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video nibel reviews. Feel the rage! Dragon rage, as we take on the
role of Cael as he sets out to free the rest of the dragon race
enslaved by orcs. A bunch of dragons being pushed around by orcs!
How does that happen? Orcs are like these little ugly green things,
and dragons are huge while breathing fire! What's that? They took
away the element that granted them the power of fire? Who was
guarding? They should have gotten Smaug to guard that, he would have
made those orcs wet themselves. Long story short, we get a quick
plot setup in the opening to give us an excuse to go around killing
orcs, and kill orcs we shall!
Aww! How
cute.
Look at
this guy, that's not something that can strike fear into the hearts
of your enemies. He's more something a woman would have a little
figurine of on her shelf. In fact, I'm going to check my mom's
collection real quick to see if he's in there.
The game
introduces us to the basic game mechanics in a tutorial level,
accompanied by voice over narration that sounds so incredibly bland,
you feel like you're playing a video game. No immersion whatsoever.
That is a terrible way to start the game off, and once you finish
with the tutorial they make you watch the same cut-scene you saw
before coming to the title screen. It's bad enough when a game does
that as soon as you hit start, but after you already played a level?
One of these days I'm going to track down the person who thought it
was a good idea to do that. He has some explaining to do. Or she.
Blew your mind, didn't I?
Burn you orc
bastards!
The
flight controls for the dragon are all over the place. You're either
flying too slow to evade projectiles thrown by the orcs, or you fly
right over the target you're trying to destroy when you get close.
There's no aiming with the fire breath at all, you just press the
attack button and pray for a miracle. Your dragon power is basically
the ability to change colors. You can be red, blue, green, depending
on the corresponding element. This powers up your attacks and
provides you with armor, unfortunately you never seem to have enough
mana. You'll either be in the middle of battling orcs, or trying to
blow something up, and you'll be out of juice in a matter of
seconds. Then you need to find some orcs to feast upon in order to
replenish it. By the way, you can eat orcs!
Orcs: Good
for nutrition, but terrible in your mouth! YUCK! Why is everything
that's supposed to be good for you always taste awful? There's a
conspiracy in there somewhere.
Each stage
usually comes with a specific goal in mind, like chasing wagons
carrying off dragon eggs, or destroying orc bases to make room for a
nest. As for the overall story, it's actually not that bad. You have
a young dragon who manages to break free from enslavement and takes
the fight to the orcs, starting out with baby steps against them and
then growing into bigger, and better things as time goes on. He's
not alone, either. Cael is accompanied by Adara, a tiny little
girl who looks like a fairy, or a pixie, but is actually called a
sprite. Not sure what they were thinking there.
I know what
they were thinking here! Hey, thirteen year olds, come play our game,
you'll love it.
There's
actually some very good banter between Cael and Adara, which is
impressive considering it's all one sided. Dragons can't talk. They
can only snort, growl, roar, and breathe fire. So, she's actually
speaking for both of them, and believe me when I say her voice is
enough. “If I'm here, and you're here, then who's watching the
eggs?” Uhh... The invisible man? Well, crap. HEY! GET AWAY FROM MY
EGGS YOU ROTTEN ORCS! YOU DON'T BELONG HERE!
Another
thing I like about this game are the game overs. If you fail on the
stage about chasing down wagons, Adara will reprimand your
incompetence and then lose her will to fight. On one stage when you
die orcs will feast on your flesh! Your flesh! All you get in these
moments are screens with a text blurb on it, but you know that
wouldn't have been a pretty sight. “Hey, Earl, you got to try this
dragon tail! It's delicious!” “No way, man, I can't eat another
bite after eating the head.” Not that I would have any personal
experience with eating dragons. None at all.
To sum it
up, Dragon Rage can be a fun game, but the actual gameplay mechanics
are annoying! They make the game just that much more harder than it
needs to be. The premise, story, and the characters? No complaints
there. If you like dragons, if you like faeries, or if you just
enjoy setting things on fire, you might be able to look past its low
points. Unless gameplay is important to you, in which case I'd say pass.
Try it
You
have your dragon claws, your
dragon feet, dragon breast, dragon wings. The dragon claws are
really crunchy because they take care of those things. Really sharp.
You have to be careful swallowing because they will slice open your
throat from the inside out. You'd just be standing there and then a
dragon claw would be sticking out of your neck.
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