That's a total of 8 elements for you math-heads! Although useful to inflict damage, each element has a special effect, but not all enemies are vulnerable. Each of the two characters has a unique set of 4 elemental skills. It is a bit more complex with elemental magic (dragon breath). There are a few combos you can do with physical attacks, but it mainly comes down to hitting quickly and repeatedly with occassional dodging. If you play without a friend, you can easily switch between the two dragons at any time in a few cases, switching is actually required.Īside from magic elements, the action aspect is mainly button mashing.

If you have a friend, (s)he can play the second dragon otherwise the AI will take control. In this game, you control one of two small dragons who are both present through the entire game. It also has a bit of an RPG aspect to it you gain experience to upgrade your characters' magic breath and you can also equip armor to increase their battle performance. Don't play it if you're not confortable with that! But if you like platform / action games, then you'll probably like this one. Another example is at the very end (after defeating the final boss) and one of the characters says something rather personal to the other, and I was baffled where did that come from? Perhaps there should be more of a backstory.Īs a platform / action game, it revolves around exploration and button-mashing. Of course I was too busy trying to remember all the tasks to notice this slight by the story author(s) on my first playthrough. Who the hermit is and why he ran off with the key is never explained. Although the raft is not far outside the village, it is locked up and you have to get the key from some hermit living far away. Of course it is not so simple as go pick it up and bring it to him there are several tasks that must be done to accomplish the goal. For example, in one chapter, you need to get a raft to an injured man. I imagine Spyro fans would call the story good while others would rate it lower.

Spyro dawn of the dragon