Gems, the staple collectible from our previous adventure, return as the primary thing for Sparx and Spyro to hoover up in place of freeing dragons and chasing down egg thieves, now Spyro must instead gather magical talismans and orbs from each world. Spyro 2 is, like its predecessor, a platformer with plenty to collect. Like the first game, it’s all played nice and simple. Without any way to get home Spyro agrees to defeat Ripto and save another world. Our hero is quickly informed that this new world in which he finds himself is under attack by the dastardly forces of the diminutive warlock Ripto as the only thing he fears is dragons, the three heroes – Elora, a kindly faun, Hunter, a boisterous cheetah, and a hyper-intelligent mole known only as The Professor – hijacked Spyro’s portal and summoned him in. However, in the far-off land of Avalar, a desperate trio of heroes frantically tinker with a portal and through it tumbles Spyro. Fresh from defeating Gnasty Gnorc in the previous game, Spyro and his erstwhile companion Sparx decide to take a vacation and hop into a portal to the theme-park world of Dragon Shores. Naturally, the story in Spyro 2 remains unchanged from its original release.

Released Nov 2018 | Developed: Toys for Bob | Published: Activision Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (Spyro Reignited Trilogy) (PS4, Xbox One ) That it got remade should make the entire Reignited collection worth it, but nostalgia is an awfully fickle thing. The music, the visuals, even entire levels are burned into my brain every now and again something causes those memories to swell up and I find myself drawn inexorably back to it. It’s one of those games that truly defined my childhood and some of my earliest and most vivid gaming memories are of it. Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer is one of my absolute favourite games of all time.

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