Post by: Kairon on June 20, 2007, 03:17:19 PM
IGN also has a trailer that makes the game look like The Wii's first 3rd person action game in the vein of GoW (though obviously, not as violent/sex-obsessed/greek), and though it's described as a fairly straightforward action game, it's slated for this fall... looks like this title will beat Soul Caliber Legends to the punch!
Published by D3 Publisher (small publisher, also published Puzzle Quest for the DS), and developer Land Ho (who apparently worked on a Panzer Dragoon game... but I can't find any more info on 'em right now)... did I mention this title is exclusive?
I hope all you "why aren't third parties giving us original games" people give this one a good long hard look, because it's what the Wii is all about: a small publisher, a small developer, using a fast dev time and a no-nonsense TRADITIONAL game concept, and making good use of the Wii controls from what IGN tells us, trying to make a name for themselves in the big bad industry.
Post by: Caliban on June 20, 2007, 03:47:22 PM
Another month and we will see how it truly pans out, if they decide to show it off at E3.
Post by: Crimm on June 20, 2007, 05:09:26 PM
Post by: Kairon on June 20, 2007, 05:24:38 PM
"Now, the world's greatest thief... a man who has no past... no face... no allies... will have to use his powers of deception... to choose... his destiny!"
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on June 20, 2007, 06:51:44 PM
Post by: WuTangTurtle on June 20, 2007, 07:18:44 PM
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Originally posted by: Kairon
So, IGN just revealed Dragon Blade, a single-player level-based action game in which you use motion based regular attacks as well as special "Dragon Moves" which are earned by beating the Dragon Bosses to get the titular legendary weapon.
Why does that sound familiar.......ah, Megaman!
Post by: ShyGuy on June 20, 2007, 09:28:12 PM
Post by: Ceric on June 21, 2007, 04:21:24 AM
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Originally posted by: WuTangTurtleQuote
Originally posted by: Kairon
So, IGN just revealed Dragon Blade, a single-player level-based action game in which you use motion based regular attacks as well as special "Dragon Moves" which are earned by beating the Dragon Bosses to get the titular legendary weapon.
Why does that sound familiar.......ah, Megaman!
Ain't broke don't fix.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 21, 2007, 06:24:00 AM
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Post by: Ceric on June 21, 2007, 08:47:14 AM
Post by: Artisto16 on June 21, 2007, 09:27:07 AM
Post by: Requiem on June 21, 2007, 09:30:32 AM
Looks pretty good....needs alot more polish. I do like how a dragon came out of the blade though. That was a nice touch.
Post by: ShyGuy on August 24, 2007, 05:13:49 PM
Post by: Kairon on August 24, 2007, 06:09:56 PM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on October 03, 2007, 01:09:19 PM
Post by: ShyGuy on October 03, 2007, 01:22:18 PM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on October 03, 2007, 01:28:48 PM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on October 03, 2007, 08:48:16 PM
Post by: Crimm on October 04, 2007, 09:00:14 AM
Edit: Just saw the press reviews.
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on October 05, 2007, 09:00:53 AM
Post by: Crimm on October 05, 2007, 09:17:23 AM
Post by: Kairon on October 05, 2007, 11:31:57 AM
Edit: This game is so budget it's adorable! It's the bare minimum of menu, the bare minimum of cutscenes, and the graphics look like a GC game. But the controls work, the scenario 's backstory is actually decent, and the gameplay is straight-up straight-forward action game.
Unfortunately, that isn't enough to call this game "God of War" Lite. God of War, to me, succeeds on an exceptional amount of polish and seamless fluid controls, as well as breathtaking spectacular set pieces. You take that away, and all you've got is a plain jane action game. And that's what Dragon's Blade is.
2 Dragons down! 4 to go! I swear, that second dragon's third form is an absolute nightmare. The only way I was able to beat him was to go for broke and kill him before he killed me.
Post by: vudu on October 06, 2007, 03:57:21 AM
QuoteWhat a novel approach ....
Originally posted by: Kairon
The only way I was able to beat him was to kill him before he killed me.
Post by: Crimm on October 06, 2007, 07:44:47 AM
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Originally posted by: vuduQuoteWhat a novel approach ....
Originally posted by: Kairon
The only way I was able to beat him was to kill him before he killed me.
Post by: Kairon on October 06, 2007, 08:56:28 AM
I couldn't figure out any weak point for this third form, so all I could do was get into a slugging match with him and hope for the best.
Post by: wulffman04 on October 06, 2007, 12:05:46 PM
Post by: Kairon on October 07, 2007, 12:44:04 PM
The game is broken up into worlds of about 4-5 stages for each dragon. Each stage takes between 8-15 minutes to finish, or at least they have so far.
With respect to character design, the dragons are each a radically different archetype. One is more of a chinese water dragon, one is more of a giant evil snapping turtle, one is more of a serpent, etc. The corrupted kings themselves are actually also interesting pieces of character design as each king has turned -half monster in different ways, from just an arm, to their heads/faces, etc. The enemies are for the most part predicatble fodder: lizardmen, pigmen, minotaurs, spiders, bats and variants thereof.
I just beat the third dragon, and he took me about 45 minutes to learn and to beat. The trick to it is that each dragon tends to have multiple stages to go through (well, 3 stages really), and each stage has its own attack patterns and timing to learn.This means when playing a boss stage, you're likely to go through it multiple times just to learn the patterns and timings of the attacks, and to develop your own strategies to avoid them or turn them to your advantage. It's very, very important to learn the timing of some boss attacks perfectly because if you block right before an attack in Dragon's Blade, not only do you not take damage but the game even rewards you with a little life. This is important when trying to keep your health up through all three of a boss' phases, instead of having your life whittled down slowly.
In that respect, I'm actually very staisfied with these bosses because they are very traditional, and hardcore in the way bosses in NES and SNES games were. I'm dying a lot in this game due to the dragons and kings, but luckily the game's checkpoint system tajkes the sting out while I learn their attack patterns and dragon's get their own boss stage so after you die, you can just restart the stage with no filler to dig through.
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on October 07, 2007, 07:09:49 PM
Post by: DAaaMan64 on November 15, 2007, 07:15:06 PM
It's the Bird boss the one that you fight after you get the tail. He has one bird leg and can scream to freeze you and shoots out these unreal powerful fire balls. Can Kairon help by chance? Thank you
