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A very dissapointing RPG

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This videogame is like Dynasty warriors, except that you don't have any ally fighting alongside with you and the enemies look stupid. However, I do recognize that the game has good graphics, and that the storyline is very touching. But I believe that's not enough to make it a good game.

TOO REPETITIVE!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: February 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game lacks depth and gameplay variety and gets boring in the first fifteen minutes!! And one more thing, it is WWWAAAAAYYY too REPETITVE!!!!!!!!

Warning: May cause shuddering.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 18
Date: June 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Square Enix had a great Idea. Melding massive melee style war-combat with the at-hand intensity of riding a dragon.

but they just did it so baldy.

Here's the very first thing I hated about this game. Your Dragon. I would have rather died than make that 'Pact'. She is always calling you 'Lesser' 'inferior' 'animalistic'. Call me crazy, but when I picked this up I wasn't thinking to myself "Hey, I'm in the mood to be insulted." I know that sounds wierd because it's just a game, but trust me. It gets to you.

The second thing I hated about this game was the constant judgement of your characters by the other characters. The game is purly about battle. That's all. And yet when you kill enemies, your allies will say "Does only your bloodlust drive you forward?". Thats crap!! How else are you supposed to beat the stupid game?!

the third thing I hated about this game was the battle system. Here, I'll explain it to you in the most detailed and deep way ever written for this game.
What you do is you press......square square square square square square square square sqaure square square square square square square square square square sqaure square square square square square square square square square sqaure square.

And heres where it gets really interesting....square square square square square square square square sqaure square SELECT square square square square square square square square sqaure square TRAINGLE!

The fourth thing I hated about this game was the stupid allies. They are so annoying. I mean, the first time you meet this elf chick, she gives off some slight hints that she is very fond of little children...if you know what I mean. Sick. Thats just gross.

And fifth is the fact that in some levels, your dragon is just plain worthless. Two hits from an arrow, and the monsterous brute can't seem to bear your weight (nevermind that its smalles muscle could probably lift a greyhound bus on its own.) and then theres the stupid little red troops who are immune to magic. Ok, fine. Give me a dragon and then take it away. Cheap jerks.

The sixth thing I hated about this game was the music. Seriously, It just sounds like its skipping constantly. But nope, listen really hard and you can hear a sad excuse for a melody.

The seventh thing I hated about this game is.....WHERE IS MY ARMY! Im sorry, but even with a dragon, taking out 2,000 or more enemies in one level can take alot of tim.

So, if your a fan of Chinese water torture, or perhapse that buzzing noise that flourescant lights give off, buy this game. But if your sane, then you will vomit at the sight of this game and run from it like it has Ebola, the Black Plague, Leprosy, and really bad B.O.

Great game.....As long as you dont get the last endings.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am here to warn you. If you like a good story line, get the game, as long as you dont think that a bad ending could ruin the game. I thought the game had a great story line the first time through and it got me hooked. There were 5 endings and I was determined to get them all. I got the first 3 and I was starting to think that something was going wrong. Then I saw a flying baby that eats people and I know it was going downhill. The final ending almost made me write a letter to Square-Enix asking them why they made an ending like that. This game had so much potential but Square-Enix killed it. Im not going to put the ending up on the board but if anyone wants to save hours of their life not looking for all the weapons then they can send me an e-mail. My suggestion, borrow the game once or twice to beat it if you really want to get it and save the money.

OK

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: February 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I played it on the march issue of playstation magazine demo.The only things bad are that its exactly like Dynasty Warriors and Panzer Dragoon but not combined very well.Theres not many attacks and the game makes you dizzy.But the game has good action and its fun on the dragons.

"Gard" against monotony...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: March 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

"Drakengard" is what happens when you take "Draken: The Ancients' Gates," mix it liberally with "Dynasty Warriors" and "Panzer Dragoon," and throw in an anmie copy of the plot for the film "Dragonheart." It offers a fun diversion in short spurts, but gulp down too much at a time and you're sure to be hit by the numbing repetition of it all.

You're cast as Caim, a wounded hero who makes a pact with a wounded dragon and ultimately sets out to rescue his sister, the goddess Furiae. Does that mean Caim is a god himself? Apparently not. And who captured Furiae? A nameless Empire with secret intentions that ultimately translate into "ruling the world." Some other characters come into the mix, but few of them (despite their extensive biographies in the instruction manual) play into the events of the game in any way that justifies their inclusion. In other words, if you're seeking a game with a good story, "Drakengard" is perhaps the last place you should look. Despite this, it doggedly attempts to tell a story in long, painfully written cut-scenes that ultimately prove incoherent. At least the rendered movies make for some spectacular eye candy, even if they fail to shed any light on the unintelligible plot. The opening cinematic is sure to fire your blood and whet your appetite for the game that follows...

...And the game that follows starts out at a rapid clip, thrusting you into the thick of a siege. You'll wonder almost immediately why you're the only warrior fighting against the Empire even as beleaguered (and apparently invisible) soldiers cry out for assistance. For a game that wants so desperately to stick you square in the middle of a battle royale fantasy style, the lack of allies is a glaring omission. Even if battling comrades were nothing save window dressing, it would have helped to immerse you. As it stands, the action is still furious and fairly engaging. Blood spurts are satisfying, but more so the way your weapons send your enemies soaring in waves (like Sauron in the opening of Peter Jackson's take on "The Fellowship of the Ring"). You only have a few moves at your disposal, so like everything in "Drakengard" it eventually wears thin, but it's good fun for a while.

The monotony of ground combat is broken up by... well, the monotony of aerial combat. This is, in my opinion, the weakest aspect of the game. Caim battles a host of foes from astride his fire-breathing dragon, but the dragon's limited abilities and some poor camera work ultimately weaken the experience. On top of that, the enemies displayed in this mode make no logical sense. It's hard to get excited about frying giant bats and winged chests-of-drawers with the same molten breath over and over and over again. Boss battles, at least, liven things up - and all of them take place in the sky.

"Drakengard" claims to be an RPG, but there's no actual roleplaying. The stats included are useless and amount to nothing, which is just fine since this is clearly an action game - but why the false claims? I don't know. Ignore them. "Drakengard" is as deep as kiddy pool, but it's good for a splash every now and again. Missions objectives are never diverse enough to make one mission feel any different from the last. The scenery changes, but the graphics (all but the main character models) are bland as dirty dishwater, and scenery "pop in" is a noticeable (and laughable) issue. The game's soundtrack is certainly different, but it tends to perfectly mimic a cat being repeatedly slammed against a pole while Gregorian monks chant in the background. This is not helped by the constant babbling of your "companions," who consistently spout misplaced and distracting anti-wisdom when you'd rather focus on the task at hand.

All in all, it's worth playing if you don't ask too much from your gaming - but wait until it goes down in price before you invest.

Final Score: C

good game, but some flaws

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

okay, im here to set the record straight! this review is sure to help you make a decision of weather or not you'll buy this game. p.s-to the guy who said "i would give this game 10000000 stars if i could", why did u only give it 4 OUT OF 5???! well anyway, onto buisness. this game has some pros and cons, check them out-
pros:
impressive story line-combined with love action and more
3 different fight modes (melee strafe and ariel)-melle is when u are on on the ground and are using the sqaure button to hack and slash through hundreds (LITERALLY!!) of enimies. strafe is when you are on you dragon and are using your fireballs to blow up armies on the ground. ariel-you are on your dragon and are facing other airborne enimies.
lots of weapons-over 60 different weapons u can find earn and unlock.
hours of game play!-13 chapter and about a maximum of 15 verses or more per chapter! also u can play a level again to see different endings cut scenes movies and enimies.
amazing cut scenes-lots of awsome movies and fight scenes.
gameplay for both the blood thirsty and the faint of heart-you can turn the blood on and off in the options menu (if you are like me then your parents dont like to see bloody games. and frankly neither do i)



cons:extremely repettitive! most levels involve mashing the sqaure button like crazy to kill like hudreds of enimies, its not a joke, in one level you will face about a hundred or way more enimies! not many atacks keep pressing sqaure button and he will keeep slashing, end of store, you can also use magic atacks however, each weapon has its own magic atack and finishing blow.
backround detail stinks-basicvly u will see a big mountain behind u and nothing more! no detail in the levels at all (i saw more in spyro the dragon!) however the grapghics are sharp.
sound- the voice overs are.......cheesy, all the characters have lame accents that are extemely frustrating.
replay value-its alot of fun at the start then it just gets boring but u wanna keep playinng to see how the story ends, and to see the charecters.
allies-.....the system of summoning allies is not that great you only play as caim but pressing the 0 button allows an ally to take his place however u only control him a short period of time and can summon him/her a certain nimber of times, u have about 4-5 allies and can only take one with at a time.
expreience- i have to admit the thought of being able to grow yourweapons expreince and alllow them to get stronger to change their appearence and strength is a wonderfull idea! but it does not go well with with game! to level up a weapon you need to to get a certain number of kills (seriously they ask u to get 150 kills to get your weapon to level 2!) so u have to go back to the first level because the currentt level u found your weapon on has enimies that too strong for ur current weapon. and u have to do this alot until its get super strong then u realize that u need another weapon and have to get rid of the one u just trained to make room for it!(you can carry only 7 different weapons at a time)
repetitivity-i know i mentioned this already but this is an extreme flaw u just press aqaure again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again......never mind.
conclusion-if your into hack and slash and just wanna slice some armies ip the i reccomend this game, but if you like games with lots of atacks and combo moves....get something opposite of this. but even if u do like lots of moves and stuff this is still a fantastic game. i enjoyed but it is getting boring, if u would like a good subsitute for this game i reccomend the following:onimusha series (1,2,3) a really fun series and highly enjoable with lots of depth.) dynasty warriors- like drakengard but with more allies and interactivity.(drakengard has nothing to do with your enviorments u cant jump onto, grab ,or hit anything in the enviorment. you can send a huge fireball and wipe out an armiy but you cant even burn a freakin tree!) seven sumaria 20xx- a faced pace game based on a classic movie of some sort its a fantastic storyline with lots of depth. check it out at www.sammystudios.com

Worth a rent, but not a purchase

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Drakengard is the illegitimate child of Dynasty Warriors and the minds of the folks at Square-Enix on an acid trip. The game plays like a typical hack and slash (i.e. you'll press square and on SOME occasions triangle); throngs of SOMEWHAT intelligent enemies will throw themselves at you, and there are some "target" enemies for you to eliminate to complete a level (or at the very least, reach a certain area). Choosing to ride your dragon can drastically cut back the difficulty of ground battles, but enemy archers and catapults can stun the Dragon enough for her to hurl you from her back (luckily for you, you can mount and remount her as many times as you want). Aerial based levels, however, are for players that are masochistic. The flight controls for the Dragon are EXCEEDINGLY unwieldly, and at times the bogeys have a ridiculous advantage against you.

I found that the game became very tedious and boring (collecting all 65 weapons was a challenge), but what drove me to finish the game and unlock the multiple endings, was the disturbing cast of characters, not to mention the dark endings. One particular chapter in particular will leave you saying, "WTF". No lie.

In short, this game is really only worth a rental.

Go Buy Dynasty Warriors 5 Instead.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: July 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I played this game and I'm glad I borrowed it. The plot is really good but its the gameplay that brings it down completely. It was slow and boring, nothing different execpt pressing the same button over and over again, I am usually I fan of this genre, but this one was terrible. Go buy Dynasty Warriors, more action and fun.

Dynasty Warriors' Less Fulfilling Twin

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As an avid fan of the Dynasty Warriors franchise, I was looking forward to this fantasy take on the idea. Unfortunately it falls short.

Where Dynasty Warriors(DW) had loads of strategy, Drakengard has almost none. DW required you to balance the attacks of your army and keep their morale in check to help sway the battle in your favor. DW found you fighting alongside hundreds of friends and foes. Drakengard, on the other hand, leaves you fighting alone against hundreds of enemies.

Where DW's enemies constantly moved to meet your advance, Drakengard's enemies stand perfectly still until you find them. If you move too far away, they go back to their resting spot till you return.

By itself, this flaw is hardly a reason to hate this game, but it does make the game very repetitive.

One of the coolest features of the game is the ability to carry up to 8 weapons into battle. These weapons, found by defeating certain characters or locating hidden chests, can each be leveled up by defeating enemies. This adds a nice incentive to revisit some levels to increase the strength of these weapons.

Battling on the dragon can be challenging, which is good, but also has some drawbacks. When the computer opponents can attack in hand-to-hand, but you can't, there is a problem. When enemies can attack in 360 degrees while right on top of you, and you must continually move forward, there is a problem.

Besides this, since your dragon shares a health meter with your character, the only way to level the dragon up is to fight without its help. This all causes the dragon to be a bit player that you seem almost forced to used in certain instances.

Overall, however, this game is a pretty good diversion. Square-Enix has done a wonderful job with the cutscenes, as always, but has given up some of the gameplay in return. As such, Drakengard seems like a rushed attempt for filling the time before Final Fantasy XI. I would highly recommend this game as a good rental for a lazy weekend, or for anyone trying to fill the time before the next Dynasty Warriors.

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