The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (PS2)

Spyro's third PlayStation2 outing (and sixth console appearance in total) saw something of a rebirth for the purple dragon. Despite its immediate predecessor, A Hero's Tail, managing to recapture a good deal of the variety and simple, fun platforming antics of the revered PSOne instalments, many felt change was needed to allow the series to compete with the best of its genre. For better and for worse, change is exactly what you get with A New Beginning marking the biggest design shift yet seen for Spyro. When I spoke of a 'rebirth', this is to be taken quite literally - developers Krome have taken the story back to the very beginning and started from scratch. ...  Read the complete review

***** The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning ***** Spyro is a little purple Dragon that has stared in a series of games for the Playstation and the Playstation 2. Spyro is beyond cute. Through all of his incarnations he has retained a cutesy, cartoony feel which makes him popular with both children and adults alike. ***** Playing the game ***** You can choose to play The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian or Dutch. After selecting your language you get to either load a game or start a new game. The player is Spyro and you move around using the left analogue stick and the camera is ...  Read the complete review