

It’s a pretty hefty upgrade compared to the original games. Yet it’s the same challenging platforming that fans first fell in love with in the late 90s.įor those unfamiliar, the Reignited Trilogy collects Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon together for the first time and adds enhanced graphics, new voice acting, character and level redesigns, plus a rerecorded soundtrack. Take it from a fan who grew up with the original three PlayStation games: Activision and Toys for Bob nailed this remake, which updates the series’ graphics and character designs. If I had to choose a perfect example of what an HD remaster should look like, I’d pick Spyro Reignited Trilogy in a heartbeat. Whether that’s a graphical update, a new soundtrack, voice acting, gameplay tweaks, or preferably all that and more, an HD re-release is supposed to be the definitive version of a game that rekindles our love for the past by updating it for the present.


On the other, remakes also call for something fresh. On the one hand, a high definition remake has to look, feel, and play like its original release-at least enough to elicit some nostalgia from its players.
