Spyro: A Hero's Tail Critic Reviews

Just about everything that we complained about in the last game has been addressed. This is one great platformer.

It isn't an instant classic, and older games may be a little put off by the cheery brightness and colourful cartoon characters, but if you can get past the aesthetics you will find a rock-solid platformer.

A wondrous adventure filled with great gameplay.

A solid adventure game with some very nice improvements over its predecessor. However, the low difficulty level may turn off gamers looking for a challenge.

Eurocom did a great job reviving the failing franchise by successfully recreating the wonderful aspects of the original Insomniac titles and properly bringing them into the current generation of consoles.

The inclusion of new characters, new attacks and a ton of collectibles will keep collector-nuts playing for at least 15 hours. In the end, A Heroe's Tail is a definite improvement over "Enter the Dragonfly."

A Hero's Tail is actually fairly hefty, with enormous levels to explore. Obviously a younger gamer's title, plenty of colourful visuals and the addition of so many replayable mini-games should keep the kiddies enthralled (and quiet) for hours at a time.

The game has improved with each new addition and I have to say that it is fun and although it can be a little repetitive and quite frustrating at times, it is a great addition to the Spyro series of games.

It's the lack of real depth that will definitely bore serious gamers, but for the under-six set, Spyro is very easy to get into and understand.

Essentially the video game equivalent of sleeping with your eyes open.

A Hero's Tail does a good job at starting to expand Spyro's world in a few new directions with additional playable characters, but it's just a start.

What's sad is that as nice as the game looks it just fails on gameplay.

Spyro's newly expanded roster doesn't manage to save A Hero's Tail from monotony, and even the title's targeted younger demographic will probably soon tire of the game's reliance on boring collectible gathering.

A Hero's Tail isn't a revolutionary game. It's not bad, either. It's just very simple. It seems just simple enough, in fact, for children who are at least learning to read and have the motor skills to follow relatively easy control instructions.

It sits in the same stagnating pool as every other generic 3D platform title.

No, what really annoys is the fact that the developer feels it doesn't need to make an effort because it's a game for kids.

We grew bored of the sheer repetitiveness of the game play, and not even Spyro's smart-ass remarks could keep us amused. Just talk to the hand, Spyro. Snap!