I then tackled Tree Tops, where I was completely blown away by the game’s graphics.

I smirked when he revealed his final form - a sheep on stilts - knowing that as a kid, I was giggling over the fact that this almighty boss was really just an angry farm animal. I blazed a path towards Toasty, the level’s giant pumpkin-headed scarecrow boss, and took him down after getting squashed by his guard dogs a few times. It did not take long for me to learn the game’s controls because it triggered the same muscle memory - like riding a bike or toasting a few Shepherds with my fire breath. This demo was nostalgia-fueled fun as I re-experienced some of the memories I had as a kid, while having a blast completing those two levels in this completely remastered edition.Īs soon as I loaded into Toasty, I instantly felt like I was back at my aunt’s house trying to collect every gem I could get my claws on. This marked the entrance to the Spyro Reignited Trilogy booth, where E3 attendees had the chance to play the game before its release on September 21, 2018.Īfter I walked through the arch, I was treated to a demo of the game that included the levels Tree Tops and Toasty, which both originally appeared in the first Spyro the Dragon. The first thing I saw was a massive stone arch straight out of Spyro's homeworld, featuring an awesome hologram of the iconic purple dragon in action, flying through the air and breathing fire. I may have only been four-years-old at the time, but I still had a blast trying to collect gems and saving all the dragons from the evil Gnasty Gnorc.Īlmost two decades later, I came face to face with that very familiar purple dragon when I walked into the South Hall Lobby at E3 2018. Before I entered kindergarten, a family friend of ours - we called her an aunt for how much she did for us - had Spyro the Dragon, and I played it for hours whenever she babysat me.

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