THe WORST DOTD Review EVER (THey lied 90% of this review)

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#1 ReviewKing
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Quote from Game informer: I can now see why purple dragons are associated with drug use. In this final installment of the Legend of Spyro series, the player's quest to rid the world of the evil takes a backseat to the tireless battle against the game itself. The longer you play it, the more it breaks and aggravates. Your AI partner has a knack for getting stuck on geometry. The framerate chugs and audio skips rear their ugly heads far too often. Combat is more of an exercise simply hitting an enemy than doing something cool. Most of the levels require guesswork, which leads to aimless exploration in vast environments. The missions within these areas can be tedious and equally confusing. Long story short, this is flawed through and through. Even the most devout Spyro fans should avoind it. Game got a 4 out of 10!

WTF, this guy named Reiner wrote this, and he is such a friggin _____

I thought Game Informer was awesome, now I think they suck EPICLY

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#2 Dragon66116
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I agree Polo. The lowest score Dotd should have is at least an 8/10.
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#3 StreetBallerlol
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I agree Polo. The lowest score Dotd should have is at least an 8/10.Dragon66116

no.. just no. it's okay, but it's not GREAT, you guys might like it, but it doesn't deserve a minimum of 8.

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#4 SOADjoe19
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Well, I voted for the first option, that they were completely wrong. This guy sounded like he hated Spyro even before the game....probably hated the entire franchise by that remark. :roll:
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#5 Iceferno
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It seems a lot of reviews talk about the AI getting stuck though. Maybe that's actually true?
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#6 Dragon66116
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[QUOTE="Dragon66116"]I agree Polo. The lowest score Dotd should have is at least an 8/10.StreetBallerlol

no.. just no. it's okay, but it's not GREAT, you guys might like it, but it doesn't deserve a minimum of 8.

Then what score do you think Dotd should get?

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#7 bd0g5
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That review sucked. What's even worse is some sites gave even worse reviews, look at the bottom of the page.
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#8 Iceferno
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[QUOTE="StreetBallerlol"][QUOTE="Dragon66116"]I agree Polo. The lowest score Dotd should have is at least an 8/10.Dragon66116

no.. just no. it's okay, but it's not GREAT, you guys might like it, but it doesn't deserve a minimum of 8.

Then what score do you think Dotd should get?

I'm guessing he'd give it around a 6. By the way...

It seems a lot of reviews talk about the AI getting stuck though. Maybe that's actually true?Iceferno
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It seems a lot of reviews talk about the AI getting stuck though. Maybe that's actually true?Iceferno

Hey, Alec. Sorry, I just got here.
Well the AI gets stuck in just the slightest bit. There was one time whenI was playing that as I was playing as Cynder, Spyro ran into one of the locked gates and somehow ended up on the other side of the gate, eventually I just had to restart the game.

Another reason is when you're climbing the huge vines on the walls, when you're climbing, the AI tends to not follow you all the way and floats away and hovers in midair, keeping you from advancing any further unless you maunally take them to the spot you want them.

Other than that, it really isn't that bad. If you know what you're doing, its easily avoidable. :roll:
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#10 Iceferno
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Yeah, true. Can't be as bad as the PS2 version of ETD. :P No need to bash that game completely, you lot obviously went for the wrong port. ;) I was talking with DistantJ about the PS2 version of Shadow The Hedgehog yesterday which apparently suffers from similar problems. It seems to be a PS2 thing.
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#11 bd0g5
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I've never played single player, but I'm guessing Joe is right.

If anyone is wondering, they don't get stuck in co-op mode. I'd get pissed off if they did.

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#12 slyfan_08
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you know... maybe everyone who whines and says the new spyro games are "too hard" are just sucky gamers! :P
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#13 Dakuu
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Those are just ppl who don't even know HOW to review a game really, they sound like the kind of ppl that say if they can't find all the easter eggs in one run through a game, it's really really hard, or some other stupid **** like that. Idiots.
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#14 Iceferno
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you know... maybe everyone who whines and says the new spyro games are "too hard" are just sucky gamers! :Pslyfan_08

Well most games nowadays are butt-hard anyway. I think the 360 will be my last new console. I'll probably just go back to the old ones once I'm done with it. 

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#15 _Drago_
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Um...where's the option stating, "I could care less what they think"???

I could go into a long rant questioning their validity of their statements, but I don't think anyone would care to see.

So I choose none of the above choices...

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#16 Iceferno
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I think half the reason these bad reviews exist are so that they get our attention, which is more than likely when you have some friends who can't believe the tripe being said, so it gets passed onto you. You can't believe it either, so you pass it on to someone else. XD
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#17 StreetBallerlol
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okay, we really shouldn't care what gamespot gives DOTD or any other reviewing company. why do we, anyway? someone please tell me
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Well, I guess just for public relations. If the games receive low scores, people won't see and give a chance to see its true greatness. The game that the true Spyro fans really see in each game....I guess thats why.
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#19 Iceferno
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I've never really cared about reviews. I sure think this is one complaint-topic too many. :P Perhaps if we're gonna rant about people's opinions, we should do it in a Bad Reviews topic?
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#20 Dragon66116
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Wait a minute. Why are there two votes for the last option. I'm assuming Jimmy is one of them but who's the other?
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#21 StreetBallerlol
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no, I voted for vthe second to last option, even though I was thinking of the last one. Also I think Iceferno voted for the last one.
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#22 Iceferno
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I'd laugh if it was Polo XD
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#23 StreetBallerlol
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^lol, me too, thereare ALOT of spyro fanboys here, I won't say who, but you, Iceferno, aren't one of them
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#24 Iceferno
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Thanks. :P I'm actually here for the people, as much as that goes over their heads lol
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[QUOTE="slyfan_08"]you know... maybe everyone who whines and says the new spyro games are "too hard" are just sucky gamers! :PIceferno

Well most games nowadays are butt-hard anyway. I think the 360 will be my last new console. I'll probably just go back to the old ones once I'm done with it.

true... but their job is to play videogames... so you'd think they'd be able to handle anything.
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#26 Iceferno
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Job? They? ....Please explain.
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#27 ilikegodofwar21
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One word about the review.......lies.

This is a trend recently, though, most game critics seem to pan good games for no good reason but basically worship the average/ mediocre games. ( Halo isn't bad, it's fun, but WAYYYY to overrated. )

Seems like they just don't like games that aren't completely hyped.

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#28 _Drago_
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One word about the review.......lies.

This is a trend recently, though, most game critics seem to pan good games for no good reason but basically worship the average/ mediocre games. ( Halo isn't bad, it's fun, but WAYYYY to overrated. )

Seems like they just don't like games that aren't completely hyped.

ilikegodofwar21

Yes, yes, and yes!

This is part of the reason "professional" reviews cannot be trusted. LET THE TRUTH BE SEEN! 

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#29 SOADjoe19
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I'd laugh if it was Polo XDIceferno

Yo, I'd be surprised if anything if Payton was too. He's probably one of the biggest fans of the Legend series on this Union....lol
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Job? They? ....Please explain.Iceferno
sorry, the game critics for magazines... they're basically paid to play and review whatever game they're company tells them too, so technically, it's pretty much they're job to play games... and if they play games so much... you'd figure they'd be able to tackle the hardest videogames. :P
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^ The irony in that statement is very large, especially when they said The Eternal Night was too hard....hell, I only got stuck ONCE, yet they make it out like it's the hardest game in existence.

Man, I only listen to reviews done by normal people, aka people who don't get paid to review and are completely honest.

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[QUOTE="Iceferno"]Job? They? ....Please explain.slyfan_08
sorry, the game critics for magazines... they're basically paid to play and review whatever game they're company tells them too, so technically, it's pretty much they're job to play games... and if they play games so much... you'd figure they'd be able to tackle the hardest videogames. :P

^ The irony in that statement is very large, especially when they said The Eternal Night was too hard....hell, I only got stuck ONCE, yet they make it out like it's the hardest game in existence.ilikegodofwar21

I could be like them though too. I bet I'd find TEN hard. Still annoys me that I'm stuck in Kameo. :( But I am stuck on apparently, the hardest part of the game, and it's not even half-way! :(

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^ The irony in that statement is very large, especially when they said The Eternal Night was too hard....hell, I only got stuck ONCE, yet they make it out like it's the hardest game in existence.

Man, I only listen to reviews done by normal people, aka people who don't get paid to review and are completely honest.

ilikegodofwar21

TEN was hard but I played far harder games. Has anyone ever heard of dragon blade: wrath of fire....it was so hard that I was screaming at my screen saying "MY GUY IS TOO SLOW WHILE ALL THE ENEMIES CAN ATTACK TEN TIMES FASTER". Also if you ever run out of magic power (which you need to always have in later levels) it's really hard to fight without it.

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#34 slyfan_08
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^ The irony in that statement is very large, especially when they said The Eternal Night was too hard....hell, I only got stuck ONCE, yet they make it out like it's the hardest game in existence.

Man, I only listen to reviews done by normal people, aka people who don't get paid to review and are completely honest.

ilikegodofwar21

thats exactly what i mean! :P what part did u get stuck on? the one time i got stuck, it was because i couldn't figure out what to do with the "button crabs". but i found out tthrough a walkthrough! :P

TEN was hard but I played far harder games. Has anyone ever heard of dragon blade: wrath of fire....it was so hard that I was screaming at my screen saying "MY GUY IS TOO SLOW WHILE ALL THE ENEMIES CAN ATTACK TEN TIMES FASTER". Also if you ever run out of magic power (which you need to always have in later levels) it's really hard to fight without it.

swordmaster3

i think TEN was the perfect difficulty for me... hard enough to give you satisfation of playing the game as you progress through it, but not so hard that you get stuck and never wanna play it again...

and no i've never played dragon blade: wrath of fire, but i hate games when you cant move fast enough to get an attack, or get out of the way, so it sounds hard to me...

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i think TEN was the perfect difficulty for me... hard enough to give you satisfation of playing the game as you progress through it, but not so hard that you get stuck and never wanna play it again...slyfan

Ditto. That was exactly how I felt. I didn't even bother writing it aaginagain. :D!!!!
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XD

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XDslyfan_08

lol for ze win
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#38 ilikegodofwar21
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I got stuck in the part where you had to fight almost endless amounts of enemies in the final level.

Now, the hardest game I ever played was ninja gaiden Sigma.....even on easy mode I saw myself seeing the game over screen over and over again.

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I got stuck in the part where you had to fight almost endless amounts of enemies in the final level.

Now, the hardest game I ever played was ninja gaiden Sigma.....even on easy mode I saw myself seeing the game over screen over and over again.ilikegodofwar21

Would you admit what level you were on? :P 

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#40 ilikegodofwar21
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malefor....mountain or cliff? I forgot.