Spyro: A Hero's Tail
Spyro: A Hero's Tail is the fifth console game in the original Spyro series and the ninth game in the series in all. Developed by Eurocom, it was the first game in the series for the Xbox, as well as the…
Spyro: A Hero's Tail is a platform developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software, released 3 November 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The main story takes about 15 hrs to finish.
What Spyro: A Hero's Tail is
Spyro: A Hero's Tail is a platform game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software and released in 2004. It was published by Vivendi Universal Games. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It runs on EngineX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Spyro: A Hero's Tail is a 2004 platform game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software and published by Vivendi Universal Games for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. It is the fifth console game in the original Spyro series and the ninth game in the series overall. Per usual, players act as the titular dragon collecting objects, platforming, flying, headbutting and breathing fire onto enemies to save the Dragon Realms. This time, he collects Dark Gems, which corrupt the land with maniacal creatures and deadly plants, planted by a banished Dragon Elder Red. Other characters, such as Sparx the Dragonfly, Hunter the Cheetah, Sgt. Byrd the Penguin, and newcomer Blink the Mole, are…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Spyro the Dragon series
Spyro: A Hero's Tail is the 14th of 53 entries we hold in the Spyro the Dragon series. The next entry was Spyro: Ripto Quest in 2004. Its critic score of 69 is almost exactly the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Spyro Reignited Trilogy at 84.
How it was received
Spyro: A Hero's Tail holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15 hrs.
What it launched against
Spyro: A Hero's Tail launched on 3 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Spyro: A Hero's Tail yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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