Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

First real game I loved

I remember trading the toys in school & leveling up other kids' skylanders for them. They had to be banned alongside beyblades, though

the figures still look lovely on the shelf

the gameplay is kind of wack but it's still a good game, a 2.99 seems like insanity

Overhated modern classic

God every time I think about this game again… the atmosphere, the assets, the scope, the uniqueness, it’s so addictive. It’s just hard for me to get bored of this game, the way it’s designed and the atmosphere always makes it feel like there’s more to it, and I’m always down for a casual romp with different characters and different levels. I probably have 2k+ hours on this game so realistically I’ve squeezed it dry but it still feels new any time I think about it or want to play again, they really had something special with this and it shows that it was the culmination of so much experimentation in feeling out what the franchise would be. So many details in this one that were lost even in the next entry.

This killed Spyro.