The first game gets things off to a good start by redesigning the dragons to
match their worlds (Artisan, Magic Crafter, etc…) but that's the only real
deviation from the original games and that set me up for disappointment.
The new visuals are nice though there are times where it interferes with
gameplay. Gulp's boss fight for example it's a lot harder to see where his
attacks are going to land. The camera was also a hassle during these battles.
I ended up changing the camera to passive mode. It didn't solve the issue, but
it reduced the amount of times I had to wrestle the camera around so
I could see.
Having the gem locator available from the start is great, but I wish the
game told you about it. The same with the Atlas, I loved being able to fast
travel between worlds.
My ideal game would have had had number 2's intro and outro cinematics for
each game, it would have been a great opportunity to do some worldbuilding, but
at the very least I would have liked consistency between 2 and 3's flight
controls (they invert for some reason and you can't change it).
I would give the game as itself a 3 but it lost a star for not including
the whole of the games on the disc. I honestly don't understand why they felt
it was necessary to make us download levels