The Game That Nearly DESTROYED Spyro the Dragon | Beating Every GameCube Game

[@Ori_Kohav]

This game’s development story is similar to Sonic 06. Rushing for Christmas, many glitches, dumb story, and too many loading screens. Though I think it ended up worse than Sonic 06. Too short to even be considered a full game, and only one boss fight, if you can even call it that. Says quite a lot for a game released 4 years prior to Sonic 06.

[@jdXD001]

Fun fact the current any% speedrun for Enter the Dragonfly is 1 minute 5 seconds.

[@subwaymanYT]

That's what makes the game even more broken.

[@Flarezap]

Yeah because you can clip into the final boss level from the hub world

[@hajile2468]

@@Flarezapyeah happened to me as a kid. I was so confused and I wanted to love this game but I was so disappointed and the fact it’s a broken mess always made me sad… as a 9 year old child.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

This was my first gamecube and spyro game, i played it to death and it adds to my list of "games i didn't know people hated until i was an adult and got a bit sad" But this game and others i love really say a lot about the kinds of games I like.

[@babycatto173]

this one, wind waker, sonic adventure 2 battle, sonic heros, and shadow the hedgehog have my heart (I know a few have since gained a cult following but I remember people criticizing them all hard af)

[@nicoelric7135]

I love this game, it is my fav spyro game from all the franchise😂 people hate it but it will forever have my heart

[@JayMat96]

I played this game so much as a kid but never felt the drive to finish it. I don't think I ever collected enough dragon flies to open the boss portal. The main overworld theme is forever stuck in my head tho, always looping that banjo

[@user-10021]

Same, played this with a friend and I didn’t even know there were other levels than the flight ring course (which we failed at for hours) apparently called speedway? The water level thing at 13:00 I think. Also didn’t know there was bubble breath and all this stuff I searched for this game for 10 years now but didn’t remember the name! Although I remember it having been a Ps2 game, not gamecube. Was my first introduction to spyro

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

I mean, honey is ALOT thicker than water. You could be an Olympic swimmer and would still find it impossible to swim through honey, it would be like quicksand, but.. sludgy. And delicious.

[@olivierdubreuil-gagnon2201]

I just assumed Spyro had diabetes.

[@constantwarrior5550]

The loading times are truly awful. One time, I got pretty far into the game (at least it was the farthest I ever got) and it got stuck on a loading screen. No joke, I kept the console running for two days and it still didn't load the level. I was forced to restart and i think it corrupt the save data.

[@EnigmaBarry]

When my dad played video games with my sister and I, he had the game freeze on a loading screen too. My dad was attempting to go to the Farm level but the game stayed on the UFO loading screen forever, animations and everything. He dubbed it as the game "hanging up" on him like a phone call. Save data wasn't erased for us though.

[@crammaster88]

They had one dedicated button for all that on PlayStation for Spyro 2 and Year Of The Dragon as well. It was triangle to look and activate conversions with too. So that’s just par for the course on Spyro design.

[@TheAvatarMain]

Interesting, I've never played the PS1 versions of the original trilogy only the reignited remakes (and even then, it's been a while since I played those) but that would explain why the control setup is the way it is.

[@MeattWeapon4]

@@TheAvatarMain please play crash bandicoot the wrath of cortex next it's great game

[@ZeroX7649]

​@@TheAvatarMain You also never played the original PS2 version. The loading screens were unironically 10-20 minutes long. This and Crash Wrath of Cortex had legitimately 20 minute long loading screens. And it was every single loading screen. It was completely unplayable.

[@MiscDan64]

"What? So I did all that for nothing!?" - Spyro summing up this game perfectly.

[@Ori_Kohav]

9:51 - ahem… Honey Speedway, Spyro 3?

[@supermariof0521]

10:02 Maybe Spyro just has the same reaction to honey that Tigger has when he tries it. After all, Tiggers do NOT like honey.

[@KazeTheCursedOne]

I deeply and sincerely believe there's potential for this to become a full game if someone was willing to allow a full remake. The level themes, the elemental breaths and story are (mostly) fine, there just isn't enough GAME between them. This game COULD have been good but it was sacrificed on the altar of 'we have brand recognition, we're not going to pay for quality'

[@janaguirre4756]

5:26 Game: "Oh for F*CKS SAKE!" * does the quest for you *

[@garrettbell8180]

Ahhh, EtD. I was a super fan of the original trilogy growing up so I remember buying this on launch for the PS2. Loved it then! Refuse to replay it today to make sure my rose tinted glasses don’t get shattered. If nothing else I’m glad you had a good time with it, and the Reignited Trilogy for that matter. Looking forward to the next video!

[@garrettbell8180]

wait I blinked when did this video get an extra 1k views

[@lordsausagethe5th917]

there's now a mod for the ps2 version called definitive edition that fixes most of the issues and bugs, making it a more acceptable experience than it was back in 2002

[@Sassy_Witch]

I remember there being a bug that made it impossible to 100% the game and Im pretty sure it even happened to me as a kid

[@KnucklestheEcidna]

that game is truly UNBEATABLE. I managed to play it properly but it was IMPOSSIBLE for me to gain 100% for the last dragonfly from the honey slider refused to acknowledge my win

[@nighttimeserenity2447]

I didn't even know there was a honey slider xD

[@KnucklestheEcidna]

@@nighttimeserenity2447 yea it's a hidden portal in Honey march. race a honeybee to the end of the slide. for whatever reason the game just never registered me crossing the finish line before the bee. but when the bee crosses it automatically registers it as a loss for me despite me being at the bottom of the slide for like 5 minutes.

[@0riginzer036]

I will never forget abruptly beating this game and seeing Spyro's dumb-founded look on his face as the credits began scrolling.

[@ItzRyuki]

The Boss Theme from Ripto sums up pretty good, how development went under their time limits. Sounded like Stewart Copeland slammed his head onto a Piano. But still, Enter The Dragonfly will still always be a part of my childhood, since it's been my first game, after Year of the Dragon.

[@Java3dition]

my favorite bug in this game is if you charge bonk high enough up you just.. stop. mid air. there is a set distance you fall before you move and then you can just walk on air lmaoo

[@NickResurrection]

I herd that the glitches in this game were so bad that a kid who suffered from epilepsy had a massive seizure playing this game that caused life long damages. The family sued the game company rightfully so.

[@DumasP]

This game is so awful that even child me was aware something was off LOL, I always stuck to the PS1 Spyro games for this reason even when I was like 5. Thanks for your coverage of it

[@ShadowDragon-cw7wb]

And then Skylanders happened and there was no Spyro game for TEN YEARS!!!

[@cocosolis8240]

Listen that series was MY childhood

[@Blaize0K]

Your jumping ahead a bit and for traditional Spyro gameplay, add a few more years on the clock

[@jasminesidney8174]

Spyro A Heroes Tail?

[@dse763]

You missed A Hero's Tail and the Legends series.

[@dmaster1213]

That happened after a new beginning

[@CosmicPersephone]

I mean I haven't played this game for years but I gotta say, I don't think it's necessarily fair to call this game the worst one on the Gamecube when Universal Studios Theme Park exists 😬 I had the displeasure of playing both of these as a kid

[@xboxed720]

9:50 More bee themed levels I can think of were those beehive levels from Donkey Kong Country 2 Diddy's Kong Quest

[@agsilverradio2225]

Your comments about the controlls tell me you've never played the orrigional trillogy Spyro. - The upper face button was allways context sensitive. It did iteractions, cammera resets, a kind of doubble-jumps, and a ground-pounds. -You didn't mention that flame and charge were inverted. - Swiming in clasic Spyro allways controlled well.

[@luiChe]

Im glad i found your content. This was my first and only spyro until reignited. Damn this was glitchy.

[@kanggoo57]

How is the production value so good in this channel when it has 60 subs. KZbin is wack.

[@phyllojoe5346]

As a kid I didn't really like Spyro, but apparently that might be because this was the only Spyro game I owned....

[@Furry_Wall]

Ripto was confirmed still alive in Spyro 3

[@CocoonsLastHope]

You sure the last bosses projectiles don’t require wing shield? I feel like maybe it did require you to use that and you didn’t mention it. I know it has more uses beyond a few levels. Personally I don’t remember having many issues with the game, I was eager to buy it when I saw it in a catalogue and upon finally coming home, I was eager to play it and it ended up being one of my many favorites. Things I do remember having issues with, not landing on stuff I should have been able to land on and falling to my death. Dragonflies not capturing despite bring hit by the bubbles. Monsters and electrical poles having no hit detection. Those are the ones I remember having the most issues with and the challenges were most often too difficult for me, but then the name makes that obvious. I think these were possibly where most of my issues were, instead of the main game. Hence why I didn’t have that many issues in the main game. First Spyro game I didn’t finish. But it wouldn’t be the last. The remade ones, Darkest Night or whatever, couldn’t do that one either. In fact it was so hard I gave it back to the store and got a couple of used games in its place instead. One of which would be my greatest game purchase ever, The Darkness, omg! So yeah totally worth giving it back for that game. I still play it very often, the music is sick, the demon arm is fun, the Hell Castle is beautiful, together with Hell itself and a spot I come back to often and I’ve done so many Darkness voice memos and such that like no comparison to a shitty hard Spyro game sorry. Also The Hills are very beautiful too. So yeah anyways, loved Spyro 4 as a kid I’ll admit.

[@bottledit5379]

Wtf you only have around 250 subs. This channel is gonna go far

[@Clarkaman]

I loved the video and sound quality, good stuff! Can't wait to watch more!

[@DaBwownGodziwa]

1:10 "depressing" is honestly a perfect way to describe this game in a nutshell

[@BrownOrion-z1f]

lol I had this one after playing the initial trilogy in my friends house, In fact this was my one true owned first own Spyro game aside from Heroe's tale. But that game is a completely different continuity. I was so psyched I thought its newer graphics made ME the cool kid, I mean no one even ever heard of it😂😂😂 but after borrowing another copy from a friend a few years down the road man could I feel the difference in 07-08. The worst offender I have to say was the loading. And the glitches, character models and animations, maan, I sometimes looked back and thought this entire game was a fever dream at some points, they weren't bad, it just made it feel like the game had no definite identity, it skewed the genera and what it was trying to be in my middle school head. Trippy is what I'd call it. But I have to say loved the dragonflys and there were some places I wanted to go in only visible in the cutscene in dragon realm, and ofcourse the outright shame of not fight Crush and Crash I believe the two rhynocs accompanying Ripto, I remember them being fun. The only other place I remember them was a gameboy game. They looked solid man.

[@reversalmushroom]

9:49 Donkey Kong Country 2 and Conker's Bad Fur Day also have hive levels.

[@lonejackal3448]

Whoever fault that rushed Spyro Enter the Dragonfly is them, just a few short worlds, annoying bugs and glitches and just one lousy boss fight, WORST SPYRO GAME EVER.

[@pelleas2191]

This game is so glitched that you can have over 100% with the minigame in the monkey monastery

[@Shaquasar]

The beat when you defeated ripto and he was walking in place sounds like a reggaeton beat

[@Ori_Kohav]

5:45 - a tank, in a dojo level?????? Couldn’t they at least be consistent with their themes?

[@Queeblo002]

I remember loving this and the Crash game that were released for the PS2 release window and when I got the games again many years later I realized just how wrong I was as a child

[@AutumnMoon23831]

Honestly loved this game but the glitches and the slowness was agonizing. I wouldn't mind this becoming a remake and the plot being slightly altered to it being a new villain rather than reusing one that supposedly melted in lava

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

Something fun(?) about this game is that it seems random what technical problems people experience with it. Our copy had 20 minute loading screens.

[@KayleighAnnWilliams]

Meanwhile me and my nostalgia vision rates this as one of my favorite games of my childhood. I can absolutely see the flaws today, if they ever remaster it really needs to be a full overhaul.

[@Zephyrsw0rd]

The game might be stable on GC but its actually worse on PS2. The version I had would memory leak so hard it would require a hard restart every three worlds or so, or else you'd be stuck on an infinite loading screen. Original hardware too

[@wildos2916]

When I look at enter the dragon fly, It looks like it's trying to be Spyro 3 while bringing something new to the table. If the game wasn't rushed, I wonder how it would have been received.

[@hoppyfluffybunny7131]

Adjusting TV brightness could dilute/destroy any atmosphere the devs intended to create? That's kinda the argument against the ignited trilogy versus the original PS1 games. OGs felt different with their starkness.

[@spookypuptarts511]

I actually... Really enjoyed this game when I was a kid and 100%ed it so it's nice to see someone who isn't just roasting it. Not the best thing I ever played for sure, but I have fond memories.

[@Jaredpoth]

I remember my family tried it and we played it a total of like 10 minutes. I went back like 10 years later just to say I beat it. Succeeded. I also remember a heros tale and that being better but not by much

[@kevingrisler4123]

This was the only Spyro game I ever had. Loved it but some of the levels were straight bullshit. Never managed to finish it because some mini games would fail to acknowledge completion and I swear some dragonflies/gems either failed to spawn or spawned under the world because I meticulously searched every nook and cranny in every available world. I got stuck just before the gate to the dinosaur level, 2 dragonflies short. Eventually I got to see the level because my brother found a way to glitch in, but we never got to see the ending.

[@knightowl8393]

Ima be honest I’ve played this but didn’t know there were other element breathes due to the fact you could travel through fences by charging at the fence and moving left and right

[@scarlettsmoak8977]

I loved the original p1 games as a kid so playing this one, in the best way I can explain it, game me uncanny valley. like it was a spyro game…but it wasn’t the spyro I knew. I hated it and I don’t think I ever made it further than the first level.

[@EnigmaBarry]

Fantastic review. I can't hate Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly as it got me and my sister into the series. Although the PS1 games are of higher quality and stick out in my mind.

[@Baronvonkame]

This was the only Spyro game I tried as a kid. Man was I sad when I finally downloaded the first three and had a really good time.

[@kelvlarvest]

It does look awful but maybe part of why I never noticed the LOOK being this bad was when I played this the firszt time out TV was already kind of a shitty one soo..... idk

[@Alex-ng6hc]

It really was a shame because Spyro the Dragon was my absolute favourite game back in the PS1 days. Of course, if Insomniac still had the rights to the series, it would still be going strong today

[@RedRumRose106]

I grew up playing this game...I wish it wasn't given so much hate, I had it for the ps2 and what they have there is amazing....but the execution...yea, my favorite level to this day is the Thieves den

[@BluWarta92]

In short: art style, graphical and texture style and music alone was so monumental part of Spyro alone, and this has none of it. And yet if the game was technically on point it might have it's fanbase but guess what... it does not. Longer rant: I find it hard to believe they dropped the ball this hard. I managed graphical quality alone + how animation seems to somehow make Spyro movements slow is disappointing. Graphical artstyle seems to be nonexistent and weird mix of trying to force somewhat realistic textures. I remember seeing that trailer and I was totally missled by it. Color are washed off in a weird PS3 era style. It is weird to be glad that this didn't took off because that would imply this to be continued.

[@MadSpace]

Your first 2 videos are great, keep it up

[@subwaymanYT]

Playing this game was a horrible transition from Spyro 3. This game feels like a very bad fever dream. Also, I just finished the reignited trilogy and I felt sad after that because they were such great games.

[@paulmann8570]

At least this one gets a laugh or two compared to Spyro Orange.

[@iPristine]

When I was a little kid and bought this when it came out, this game felt amazing. I happily beat it 100%. Looking at it now, I feel embarrassed to say that.

[@snowcatsune194]

I used to love this series as a kid, but knowing how broken this game is makes me sad. Tennis for the next one huh? Interesting.

[@pikapat321]

It’s hard for me to hate this game First it’s box art is just really cool to me and the music and colours are so vibrant I know it’s bad but it’s also a guilty please Excited for you to eventually get to Bionicle Heroes

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

I remember playing this as a very young lad and not enjoying it as much as other games I had on the GameCube. I'm not interested in revisiting it. I have the PS1 trio, and even there, I don't care for 1 and 2.

[@reptilesfishandmore]

I got the game as a birthday gift when I was a kid and loved it because of the glitches. I still play it just to do glitches

[@shedoulindao]

the sad thing is, i loved this one as a child. lol. nowadays i do not even bother to play, can't with those framerates

[@MulliganSnicker]

100%’d this game maybe 4-5 years ago. The second half is so forgettable that it was nice watching this and remembering what it was like. The Platform Peril song has no business being as good as it btw

[@gaawwdd]

I loved playing it when I was a kid but didn't realize until a lot later how TERRIBLE the game really was, lol

[@username69420h]

It was my first game on ps2, very surprised how this is the worst one, always loved this game

[@ascent9374]

Commentary is gradingly loud especially compared to the music, and if you turn the volume down where commentary is at a decent level the music becomes completely unnoticeable

[@Zihark_]

Wait...what? My best friend and I played this game so much as a kid, it's still my favorite Spyro game of all time. That's so sad to hear that other people apparently don't like it 😂😂 To each their own I suppose

[@ChampionofNamira]

I was there when it came out, I was about 11 or 12. Not a great Spyro game overall, but I had a blast breaking it with its many, many bugs :D

[@decadentgamer3108]

I'm not gonna lie, this review of Spyro Enter the Dragonfly and the conclusion of it being "not as bad as some people say" felt a bit rose-tinted and context is needed when you hear those claims when they come from older people (context, I'm currently in my 30s) saying how much the game sucked. In hindsight and comparing it in the modern day it probably isn't as bad compared to other games that came out after it but in the context of being someone who grew up with the original Spyro trilogy as they were coming out, the game objectively was a horrid game in comparison to what we were getting before it where it felt like the series was progressing. So to see this as the result, the equivalent of a wet fart for Spyro's history (at this time), it was depressing to witness and it truly was the Sonic 06 of it's franchise. I mean no disrespect with your view but as I kept you hearing you say how you had just completed the Re-ignited Trilogy and some other terms that made it feel like you didn't grow up with the original trilogy as they released, it kinda put things in perspective of this review. It's kinda like how I see younger people saying that Sonic 06 was not all hat bad as us "oldheads" were saying and the only response to it is "you just had to be there man..." haha. Anyway it's still nice to see people talk about the game in this day and age and even though I can't really relate to the outcome notion though agree that yes, it is a bad Gamecube game, nice review.

[@nathanielbennett2950]

Great video!

[@squibsupreme]

Yooo I used to play this game all the time as a kid, it was my favourite✨️✨️ I recently got a hold of the ps2 copy and been playing tf out of it and still love it💕 it's so bad but idc, it's so nostalgic for me🥹🥹

[@mewmaster93]

I do actually wonder how this game functions on an emulator. I should try it sometime.

[@robertlauncher]

Warping through time and space, Ripto appears!

[@thebeatleswin1]

I think the biggest issue with the game is even if you fixed all the major glitches and bugs and made the game playable, It’s still a super mediocre and boring game. The bugs are literally the only interesting thing about the game

[@DragonArbock]

TF is SSBM on the worst list.

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

i wonder if u seen tha documentary of it, it's alot worse behind tha scenes like way way worse behind tha scenes and rushing was a understatement.....

[@WheresTheSauce]

I 100% this game years ago just to say i did and WOW what a test of patience. I basically had to beat it twice because a single gem glitched out of the hawaii level and left me at 99%

[@kennycarter5682]

i grew up with this spyro game, as a child i did not know better. and i 100% it at least twice

[@BellHillMayor]

The worst spyro Game I've ever played in my life, The PS1 Games, Reignited and Hero's Tail were so much better. Glad i got Hero's Tail on Gamecube myself

[@VinMetal666]

Man good luck on your Gamecube endeavor, at least you got this out of the way super early. This is by far one of the worst video game I've ever played, and as a huge fan of Spyro's OG trilogy I'll continue pretending it doesn't exist.

[@brittanigadway5308]

Really aiming to upset a particular demographic with that ranking at the end 🤣

[@chloegodden7195]

It would have been a good game if it wasn't lagging. good premise for a game but it needing to match frame for frame gameplay for it to be popular. Me and my sister tried to play this when we were younger but never finished it - same with the games that came after.

[@waylontfd3076]

Ah yes, the only Spyro game I've ever owned! I still have it. It's bad.

[@mikeweimer4783]

You're brave for putting Smash on that list. Hope it gets the engagement it deserves lol. Great video!

[@SkylerLinux]

I never knew Spyro moved from the PS to the GC

[@jordanhatt6824]

It seems like the GameCube version is more glitchy then the ps2 version as i remember the game having some glitches but not nearly that much

[@PhilipMurphy8]

Spyro Enter The Dragonfly is the dark horse of the games

[@babycatto173]

this was my first spyro game and I loved it c: I was a dumb kid haha but I still have great memories with it ♡

[@Nik-ei9st]

I kept hearing this game is shit but I’m like noooo it’s not the edgy Spyro so it can’t be the bad one? ?? I think I was confusing it with the gameboy Spyro 😅

[@alecorn5200]

I got this game as a gift and I honestly enjoyed it at the time but I never beat it.

[@TheForhekset]

Yeah this game was a huge disapointment. Going from Spyro 3 one of the best 3d platformers ever to this bland, boring, buggy mess is shocking. Its like a bad rippoff of spyro.

[@SovereignRose]

As a die harf fan of 1-3, tbis one just felt wrong

[@AloneTheorist]

Me who has this on PS2 and enjoys the collectibles and pun named characters.😅😅😅 ONLY dislike is the pointless backtracking (your ice breath rune is in another level) and money bags, he appears ONLY once and the gems he takes are gone for good. No regaining them like in Spyro 2 or 3. Just stop bringing moneybags back.

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

Huzzah the 189 subscriber

[@robertlauncher]

10:28 Underrated joke

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Custom robo next

[@arcticwolf8150]

Would have loved this game if the gameplay was good and not choppy with the controls, the PS2 version is just as bad, probably because A they switched developers from Insomniac games to whatever company made this pile and we all know it will either get better or flop entirely and low and behold it flopped, which is too bad because it could have been a great classic had it not been for bad gameplay and the plot making more sense too