Spyro: Shadow Legacy DS
  • Publisher: VU Games
  • Release Date: Oct 18, 2005
User Score
5.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11

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  1. Zeph
    Jan 2, 2011
    4
    I love Spyro games.... well, I *used* to love them when Insomniac made them. This version was my first DS game that I played... and with a mix of confusing controls, confusing environments, confusing sense of depth, and a mediocre story, I just couldn't give support for this game... it left me very much confused in the end.
  2. Anonymous
    Nov 7, 2007
    8
    It's a fun game, adding RPG elements to Spyro. However, the graphics are not quite up to the DS' capabilities except during boss battles. The controls are a bit annoying because Spyro was designed for joysticks, not directional pads. The lack of voices is a disappointment, as voices have been possible since the GBA. Otherwise, it's a fun and challenging game. They just could've done better on the graphics, added voices instead of using text, and made the controls easier. The touchpen capabilities are nice. You have the whole options menu on the touchscreen while you move around on the topscreen.… Expand
  3. LaurenW.
    Jun 10, 2007
    2
    Awful. Don't buy it, even hardcore Spyro fans such as myself will find it unbelievably boring and uninspiring.
  4. BoboliS.
    Jun 14, 2006
    3
    This Game is not how a spyro game should be. It is confusing, repetitive, has bad graphics, and glitchy. It is sort of fun if you can figure out what you are doing but I would not Reccommend it.
  5. LLloyd
    Nov 5, 2005
    4
    Not the Spyro games we are used to at all... controls get confusing when same key is used for several different commands, instructions are given only once and are not repeated at all and do not give you any idea what you can do, leveling up and having to keep "teleporting" to get new "attacks" gets tiring, as does the switching back and forth between "phases"... We want the old Spyro back... this one is not impressive.… Expand

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Metascore
50 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. IGN
    40
    The horrible production values are Spyro: Shadow Legacy's real killer.
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  2. Nintendo Power
    65
    It does mark a departure, adding light RPG elements to the isometric-adventure style seen on the GBA. [Dec 2005, p.112]
  3. Eurogamer
    40
    Spyro would score a 5 were it to work properly - smack bang in the middle of middlyness, doing nothing well, and utterly without imagination (for goodness sakes, travelling back and forth between two versions of reality - where did they get that idea from?!).
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