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Spyro's been a shadow of his former self for years now, so it's perhaps unsurprising that his most recent foray onto the Wii and PlayStation 2 is not an amusing one. The game tries so hard to be likeable, but its humor is forced while its gameplay is both plodding and shallow. The game also throws in new and unnecessary gameplay elements while failing to offer anything truly refined. Spyro and his game have reached an awkward adolescence, and the resulting identity crisis is both frustrating to participate in and awkward to witness. The end of Eternal Night's predecessor, A New Beginning, left Spyro mostly bereft of his powers and the Dark Master on the loose. This time around, Gaul and his Ape army are up to no good, holding Cynder captive and seeking to revive Spyro's archenemy. The titular hero is again joined by Sparx the dragonfly, this time annoyingly voiced by a barely funny Billy West--though in the actor's defense, the bland script gives him little more than overused clichés with which to work. Gary Oldman and Elijah Wood are back as well, though Wood sounds even sleepier now than before, delivering more fake enthusiasm than a used-car salesman. If you played New Beginning and are intent on following this planned trilogy to the end, Eternal Night serves its purpose, though newcomers will probably just be confused without the necessary context. Neophytes and returning fans alike will be annoyed by the constant, often unskippable small cutscenes that take you out of the action, as well as the abrupt and jarring end to almost every cinematic. As if to match Wood's self-conscious delivery, Eternal Night's gameplay never feels all that comfortable. This is a combat-heavy platformer, so you'll often need to handle a good number of cookie-cutter enemies at once. Spyro's tail attack is your basic combat move, though over the course of the game, you'll gain access to new elemental attacks in four different categories and string them together into various combos. The special attacks will likely elicit déjà vu for returning fans, with the exception of the newly introduced bullet time--or if you want to be technical, dragon time. Indeed, you can now slow down time for a few moments, though this element is simply another example of how more rarely means better. You'll need to use dragon time often, sometimes for solving a handful of simplistic puzzles, but more often than not, just to stay alive.Read full review
Spyro The Eternal Night is a very fun, challenging game. There is a lot of combat in this game. I played it with my cousins, one is 13 and one is 14. We all had a lot of fun playing the game. I would recommend this game for someone who is a teenager, 13 or older, and who has played combat games before. There were some levels that my cousins could not pass and did not have the patience to keep trying. Spyro is no longer a platforming game like it was in the past. I would not recommend purchasing this game for a really young kid who played the older spyros. This spyro is completely different from the older ones, more difficult. It is still fun but definitely more challenging.
Bought this because we have ALL other Spyro PS1 & PS2 games and this is the latest in the series. Like the game before it (Spyro: A New Beginning), the fighting is very similar. In my opinion, these 2 latest games of the Spyro series require way TOO much fighting/kicking! Your fingers are CONTSTANTLY busy. What's the fun in that? Spyro: Eternal Night is better that there are 'shortcuts' to the sequence fighting (push a button a certain way and it continues the fight sequence for you instead of doing it continually yourself). The worst thing about this game is the abrupt ending. I say abrupt because before I knew it, the game was over. This entire game seems like a 'training' session - not really an 'adventure' per say. There were some annoying lengthy fights that seemed they would NEVER end, but nothing, in my opinion, indicating you've reached the end of this game. And, the way it leaves you 'hanging' indicates to me that another Spyro episode will be following. Overall, I prefer the first 4 episodes of the Spyro series. Even number 5 is acceptable except for the controls being set up backwards from the previous ones (and you cannot change the button assignments either). But these last TWO episodes (A New Beginning and Eternal Night) I am QUITE disappointed in and feel that NEITHER are anything like their predecessors. Totally different gaming scenarios and 'TYPE' of game. The previous ones are more like adventures. These last TWO are mosly all BATTLE-type games - not adventures.Read full review
My grandson got into this little dragon a few years ago and has eagerly looked forward to each new game. He likes the challenges and quick to see how fast he is able to beat them! I would recommend any of these games for the younger children! Although I am not much of a "gamer" anymore, I really enjoy them myself! The other grandchildren have found that they liked it so well, I had to buy another one!!
I bought this because it was the 2nd game in the trilogy. The gameplay it a bit different from the game before it. New moves, new characters. I give it four stars, though, due to the difficulty, and because it's a bit frightening for younger children. It actually scares me a bit myself, but it's hard to stay afraid when you're trying to stay alive. The enemies deal much more damage, and are quicker, so this game does involve some wits. I would still recommend.
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