PlayStation 2

Drakengard

Description

Drakengard follows the story of a kingdomless prince named Caim who fights for the Union against the Empire. Under the Union's protection are the Hierarchs and the Goddess, currently Caim's sister Furiae, who is a human manifestation of one of the four seals that protect the world from being broken. As the game begins, Cain is fatally wounded in a battle with the Empire. Encountering a captured Red Dragon who is also near death, Caim makes a fateful choice. In exchange for both their lives, the Red Dragon and Caim will enter a pact. This pact will forever chain their lives to one another and link their souls, at the cost of something irreplaceable. Recharged with the fires of a Dragon, Caim's vengeance burns over the enemy...

The player controls Caim on his quest. The game is separated into three distinct modes: Aerial combat, Ground combat and Event Combat. In Aerial Combat, Caim rides dragonback against a variety of airborne foes breathing fireballs (strong single shots and weaker multiple lock-on shots). The Dragon is agile and is able to evade incoming threats, turning around completely in a moment. In Ground combat, the game is shown in 3rd person though usually large, open areas. Controlling Caim, his primary ability is the use of a variety of weapons found on the battlefield. These are leveled up through continued usage, and specifically through the killing of individual enemies. Though magic (determined by weapon choice), timed attacks and evasion, Caim breaks through enemy armies. Characters recruited as allies by Caim can also be summoned during battles, steadily losing health until control is returned to Caim. In ground combat, Caim may also call forth his Dragon to ride and strafe enemies from the air. The Dragon's movements are generally the same as in aerial combat but more limited and less agile. Event combat is similar to Ground combat, but shown isometrically, restricted to a single weapon and without the aid of a dragon. It is used mainly to tell story sequences.

Levels that have been visited before might become "Expedition Missions" which are optional and contain new objectives, enemies and weapons. Additionally, any level previously played in the storyline may be revisited at any time. Depending on Caim's choices (and prerequisites for those choices), there are five different endings to Drakengard.

Alternate Titles

• "Drag-On Dragoon" -- Japanese Title

Part of the Following Group

• Drakengard series

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The Press Says

Jeuxvideo.com	May 24, 2004	16 out of 20	80
Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2004	7.5 out of 10	75
DreamStation.cc	Apr 14, 2004	7 out of 10	70
GameZone	Mar 18, 2004	7 out of 10	70
Thunderbolt Games	Jul 07, 2004	6 out of 10	60
GameSpy	Feb 25, 2004		60
Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2004	6 out of 10	60
Deaf Gamers	2004	5.6 out of 10	56
Game Revolution	Mar, 2004	C-	42
GameCell UK	2003	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

In the opening movie, the first letter of every sentence that appears on screen spells out not "DRAGON," but "DAGON." This can be regarded as either an oversight, or a reference to the works of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft.