Preston Ward Condra Ranks All 101 Spyro 1-3 Levels

by Preston Ward Condra

A project I made when I was 15 years old, during my sophomore year in High School in September 2009. I critiqued and ranked every single level from Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage and Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon in, one consolidated project from worst to best. It doesn't matter if you agree with my opinion or not. All that matters, is that this ended up getting finished.

34. 69: Bamboo Terrace

Here is a level that much like Shady Oasis isn't a level that I really hate. Much like Shady Oasis and of the main reason why I have Bamboo Terrance appearing fairly low on the countdown is in part of how nothing of note in terms of level variety and design sticks out of the level with the main player of the level focusing on using basic gameplay mechanics of the level from start to finish. While there are certainly far worse levels out there of the series, there are however much more better levels out there in the series with more variety and style out there more then Bamboo Terrance. Bamboo Terrance is easily a level of such with no real positive or negative feel going for it.

Like of what I said earlier, the biggest problem overall I had with Bamboo Terrance is the lack of real variety standing out in of the level with of the bland rhynoc enemies you face off with in of the level and main platforming gameplay you use in of Bamboo Terrance. You start out in of the level helping out the cute little pandas by killing off the extremely bland and easy enemies of the level. Anyone over the age of 5 could possibly get through this level from Point A to Point B with them having no issues of any kind.

The enemies of the level which are water buffaloes and rhynocs with umbrellas are easy as cake pie to take care of. Simple fire attacks from Spyro will take them down with ease. A level from the Spyro series of such with both of note with nothing of in terms of variety sticking out and unique of the level and in part of easy and bland enemies of the level, is bad and not a very thing of note since this is what makes most of the remaining Spyro levels left to rank on the countdown unique and beautiful to play of in.

Aside from slightly mastering more on your hover and glide skills in one small section in of the level much like of the enemies of Bamboo Terrance, nothing and I mean nothing of anything that will knock your socks of with in terms of level gameplay design appears in of the level. No use of cannons of like to use from Breeze Harbour and Zephyr, no fun magic elements of the level of such from Crystal Islands and Wizard Peak and no real presentation of the level sticking out unique unlike of such from the fantastic and beautiful looking Magma Cone, Aquaria Towers, Metropolis, Seashell Shore, Lost Fleet and countless others of levels from the PS1 series.

Not much else to say. Bamboo Terrance is a real level with no real positive or negative thing to say and as such makes Bamboo Terrance just another fairly forgettable level of such in this section of my countdown.