10 Best Levels In The Spyro Reignited Trilogy
There’s over a hundred to pick from, but which ten are the very best?
Spyro: Reignited has just released and opened at the top of the UK sales chart, knocking Red Dead Redemption 2 off the number one spot. Fallout 76, for what it’s worth, opened in third.
A remaster of the first three games in the Spyro franchise (some would argue the only good Spyro games), Reignited offers over 100 levels across the trilogy, and there’s very few weak ones in the mix. However, there are some which just stand out amongst the competition, and deserve special recognition.
The Flight/Speedway levels are a little divisive amongst the fanbase, and are usually a nice break from usual gameplay. For this reason, none of those get the nod, but other than that, pretty much every level has reasons for it to be included.
Level design and gameplay was a huge factor, obviously, but ranking was decided by a number of factors. The design and personality of the NPCs, the side quests and the enemies were all taken into account to decide which levels glide to the podium, and which end up toast.
10. Zephyr/Breeze Harbor
Kicking off the list with two levels here, but there’s good reason for that. Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage had a habit of matching up levels, but nowhere was that more obvious than in Zephyr and Breeze Harbor.
Lots of levels, for example Colossus and Idol Springs or Scorch and Shady Oasis, had duality. Sometimes it was through NPCs, other times through enemies. But in Zephyr and Breeze Harbor, Spyro fought on both sides of the war between the Breezebuilders and the Landblubbers. It’s this narrative that heaves these two great levels up to the quality befitting the top ten.
On their own, each level has charm. Zephyr utilises the cannon mechanic well and has a very ‘Spyro’ love story between Romeo and Juliet. Breeze Harbor also uses cannons, but its true charm lies in the way you slowly work to activate engines to unlock more of the level to explore. Plus the satisfaction of no longer having ‘trouble with the trolley, eh?’.
These two really stand out though because Spyro, like Mac in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, is playing both sides so he always comes out on top.