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.

52. 51: Glimmer

Just barely missing out of cracking the Top 50 of such Spyro PS1 levels in the countdown, goes to the first very level of such with the player starting out with in of Spyro 2 and bringing back great nostalgic and fun memories for fans of these classic games including myself in is with Glimmer from Spyro 2. Glimmer while just misses out on not being ranked any higher on the countdown due to the how many more in depth and unique levels there would appear in of Spyro 2 and from this entire classic franchise in general and how this notable this problem is for being with Glimmer overshadowed with of such to the even more fun and original levels out from the series and remaining to rank in of the countdown.

Still slight issues aside, Glimmer was a great beginning level for any Spyro gamer to enjoy and have fun with thanks to how more of the level design personality from Spyro 1 in to Spyro 2 was improved with, setting up for bigger and some of the best levels I have seen overall from the series as a total. Glimmer is also notable for introducing us more on the character's personality for each character you interact with in of Spyro 2 such as charm being spoken well from the characters and having a strong list of characters to interact with for most of the part with of Spyro 2 such as being the first game in of this classic franchise introducing us to the helpful Zoey that save over our progress whenever anything bad happened in terms of gameplay of the gamer playing through of any level from the franchise and of course the fat doo doo head of Moneybags forcing you having to pay him your hard worked and discovered treasure in of Avalar of Spyro 2.

Glimmer while again not being the most in-depth and unique level out there from the series which of course why I hold it back from being ranked any higher on the countdown, Glimmer was flat our great on how the slight little gameplay twists and turns from improvements from Spyro 1 would turn out well and even better in for the main gameplay design for levels in Spyro 2. This is one thing that helps bring pointers to Glimmer to the overall series in general and nothing can take that memory of such to the series as important away from it.

Not much else to say. Glimmer was great for what it was as a great beginning level to the gamer and Spyro fan in general to Spyro 2 and introducing us more on how much it improved with more style and gameplay details would later appear in of future unique levels would appear in of the rest of the series. Great level that any Spyro fan in from the series should enjoy with in some shape way or form, even if the level was lacking more gameplay design of such compared to it's bigger and more unique levels from the entire franchise.