I’ve checked the game’s credits on the Internet to list the people that were involved in the development, and I managed to reach contact with some of them in the hope to uncover the origins of the project, what was planned during development and why it ended being so bad. Very little is known about how the game came to be and even less is known about its developers, Equinoxe and Check Six, in which Enter the Dragonfly was the only game they developed before closing down.īut I won’t let this secrecy to go any longer, so I decided to get to the bottom. I would consider it the worst thing that has ever happened to the Spyro franchise, as it killed the series’ prime so hard and this soon.Īnd yet, for such a infamous game, there’s a great deal of mystery behind it. It was criticized for its poorer controls, short length with barely any substance, subpar graphics with some areas being laughable, numerous bugs and glitches and a terrible performance.įrom my perspective, this is one of those rare games where I instantly drop the controller down after playing one minute into the first level because the framerate was so unbearable.

It received very mixed reception back when it was first launched in 2002, and retrospective reviews that are still coming out to this day are even more negative. There was huge expectations… and it didn’t deliver. If you like running around and collecting jewel after jewel and solving laughably easy puzzles, then Spyro: ETD might have some appeal for you, but for the rest of us, Spyro: ETD simply doesn't hold a candle to the other platformers on the market.Released in November 2002 on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube, this entry in the franchise would be the transition of Spyro towards the next generation of consoles and should advance the usual production value that has been set with the original games by Insomniac. To its credit, many of the level concepts are original (ranging from a monastery of monkeys to a farm infested with aliens) and the graphical design is impressive, but aside from that, there isn't much worth mentioning. But since the game is linear and collecting is the main focus, things can get tedious as you collect the 700th jewel for the level. Levels are fairly linear, so exploring isn't focused on as much as other platforms games. Several mini-games were thrown in to add some variety and they can help break up the monotony of the game at times. Spyro: ETD is a platform game that focuses primarily on collecting, with other platform elements mixed in. Spyro: Enter the Dragon plays just like the original Spyro on the PlayStation, but with a few extra abilities thrown in to warrant the new name, but if you've played one version, you've played then all.

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