Killing the innocent creatures roaming around the environments will result in butterflies that Sparx can eat which restores Spyro’s health. If Sparx is gone and Spyro takes another hit, he dies and loses a life. His color changes with each hit Spyro takes until he disappears. Sparx returns as Spyro’s friend and represents his health. Spyro can now hover for extra height at the end of a glide. Spyro can walk, jump, charge, roll left and right, glide, and pick up and spit out small objects like rocks and seeds. It took me a little over seven hours to reach one hundred percent completion. Spyro 2 should take you a bit longer to beat than the first game but if you know where everything is already, it won’t take you very long at all. Tom Kenny voices Spyro and does a great job. Many of the voice performances in Reignited are different compared to the performances in the original game. The story is simple and cartoon-y and much of the dialogue is humorous as are the antics of the NPCs. There are several cut scenes throughout the game which cover major events and there are intro and ending cut scenes for each level. In order to defeat Ripto and his two minions, Crush and Gulp, Spyro must collect the various Talismans and orbs from each world or level. Spyro was summoned to defeat Ripto, an evil dinosaur-like dude, who was inadvertently summoned to Avalar and decided to conquer the realm.
There they meet Elora the Faun, Hunter the Cheetah, and the Professor. Spyro and Sparx decide to take a vacation to Dragon Shores but after going through the portal, they end up in the realm of Avalar. For this review, I played the Reignited version which is part of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, released in November, 2018 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and I played it on an Xbox One X. Developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! was released for the PlayStation in November, 1999.
There was one summer where I completed the game over twenty times. Even after Year of the Dragon came out and I beat it, I would still return to Spyro 2. Of course, my play time was limited since I didn’t own it but there was something about the game that really captivated me and when I finally acquired my copy, I was obsessed.
I think I got it as a birthday or Christmas gift one year but before that, I would play it at my cousins and friend’s houses often. Spyro the Dragon was my gateway to 3D platformers but Spyro 2 is the one I spent the most time with.
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