The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
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| Developer: | Krome Studios |
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| Release Date: |  October 2, 2007 October 18 2007 (Wii)
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| Platform: | Gameboy Advance Microsoft XBox Playstation 2 Nintendo DS Nintendo Wii |
| Rating: | NYTC: E10 |
| Genre: | Action |
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night is a video game in the Spyro the Dragon (series). It is the second game in The Legend of Spyro trilogy, released for the PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Wii.
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Gameplay
The gameplay is similar to its predecessors. Spyro must travel to the end of a level in a linear fashion and defeat the boss at the end of each level, defeating enemies with his combat moves.
Spyro will learn different breaths from the Chronicler, who is met in Dreams which occur to Spyro during the course of the game. The breaths are a tool for defeating enemies. They come in different elements; fire, ice, electricity and earth. Spyro can also use furies, which are big blasts of elemental magic. Spyro is required to obtain a certain amount of purple gems to be able to use these skills.
Spyro is able to learn the skill of "dragon time" from the Chronicler. This skill allows Spyro to slow down time. He can use this ability to jump on platforms which are too fast to land on with his normal speed. He can also use this ability to defeat enemies easier.
Throughout the levels there are items called "Scriber's Quills". Each "quill" collected gives the player 5 pieces of concept art.
There are also Dragon Relics, which can add to Spyro's health and energy bars.
The Elements
Fire:
- Normal (Square)-
- Special (Triangle)-
- Fury (R2)-
Elecricity:
- Normal (Square)-
- Special (Triangle)-
- Fury (R2)-
Ice:
- Normal (Square)-
- Special (Triangle)-
- Fury (R2)-
Earth:
- Normal (Square)-
- Special (Triangle)-
- Fury (R2)-
Setting
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night continues the storyline established by A New Beginning, which ended with the defeat of Cynder, a black dragon in servitude for an enemy called the "Dark Master". In The Eternal Night, a new antagonist -- "Gaul" the Ape King -- has risen to power and is intent on resurrecting the Dark Master.The Legend of Spyro official site
Plot
After Spyro repels an attack by the Ape army, Ignitus, the leader of the dragons, sends Spyro to seek out a tree that Spyro saw in a vision while Ignitus looks for help against the Apes. As Spyro searches for the tree, he also searches for another dragon known as the Chronicler, who asked Spyro in a vision to find him. Spyro is soon captured by pirates and forced to engage in gladiatorial combat.
When he escapes the pirates, he discovers that the Apes have established a base on the mountain of Malefor, in an effort to revive the Dark Master using a lunar alignment called the Night of Eternal Darkness. He also discovers that they are keeping Cynder, a friend from A New Beginning, prisoner, hoping to turn her to their side once more.
Spyro eventually finds the Chronicler, who tells him about the Dark Master. According to him, the Dark Master was once a purple dragon that had gone evil. He was exiled and sealed away by the dragon elders, but not before he taught the Apes how to use dragon magic. The Chronicler wants Spyro to hide from the Apes until a later time (as the Chronicler puts it, to "ride out this storm, and live to fight another day"), but Spyro insists on going to Cynder’s aid.
When he gets to the mountain of Malefor, the Ape King, Gaul, orders Cynder to attack Spyro. When she attacks Gaul instead, he knocks her out and challenges Spyro himself. During the fight, the lunar alignment comes, and the energy it generates is channeled through Spyro and at Gaul, destroying him. When the alignment passes, the mountain crumbles around Spyro and Cynder. In his despair, Spyro recalls the Chronicler's words about living to fight another day, and then uses his power to entomb Cynder, Sparx and himself in a crystal to save their lives from the collapsing mountain that they are trapped within.
Characters
- Spyro
- Sparx
- Cynder
- Gaul
- Ignitus
- Cyril
- Terrador
- Volteer
- Arborick
- Skabb
- Sniff (Parrot)
- Scratch (Parrot)
- The Chronicler
Reviews
- GameInformer-6.3/10
- IGN-3.5/10
- Play-8.5/10
Reception
The game received slightly lower overall reviews than The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, and was criticized for similar reasons. IGN, however, gave the game a 3.5, criticizing it for its difficulty and repetitive nature.
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