
 
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