BladeBlur

Exo and J and stuff. They're like no! no ! no! Ripto's like....really underdeveloped

Not compared to Gnasty and the Sorceress.

I'll give you Gnasty, but the Sorceress is a significantly better villain than Ripto in every possible way except chemistry. You can't beat that Ripto/Spyro repartee, especially when Spyro never shares even a single conversation with the other two villains.

That's exactly why I pick Ripto over The Sorceress. I mean for one even her name is kind of generic and not very memorable. I did like that they explained her motivation, but even then she feels rather disconnected from the story since you don't even see her impact on the world.

As opposed to Ripto, who does not affect the events of any level in Spyro 2 whatsoever? The Sorceress' army of Rhynocs, on the other hand, consistently show up across Spyro 3 levels to cause trouble. In addition, she's the reason the eggs were stolen.

Ripto is a glorified squatter. lol

Kind of. Elora and the gang are all "Ripto's causing all sorts of trouble around here, and he's ruining everything! You have to get rid of him because stakes!" But all he really does is shut himself inside a few castles and throw up some banners.