The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon DS
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Metascore
57 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon is the third chapter in the Legend of Spyro trilogy. Reprising their roles as the characters of Spyro and his mentor Ignitus, are two popular Hollywood leading men, Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Gary Oldman (Sirius Black from the Harry Potter films). Joining the Spyro roster this year are Christina Ricci, Blair Underwood, Mark Hamill and Wayne Brady, rounding out an all-star voice cast. [Sierra]… Expand

Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. GameZone
    70
    Fun, shallow gameplay with cool 3D stages, cheap enemies and a fair amount of repetition.
  2. Nintendojo
    65
    Dawn of the Dragon may be lacking the polish and spark of big name DS titles, but it’s a solid time-waster.
  3. Game Chronicles
    65
    The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon is a fairly decent DS platformer and action game, but because of its linear and somewhat shallow design, as well as a number of minor flaws, it doesn’t quite make it past that.
  4. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    41
    It is, and always has been, a horribly vanilla platformer with very little soul to it. [Christmas 2008, p.103]
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  1. henkkaa
    7
    it`s a good game. The only problems are that the gameplay a little repetative and the game is VERY short. Meaning that once you complete the game (3-5 hours)the idea of playing it again is not too attractive. I`m a spyro fan but the game still didn`t complete my expextions.… Collapse

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