Glyde The Dragon™: Prologue

“The stamina bar and dashing do not feel meaningfully important to the gameplay (as conveyed by the animation). I expected to gain more speed by repeating the dash input and consuming the bar, but the speed is just capped.”

“Earning crystals is a lackluster reward as its only purpose (in the demo) is to unlock parts of the map. My obvious suggestion is to gate glide power behind unlockable stuff (more HP, bigger flame bar, more damage, more stamina, maybe some additional moves/mechanics, etc.).”

“At least in my 3.5 hours playing, not all combat mechanics are explained it seems (though I figured them out relatively quickly), most notably that attacking enemies with basic melee attacks fills up the stamina meter (instead of just waiting to let the meter gradually replenish), and that an ultimate move once charged can be unleashed (with LT + RT on Xbox controller, for instance).”

“Ultra settings and low settings don't affect each other much either; the only main difference is the VRAM usage. If you have enough VRAM, there is only a slight difference, probably because the graphics settings don't affect some of the things impacting compute power the most.”

“On the highest graphic settings, your CPU (or at least mine did, rocking a 5900x) will use resources heavily. On the graphic setting below that though, it's completely fine, which is a bit weird.”

“Like a couple other reviews have already mentioned, this game will likely push the CPU to its limit; my laptop reached pretty high temperatures while playing at capped 60fps on high (not highest) settings. Thankfully, there are plenty of graphics options to change to your liking.”

“* Abrupt music transitions (happens when changing level)”

“- OST is pretty chill.”

“A lot of heart, soul, blood, sweat, tears, and a lot of passion went into making this from the music, the combat, to the way it ends.”

“Main problem in the game is performance. Although it might seem possible to run it lightweight on low settings, it is generally too heavy for an APU. It was playable on the Ryzen 5 4500U, but at insanely low FPS, requiring players to predict what will happen in the next frame.”

“The game is very CPU-heavy in terms of performance.”

“The performance issue is common in almost all modern games, but it is still a problem here. A patch for better overall performance or at least settings that allow playability on low-end hardware without making terrain look overly bare is needed.”

“(For reference, I have played, beaten, and 100% completed every Spyro game including the Lost Legacy, and even those were buggy and had almost game-breaking glitches.) This game, comparison-wise, is not up to par in the slightest.”

“There are some spots that need some polish (a world map would have been helpful), and there are a few game-breaking glitches that I ran into, but it did not interrupt my enjoyment of the game.”

“There are general minor issues and glitches like dragons I already talked to would regain the '!' icon.”

“This is only free in the same way that adverts on YouTube and banner ads in your browser are.”

“It's impossible for me to recommend this incorrectly published advertising spam to gamers; you deserve better than adverts.”

“It was very tedious to run from one end of the map to the other just to complete a side quest.”