This influence is frequent and undeniable, from the initial confrontation with a massive fire-breathing demon of the deep, to a desperate battle against the siege towers of tremendous armies from the ramparts of a pristine city, to the foray into a scorched land dominated by a volcano above which the Dark Master resides. Specifically, it takes more than a little visual inspiration from the Lord of the Rings films. Dawn of the Dragon certainly looks like the climactic chapter of an epic fantasy trilogy, too, and not just any epic fantasy trilogy.
It all makes for a typical wrap-up to a fantasy trilogy. Picking up where The Eternal Night left off, Dawn of the Dragon concludes the Legend of Spyro series with an extremely run-of-the-mill tale of our purple hero, accompanied by nemesis-turned-ally Cynder, taking on the Dark Master Malefor. You'll battle a massive fire-breathing balrog. It's an unfocused, uninteresting game that, despite its flying heroes, never manages to get off the ground. The first two entries in his current trilogy, The Legend of Spyro, have been marked by mediocrity, and sadly, the conclusion follows suit. But oh, how the fire-breathing have fallen. Along with the Blue gems there are the Red gems which restore health, Green gems which restore Dragon breath and Purple gems that when collected will enable the player to use a extremely powerful attack called “ A Devastating Attack” which kills all enemies and even bosses have a small chance of surviving the attack.Īlong with their powers, Spyro and Cynder can find and equip Dragon armor which has a number of different attributes.When he first debuted on the scene just over 10 years ago, Spyro the lovable purple dragon starred in a series of truly excellent platformers on the original PlayStation. Blue gems are used to power up Spyro’s and Cynder’s breath moves. They also have a system called melee combos, which means the more hits in secession a player lays onto a enemy the more blue gems will appear. The powers were given to her when she was under the control of the Dark Master, Cynder is a bit faster that Spyro but not as powerful. While Cynder controls Wind, poison, shadow and fear.
Like all Spyro games “Dawn of the Dragon” is a free-roamer letting the player explore the Dragon world in much detail.īoth Spyro and Cynder are playable characters.Īs always Spyro can control fire, in addition to ice, electric and earth breath.
This also lets a single player control both Spyro and Cynder and uses them as a “Tag Team”. The game also features a co-op which lets other players drop in and control Cynder. A new feature to Spyro is that he is able to fly at anytime in the game instead of just gliding. This new installment of the Spyro franchises boasts a more advanced game play system.
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