All three games have an over world in which Spyro traverses back and forth to enter the portals to the different levels. This is not a bad thing however as fans of the series will appreciate the nostalgic feeling that this provides.

The gameplay is stereotypical platforming fare which is to be expected from platformers hailing from the 1990’s.

It is in Year of the Dragon that Spyro is not the only playable character which adds flavor to the story. The awful villain called The Sorceress has stolen the dragon eggs and it is up to Spyro to retrieve them. Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the third and final entry of the series and tells the story of Spyro and Hunter as they travel to The Forgotten Realms. Spyro soon discovers that he has been transported to Avalar as they residents believe that the only way that they can be saved is with the help of a dragon. The story begins when Spyro and Sparx take a holiday in Dragon Shores before suddenly being transported to Avalar. The story in Ripto’s Rage! is brought to life by a considerable number of cutscenes and a diverse cast of non-playable characters that Spyro interacts with. Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! is the second game in the trilogy and is a rather large step up from the previous entry due to the inclusion of an actual story. Even without much of a story, the first game still holds up on its own and is an entertaining play. Therefore, during the duration of the game, the player just spends their time traversing each level collecting gems and rescuing dragons who do provide little narrative snippets that might better be served in an area already completed. There are only two cutscenes during Spyro the Dragon and they are at the beginning and the end of the game. The main antagonist of the game, Gnasty Gnorc, has turned all the dragons into crystal and it just so happens that Spyro is the only remaining dragon who escaped this fate. Spyro the Dragon has the most basic story of the three, which is of course to be expected from the first release in the series. Spyro Reignited Trilogy consists of three full games – Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! and Spyro: Year of the Dragon, and to this day they hold up – they certainly don’t feel like games of that era. Developer, Toys for Bob, clearly considered this a labour of love and as a result has given Spyro, the pint-sized purple dragon, a significant facelift. This is over twenty years past the release of the original games on the PlayStation One. Spyro Reignited Trilogy has been released on the Nintendo Switch in September 2019.

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