I always thought spyro 1 was the hardest game of the trilogy. Had some of the most annoying jumps and glides. I also thought the flight levels in the first game were annoying.
Oh I hated the tree tops and haunted towers charge sections so much.. and the flight levels? Don't even get me started.. I recently played (and completed in less than 9hrs) the 1st spyro.. yes I know I went through it fast but I still watched every cut scene etc.. OG spyro players like us can do stuff like that cause we know what to do and know where everything is.. but when reignited comes out I'm gonna take my time to look at the lush new designs. Also screw what other TH-camrs do Miharu it's your channel and you are free to make whatever content you want.. saying that.. KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK! 👍
Oh man, you hit the nail on the head with that Haunted Towers supercharge. I remember I had to sneakily read a strategy guide magazine in the local newsagent to finally figure that one out. *sigh* Good times, good times.
I figured out the Supercharge jump in Haunted Towers on my own, but only as an adult. And even then, I only found it after I thought to myself, "I have almost 40 lives, so I might as well try jumping into random pits to see what happens".
I feel your pain about Haunted Towers! As a kid, it was the only part that kept me from completing it! I cheered so loudly when I got to Gnasty’s Loot!
I was almost worried number one wasn't going to be, well number one. I've been stuck on that level for 6 years. Six freaking years! It wasn't until TH-cam was introduced and I saw it in a video that I was FINALLY able to beat the game. That level was the absolute bane of my existence. And every playthrough of this game I am reminded of the six years of struggling I had with that level. Nice list, I agree with em all!
2:06 One of the most brutal? I consider myself a master of this game, and without fail, to this day 20 years later, I ALWAYS lose at least one life to those menaces. Great stuff as per usual Miharu
I don't think anyone could 120% this game as a kid without any help. Everyone always point at tree tops but nobody never mention the haunted towers supercharge, I agree that that's the most annoying one.
@@puerinsomnio8936 When you first played it? Because I didn't used any help when I first 120% it, but it wasn't when I was a kid, it was a couple years later (when I was 13 ir 14) after I first played it as a kid.
@@Rex13013 I'm not really sure. 8 or 9 maybe. I actually played Spyro 2 before the first game and actually find it easier than the first one. And there was no help I could use. I didn't have Internet back then, nor a guidebook. I still ended up getting all the dragons and gems so... I guess all it took was trying out different things for some time until I achieved my goal.
@@puerinsomnio8936 at almost that age I played the first one (I played them in order so yeah) I only got to the end but I didn't 120%. But later I did, like I said, and without any help too because I also didn't have internet nor a guide.
I mean... the list isn't entirely accurate. Tree Tops has always been my favorite level, so the supercharge was never really that much of an issue. Then again, I had the guidebook at the time, so already knew what to do. I can do all of these with no problems now but it was very frustrating to a little girl with no patience lol
Like you, Miharu, I did go through the trouble of mastering the supercharger in Tree Tops and Haunted Towers, Plus reaching Maximos in Dry Canyon. And now, we are about to relive it all again after 20 years.
I remember the haunted towers one, that one was so hard to me as kid, and it took me forever to figure out how to get on that island thing. Those flights are also what kept me from completing the game when I was kid because they were so hard to complete for me, and even as an adult I dread having to play flight levels. ( especially that one in the beast keepers realm I hate that one so much )
When I was a kid, on my first playthrough, the only part my friend did for me is beating Metalhead. Just beating him. Getting everything in his level is something I handled myself, while he watched me and was like "wtf" when I did that sewer glide to the bottom area with the key. Also, in my follwoing playthroughs I handled that battle without help, mainly because I realized the benefits of side-rolls. The rest I did by myself, without a guide, but I admit it took me a long time to figure out those locations. It was in 2000, and I didn't have much Internet access at the time. The part I struggled with the most in all my playthroughs is completing "Wild Flight", which I'm surprised didn't make your list, because I remember you mentioned being annoyed by it in another video.
I see why people think that, but I beg to differ. The flight levels, I found them pretty easy. Especially Night Flight. Though Wild Flight is an exception, mainly because of the boats and arches. Getting the trophy for completing it without landing will be a struggle.
I don't care how many times I replay spyro 1, I will always hate that: - The dry canyon one is too vague and my first time meant that I was wondering around and staring at that weird area. - I still stress out in that whole secret area around Anika, because the glides suddenly get super picky and I wish spyro had his extra wing flap from 2 and 3. I still die there... - I'm still trying to figure out how to conquer the frog cave unscathed... - Nowadays I can do tree tops almost without dying, but my main issue is that I don't like the constant level backtracking. I like levels I can do in about one lap, with a little exploring for some secrets. - But my hardest part ever (and still is to this day!!!) is the las few gems in the Metalhead stage. The ones at the very end that you get up a small whirlwind and glide across from a narrow ledge. Oh man; the ledge is to small to gain momentum, the camera can't be moved, and it has to be *SUPER* precise, or your never gonna make it!!!
Aw jeez, those gems in Metalhead are the worst. Fortunately for the PAL players, that's only a problem that exists in the NTSC version. I hope they fix that in Reignited.
You know, I personally feel like the last segment of Gnasty Gnork’s level should have been included here (long, rushed glides over lava + restarting the WHOLE level if you fail), but otherwise I agree with your picks. Great video as usual Miharu!
My #1 is the final battle with Gnorc. I just... Didn't finish the game because of that! I was chasing Gnorc in a circle for a 50 times, and never caught up. It's lilbit sad, cause I loved Spyro the Dragon with all my heart, but as a child I didn't finish it. I didn't play other games of trilogy, cause I just didn't know that they existed, cause I was born in Russia. This is my terrible Spyro story xD
The Treetops and Haunted Castle supercharging was quite annoying. It took a few attempts to even get to the dragons and also the platforms that move inwards in Gnasty's fight was a pain since i struggled to land on them because of no hovering
Actually yeah you pretty much summed up all the problems i had and have still with one. Its a amazing speedrunning game though more so then the others.
In "Reignited" at least, what's even harder than the supercharge in Haunted Towers is what comes right after, where you have to climb the stairs before the wizard can bring all the suits of armor to life and you can't get through...It's also kinda scary and intense, especially with all the knights laughing around you...
Omg, this brought back so many memories of dying over and over in tree tops trying to get that glide right. Was very glad they introduced hang glides in the next game to give you that little bit of imph at the end. Because I would be so close and smack spyros head against the wall, causing him to fall. Ugh. good times.
Missing THAT glide while on Charmed Ridge. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. Or better than that, trying to reach the platform in Artisans. But nothing compares to missing ONE GEM and having to run around the whole level for about 15 minutes, getting increasingly angrier. I'd rather go ride the trolley. EDIT: Yes, I know Charmed Ridge is YOTD, but I didn't read the title properly, so... Shut up.
In Haunted Towers, we tried supercharging through the hole lol and I remember my mom looking up how to get to that dragon, along with the Tree Tops super charge, on the internet and that was my introduction to the internet lol
I totally agree with this list because playing through for the first time I had the exact same issues with each stage/dragon, I remember wondering where that fool in Jacques was supposed to have something triggered and how to get to that area where Unika is before realising that lowered that high pillar to get there, the attack frogs at that cave in Misty Bog still frustrate me today and the area of the dragon Copano in Haunted Towers was the last I ever got as I was wondering how to get over to that area and I could hear the dragon right above the supercharge area wondering where it was coming from
The best part of Haunted Towers is when you first go into big area outside the castle entrance, that island is dead ahead and you never thought twice about it.
This video got a like because not only did I fully agree with you on all of these but I went through the same deal with these challenges back when I was younger but nowadays I don’t have nearly as much trouble with these challenges with the exceptions being the frog cave in Misty Bog and although I don’t hate it nearly as much as people do getting to Jed in Tree Tops can still be a pain if timed incorrectly
3:07 I remember when I had this game and found that dragon. Mom was walking by at the time and when she heard Spyro say that she immediately took the disk out of my PS put it in its case, and while still holding it she called Sony and I heard her shouting for 5 hours. I wasn't allowed to play a Spyro game again until I begged for 5 whole months. And as pathetic as that sounds, keep in mind that for me throughout the entirety of my life getting my hands on a game in which I get to play as a dragon is, and always has been, next to impossible. In fact in order to actually succeed in getting my hands on a game in which I could play as a dragon, I knew a guy, his name was Lucifer S.A. Tan. I'd plead with him, and he would always give me these games in the end, but in order to get him to give me what I wanted first I had to do really weird chores for him, such as TPing a church, walking into a school and peeing on a chalk board during the middle of a important class, or luring a entire town's population of dogs into a forest by dressing up as a slice of meat.
I legit get PTSD from remembering Haunted Towers and Tree Tops, oml... Those levels were truly the epitome of hell, especially if you’re going for 100%.
These are the same ones that tripped me up as a kid lmao. However I do remember a clip of some dude giving a guide on how to do the Tree Tops supercharge segment in one of the PS Underground Jampack demo discs, so it always stuck with me. But yeah, the attack frog cave from Misty Bog can eff the eff off LOL.
Good list- definitely Tree Tops for me. Even though I had the guide and read it so much that I practically had it memorized, I wasn't good at SuperCharge. I had such anxiety about it cuz I'd gotten Game Overs attempting it and failing. Haunted Towers, I haven't had trouble with since my first playthrough. But in Reignited...OMG!! That just got so much harder. I'd died at least 5 times trying to reach it cuz I can't seem to get enough height to reach the area. Also I want to add the Supercharge in Lofty Castle. At least you have the option to bail out if you see you don't have the height, but just having to go back over and over just to get the height needed to reach that area with the locked chest- geesh, what a pain. Definitely agree with the Misty Bog sentiment. My pulse always goes up when I get to that point
Your number 1 choice was once the bane of my mom’s existence. This dragon drove my mom nuts. She didn’t know how to get to this dragon until my dad looked up how to do it. Than she had to learn the super charge which also was tricky for her. Fast forward to me playing it, I always shoot for that dragon first when I start haunted towers cause that fairy gives you super flame that lasts the whole level (unless you die) and it comes handy to flame the knights without worrying about the time running out on the super flame
I discovered the Haunted Towers secret area when I was giving up and messing around with the supercharge. I screamed in surprise and joy when I reached that island. 😍
#5 I agree, although I eventually figured it out on my own #4 I remember that one. I died alot XD #3 as a kid that part was challenging but not difficult. Today I'm like "Jesus what was I on" #2 Same as the last one. Although not as difficult as the previous one for me. My friend (who never grew up with this game) played spyro 1 about a year ago. And said this area gave him PTSD XD #1 I'll be honest. I didn't even know about that trick until a friend in elementary told me about it. Good list, a bunch of childhood memories flooded my mind from this video.
I didn't like the supercharge challenge in Tree Tops at first either, that was complicated; the part with the killer frogs in Misty Bog I personally didn't like too, the frogs were just too fast with those evil tongues (I hope they'll be slowed down in the Reignited Trilogy) Maximos and Unika's glide to parts weren't hard (except for when you want to get back after rescuing Unika), and supercharging to Copano was not bad either.
i finished all levels as a kid, except that last one with the crystal dragon on the roof. i even knew about the platform to reach it but i just couldnt put one and one together, using the super charge to reach it. after quitting many times and trying again here and there, 6 years later, i remember having a mate over with my brother and we all played this level. Thats when it clicked. I was sooo happy i figured it out! Never used a guide, it was always me, my brother and my sister! :) unlocking Gnasty's Treasure world was the best achievement ever!
We used to play spyro 1 as a family me, my brother and my dad. And we could just not work out how to rescue the dragon in haunted towers. It taunts you as you can hear it at the top of the supercharge ramp. I took ages to find out how to rescue him and a lot of lives just flying off anywhere to find something.
In the haunted towers level I had more trouble reaching the special fairy since you have to move really fast past all those armours before they become alive. Treetops is number one though. In reignited I didn't even bother with it, not worth the hassle. Maybe I'm less patient as an adult than when I was in my early teens.
I absolutely agree with last ones. I mean, my mom actually thought that Spyro 1 was bugged of unfinished because my parents couldn't figure out how to get to that dragon. Finally when I played this game again on emulator I solved this puzzle but still if was hard AF. Edit: I just saw the route you took and all I can say is that I actually made this much harder by going around that pond following the ramp. All this pain and suffering... and I could just do THAT? I'm devastated
The Haunted towers level was annoying for me just for that super charge when i was a kid but I eventually got the dragon after just fooling around with the super charge
Yes, finally someone that agrees with me! That jump in Haunted Tower is worse than Tree Tops! In Tree Tops, you can follow the thief and find out the right track. But in Haunted Towers how the heck you're supposed to think about those moves???!! I managed to clear the level as a child thanks only to my older brother.
I don’t know how, but I completed this game all on my own as a kid, like I said, I don’t know how, I think I was just good at observing and understanding the levels lay out. Obviously, with tree tops, you have a guide, so it’s not so bad, but Haunted Towers doesn’t help you at all. I recently played the reignited trilogy, and for some reason could not keep up with the thief, even though I had no problem in the original, and I actually had to TH-cam it to figure out the route. That thief really does help
What? No flights? Thats not like you. XD In all seriousness though, I agree on all of them with the exception of the Jacques one. I just remember not having much trouble with that one. Good video!
I've always had trouble with Misty Bog in general, not just the room filled to the brim with Attack Frogs and armored Gnorcs. The living trees scared the heck out of me, the frogs were annoyingly quick to attack, and the boars would come in right behind an armored Gnorc right before you charge into them thus getting yourself trampled by them in the process. To this day, Misty Bog is still my least favorite level in the game, even worse than Tree Tops...
Yup Haunted towers should be #1. For number 2 I would've said the purple thief route on tree tops. I had issues getting that one when I were a young kit
My brother and I eventually figured out how to get to those areas when we were kids. You don't need a guide to figure this game out, even as a kid. It's called trial and error and determination.
3:17:Dddddd i laughed so HARD omg and yes everything what you said is so true. luckily my grandma played this, when i was like 5 years old, so she knew already all of this. but when i started playing that, she didn’t know the top 1. but we figured out somehow.
I replayed through Spyro 1 for the first time since I was 6 a few months back. It's worth noting I'm now 26. And I had to look up a video on how to find Maximos after running around like a chicken with it's head cut off for about 20 minutes. The only other thing I needed a video for was to learn the path in Tree Tops to reach the final dragon. Side note, Tree Tops is actually my favorite level.
Spyro 1 was the hardest. After playing Riptos Rage and Year of the Dragon, I notice each game has it's own flaw but also notice that Spyro 1 lacked because of it's flight. I felt spoiled playing 2/3 with the hover ability but wish it was on the first game. :(
When I first played Spyro 2001, I never played the game with any guide books, i did the %120 on the first save, now when i play spyro I know where to go even after years without playing it, cant wait for the remake, no really I cant wait any longer
Haunted towers is the most frustrating part in this game I had to watch some gameplay in TH-cam and I'm like wtf how I supposed to know. And also that one flaying level called Wild Flight it's my least favorite part in the whole game because you can easily die.
Because of what you said at the end, you'd probably think I'm a liar or just hate me then. As I can never lie, the latter is more probable. But, as Mum as my witness, I figured out All those annoying parts in Spyro 1 without a guide. And, What about the Wizard Peak high-up wizards? They took a while to figure out too
I played with my Dad on separate save files. What I didn't get, he did and would tell me. I did actually return the favor a good amount of times. Between that, we both completed all three games.
You had problems getting Maximus it was that dream Weaver's dragon in haunted towers that I remember as a child. I would just hear the dragon and get so upset I couldn't find it.
Reading through the comments I can't help but wonder, am I the only one who would practically speed run through the first part of the game until the first flight and then take my time enjoying it once I got my fix from the beloved flight levels? They were always my favorite part of the game... Probably why I am so amused by everyone having "trouble with the trolley...". It was similar in nature...
At number 5. I don't know.... one thing I like about that was it takes a bit of problem solving. You see a spot you can't reach so you explore the area for a spot that you think you could reach it from. I know you were a kid at the time but experimenting with that kind of mechanic was something I thought was fun
Well, like I said, I didn't experiment with things in games as a kid. If I couldn't figure something out (especially if it was something other people had figured out easily), I would get sad because my anxiety would act up and I would feel stupid and left out. Even today, I feel like I'm always being judged on how good I am at something or how fast I am at getting it done. Video games are stressful.
@@MiharuTheFox ironic given video games are made for the completely opposite purpose. Of course I don't get anxiety from games I can understand how it can make you feel dumb when you can't solve a particular part but that's part of the challenge and fun of a game. Even when you are unable to get through with it on your own finding out the solution through other means can be satisfying as well.
@@MiharuTheFox you also mentioned your fear of failing the time limit and flying levels. Is that something you still feel to this day or was this only when you were a kid?
Moreso when I was a kid. However, I do still get frustrated and annoyed to this day when someone tells me to do something quickly. I can't do something properly if I'm not given time to think over what I need to do.
#5: It...wasn't too bad. Then again, I was more willing to try to see what works. #4: This, I had no problem with. Took a bit of trial and error, though, and I pretty much got it rather easily. #3: That's one reason why I don't consider Misty Bog a favorite level of mine. (Then again, Tree Tops sucked that much harder IMO) #2: Fuck that one supercharge jump! And fuck that other jump to reach that high-up area near the exit! #1: IMO, still nowhere near as bad as Tree Tops' supercharge jumps. (Sorry, I really hated that level as a kid, and I still don't like it now.) Still, took a bit to figure out.
I really hate the supercharge powerups. but the worst thing in the spyro trilogy for me is any of those challenges in the 2nd or 3rd game when you have to protect someone from getting so much as touched by a rhynoc or whatever enemy is there
My older brother had to call Sony to get help with Haunted Towers.
Thats some dedication!
Did Sony help him ? lol
@@jamess.2233 They did. Sorry for taking so long to answer.
Lmao the good ole days, you used to be able to call, that was where the silent hill phone joke came from 😂😂😂
LMFAO
I always thought spyro 1 was the hardest game of the trilogy. Had some of the most annoying jumps and glides. I also thought the flight levels in the first game were annoying.
I agree that the normal gameplay for spyro 1 was the hardest in the trilogy. Some of those mini games in the other two were hard as heck though!
@@crashthebandicrash3357 i totally agree! Agent 9s missions, boxing with bentley, escorting the alchemist the list goes on and on.
Agreed. I 100% the last 2 before this one. And is it just me or is it harder to get to areas that you gotta glide to without hover?
@@shanayund6781 i agree i definitely hated not having the hover in the first game. I 100% spyro 2 first, then year of the dragon, then 1.
Those flight levels suck!!!
WHY THE HECK DOES SPYRO MOVE UP WHEN YOU PRESS DOWN AND VICE VERCA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Its 2am
"I should go to sleep rn"
*sees new Miharu video*
"Nah fam this is more important"
Oh I hated the tree tops and haunted towers charge sections so much.. and the flight levels? Don't even get me started.. I recently played (and completed in less than 9hrs) the 1st spyro.. yes I know I went through it fast but I still watched every cut scene etc.. OG spyro players like us can do stuff like that cause we know what to do and know where everything is.. but when reignited comes out I'm gonna take my time to look at the lush new designs.
Also screw what other TH-camrs do Miharu it's your channel and you are free to make whatever content you want.. saying that.. KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK! 👍
agreed. also the laugh the egg theives make is just as annoying if not more so than navi
Oh man, you hit the nail on the head with that Haunted Towers supercharge. I remember I had to sneakily read a strategy guide magazine in the local newsagent to finally figure that one out.
*sigh* Good times, good times.
I figured out the Supercharge jump in Haunted Towers on my own, but only as an adult. And even then, I only found it after I thought to myself, "I have almost 40 lives, so I might as well try jumping into random pits to see what happens".
That’s literally the "guess I’ll die" meme boiled down to its grim essentials >w
I feel your pain about Haunted Towers! As a kid, it was the only part that kept me from completing it! I cheered so loudly when I got to Gnasty’s Loot!
3:49-3:56 HOW THE FUCK IS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO FIGURE THAT OUT AS A KID?!
Damn Treetops...
This is exactly what I wanted to wake up to at 5 in the morning, thank you :)
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I was almost worried number one wasn't going to be, well number one. I've been stuck on that level for 6 years. Six freaking years! It wasn't until TH-cam was introduced and I saw it in a video that I was FINALLY able to beat the game.
That level was the absolute bane of my existence. And every playthrough of this game I am reminded of the six years of struggling I had with that level.
Nice list, I agree with em all!
Yeah Misty Bog was a pain in the ass and it still is
2:06 One of the most brutal? I consider myself a master of this game, and without fail, to this day 20 years later, I ALWAYS lose at least one life to those menaces.
Great stuff as per usual Miharu
I don't think anyone could 120% this game as a kid without any help. Everyone always point at tree tops but nobody never mention the haunted towers supercharge, I agree that that's the most annoying one.
I actually did 120% the game without help as a kid. \o/
@@puerinsomnio8936 When you first played it? Because I didn't used any help when I first 120% it, but it wasn't when I was a kid, it was a couple years later (when I was 13 ir 14) after I first played it as a kid.
@@Rex13013 I'm not really sure. 8 or 9 maybe. I actually played Spyro 2 before the first game and actually find it easier than the first one. And there was no help I could use. I didn't have Internet back then, nor a guidebook. I still ended up getting all the dragons and gems so... I guess all it took was trying out different things for some time until I achieved my goal.
@@puerinsomnio8936 at almost that age I played the first one (I played them in order so yeah) I only got to the end but I didn't 120%. But later I did, like I said, and without any help too because I also didn't have internet nor a guide.
@@puerinsomnio8936 But it's weird that someone completed both spyro 1 & 2 when they were 8 or 9. Definitely a strange case.
Keep up the content miharu I'd recommend you to anyone looking for Spyro content
The Purple Fox looks pretty cute.
That's me!
Miharu The Fox , Yep.
The fact that you can’t hover in this game makes gliding so much more difficult
I love all the moments you consider the worst and that sucks, I genuinely love the challenge these moments gave.
I mean... the list isn't entirely accurate. Tree Tops has always been my favorite level, so the supercharge was never really that much of an issue. Then again, I had the guidebook at the time, so already knew what to do. I can do all of these with no problems now but it was very frustrating to a little girl with no patience lol
I’m waiting until the day there’s the “top 10 (or 5) annoying levels and or challenges in the Reignited Trilogy” only time will tell.
Yeah Haunted towers defiantly had me stumped 😊😂😂
Like you, Miharu, I did go through the trouble of mastering the supercharger in Tree Tops and Haunted Towers, Plus reaching Maximos in Dry Canyon. And now, we are about to relive it all again after 20 years.
0:20 Annnnnd people say i have Uncontrollable Anger issues , Ha.
wow... Number one is the only Dragon I never figured out how to save.. so i wasn't the only one who was stumped by that part. :0
I remember the haunted towers one, that one was so hard to me as kid, and it took me forever to figure out how to get on that island thing. Those flights are also what kept me from completing the game when I was kid because they were so hard to complete for me, and even as an adult I dread having to play flight levels. ( especially that one in the beast keepers realm I hate that one so much )
When I was a kid, on my first playthrough, the only part my friend did for me is beating Metalhead. Just beating him. Getting everything in his level is something I handled myself, while he watched me and was like "wtf" when I did that sewer glide to the bottom area with the key. Also, in my follwoing playthroughs I handled that battle without help, mainly because I realized the benefits of side-rolls.
The rest I did by myself, without a guide, but I admit it took me a long time to figure out those locations. It was in 2000, and I didn't have much Internet access at the time. The part I struggled with the most in all my playthroughs is completing "Wild Flight", which I'm surprised didn't make your list, because I remember you mentioned being annoyed by it in another video.
I feel like it's unfair to other levels if I include Flights, because then the whole list would be made up of that.
I see why people think that, but I beg to differ. The flight levels, I found them pretty easy. Especially Night Flight.
Though Wild Flight is an exception, mainly because of the boats and arches. Getting the trophy for completing it without landing will be a struggle.
I don't care how many times I replay spyro 1, I will always hate that:
- The dry canyon one is too vague and my first time meant that I was wondering around and staring at that weird area.
- I still stress out in that whole secret area around Anika, because the glides suddenly get super picky and I wish spyro had his extra wing flap from 2 and 3. I still die there...
- I'm still trying to figure out how to conquer the frog cave unscathed...
- Nowadays I can do tree tops almost without dying, but my main issue is that I don't like the constant level backtracking. I like levels I can do in about one lap, with a little exploring for some secrets.
- But my hardest part ever (and still is to this day!!!) is the las few gems in the Metalhead stage. The ones at the very end that you get up a small whirlwind and glide across from a narrow ledge. Oh man; the ledge is to small to gain momentum, the camera can't be moved, and it has to be *SUPER* precise, or your never gonna make it!!!
Aw jeez, those gems in Metalhead are the worst. Fortunately for the PAL players, that's only a problem that exists in the NTSC version. I hope they fix that in Reignited.
You know, I personally feel like the last segment of Gnasty Gnork’s level should have been included here (long, rushed glides over lava + restarting the WHOLE level if you fail), but otherwise I agree with your picks.
Great video as usual Miharu!
Oh I feel for you. Some of these frustrating moments had me cussing up a storm (or the words I did knew as a kid). BTW cute fox avatar.
My #1 is the final battle with Gnorc. I just... Didn't finish the game because of that! I was chasing Gnorc in a circle for a 50 times, and never caught up. It's lilbit sad, cause I loved Spyro the Dragon with all my heart, but as a child I didn't finish it. I didn't play other games of trilogy, cause I just didn't know that they existed, cause I was born in Russia.
This is my terrible Spyro story xD
I remember chasing him in circles for a long time, too. I think I was trying to figure out the layout so I wouldn't die unnecessarily.
The Treetops and Haunted Castle supercharging was quite annoying. It took a few attempts to even get to the dragons and also the platforms that move inwards in Gnasty's fight was a pain since i struggled to land on them because of no hovering
Actually yeah you pretty much summed up all the problems i had and have still with one. Its a amazing speedrunning game though more so then the others.
In "Reignited" at least, what's even harder than the supercharge in Haunted Towers is what comes right after, where you have to climb the stairs before the wizard can bring all the suits of armor to life and you can't get through...It's also kinda scary and intense, especially with all the knights laughing around you...
Omg, this brought back so many memories of dying over and over in tree tops trying to get that glide right. Was very glad they introduced hang glides in the next game to give you that little bit of imph at the end. Because I would be so close and smack spyros head against the wall, causing him to fall. Ugh. good times.
Missing THAT glide while on Charmed Ridge. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.
Or better than that, trying to reach the platform in Artisans.
But nothing compares to missing ONE GEM and having to run around the whole level for about 15 minutes, getting increasingly angrier.
I'd rather go ride the trolley.
EDIT: Yes, I know Charmed Ridge is YOTD, but I didn't read the title properly, so... Shut up.
In Haunted Towers, we tried supercharging through the hole lol and I remember my mom looking up how to get to that dragon, along with the Tree Tops super charge, on the internet and that was my introduction to the internet lol
I totally agree with this list because playing through for the first time I had the exact same issues with each stage/dragon, I remember wondering where that fool in Jacques was supposed to have something triggered and how to get to that area where Unika is before realising that lowered that high pillar to get there, the attack frogs at that cave in Misty Bog still frustrate me today and the area of the dragon Copano in Haunted Towers was the last I ever got as I was wondering how to get over to that area and I could hear the dragon right above the supercharge area wondering where it was coming from
The best part of Haunted Towers is when you first go into big area outside the castle entrance, that island is dead ahead and you never thought twice about it.
This video got a like because not only did I fully agree with you on all of these but I went through the same deal with these challenges back when I was younger but nowadays I don’t have nearly as much trouble with these challenges with the exceptions being the frog cave in Misty Bog and although I don’t hate it nearly as much as people do getting to Jed in Tree Tops can still be a pain if timed incorrectly
3:16 The best moment of the video xd
3:07 I remember when I had this game and found that dragon. Mom was walking by at the time and when she heard Spyro say that she immediately took the disk out of my PS put it in its case, and while still holding it she called Sony and I heard her shouting for 5 hours. I wasn't allowed to play a Spyro game again until I begged for 5 whole months. And as pathetic as that sounds, keep in mind that for me throughout the entirety of my life getting my hands on a game in which I get to play as a dragon is, and always has been, next to impossible.
In fact in order to actually succeed in getting my hands on a game in which I could play as a dragon, I knew a guy, his name was Lucifer S.A. Tan. I'd plead with him, and he would always give me these games in the end, but in order to get him to give me what I wanted first I had to do really weird chores for him, such as TPing a church, walking into a school and peeing on a chalk board during the middle of a important class, or luring a entire town's population of dogs into a forest by dressing up as a slice of meat.
I legit get PTSD from remembering Haunted Towers and Tree Tops, oml...
Those levels were truly the epitome of hell, especially if you’re going for 100%.
These are the same ones that tripped me up as a kid lmao. However I do remember a clip of some dude giving a guide on how to do the Tree Tops supercharge segment in one of the PS Underground Jampack demo discs, so it always stuck with me. But yeah, the attack frog cave from Misty Bog can eff the eff off LOL.
Good list- definitely Tree Tops for me. Even though I had the guide and read it so much that I practically had it memorized, I wasn't good at SuperCharge. I had such anxiety about it cuz I'd gotten Game Overs attempting it and failing. Haunted Towers, I haven't had trouble with since my first playthrough. But in Reignited...OMG!! That just got so much harder. I'd died at least 5 times trying to reach it cuz I can't seem to get enough height to reach the area.
Also I want to add the Supercharge in Lofty Castle. At least you have the option to bail out if you see you don't have the height, but just having to go back over and over just to get the height needed to reach that area with the locked chest- geesh, what a pain. Definitely agree with the Misty Bog sentiment. My pulse always goes up when I get to that point
I remember I thought these parts tricky as a kid, but re-living them through this video now makes them seem nightmare-inducing.
Your video is spot on with my exact top 5.
Your number 1 choice was once the bane of my mom’s existence. This dragon drove my mom nuts. She didn’t know how to get to this dragon until my dad looked up how to do it. Than she had to learn the super charge which also was tricky for her. Fast forward to me playing it, I always shoot for that dragon first when I start haunted towers cause that fairy gives you super flame that lasts the whole level (unless you die) and it comes handy to flame the knights without worrying about the time running out on the super flame
I always had trouble with the tin soldiers in Haunted Towers where you have to race to the top
The glide where Spyro gets annoyed at the dragon for being so hard to get to is also my most annoying part
I discovered the Haunted Towers secret area when I was giving up and messing around with the supercharge. I screamed in surprise and joy when I reached that island. 😍
#5 I agree, although I eventually figured it out on my own
#4 I remember that one. I died alot XD
#3 as a kid that part was challenging but not difficult. Today I'm like "Jesus what was I on"
#2 Same as the last one. Although not as difficult as the previous one for me. My friend (who never grew up with this game) played spyro 1 about a year ago. And said this area gave him PTSD XD
#1 I'll be honest. I didn't even know about that trick until a friend in elementary told me about it.
Good list, a bunch of childhood memories flooded my mind from this video.
I’m not a fan of Wild Flight. So many things you have to destroy close to the water...
Last time I played I was actually able to figure out Wild Flight's pattern. Now it's Icy Flight I have trouble with.
I didn't like the supercharge challenge in Tree Tops at first either, that was complicated; the part with the killer frogs in Misty Bog I personally didn't like too, the frogs were just too fast with those evil tongues (I hope they'll be slowed down in the Reignited Trilogy) Maximos and Unika's glide to parts weren't hard (except for when you want to get back after rescuing Unika), and supercharging to Copano was not bad either.
i finished all levels as a kid, except that last one with the crystal dragon on the roof. i even knew about the platform to reach it but i just couldnt put one and one together, using the super charge to reach it. after quitting many times and trying again here and there, 6 years later, i remember having a mate over with my brother and we all played this level. Thats when it clicked. I was sooo happy i figured it out! Never used a guide, it was always me, my brother and my sister! :) unlocking Gnasty's Treasure world was the best achievement ever!
We used to play spyro 1 as a family me, my brother and my dad.
And we could just not work out how to rescue the dragon in haunted towers.
It taunts you as you can hear it at the top of the supercharge ramp.
I took ages to find out how to rescue him and a lot of lives just flying off anywhere to find something.
Love your vids and you miharu :3 keep up the awesome work
oh my goddd the supercharge in haunted towers was the bane of my existence as a kid!
In the haunted towers level I had more trouble reaching the special fairy since you have to move really fast past all those armours before they become alive. Treetops is number one though. In reignited I didn't even bother with it, not worth the hassle. Maybe I'm less patient as an adult than when I was in my early teens.
Hahahahahah oh my god Miharu 3:17 I laughed so hard that made my day
I absolutely agree with last ones. I mean, my mom actually thought that Spyro 1 was bugged of unfinished because my parents couldn't figure out how to get to that dragon. Finally when I played this game again on emulator I solved this puzzle but still if was hard AF.
Edit: I just saw the route you took and all I can say is that I actually made this much harder by going around that pond following the ramp. All this pain and suffering... and I could just do THAT? I'm devastated
I hate how the mushroom fodder in Dream Weavers can push you off cliffs. First instinct is to kill them all, but you might need them later.
The Haunted towers level was annoying for me just for that super charge when i was a kid but I eventually got the dragon after just fooling around with the super charge
Haunted towers dragon was the one dragon I couldn’t get as a kid, I saw the island but never knew how to get there
Miharu please write video top 10 Spyro hardest levels
All I’m going to say... egg thief: town square, screw that jump and that thief.
Spyro 1 was the only one out of the trilogy I couldn't finish as a kid, only was able to do it when replaying on an emulator years later.
3:16 why does the lip synching work so well lmao
I remember my siblings and I all being stumped by the far away ledge in Haunted Towers.
Yes, finally someone that agrees with me! That jump in Haunted Tower is worse than Tree Tops! In Tree Tops, you can follow the thief and find out the right track. But in Haunted Towers how the heck you're supposed to think about those moves???!! I managed to clear the level as a child thanks only to my older brother.
I don’t know how, but I completed this game all on my own as a kid, like I said, I don’t know how, I think I was just good at observing and understanding the levels lay out. Obviously, with tree tops, you have a guide, so it’s not so bad, but Haunted Towers doesn’t help you at all. I recently played the reignited trilogy, and for some reason could not keep up with the thief, even though I had no problem in the original, and I actually had to TH-cam it to figure out the route. That thief really does help
Misty bog, haunted towers,tree tops... I will always rerember this hard sht...
I beat it 120% as a kid, but I think it took me 6 years or so. Struggled at least temporarily with every challenge you mentioned.
When I had a re-run of the game ( only 6 months ) I had to check videos for tree tops and haunted towers
The glide to the one isolated platform in Dry Canyon was also pretty annoying.
What? No flights? Thats not like you. XD
In all seriousness though, I agree on all of them with the exception of the Jacques one. I just remember not having much trouble with that one. Good video!
If I included Flights they would take up the entire list.
@@MiharuTheFox Haha, good point.
I've always had trouble with Misty Bog in general, not just the room filled to the brim with Attack Frogs and armored Gnorcs. The living trees scared the heck out of me, the frogs were annoyingly quick to attack, and the boars would come in right behind an armored Gnorc right before you charge into them thus getting yourself trampled by them in the process. To this day, Misty Bog is still my least favorite level in the game, even worse than Tree Tops...
Same here, I hate Misty Bog mostly for the plants, even moreso than the frogs. Tree Tops is actually my favorite level.
The Haunted Towers dragon had me stuck on Spyro for 10 YEARS! (At Least) Man, it was only the invention of TH-cam that I managed to solve that...
Yup Haunted towers should be #1.
For number 2 I would've said the purple thief route on tree tops.
I had issues getting that one when I were a young kit
My brother and I eventually figured out how to get to those areas when we were kids. You don't need a guide to figure this game out, even as a kid. It's called trial and error and determination.
3:17:Dddddd i laughed so HARD omg
and yes everything what you said is so true. luckily my grandma played this, when i was like 5 years old, so she knew already all of this. but when i started playing that, she didn’t know the top 1. but we figured out somehow.
Sopranos reference I threw in there.
I replayed through Spyro 1 for the first time since I was 6 a few months back. It's worth noting I'm now 26. And I had to look up a video on how to find Maximos after running around like a chicken with it's head cut off for about 20 minutes. The only other thing I needed a video for was to learn the path in Tree Tops to reach the final dragon. Side note, Tree Tops is actually my favorite level.
It's my favorite too!
Spyro 1 was the hardest. After playing Riptos Rage and Year of the Dragon, I notice each game has it's own flaw but also notice that Spyro 1 lacked because of it's flight. I felt spoiled playing 2/3 with the hover ability but wish it was on the first game. :(
When I first played Spyro 2001, I never played the game with any guide books, i did the %120 on the first save, now when i play spyro I know where to go even after years without playing it, cant wait for the remake, no really I cant wait any longer
The hardest thing for me to overcome was my own stupidity. I'd die on purpose!
You forgot one part in Haunted Towers, that sequence of knights that you only have *ONE* chance to get past in order to reach the fairy.
That part is ridiculously hard in Reignited, but in the original it's not so bad.
It took a long time but I figured out these challenges on my own
The haunted towers one being the tricky one for me
These moment made the game worth playing.
Haunted towers is the most frustrating part in this game I had to watch some gameplay in TH-cam and I'm like wtf how I supposed to know.
And also that one flaying level called Wild Flight it's my least favorite part in the whole game because you can easily die.
Because of what you said at the end, you'd probably think I'm a liar or just hate me then. As I can never lie, the latter is more probable. But, as Mum as my witness, I figured out All those annoying parts in Spyro 1 without a guide. And, What about the Wizard Peak high-up wizards? They took a while to figure out too
What about the Gnorc Sentries in Dark Hollow?
What is with you and the Gnorc Sentries?
It's been a running joke between me and a freind over who will rage-quit over the easiest level, it's a pointless challenge I know
Haunted Towers was the one level I couldn't 100% as a kid.
I played with my Dad on separate save files. What I didn't get, he did and would tell me. I did actually return the favor a good amount of times. Between that, we both completed all three games.
You had problems getting Maximus it was that dream Weaver's dragon in haunted towers that I remember as a child. I would just hear the dragon and get so upset I couldn't find it.
One of my favourite PlayStation 1 game series out there
Reading through the comments I can't help but wonder, am I the only one who would practically speed run through the first part of the game until the first flight and then take my time enjoying it once I got my fix from the beloved flight levels? They were always my favorite part of the game... Probably why I am so amused by everyone having "trouble with the trolley...". It was similar in nature...
Hey Miharu, any opinions about the first View of Bruno, Titan, Cosmos and Lateef from Toys for Bob's new post?
I think they look great!
@@MiharuTheFox Thanks for the answer!
Haunted Towers was defiently my bane in Spyro xD
Attack frogs in Misty Bog were such a pain in the ass so I'm not surprised
THEY'RE COLD BLOODED KILLERS!!
At number 5. I don't know.... one thing I like about that was it takes a bit of problem solving. You see a spot you can't reach so you explore the area for a spot that you think you could reach it from.
I know you were a kid at the time but experimenting with that kind of mechanic was something I thought was fun
Well, like I said, I didn't experiment with things in games as a kid. If I couldn't figure something out (especially if it was something other people had figured out easily), I would get sad because my anxiety would act up and I would feel stupid and left out. Even today, I feel like I'm always being judged on how good I am at something or how fast I am at getting it done. Video games are stressful.
@@MiharuTheFox ironic given video games are made for the completely opposite purpose.
Of course I don't get anxiety from games I can understand how it can make you feel dumb when you can't solve a particular part but that's part of the challenge and fun of a game.
Even when you are unable to get through with it on your own finding out the solution through other means can be satisfying as well.
I know, but that's how my mind worked back then. "If I don't know what everyone else knows, then I'm a failure".
@@MiharuTheFox you also mentioned your fear of failing the time limit and flying levels. Is that something you still feel to this day or was this only when you were a kid?
Moreso when I was a kid. However, I do still get frustrated and annoyed to this day when someone tells me to do something quickly. I can't do something properly if I'm not given time to think over what I need to do.
#5: It...wasn't too bad. Then again, I was more willing to try to see what works.
#4: This, I had no problem with. Took a bit of trial and error, though, and I pretty much got it rather easily.
#3: That's one reason why I don't consider Misty Bog a favorite level of mine. (Then again, Tree Tops sucked that much harder IMO)
#2: Fuck that one supercharge jump! And fuck that other jump to reach that high-up area near the exit!
#1: IMO, still nowhere near as bad as Tree Tops' supercharge jumps. (Sorry, I really hated that level as a kid, and I still don't like it now.) Still, took a bit to figure out.
I really hate the supercharge powerups. but the worst thing in the spyro trilogy for me is any of those challenges in the 2nd or 3rd game when you have to protect someone from getting so much as touched by a rhynoc or whatever enemy is there