Is Spyro: A Hero's Tail Bad? [Review]

The Spyro series has been... turbulent. Some games have been incredible, others have been rubbish. But where does Spyro: A Hero's Tail fall on that scale? In this video, I discuss exactly that! Hope you enjoy :]
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[@RandoComenter]

I remember just watching the trailer for this game of crash twinsanity and always wondering,' Who's this Spyro character', and I'd just turn on my console and just watch the trailer for hours. Ahh nostalgic

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

You're absolutely right about this despite it being one of my favorite Spyro games and here's why?
1) The graphics: I think they still hold up today. It could almost pass for a PS3 game
2) Regular gems not being required for 100%: This one is debatable but I always find it stressful to find that last gem (especially in Season of Ice and Spyro 1, the rest of the games are fine because they're either too easy or you have the option to use Sparx as a gem compass)
3) Having the option to attack NPC'S, especially Moneybags
4) Moneybags actually sells useful items for once, instead of blocking your path with his gem micro transactions
5) Hunter being playable instead of making you do useless missions
6) Red is one of my favorite Spyro villains. To answer your question from earlier, he's evil because the dragon elders outcasted him. That's good enough backstory to me. And we still don't know why Ripto hates dragons so much. Red also reminds me of Bowser for some reason.
7) The return of Gnasty Gnorc
8) Sgt Byrd doesn't control like rotten ass like in Spyro 3
9) You may disagree with me on this one but Spyro's hamster ball is better than Crash's because it has turbo, brakes, and you can jump. Hell, I think it's better than Mario's hamster ball from the Mario Galaxy games (because screw motion controls)
10) I actually don't mind pressing Square to flame because it feels natural to me because I started out with Season of Flame because B button and Square button are in the same position
11) The elemental breaths: with Ice being my favorite because freeze then charging kills enemies in a split second
12) I don't mind the double jump
13) I like this game better than Twinsanity because the game let's you leave levels, even if you don't feel like completing them. That and because Spyro can withstand explosives, unlike Crash with the Nitro crates, "My duty is to protect you" my ass
Now here are things I hate about this game:
1) Bosses aren't replayable
2) The games needs more side missions like the older titles
3) Blink is just a card board cut out of Agent 9 (I'll give them credit, at least Blink controls better than Agent 9 from OG Spyro 3)
4) They should've added two more Hunter levels
5) Fuck the robot gnorcs, especially the green one that snipes you
6) Moneybags never shuts up about "If you have money to spend"
7) Having to repeat a side mission twice just to get a light gem
8) Super charge doesn't feel natural. In the originals, I was able to charge super fast at Sonic/The Flash speed, super charging and jumping to get massive air time felt good. But here, Spyro charges like he's high on Redbull lol
9) No Super Fly power up (My guess is that it would defeat the entire purpose of Sgt Byrd)
10) No epilogue level like in the original trilogy
11) The 100% award sucks, there is none. You know what would've been cool, playing as Sgt Byrd and flying around the map
12) Ember? Why not Elora??
13) The value of the gems are different (I guess there was inflation in the Spyro universe lol)
14) Don't buy the gem multiplier, it's a waste. It should've been a power up that enemies dropped
15) Lava, quick sand, and toxic waste kill you instead of take away health
16) You have unlimited lives
17) Spyro doesn't skate on ice like he does in the originals
18) Where's Ripto?? This game could've been Spyro's Crash Twinsanity, and if Red hates Ripto too, then it would explain why Ripto hates dragons so much
Other than that, I still play this game over Mario Sunshine because the game isn't that difficult. I used to have this game for the PS2 but my parents ended up giving it along with all my PS2 and N64 games to my cousins in South America (I won't dox my nationality). But thankfully I still have my Wii so maybe I'll rebuy it for GameCube for backwards compatibility. I tried emulating it with Dolphin but it runs like ass 😅.

[@Torran2Glitchy]

I did find it amusing how Moneybags would offer to “relieve me of the burden” and end up talking over himself and every other NPC in the game

[@benja-tp1sp]

Honestly, the best part of the video was when you said that Wrath of Cortex was decent, i never understood why so many people hate that game to death, i always thought of that game as a decent follow up to the PS1 trilogy.
And i personally consider this Spyro to be my favorite one, even if Blink has the worst gameplay of any game in the series.

[@crashtefano]

It's probably the Xbox 360's backwards compatibility.
But still, I played the PS2 version and I don't recall seeing the little flickering in the background or the dialogue box looking that rough.
Areas not being loaded was still an occasional issue

[@Teh69thSpartan]

Offtopic/unrelated, but i appreciate is that you're not afraid of cursing on TH-cam, unlike many other channels.

[@Torran2Glitchy]

Refusing to curse would be like rejecting my Australian citizenship

[@Teh69thSpartan]

@@Torran2Glitchy xD

[@CortexBann]

Hey torran2glitchy, loved the Spyro review! But just like the Crash one.. maybe slow down on the vehicles talk? It's kinda overwhelming. How about one ride per level to change things? Don't wanna see the channel crumble, ya know? Keep it up

[@tristantinethegreat]

This was my first Spyro game, and I love it. It is definitely underrated.
Bro, they literally mention dark gems in the beginning of the game lmao
Also I'm glad I'm not the only one who coined "Year of the Dragon Syndrome," though I mostly just use that for extra playable characters as opposed to minigames in general.

[@chrisaguilera5115]

16:23 the scream 🤣🤣🤣🤣 very underrated channel you earned a sub keep up the uploads 🔥

[@nisael9632]

This game is so nostalgic to me but yes I do remember getting bored to death playing blink 😂

[@TreyGamr58]

I remember playing this game only once forever ago and kinda wanna do it again. I thought it was okay overall but way too far removed from what made Spyro good and unique. Some of the jokes were funny.
I really really don't like how Spyro looks from the front.

[@TreyGamr58]

16:10 Aaagh I remember this happening to me... but late into a Blink level... which I then had to restart from the beginning. That was awful

[@Ray.M.12345]

I personally loved it. 💜

[@codymerrell5387]

I liked Spyro A Hero’s Tail
No it wasn’t bad yet not enough effort
And not enough creativity
for starters the Dragon Elders
That taught Spyro
Horn Dive And Wing Sheild
Was Cool and Acceptable
But the Dragon Elders
That taught Spyro
Pole Spin and Wall Kick
Uncool and Unacceptable
Why Dude They Are Dragons They have Wings
They gave Spyro spikes yet they denied to give
Spyro His Ability To FLY anytime any level and
an opportunity for the Fairies to Level Up Spyro’s
Free Flight Ability has been mist
And why did they even bother giving
The Dragon Elders ears while
Spyro Ember and Flame don’t have
ears What’s Up With That ?
I find it frustrating that Elora and Bianca
wasn’t included in A Hero’s Tail Another
Mist Opportunity they could have been
Playable and it’s been years since Spyro
has seen Elora and sure Gnasty Gnorc
Comeback yet he wasn’t the main
Antagonist and not enough
Challenge terms
Not to mention they’ve made Spyro
and Each Dragon character Chunky
besides Red and Thomas and Titan
And worse they didn’t include the Portals
Spyro was just walking around pathed
Tunnels and elevator based objects and
The teleporters not as thrilling
I take it back A Hero’s Tail Worse
Then Enter The Dragonfly How
could the Developers make
Un-Spired games for Spyro ?
SPYRO 4
Needs to turn out
WAY BETTER
HOPE TO SOAR IN
SPYRO 4
How to Convince
Activision Blizzard
& Toys For Bob ?

[@lenarmangum8630]

3:08 Who cares about the story in a platformer game?!?!? The past Spyro games weren’t necessarily known for their great plots either, most platformer games don’t have good stories. We don’t need to spend so much time discussing the plot of a platform game, unless it’s REALLY good. What matters most to me in ANY platformer is how is the gameplay? Narrative and backstory takes a back seat in most platformers.

[@montanajackson3713]

I do like this game’s soundtrack.

[@lenarmangum8630]

I love this game!

[@phorchybug3286]

This was my first traditional Spyro.
It was kinda stupid.
Then i tried Reignited bunch of years later.
I still hate classic Spyro.

[@Channel3.14]

dragon eggs unlock costumes and cheats bro, you can even play as ember

[@avakinlifeuser6888]

You cheated.