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Crimson Dragon - X1
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This time with music. Trailer here
So excited for another Panzer Dragoon and the best bit is we don't even need Kinect to play it anymore.
So excited for another Panzer Dragoon and the best bit is we don't even need Kinect to play it anymore.
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Wikipedia states "the game features six types of dragons, over 100 skills, and three-player online co-op. Dragons can be leveled up by feeding them food earned during missions." so I guess details are still a bit sketchy.
Looks great. This might be the game to finally dethrone Star Fox 64 and take the crown for best rail shooter ever (imo of course).
Panzer Dragoon is alive and well!
Game is looking very sharp. Incidentally if you buy Crimson Dragon before the end of the year you be gifted a complimentary original "Panzer Dragoon" dragon for free. I hope this game sells as there's not nearly enough rail shooters and I want Panzer Dragoon to live on, same with Star Fox, which I hope we'll see sometime this gen.
If you haven't already seen the 60fps footage of it then you can watch that here
Either stream it if your PC is fast enough or download it and play in media player. It looks beautiful.
I have no idea mate, I asked myself the same question. Not many Panzer Dragoon fans on DS forums I guess?
At the moment it looks like a game i would pick up in the sales or as an impulse buy when I have a day off.
Good thing it's $20.
It looks like Panzer Dragoon (a rather niche franchise). If you dislike Panzer Dragoon, or if you want something revolutionary, you probably should stay away. It's unlikely that Crimson Dragon will be anything more (or less) than a prettier Panzer Dragoon.
Yes it's the highest scoring review out there by some margin but it is also, out of all that I've read, the only one written by a Panzer Dragoon fan who also understands and appreciates the deeper mechanics of the game.
It does seem a fair review, but its been critically derided almost unanimously which makes me anxious, I still want to play it, but it might be after Day one now as even this review highlights the problems with the controls which is the one thing I can't really overlook
Its a shame it hasn't reviewed well, but I'll be sure to give it a good go next year if it does become free.
Well this review did state that you should experience no issues with the controls outside of some brief camera problems during free-flight mode.
It's funny but I find most rail shooters have weird controls, and now aiming is done on the right stick I can see how that might upset a few people. I always play games with an inverted vertical camera but when it comes to rail shooters I just can't do that. So that'll be inverted dragon controls coupled with standard aiming. Could get confusing.
Good news is the game looks like it's got tonnes of depth, lots of dragons to unlocked and a pokemon type leveling up system where they evolve by feeding them items you collect during your playthrough, you can certain tell it's been designed for high scores and repeat play. The brief moments where I did get to grips with it felt really nice, the impulse triggers are tied to the shot button so it's quite satisfying to shoot things. I'll play some more later, first impressions are it's a bit rough and there's no hiding it's 360 roots but I still have high hopes that it will be a really fun game if you can get to grips with it.