All the reviews i've viewed, other than this one rate all skylanders games as bad.
Plus i am pretty pissed about the fact that people call this a spyro game, the last one came out ages ago and they should leave it at that!
So, as much as I hate using metacritic as a gauge, at first glance,
the reviews aren't that bad. It's only a Spyro game in the sense that Activision tacked Spyro's name for brand-name recognition as a new franchise. it clearly doesn't need it now, given the booming success of the series and them not using Spyro in the title.
Personally, if you're not interested in the game, I'd try to not care as much about how good the game is, how much of a ripoff it is or isn't, and how Activision decides to use the Spyro character. Activision could use Spyro in a terrible fighting game or anime, and it wouldn't affect the quality of the original PS1 games.