Brandy from Fangwheel writes:
"Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure had me at the first mention of Spyro. I grew up playing Spyro games with one of my friends in school and my older sister. Somewhere along the line I stopped playing altogether only to pick back up again for The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning and let me tell you I was shocked. That isn’t to say that I didn’t enjoy it but they swapped my platforming and item hunting seemingly for Elijah Wood and a story. When researching Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure I was only slightly miffed to find out that the game didn’t revolve around Spryo and now that I’ve played it Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure definitely has the similar feel of an old Spyro title. The platforming is there (kind of) but finding hidden objects albeit the levels are definitely less confusing (no more guessing which portal that one thing you couldn’t get before is in). Once I found out about all that it did offer, I was sold: hook, line, and sinker. I’m definitely familiar with the “collector craze”, my fiancé’s vices are Magic: The Gathering cards and Transformers while mine are Deadpool, anything Alice in Wonderland related, and the aforementioned Magic cards. This is the type of game I would encourage my kids to be playing (if I had any, if only my dog could learn) rather than parents allowing their children to be babysat by Halo, Call of Duty, or Gears of War and fellow gamers. It offers good clean fun and a break from games that can be punishing (totally glaring at you Dark Souls). Does Skylanders really need the publicity of Spyro’s name or can it stand on its own?"
The 2010s occupy a difficult time slot in the world of gaming. The games aren't new enough to be "cool" but they aren't old enough to be "retro." So basically, they're cheap. Ghetto Gamer contributor Hyp3rblue digs deep--but not too deep--into gaming's past to see what we may have just missed.
Asura's Wrath was underrated and the dlc was one of the few times i actually felt like a dlc was worth the money.
I remember, was it the dlc that basicly gave you the missing mission that without it the story made no sense? :D yeah great one
Never bought it because of that
Bob
Bro as someone who loves the game and bought the dlc capcom did it really really wrong. Without the dlc the story was basically incomplete. Dlc should add to the experience not add what was it seems cut from the original game
But we do want this game to be remastered because I feel like too many missed on this game. A re-release with all the dlc with better res and frame rate would be awesome
You mean the DLC from the time publishers were literally cuting the ending from the game and selling as DLC. I remember the Prince of Pesia reboot also did this, and they didn't even disguised the tactic, the DLC was called Epilogue (Funny fact: this reboot is available on the pc, but the DLC is console exclusive). LOL
It's a certainly a bit strange, but I suppose we all have our own tastes. I'll let it pass because Hotline Miami is on the list. haha
Agreed. Of all the games that came out in that decade, this list picked the most B tier titles and some of the most just okay games. Not saying you need TLOU or BOTW on there but Skylanders?
Everytime I see a picture of Asura's Wrath I get a moment of happiness for knowing that niche game and then the realization of why it failed with the DLC that made me hate Capcom to the point of saying I wouldn't buy a game of theirs again!
(bought DMC5 on release)
No doubt capcom were really greedy back than do you remember on disk dlc that we had to unlock by paying extra and other publishers who tried to fight used game market with their online passes
Didn't they lock the real ending behind DLC? That game's still sitting on my shelf as part of my backlog, Too bad I rarely touch my PS3 these days.
well I agree this list is terrible. Had to click just to see how bad it was. If someone wanted to know wt the best games were this decade and stumbled upon this list they would think "wt happened to gaming in the 2010's" lol
The successes of Ratchet and Clank and the Crash-themed Easter eggs shown in Uncharted 4, have a lot of individuals hopeful for a new game. Yet, we have heard that Activision holds the rights to franchise the beloved bandicoot. With their focus on releasing the next Call of Duty, would it be worth their time to make money on nostalgia?
If Sony released a new Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon games on PS4 I would literally flip out and scream like a little girl
Crash, spyro, gex, croc, tombi, medievil... They need to come back, for the love of the platform gaming!
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I tried to tell you all it'll be good, but noooooooo. don't listen to the game guru.