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The new year does bring lots of changes, especially good changes. Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Pack - Darklight Crypt, the second adventure pack available for Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, got its price changed to $20 on Amazon! The pack is like an add-on or new content for the game. Four toy figure are always included in an adventure pack. This time, in the Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Pack - Darklight Crypt, includes a figure that opens an area in the game called Darklight Crypt, two figures that act as items and magics in the game, and the last one is a Skylander toy figure that unlocks the exclusive Skylander of the Darklight Crypt, Ghost Roaster. It is developed by Toys for Bobs also XPEC Entertainment for the Windows, Mac, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 version while Vicarious Visions handles the Nintendo 3DS version and Frima Studio takes care of the IPhone, IPad, and the web game. Activion is the publisher of the game.

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is a toy brand and a spin-off game based on the Spyro series. This game’s genre is platformer combined with role-playing game and adventure elements. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is highly enjoyable for both children and adults. And it may cause addiction because of its revolutionary and never-seen-before system. We play as a Portal Master whose job is to terminate the evil Portal Master, Kaos.

The game’s gameplay is unique because it combines video game and toys. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure allows you to make your toy figures live in the game and upgrade it. Buying the starter or regular edition will get you the game, three toy figures, and a special peripheral called “Portal of Power” to be connected to your game console, especially made for the game. The three toy figures are used as your characters inside the game. Connect the “Portal of Power” to your console and put your favorite figure on top of it and the character in the game will unlock. There is around 37 characters for now even though the starter pack only carries three with it. You can buy the rest for eight bucks each or wait for exclusive adventure packs that include a Skylander toy figure for each bundle.

The Skylander toy figures in the game are also used as mobile saved games, meaning, when you put your figure on another “Portal of Power” even on a different console version, your stats, upgrades, skills, achievements will carry over. Putting two Skylanders toy figures on the “Portal of Power” will enable the local co-op mode or versus mode. There is no online multiplayer mode though. Other than characters, there are power-ups or key toy figures to be used. It breaks the boundary of toy and video games.

Starter pack items for the console version and 3DS version is different. Even some item figures’ effect are different when used on the 3DS version since the genre for the 3DS version is 3D platformer and it has a different gameplay system. While the starter pack of consoles includes Spyro, Gill Grunt, and Trigger Happy, the 3DS starter pack includes Dark Spyro, Stealth Elf, and Ignitor.

The Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure Pack – Darklight Crypt contains an exclusive character and other items. When used in the web version, items become collection and adds 200 gold-reward trophy to your account except for Skylanders. Below is the complete list of the toy figures and effects:

Ghost Roaster
All versions: Putting this Skylander figure on the “Portal of Power” will unlock the Ghost Roaster. This Undead Skylander is quite overpowered. Its favorite quote is “No Chain, No Gain!”.

Darklight Crypt
Console version: This toy figure unlocks the Darklight Crypt chapter when placed on top of the “Portal of Power” in the Ruins. When used in any other chapter, the Darklight Crypt will release horde of ghosts to terrorize the enemies, inflicting 999 damage to all enemies once per chapter.

3DS version: It unlocks the Darklight Crypt via the Sanctuary.

Healing Elixir
Console version: Heals 15 HP per second for half a minute for all Skylanders on the portal. Once per chapter only.

3DS version: Regenerates the health points of your Skylander, Use 10 radiance plus this magic by pressing R.

Time Twist Hourglass
Console version: A once-per-chapter item that slows down pretty much everything in the game except the Skylanders.

3DS version: Spend 10 radiances to activate it and paralyze nearby enemies.

The Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Pack - Darklight Crypt add on is a good bargain now. Because of the popularity, it is a shame that the twenty bucks sales stocks in Amazon are currently sold out. Anyhow, you can still buy it in several stores for less than thirty bucks.

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