The fourth installment of the Panzer Dragoon series has you playing Orta, a young girl who has been imprisoned by the Empire. Under a wave of attack, the prison camp is broken through by a mysterious dragon, and Orta takes it upon herself to ride the dragon, and destroy the Empire once and for all. Along the way, she will also discover her own destiny, and the mystery surrounding her new friend.

Simply put, you have limited control of the dragon for most of the game, as your trigger finger will be shooting non-stop at the enemies that fly around the area. Orta will be your main source of fire-power when you simply press the fire button, but by pressing and holding, the aim cursor will change, allowing you to fire a burst of power from the dragon at whatever the cursor aims at.

The dragon itself can change into three forms at a press of a button. Each form has a different style of attack and power ability.

A port of the original Panzer Dragoon is included.

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Panzer Dragoon Orta	Xbox	$5.00
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User Reviews

Xbox-exclusive AAA title - and largely overlooked	Legion (138)
Panzer Dragoon Orta for "non mother tongues"	Super_Anima (5)
Why did'nt this game sell?	Classic Nigel (149)
Sadistically frantic shooter game	Nathan Pannbacker (58)

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The Press Says

SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA)	May 26, 2008	10 out of 10	100
GameZone	Jan 23, 2003	9.5 out of 10	95
Shin Force	Dec 02, 2004	9.4 out of 10	94
XBox Solution (XBS)	Jan 22, 2003	9.2 out of 10	92
Defunct Games	Jan 21, 2003	91 out of 100	91
Games TM	Feb, 2003	9 out of 10	90
GamePro (US)	Jan 16, 2003	4.5 out of 5	90
Gamereactor (Sweden)	May 08, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Netjak	Feb 07, 2003	8.4 out of 10	84
Extreme Gamer	Mar 07, 2003	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

Development

The game was developed by Smilebit and most of the SEGA team that worked on the previous Panzer Dragoon titles had already left the company. Kentaro Yoshida returned to SEGA partly to ensure the continuity of the series, and to work along with the director who had already worked on Panzer Dragoon Saga.

Extras

The original Panzer Dragoon (based on the PC updated version) is included as unlockable extra.

Version differences

According to the magazine gamesTM (issue #34), all Japanese copies include a hidden English-language option that's automatically selected when playing on a Western Xbox with a mod chip.