Spyro: Shadow Legacy

THE GOOD:
+ Beautiful fantasy-themed music
+ Detailed and lush 2D graphics, solid 3D sequences as well

THE BAD:
- Gameplay lacks creativity
- Overall game feels rushed and incomplete
- Short (10-15hrs)

SUMMARY:
You were probably told that this game is an RPG, but I'll clarify things up by saying it's not one. It does feature one RPG element, the leveling-up system, but that's all. The rest, items management and fetch quests were already featured in previous Spyro games. Just like the other Spyro games, it's a platformer, but without the collecting part. And even then, the RPG aspect of the game seems a bit thrown in, as it doesn't really add anything to the game. Had the leveling-up system not been there, the game still would have been the exact same.

The game world consists of three main islands, which Spyro will need to explore in order to free all of the inhabitants who got trapped in the Shadow Realm. It's fun freeing the...