The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night Critic Reviews

What Insomniac began Krome have now made completely their own, taking Spyro from a lighthearted adventure to a hardcore dark platformer.

This is definitely an action oriented title which also happens to feature a sizeable amount of platform hopping. If you can get past the hiccups and slight annoyances, you’ll find a game that is fun to play.

Overall I became quite fond of the violet dude, probably more appealing to the younger audiences but nevertheless fans of the series should not be disappointed.

In the end, it gets a thumbs-up from this reviewer, and a guarded recommendation for platform gaming fans in general.

Spyro's gameplay works just like it's suppose to--just like it has in every other game in the last decade, so it feels like the development team just phoned this one in.

A solid platformer with some nice visuals and simple but enjoyable gameplay. It doesn't have any huge, glaring deficiencies to speak of, but at the same time, it's simply not cut from the sort of stock that makes a classic.

While The Eternal Night tastes delicious, the benefits of that flavor aren't enough to make it worth eating.

Endless rock-hard combat.

If you liked A New Beginning, then there is little reason why you shouldn’t pick up The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night. The game uses the same basic combat system and adds a few new elements to it. Just don’t go expecting too much more.

Far too serious and combat-heavy.

Lastly, the time manipulation feature works just fine and makes combat much easier at times, but most players will just abuse the hell out of it due to the inherent challenge.

Gamers deserve more for their money these days, and there are far better games out there.

Spyro continues his quest for mediocrity in yet another frustrating, unoriginal adventure.

Really difficult and mean-spirited. Puff was magic; Spyro is a jerk.

The game has great strengths in its visuals and overall appeal, but the gameplay underneath is simply outright flawed and repetitive.

Having Gary Oldman and Frodo do voiceovers doesn't make up for the fact this game looks and plays like something made five years ago.

The biggest problem with Eternal Night is just how damn pointlessly difficult it is.

I vote that we petition Krome Studios to either make a new character, or do the world a favor and pick up a franchise that deserves to die.