There is no motivation to blaze through stages or collect a certain amount of items before time runs out. The first game in the trilogy and its sequels didn’t rely on difficulty to be fun. Against the odds, the purple dragon managed to carve a niche for itself within the genre. Developer Insomniac Games had a lot to prove given the lackluster sales success of its latest release, Disruptor. The original three Spyro games released in a market that was already used to platformers like Banjo-Kazooieand Crash Bandicoot. Spyro and the bottomless levels he roams around in have welcomed me back with familiar gameplay mechanics I’m not tired of, and I can’t put my controller down even now that I don’t live with my parents. The simplicity of its level design and inviting presentation makes it just as accessible as when I was a child. It was an outlet I poured myself into when I had few friends in real life.ĭespite knowing a lot more people today, the Spyro Reignited Trilogy appeals to me in the same way. As someone who never felt like I belonged in school, video games made me feel like a kid. To be frank, I had little idea of how the industry operated and was much more concerned with collecting every gem the title had to offer. I couldn’t wait to come home from school and play for the two or three hours my parents allowed me. It was the title that made me fall in love with the medium.
Spyro the Dragon was the first game I ever played. But some games, like the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, give me hope and help warm my icy, jaded heart. Today, I see it as a mechanical, business-driven enterprise. As a kid, I saw gaming as something magical. There are very few truly novel ideas out there as creators draw from the same pool of modern game design and subcultural references. Personally, I feel as though the industry is at a creative low, recycling the same concepts just to sell product.
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