Product Description

When darkness descends, a true hero must rise! As the Night of Eternal Darkness approaches, Spyro is haunted by recurring visions of an impending evil. He must master powerful new abilities on an epic quest to find the Well of Souls and prevent Gaul, the Ape King, from resurrecting the Dark Master. Join Spyro on the next chapter in his journey to find the True Dragon within, featuring the voice talents of Elijah Wood, Billy West and Gary Oldman.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4189 in Video Games
• Brand: Sierra
• Model: 72659
• Released on: 2007-10-02
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .50" h x 5.25" w x 7.50" l, .22 pounds

Features

• New Attacks-All 4 upgradeable breath attacks have been refreshed with new elemental melee moves ¿ Comet Dash, Artic Blast, Earth Pound, Electric Spin, plus 4 new devastating fury attacks with dramatic new area effects
• Dragon Time: Spyro can now literally bend time at will! Engage Dragon Time to dodge attacks, out-maneuver enemies or solve tricky time-based environmental puzzles. Dragon Time introduces an entirely new dynamic to the action!
• New enemies and boss battles ¿ Skabb the Pirate and Gaul the Ape King
• Explore your World - Eternal Night features an added degree of exploration and puzzle solving ¿ challenging Spyro to use his new powers not just to blast through enemies, but also to uncover secrets and navigate through challenging environments.

Customer Reviews

RIP Spyro
Positives: Beautiful graphics
Negatives: No mini-games, no playable characters, bare minimum of collecting, continous gameplay- no going back or to alternate worlds. A 3-D scroller essentially. Limited fire-breath, new fighting "combos", limited magic.


If you thought that the last game ,A New Beginning was too different from the Spyro you know and love, don't bother with this one. Gameplay is so different that the only thing this game has in common with other Spyro games is the characters.
There are no mini-games, no side-quests, no interaction with other characters, and the barest minimum of collecting. Two relics and the occasional quill. If you miss these, there is no way to go back. How is that possible? There is only one world, only one way to explore, and no map. The game itself is beautiful- adorable cutscenes and a almost movie-like quality. However, the controls are completely different. You are required to defeat enemies using "combos", pressing different buttons in order, instead of just running up and flaming them. Flaming is a occasional option; you have limited fire-breath and must find chargable crystals to re-charge. Another new effect is dragon time. Spyro can now make the game go into slo-motion for a few seconds.
Which is why I say RIP Spyro; this game is so desperate to evolve that it leaves out EVERYTHING that made it such a popular series in the first place.

Gone to far...
I pre ordered this new Spyro because I have had so much fun with all of the prior versions (except the last one). This is not the Spyro I have followed and enjoyed. It consists of constant battles rather than collecting, exploring and killing the cute characters smelling their armpits. I am so discouraged that they would change something that has been so loved. They should have left Spyro the way he was or at least changed the name so you would have a clue that this was not the same type of game. You cannot go back to other worlds and it really has no exploring. There is only one way to go and you have to battle every step of the way.

Please Bring Back the Old Spyro!!
I have been playing Spyro since it came out. Loved it, me and a million other people. The earlier Spyro's were so much fun to play. Could not wait for the next one to come out. So of course, they saw the need to change it. The last one was horrible and this is it's brother.
There are so many Spyro fans that we keep buying it hoping the next one will be better and the next and so on. I give up. Last one I will buy. Maybe if we hit them in the pocketbook, they will listen.