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The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Nintendo DS)
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2/5 |
Boring
(May 15, 2008) |
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Having played, and loved, Spyro: Shadow Legacy I really wanted to play one of the other titles. I wish I hadn't bothered. For a start I didn't know what was happening in the story since it seemed to follow on from something that had previously happened. Secondly, I've only played a few levels so far but I'm already bored. In Shadow Legacy there were different things to do (eg. exploring, fighting, using different powers and carrying out tasks) but The Eternal Night only seems to have one real mode (walking around and occasionally killing things) and no purpose.
I hadn't played any Spyro before Shadow Legacy so maybe The Eternal Night is more like the originals. But having played that first I feel like this one is a huge step backwards and a real letdown. |
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2/5 |
Not worth it
(April 21, 2008) |
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Positives:
Story line is quite good and the new skills you can obtain are quite a nice feature
Negatives:
Although I generally enjoy games like this, I eventually gave up on spyro. The reason? Well I found the game is completely full of glitches, I seemed to spend half my time falling off a cliff and came to the conclusion that you would only land on where you intended if you jumped in a specific manner.
The teleporter also will only let you travel to specific other portals from any one portal - which is very annoying when you just leveled up and have to spend ages to get back to the elders.
All in all, the game is relatively fun, but for me the frustration of making the same jump over and over just came too much! |
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5/5 |
Surprisingly fun to play!
(October 07, 2007) |
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To anyone who is curious, I imported this game from the US, when it came out. I was expecting a pretty rubbish game, since when I played a spyro game on the ps2 (Enter The Dragonfly), I found it was fully based on platforming and it was a bit boring.
This DS game is different though. This is just my opinion, but the developers really nailed the formula with this game. There is a perfect balance between an interesting story (with hollywood voice acting from elijah wood e.t.c), platforming, action, good level design and even simple but fun mirror puzzles.
Its just really fun to play - the levels are like huge arenas (and pretty gorgeous considering the hardware) in which you can jump, glide, breathe fire and attack enemies. There is a nice pickup system where red gems are for health, purple ones are powerups and so on, and this usually works well. You get to guide Spyro through several vast and well designed levels, while encountering a boss every now and again.
As well as standard melee attacks, you also get four magic breath attacks (fire, earth, lightning, ice), which I found impressive- also, they're really useful for times when you are surrounded with enemies. Periodically through the game, you will get dumped in a medieval arena stage, which is basically a brawler level where you can try out different attacks.
The graphics are great! Picky people who are used to the ps2/xbox might not be excited but the fact that the game is fully 3D is a great thing for me, because it gives you much more freedom. The framerate is absoloutely solid most of the time, and the camera is jerky but just about bareable considering there are much worse 3D games than this! Trust me, considering the size and sheer amount of levels to play with, you most likely won't be disppointed.
The only thing I can truly critise in this game is the save points. Unlike most other games, the issue of saving isn't really mentioned. The game automatically saves for you up to a certain point, and usually this is a good thing, but some levels are pretty big so it might be problematic.
In conclusion, when it comes out, either buy or rent this game! If you like 3D platformers with plenty of action, or adventure games with interesting stories, this is a must have -, this is the best action based ds game I have played!
Oh I forgot there are 5 single-player mini games as well, which are a great distraction from the adventure levels. |
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