So apparently, in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Spyro 1 will be on the disc but Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage and Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon will not be part of the disc and will require a internet connection to download. Honestly, I am very conflicted with this. Crash 1, 2, and 3 are available on disc but not Spyro 2 and 3!? And what about for those who don't have an internet connection? This seems to be a weird, dumb decision. Thankfully I have internet so this doesn't affect me too much. But I am really starting to hate how game companies make these HD "collections" where some parts of the collection is on the physical disc/cartridge while the other half is a digital download and pretty much requires you to have an internet connection to get the other half of the "collection".  This is one of the things I am starting to hate in modern day gaming.

 

Wait, what? To be able to play the other two games, they require to be downloaded from the internet? That's a really sucky strategy! It'll just make players who want to get into Spyro get turned off! Like you said, Tails, Crash had all the three games in one disc, so why can't Spyro do the same? I bet this is just Activision experimenting with different kinds of sales tactics. Well, this is gonna be a sucky way to go about purchasing content that should be in the disc in the first place!

Definitely an odd choice for sure.

I mean if it's a complete remake from the ground up (if I remember back at E3, it is) then, sure I might be able to understand having the later games downloadable...you know, what with 4K textures, new models, new engine, etc. and from what I remember (it's been a while since I played Spyro), they're just larger games environment wise vs Crash so a bit more info.

 

Not saying I agree with the decision to make the experience part downloadable, but I don't discount a technical reason for it not being on there either. 

 

Forgive me for also not knowing how they handled the Crash Trilogy, but was all three games put together under the same environment? What they could be experimenting with is smaller runtimes to make the games smaller and less of a hassle to jump into (also with disc to hdd transfer...again, shot in the dark).

 

It's anyone's guess really imo. Needless to say, far cheaper than shipping a multi disc version of the experience.

That's stupid as hell? Why call it a "Trilogy" when you're not putting Spyro 2 and 3 in the same disc with Spyro? That is a very dumb choice.

This doesn't really affect me, since I'm getting the digital version anyways.

I still prefer to get the physical copy since anything can go wrong with the digital copy and you can potentially lose all of your data if something goes wrong with the download.  Plus, it gives me an excuse to play the original PS1 games on my PS2.

That's stupid as hell? Why call it a "Trilogy" when you're not putting Spyro 2 and 3 in the same disc with Spyro? That is a very dumb choice.[/size]

Its less work for them

I just worry about the quality.

Its less work for them

More like lazy work but hey whatever I won't be getting since the last two are digital.

I wonder if this is something that'll be fixed over time, or if the whole deal of downloading 2 and 3 will be mandatorily permanent?