Rather than the weirdly squashed face of his Skylanders predecessor, he now wears a perpetually cheeky grin and displays some charming quirks. Frankly, I'm relieved that Spyro has finally been given the makeover he deserves. Gone are the hard polygonal lines, and in are new, soft, Dreamworks-esque designs.

Really, it's a tail of two halves.įor returning Spyro players, much of the joy of Reignited comes from re-discovering familiar faces given a new and stylish twist. It's pleasant and engaging at first, but I wonder whether Reignited is able to provide sufficient motivation for players to replay it. It's effective at fanning the flames of nostalgia, yet with this sense of familiarity comes the weirdness mechanics long forgotten (with good reason). Aside from some aesthetic changes, Reignited dutifully follows the level and gameplay design of the originals practically to a T. If the title hadn't already given it away, Reignited takes the three games from the original trilogy - Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro: Year of the Dragon - and gives them a fresh lick of paint. Hot on the heels of last year's Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy, Spyro: Reignited Trilogy is the latest attempt to feed the near-insatiable demand for gaming nostalgia. Availability: Out now on PS4 and Xbox One.This, of course, is a boss fight in the remastered version of Spyro: Year of the Dragon, and like the rest of the trilogy, the aging mechanics make you suffer. It's all due to a toad: an irritating, wretched toad that won't stop rolling around in all its remastered splendour over the TV screen - and my poor purple dragon. It's 9 o'clock on a Sunday evening, and after what feels like hours of grinding, I'm seconds from throwing down my controller in absolute disgust.

Toys for Bob delivers another beautifully restored slice of 90s nostalgia, although the mechanics could have also done with a polish.

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