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Who Here Has Played Drakengard?
Hexmage-PA
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After browsing TVTropes for a while I found out that the game Drakengard is apparently extremely fucked up. Watching a few videos from the game on Youtube actually creeped me out. Whose played it, and is the gameplay actually good? Is it worth getting? Also, has there ever been a "Let's Play" of this game?
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I've played it, and the gameplay is decent. It's been described as Dynasty Warriors with dragons, so you run around a battlefield and slaughter whole armies(until you get bored, and then you op on your dragon and burn them instead). The cast is pretty much psychotic, and it is indeed creepy. I think it was the last game Enix put out in Japan before they merged with Square(and I think it was the first game Square Enix put out in North America). You can probably fnd it for cheap these days, it should be worth getting.
The second game fixes the gameplay and it's soundtrack is really good, but the story isn't nearly as insane as the original.
For the prices they're probably going for now I'd say they're worth getting.
I guess I'd spoil that if it had any sort of context with the story but it doesnt...
I never asked for this!
I've said before that had Lair beefed up their ground combat more, and allowed for some Drakkengard style switch play, they might have had a game that was more fun.
I dunno, it might just be me, but I didn't find the game all that interesting. It felt repetitive despite being able to switch back and forth from ground to air, and I wasn't interested enough in the story to stick with it.
I wouldn't pay more than $20 for it, and even then, I'd suggest you have to like dogfighters or Dynasty Warriors (or both) to get your money's worth out of it.
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But it is pretty shit.
I thought that it was the babies that ate the female elf?
Still, killing thousands can't compare to the story. The story is completely merciless, sparing no character from sorrow, loss, and insanity. The 5 endings are all quite different, though you'll probably need a FAQ to get them, and the story is definitely... unique. I really liked it, and liked many of the characters (especially the protagonist), but YMMV.
Additionally, each weapon (there are something like 65) has a story behind it, which is revealed as you level them up. For instance, the story of the spear Victor's Spoils is this (from memory): Two brothers were great martial artists. One day, they were asked who would win in a fight between the two of them. Both answered that they would be the victor. Each was unwilling to concede that he could be defeated. As they squared off to prove who was the greater, a spear shot down from heaven, impaling them both.
Most are about that grim, and many have a dark humor to them.
I'd recommend playing them both if you have the time to devote, but getting all the weapons (and then leveling them all) takes quite a bit of it. I enjoyed basically every aspect of both games, to varying degrees, but I would say that I'm in the minority.
I mean, one of the playable characters is: "Arioch was a loving elf mother and wife until she was driven mad by the murder of her family at the hands of the Empire. Since then, she has become an insatiable murderess, only a pure joy as her young prey fall victim to her insanity." How can you go wrong?
Drakengard 2 wasn't nearly as fun or interesting. It continues the first game from the first ending and as such misses out on a whole lot of fuckedupedness.
Oh, and really should have been spoilered, cause it's true. :P The 3rd and 4th endings are better. The 5th really isn't worth the work other than for pure WTF factor.
If you want to be super cheesy, all the cut scenes are on YouTube. But some are really worth seeing non-crappified.