Why is Spyro 2 so Cozy?

[@mpg272727]

The sound of Spyro 2 orbs bounce is forever etched into my mind

[@TheLazarusOperation]

That is my biggest complaint with the remake. I NEED that bounce sound and the BSSSHHHUUUNG of getting the orbs

[@TheLockon00]

@@TheLazarusOperation Facts. Orbs are my favorite type of collectible in the whole series, both because of their visual design and because of the sound effect when you receive them. I was genuinely disappointed they changed it.

[@TheLazarusOperation]

@TheLockon00 Honestly all 3 collectibles have amazing nostalgic crunchy ps1 sounds lmao

[@paleface171]

I heard it as a read this, it's the little things that I remember about this game.

[@wills242]

@@TheLazarusOperationps1 compact disc had higher audio fidelity than most modern streaming services though…

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

Someone ported Spyro 2 levels to Tony Hawks Underground Pro on PC, and it's a huge nostalgia trip for child me and preteen me.

[@MrsWilliamTheBloody]

WHAAAATTTTT

[@No-dy3zk]

Must find this

[@CheshireHatter-z2t]

Now they need to port Tony Hawk to Spyro 3 so you can play the skate minigame there

[@VSpoodle]

As a kid, would just swim in the autumn home land and vibe "living as a dragon" 😂

[@squitterhyena652]

Me also! But all over the map, just roleplaying by myself lol.

[@clintparsons3989]

Yes!

[@Lucifronz]

Completing a speedway level and then just chilling out while flying around the level was something I liked doing as a kid.

[@JNN-vf6vk]

Omg same. I would vibe in the pool or chill in the castle. So awesome others appreciated the vibe of the autumn home land.

[@wills242]

Real shit

[@Blizwolf]

I'm glad so many people feel the same way I do about this specific game. I used to just.... charge and jump around the homeworlds for hours, swimming and just chilling. This was the first and only game I consistently 100%'d repeatedly, was absolutely obsessed. 💜

[@Amirikl1]

It was a time when we enjoyed the beauty of game mechanics. It was something new, never experienced before. You can't experience something like that in the real world? Not a problem, hop in and enjoy. It was like a virtual fantasy playground, designed for having fun.

[@Amirikl1]

@WordWeaver2077 Thanks, mate! I'm glad you think the same! Imagine what cool games we could have today, with beautiful graphics, but with enthusiasm and creativity of game developers from the 80's, 90's and 00's... Oh man! I don't freakin care about the little hairs on character's skin, nor the fabric details of their clothes. I just want fun game mechanics, interesting level design and good quality missions!

[@Amirikl1]

@WordWeaver2077 I agree. There are some really good games, but in compatison to the "good old days", it's just a few games per year. Think about this... Doesn't it feel to you, like there are too many small teams making some half-assed indie games? Imagine if someone engaged those people on fewer, but more detailed, better organized projects?

[@Amirikl1]

@WordWeaver2077 There are too many small, short games. They are everywhere, distracting developers. They all think their game is gonna be the next Minecraft, and they're gonna become rich!

[@StonerFromThe618]

spyro was the shit for us 90's kids.

[@yiris10001]

This is probably one of the most interesting videos to be recommended to me lately. I love Spyro with a passion and Im glad Spyro 2 in particular is still getting attention in 2023. Its my favorite game out of the original 3 growing up. Its the coziest and just such a fun adventure and seeing an hour long video just reassure my beliefs just made my day. I created a personal tradition of 100%ing all 3 games once a year and I always take my time specifically with Spyro 2. Its just so fun and I sometimes replay it even more. The aesthetics of the game and world design just feels better than the rest of the trilogy. It just feels more open and peaceful with a more relaxed soundtrack. I adore it and I am glad other people feel the same. If you made more spyro content I would watch every single one of it!

[@robscallon]

This video was so cozy

[@Letskickitup]

Rob is a Spyro head confirmed

[@gcballou]

I couldn't have predicted seeing a comment from you on this video, caught me off guard. I like you even more just knowing you're a Spyro fan hahah

[@joaquinlugo4392]

Why is no one talking about the edit where spyro calls Hunter a pussycat but he edited the cat out... 😂😂😂

[@theo6741]

Oh hey man what’s up

[@Kawaiijihad]

Yoooo you're a Spyro fan!!! Hell yea dood 😂

[@floatinghamstick]

Stewart Copeland's soundtrack is stupidly good. I wish he made more soundtracks because they're so iconic.

[@Mathias4595]

Bonus - with the infinite superflame powerup, if you quit to the main menu and start a new save file, the superflame will carry through into the new game, meanng you can play the entire game again with the superflame permanently active.

[@mcrsrm]

You're telling me for 25 years, after going through the trouble of 100% the game, and wishing this was a feature, after playing through some of the game in the same save file and being bored of the empty levels? I have to try this. Is it in the original PS1 or in the Reignited Trilogy? Or both?

[@Mathias4595]

@@mcrsrm It's in both versions

[@PlebNC]

​@@mcrsrmYeah. In the original it was a glitch but the Reignited Trilogy brought it back as a hidden feature for players in the know.

[@AmandaTheStampede]

I used to run through this game a lot and I would always do this, and also the cheat code that lets spyro learn all the abilities without paying moneybags :)

[@LivingGuy484]

​@@PlebNCit was a glitch? I thought it was a feature 😅

[@PuNkY_y_y]

Ah, my life pre internet. I miss coming home and playing this, and that's all I needed... ❤

[@toy5965]

​@Kingadamstar 1994 here, I miss that shit too

[@chillinoutmaxin4630]

@@toy5965 1990 here,. and 100000%!!!

[@duffman18]

Damn you guys are really really young. I was born in 1989, _MUCH_ older lol... But yeah with life pre-internet as a kid growing up with the Mega Drive and then the PS1, Spyro was just amazing. The Spyro games are probably the very best 3D platformers, even though they don't really seem like they're actually platformers at all, since there's very little actual platforming in them. I don't know what other genre you'd class them as if not that though. Cartoon adventure games? Collectathons? I don't know. But I love them. Especially Spyro 3 because of the like 8 different playable characters who all play very differently to each other.

[@basicloner]

@@duffman18 hey oldtimer, I think your brain is getting a bit too rotted. There's not 8 playable characters in Spyro 3, not by a long shot. Time to hit the oldfolks home.

[@cloudycolacorp]

@@basicloner To be fair, there's a ton of different vehicles which control differently

[@coolcyclone9017]

It’s probably weird but it sometimes brings me to tears this game because it not only calms me but genuinely places me at a point in my life when I had no worries in life and it does it so vividly

[@pkthunder416]

Elora not being in Year of the Dragon while Hunter was is a crime

[@naomisilverfang7098]

Always thought it was weird they made all of them for 2 and then just deleted her in YotD lol

[@jaretco6423]

Elora does appear at the ending in Year of the Dragon. Also at least Hunter does help and becomes reliable in the game, where in Ripto's Rage he was completely useless and more idiotic.

[@falconeshield]

SOMEONE had to take care of Avalar, Elora had that responsibility.

[@sociosanch3748]

Though brief, she does appear in it

[@glurak888]

I ship Spyro and Elora, don't care. Only video game couple I don't mindm

[@elise2848]

i remember just running around and chilling in autumn plains for the same reasons

[@GenerationWest]

I listen to the Spyro trilogy soundtrack everyday at least, and have for the past 24 years, If I need to calm myself, I listen to either Summer Forest, Autumn Plains, or Winter Tundra. If I have a comfort game... it's this series. Crash 2 music is a VERY close second, alongside AC2.

[@yoteonthetoobs]

Do you have autism?

[@psychonawht2774]

It really is amazing music!!! Quite possibly healing and can change you mindset positively no matter what is going on. Unforgettable

[@velifx]

the Spyro games were scored by Stewart Copeland, the drummer of The Police. I still be having the songs stuck in my head that’s why I clicked on this video lol

[@mcfarvo]

The N64 Zelda games have some bangers, most of Jeremy Soule's work, Halo:CE, AoE2, WoW(vanilla-WotLK), so many good VG OSTs

[@ssj99gohanisthebest48]

Amazing video! The Hurricos purple bad guys orbs scared the shit outta me when I was younger and gave me anxiety 🤣you did amazing analyzing everything and with research to back

[@PlebNC]

I think the Reignited Trilogy nerfed them too much. In the original, the purple guys only spawn once you placed a certain number of power stones, creating a feel of you luring them out and you can place the stones tactically to make it easier to protect them. As you kill more of them you need more stones to lure them out, increasing the difficulty. In the Reignited Trilogy they're just there running around which feels dumbed down compared to the original but I get alot of players hated that challenge.

[@S2C8509]

6:50 - I wasn't ready 😆

[@Insanityltself]

42:00

[@duckalot]

The cut at 6:51 is making me lose it laughing so hard 😭👌 you are a comedic genius, thank you.

[@cozarooni1834]

My favourite thing about this game that I only realised after Reignited came out, was the voice acting, especially all the level NPCs. They all just sound so silly and stupidly charming. The monks from Colossus and Bo Beep in Zephyr being my favourites

[@aako-dd1ly]

The monks "look what I can do, HOM SALAM MEE MAHHHHHHHHH" honestly it's pretty hilarious

[@JP-ro2yi]

​@@aako-dd1ly i just thought they said why-eye-eyeyo, why-eye-eyeyo.

[@kagemushashien8394]

@@aako-dd1ly What does that mean?

[@spootot]

​@@aako-dd1lyI mimicked that voice with my best friend *soooo* much in school

[@aako-dd1ly]

@@JP-ro2yi they definitely say something like " look what I can do" before chanting. At least one of them does

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

13:04 I love saying no to moneybags! Some of his answers are straight up hilarious, especially in Spyro 3 😂 “What are you saving your money for, another sequel?” Or “What else are you going to do with all those gems? Buy flying lessons? Haha! That was a good one.” (2 of my favorite lines 😂)

[@falconeshield]

"What are you gonna do, sue me?"

[@AgentMonochrome]

@@DoofenSpyroDragon16 Or in Spyro 3's Spooky Swamp where he has to reply to you in Haiku! 😂😂

[@mrtimo3822]

I always enjoyed that spyro 2 had openings and endings to their levels. The other two games didn't do it.

[@shadowthedragon100]

Spyro is possibly my favourite franchise and it felt like going back down memory lane a tad hahah, though its interesting you didn't touch upon the secret quests in the speedways :0, great video though ♥

[@ruffiankick]

The way Ripto quietly dies in the lava pit used to crack me up as a kid 😂😂😂😂

[@Spyro52]

Whenever I feel nostalgic I think back to any of the homeworld osts and feel like I’m flying in the sky

[@LookingTheBest]

Spyro Music constantly plays in my head and makes me always in a good mood.

[@falconeshield]

Autumn Plains helps me fall asleep

[@mistersonic93]

23:34 Glad I'm not the only one to notice how satisfying the Shockwave soundeffect was

[@IsraelLlerena]

It’s nice people are still commenting a year later! Love this game so much but 3 will always be my favorite. Love you a lot! Thanks for making me giggle!

[@inkyno1]

I'm glad someone else acknowledges the pure bliss that is the shockwave sound effect from Crush's Dungeon

[@venicec3310]

That lil sound did it for me as a kid lol

[@mcarcher8661]

I met Tom Kenny himself last night!!! He came to my hometown with his band, the Hi Seas and even had a meet and greet! Me and my family had 10 minutes with him and we were all talking about our favorite moments from SpongeBob, however I mentioned Spyro and he was thrilled because I was the only one there who played Spyro growing up and I pulled out my copy of Spyro 2 and he signed it!!!! He wrote on it “Matt, see you in Dragon Shores!”!!

[@Shanmania]

Great story! So cool how he is familiar w/ the Spyro source material to know Dragon Shores.. and maybe a hint that his favorite is 2? 👀

[@mcarcher8661]

@@Shanmania Today I went to his panel and met Carlos Alazraqui who voiced him in the first game!!! We had a really cool conversation about both of them playing the same character but in a completely different way!

[@ssj99gohanisthebest48]

A Spring themed world with levels would’ve been a cool maybe $20 DLC for Reignited just like how Crash got the cancelled/removed level in the N Sane Trilogy

[@attackfrogs]

ooooh that would've been cool! reminds me that i was hoping that reignited would bring in cynder as an alternate playable character, like N sane let you play as coco (yes i know cynder wasn't part of the OG games, but i love her, sue me)

[@falconeshield]

I'm still angry we didn't get Twinsanity 20th anniversary, full remake complete with the lost levels due to budgets.

[@falconeshield]

​@@attackfrogsAs long as Legend is it's own universe like Skylander was, I'm fine with it.

[@hoppa_2184]

Didn't they only have one game on the disc that was supposed to be all three games and one has to download the other two? I don't think they deserve a single DLC penny for that one alone. No offense meant.

[@bridgetgemini8942]

Bro I'm so glad you brought up the change in the fracture hills accents. I was so disappointed!

[@Kaedenfc]

Can you explain

[@falconeshield]

​@@KaedenfcValley Girl went to university 😢

[@kck-kck879]

​@@falconeshield*University in Glasgow

[@RedfernYT]

I prefer them in Reignited honestly.

[@moonlightrobbery]

Spyro 2 is my favorite childhood game.

[@steed1364]

This is excellent. Wonderfully paced and edited. It's hard to get these longer form retrospective videos right but you nailed it - would love to hear your thoughts on Spyro 3!

[@ArcNine9Angel]

To this day, my favorite mental retreat is Autumn Plains. There's so much about the hubworlds of both 1 and 2 that just feel like magic and mystery and wonder and beauty.

[@txfan100]

Colossus is such a good track. Absolute fire.

[@JamesBrown-zu8iv]

Even who made a better Mash-Up sound track as well.

[@colbyboucher6391]

For whatever reason, Fracture Hills specifically has been a "tip of my tongue" memory for like twenty years. Something about it's whole vibe stuck with me.

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

I hated fractured hills

[@MiXedPlague]

@@liquidsleepgames3661biggest pain in the butt level since the tree tops level

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

@@MiXedPlague tree tops was fun until the final long jump and having to remember what ramp does leads to where you need to go.

[@PlebNC]

For me it's Hurricos, particularly the music.

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

@@PlebNC that's me with the horrible bagpipes

[@Fyrsiel]

For a kid's game, it's so hilarious how much it leans on lethal words like "KILL" and "BOMBS".

[@thegoodstuff6130]

As kids we weren’t coddled as much, we could be trusted with “bad” or “mean” words in our games and it’s why they are better than most games nowadays I think 😊

[@owlbusdumbledork9966]

It wasn't uncommon in old games or cartoons. It's only in the last couple decades that everyone started to over-censor children's media, games included. May be a boomer take, but I was born in 1990 and I feel like my generation enjoyed the last great era of games, toys, and TV for kids. I feel like there's a correlation between that and the way some people are today.

[@vlc-cosplayer]

Old Looney Tunes cartoons routinely had guns and explosives 💀

[@thegoodstuff6130]

@@vlc-cosplayer and like so many Cigars! 😅

[@bloodqueef4147]

Man Ripto was the piece of shit triumvirate: racist, colonizer, and short

[@DynastyUK]

The fact theychanged some of the sound fx and dialog in the remake made me furious. I miss the Whyeyeyeyeyum monks

[@mistermelancholy7698]

Dude I hadn't realized! Wtf that was so memorable!!!!

[@clutch7548]

Facts. My one isnt a big deal but i loved Lil Bo Peep in the originals so much more, hilarious

[@saltyishere9152]

You guys do realize toys for Bob had to fully remake the game from scratch right? Talk about ungrateful. Just a bunch of babbling babies

[@mistermelancholy7698]

@saltyishere9152 they did do an amazing job I hadn't even noticed the changes. But similarly in the crash remakes i didn't notice they change the masks noises

[@DynastyUK]

@@saltyishere9152 You do realise some people grew up playing this and it's a big part of thier childhood. Only to have something kinda Iconic for that game to be changed when everything else was very similar. Suck Bobs toes.

[@RhysezPieces]

When I was a kid I would turn on Spyro 2 and go to the level where it starts with a green area with a flowing river weaving through it and I'd just float down the river for hours. I've never beaten Spyro 2 or gotten further than the electricity level (it scared me as a kid) but finding my own ways to have fun in video games and not forcing myself to finish games that aren't fun anymore is a core part of my adult personality. I am the anti-completionist and it just makes the few games I've beaten start to finish 3+ times all the more special to me.

[@AlessandraHudson]

Curious to know what those few games are.

[@baalmolech]

The dark and gloominess of Hurricos reminds me of cozy thunderstorms during summer break as a child 🖤

[@arcticwolf8150]

That rainbow though...

[@mikehawk8984]

Love the edits lol. Also I love the ambience of Autumn Plains, and it's definitely my favorite of the hub worlds. It still really irks me that we didn't get a spring one with lots of green and blooming flowers considering it's my favorite season 😅

[@falconeshield]

The hub world of Spyro 3 were technically the Spring hub? The first one, when you first meet Bianca.

[@gold_leaf0702]

"random death and violence just seems to be a prevailing theme here, and I'm all for it"

[@HonestHans4]

Spyro 2 was the first console game I ever played, when I was about 9 years old. I don’t know how I got it as I never even played the 1st or 3rd games until I was an adult. It was a huge part of my childhood and an amazing escape from the loneliness and stress of my childhood (parents’ divorce, strict new stepmom, insecurities as an awkward kid, etc.). The otherworldly, ethereal feel drew me in, and I spent countless hours daydreaming about the kinds of adventures I’d have if I were suddenly transported to Avalar. I’m a huge fan to this day and I still have the original PS1 game disc. It won’t play anymore but I keep it for its sentimental value. I love that this game resonated so much with so many people. Go on any of the Spyro 2 soundtrack videos on KZbin and you’ll find so many comments from people who felt as touched by this game as we did. The Autumn Plains homeworld is my favorite, and its background music is the soundtrack of my childhood. Playing the Reignited version of Autumn Plains literally brought me to tears. It felt like coming home but with significantly improved graphics. I love how you touched on the sense of feeling alone in the game. I really related to that as a kid who was pretty much a loner, and is a big reason why I also loved the Tomb Raider games from a young age. I’m so glad the algorithm recommended this video to me. Well done, man.

[@Shanmania]

This was great to read and I relate in a lot of ways. Glad I'm not the only one that sees something special in Spyro 2!

[@rynzero_]

Congrats on the 1 hour upload my man. That is an accomplishment in and of itself.

[@ashessakura7518]

Autumn Planes as a kid is where I wanted to live forever, it looked picture perfect and everything about that specific world is where I wanted to remain ❤ Even now at 32 I see that world and that cozy nostalgia takes over, it’s a wonderful home world and feels safe

[@ashvirdalu2638]

Definitely THE game of my childhood. I just can't believe how the years have passed since... Sitting and playing this with friends, each taking a turn to complete a level. Blissful memories.

[@Duskeny]

All the voices in this game just tickle my brain like an ASMR video. I don't know how else to describe it. That crisp punctual sound whenever they hit an S or a P just rings nostalgia for me

[@moo1493]

When I was a kid my dad had a PS2 and we had a spyro game, I honestly forgot about the game until about 6 years ago when I went to a friend's house and saw their spyro Skylander figure and it all came back to me, but alas I couldn't find the game. I scoured KZbin and Reddit and just couldn't find it and then.. this video pops up on my recommendations. I watch the first 22 seconds and nearly Scream. This is the game. I'mn in the process of playing the game now but I just wanted to thank you, you've put a 6 year long search too bed for me, finally ❤

[@moo1493]

I never thought to check the ps1 games honestly, I didn't know about the ps2s backwards compatibility

[@onefourthreestudios5072]

Trouble with the trolley eh

[@JamesBrown-zu8iv]

😂

[@jacobholden3816]

By the gods that friggin pelican, YOU CAN FLY JACKASS GET EM YOURSELF! 😂

[@MrsWilliamTheBloody]

Heard this even more playing Reignited because I found the mechanic SO much harder to work 🥲

[@jetaimeviolist15]

Oh my god the number of times I wanted to throw my controller bc he said it so many times 😭😭😂😂😂

[@vaati9364]

Does this trolley go to Tahiti?

[@randomdude581]

I think one thing that I really didn’t like about the reignited trilogy was how most of the NPC’s dialogue was made too generic cartoon character. In the originals, many of the characters had this casual snark about them that made them feel like realistic characters. It gave them a human element. In reignited, lots of the voice actors sound like they are trying to do a good character voice while reading a story book to a group of children. It gets the job done, and they don’t necessarily sound “bad”, but they just usually missed the mark on what made some of the original voice acting so good. Hunter in particular has a more “modern Sonic the Hedgehog” vibe in reignited that kind of takes away from the apathetic but lovable doofus vibe you mentioned he has in the originals. Also it kills me how they changed Juliet’s voice in zephyr. The joke with the originals is that actors in Shakespearean plays back in the day (Romeo and Juliet) were played by men, even the female roles. It’s actually quite impressive how good the original trilogy voice acting was, considering that voice acting in at the time wasn’t all that great; looking at you, resident evil.

[@TheLoneClaw]

Couldn't agree more!

[@MrsWilliamTheBloody]

Agreed! The saddest thing about Reignited was the changed voice actors. Almost all the voices were WAY better in the OG Trilogy

[@JanizMakudomaru]

I remember the theory of Hunter being a double agent for Ripto, and man, is it a really solid theory with this dialogue.

[@PlebNC]

Nah, he's just incompetent, a coward and competitive, which why he likes wager orbs on challenges. No idea what the Professor's angle is.

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

29:20 what?? I love Crystal Glacier’s theme! So chill and cool 😎

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

This guy loves the worse songs and hates the best ones, it's odd lol

[@yetanotherreviewchannel]

Escorting turtles was the most wholesome part of Spyro 2, also just hanging out in Autumn Plains for the music is a highlight for me.

[@dr3dg352]

I'm the opposite, I grew up with Spyro and didn't play Mario or Crash. :P That lonely feeling you described in Spyro one is so nice. 💜 That feeling is a big part of why the first Tomb Raider is my favorite video game ever. Spyro 2 is a ton of fun as well though, I've almost finished my long-awaited replay thanks to the Reignited Trilogy!

[@itstheWampus]

the spyro trilogy holds a special place in my heart, loved the video man. Hope this one continues to push your content into the universe

[@t.crouse]

i haven’t even started the video yet but i can answer the question of why it’s so cozy in my perspective. i think a lot of it’s because of the music and the distant views. it’s kind of like a comfy liminal space. there’s not really anyone occupying the world but the clear sky’s, and good music makes it not a scary liminal space but a cozy one

[@HoneySonya]

Love hearing the hype for Spyro 2, it's such an amazing game! The devoplers nailed it in this one.

[@Sc.Nightingale]

I am incredibly thankful for this video essay, i have been OBSESSED with Spyro 2 since 2017 and it has brought me tons of comfort when i needed it. To hear somebody praise this game just like i do is wonderful. They gave us a great remaster, now we wait for the amazing spyro 4. I just hope the developers wont give up on it for another franchise.

[@NussoDigitalAnimation]

Beautiful video, which expresses the love of people like me who, at least 3 times a year, take refuge in their comfort zone, called Avalar ❤❤

[@flyingshelgons2123]

I'd like to thank you for talking got 1hr about my favorite childhood dragon, spyro. Thank you sir. Thank you so much.

[@falconeshield]

Moneybags is the one bear I don't want to be alone with.

[@LubosMudrak]

Why would you want to be alone with ANY bear?

[@ArianeMae15]

i remember my mom saying he's the taxman, and it stuck with me forever and i learned about taxes 😭

[@M4XD4B0ZZ]

Is pedobear a better option?

[@Tundra.]

@@M4XD4B0ZZ That bear is dangerous when you're young, but Moneybags is dangerous to anyone with two nickles to rub together.

[@M4XD4B0ZZ]

@@Tundra. actually true

[@TheRosielikesvideos]

This was wholesome af - thanks for making it

[@blazec8756]

Bro, the editing in this is great. Definitely got a few chuckles out my 31 year old disgruntled self. Loved these games growing up and this video definitely made me want to revisit them. Earned a new sub.

[@JudgeVenat]

Trouble with the Trolly eh?

[@Lycanite]

A new Spyro 4 where he goes to Ripto's world and has to eventually team up with him to fight some evil dragons would be interesting.

[@twistedgizmo1989]

ahh, i was having an adulthood shutdown and this helped me get through it. thank you for making this very nostalgic, cozy, and in depth playthrough of all the great things in spyro 2

[@BluWarta92]

I love this game. Forever... The music and all. It's my favorite underdog since everyone seems to prefer Spyro 3. There is no PS1 game i remember more fondly than this.

[@justkaylaaboo]

this video was so comfy I'm almost finished with it! Spyro 2 is my favv

[@veggiedragon1000]

You can also get up the ladder in Glimmer early using the superfly powerup from outside.

[@cinebst]

i'm glad this was in my recommended, what a nice video

[@flynntlock4740]

I'm not always a big fan of these types of videos, but I was so invested in this one, very well done!

[@michaelnemo4593]

34:40 This was the hardest mission for me as a child too. I remember it pissed me off so much that after I 100% completed the game I came back to this level to kill the earth shakers with the permanent super breath. Just so I could watch the alchemist walk his dumb ass all the way to Hunter, and then for Hunter to ask to kill them together, only to immediately skip to the ending cut-scene where he says we make a pretty good team. Also you forgot to mention the male Satyrs all have Scottish accents too in the original, so that's probably why they changed it in the remake. It's because of this game that I can only imagine Satyrs with Scottish accents too.

[@Blizwolf]

ABSOLUTELY. That mission kindled the flames of vengeance in child me for the first time.

[@cyberpunk59]

There is nothing cozier than the horizon landscapes, those pastel pblands emulating mountain chains but not define enough so it lets your mind in a sort of limbo, not thinking much anymore, yet captured by the sweetness and the hot/cold contrast, like a perfectly warm blankets on those colder summer nights, when you let the windows open, but the cold of the outside is like an icecream after having spent the day on the beach

[@DanDoesDev]

The attention to detail in this video is insane.

[@HerbziCal]

This was a fantastic video. Entertaining, informative, hilarious and professional, all in equal measure. I am new to your channel, but I will be regularly checking to see if any more PS1 Spyro deepdives ever crop up in your uploads!

[@jetaimeviolist15]

This was my absolute favorite video game as a child 🥹 Every. Single. Time. I was home sick from school in literally every grade, 1 - 12, I would play Ripto’s Rage 💕

[@sweetcheex]

Love this, that's the perfect way to describe it, it feels nostalgic and comfortable that ive not experienced in a game since. Stewart Copeland did an amazing job on the soundtrack that's never been replicated for me.

[@M1XART]

Spyro 2 was best game in the series. Way above anyone could had espected ever on PSone.

[@MatterMadeMoot]

Still can't believe the drummer for The Police was sound designer on the original trilogy. The music is just so damn good.

[@Mystery_Meat]

Gosh, those skyboxes were something special. The environments in this game were probably 40% of the enjoyment if not more for me as a kid, and made the exploration all the more interesting for me at around 11 years old or so. So happy my dad had great taste and purchased the trilogy on the PS1!

[@Amirikl1]

It made a childhood in The Balkans much more beautiful. The sound of serenity, the fun, so many different, creative levels and minigames... Oh, the game mechanics... Sprinting and gliding was a joy! The satisfying feeling of crashing the clay pots, and the buzzing sound of Sparx collecting the gems. I still remember the first day of playing this game, after 25 years. It almost got me in troubles with the school, because I couldn't stop playing it! It taught me what is a "fee"! This game is a memory that will last for a lifetime, for sure!

[@newjerseynets15]

Love the voice over and editing on this video. Lots of thought has gone into this

[@Lucifronz]

When I replay one of the original trilogy Spyro games, I always 100% them. Always. These games might as well have birthed me, because they helped foster my love for collecting and completing things as thoroughly as possible right at the early stages of my gaming life. Also, absolutely no disrespect to Carlos, he was the first Spyro and I still love that dopey nasally voice he gave young Spyro, but Tom Kenny in the original Spyro 2 and 3 perfected Spyro's voice. Even his Reignited voice-lines just don't really compare. He had the right amount of snark in his lines, whereas they dulled down the edges of everyone in the remake. Still, even with the many changes I don't particularly approve of, Toys For Bob put in a lot of passion into the remakes before the trilogy was rushed to market (and Spyro 3 sent to Sanzuru Games to try and complete it in record time...) and to their credit, they managed to squeeze in proper fixes for the biggest game-breaking issues of the games (such as permanently missing gems which would prevent you from actually completing the collectathons). I used to be the biggest fan of the third game as a kid before I saw some of the cracks in it (the final boss music in the Black Label release being the wrong music, for example), but I've grown to love it again. Spyro 1 and 2 are still tied for first place in my heart, though. Spyro 1 has that genuine feeling of being someplace both magical and dangerous, with a sense of isolation and loneliness that's hard to explain, whereas Spyro 2 felt a little more cozy (yeah, like the video says). Spyro 3 got a little dark, but felt right along with a similar tone to 2 otherwise. I love them all, though, for various reasons. Biggest being that the gameplay never really changed. For whatever small flaws they have, they were all just... so damned fun (I'm speaking in past-tense, but I replay them regularly, so...).

[@Nirrini]

Summer forest’s theme is still ingrained in my mind after all these years. As is the old school chanting of the monks in Colossus, the cute turtles beach theme, the idol springs theme and… Trouble with the trolley, eh? Eh?! EH?! 💀

[@thinlizzy9032]

I absolutely adore the spyro trilogy and watching this video definitely makes me want to replay them! I feel lucky I got to play them in order as a kid because of the way more and more features were added as you progressed through the trilogy. Spyro 2 is my personal favorite and the first one I 100%'d.

[@vrostar]

Spyro Year of The Dragon is my peak seeing a screenshot from that game just makes me feel cozy and nostalgic. I remember running around Autumn Plains and the castle as a kid just being amazed at the aesthetic it's so beautiful. Great video. 💜🔥

[@ovenluven9979]

Dude, I’m so glad others here feel the same way. This is my comfort game, everything hits so hard when replaying it now and then. Truly the greatest one of the original three 🔥

[@Artorikus]

I understand so much. I also have a special connection to Spyro 2 for many reasons. I also made a personal tribute to Autumn Plains with my VRChat world The Autumn Castle. ❤️

[@WINGEDxBULLET]

I really liked this video. First I've watched of yours but the format of it was just perfect for me. Thank you

[@AmandaTheStampede]

this is a great review/love letter to this game. kinda curious to see your spyro 3 video now if there is one

[@Cyntaria]

This was one of the first games I ever played as a toddler and it's still my go to comfort game alone with pokemon over 20 years later

[@UbiquitousPolitic]

This was the very first video game I ever played as a kid on my brand new PS1

[@SidGameReview]

By far the best Spyro 2 review I have EVER seen, and I have seen almost all of them, kudos dude, brilliant work, you got a subscriber!

[@jazzaroobabu1101]

All three games are so cozy for me! My most special games from childhood

[@MOCskoden]

6:52 based Spyro

[@swapbloodcell]

Thank you for making this video. I've been looking for someone who actually goes through each level in detail and talks about them (not being the reignited version). Keep up the great work 🤘

[@seanmorrey2359]

The mini game where you have to stop the turtles from going into the pot is the hardest that bro lied 😂😂

[@shaydilane2172]

Underrated cozy video

[@aldo6532]

There was an internet cafe me and my Mum visited often. They had the posters for one of the main Spyro games at the time, don’t remember which one. I remember seeing it so often that I reaaLly wanted to play it. I still haven’t to this day

[@ultraquality]

great video! kept me engaged throughout and really enjoyed your editing style, thanks :)

[@Salrie-Antlerhorn]

I say it's because of the relaxing bg music, the sounds of gems and orbs and the surreal environments. Spyro 2 is more then just a game, it's pure ASMR Art!

[@Kaskei]

i really enjoyed playing these games as a kid, still have the ogs for the ps1 to play them all over again. I was an only child growing up so i played pretend also along with Spyro. having them cheat codes to change his colors and such i would pretend they were other kid dragons, and run around the hub worlds and level worlds acting out different scenarios (before Hero's Tail, and Legends came along). I loved these games so much, and love both the ogs and the Reignited games. I do hope we get a new fourth game as well. The music, the worlds, just... can't get enough of them all.

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

6:51 "You've got a problem with that, pus--" Nice cutoff LOL For me Summer Forest had the most relaxing music