Written by: Patrick Orquia
Title: Dragon Sinker: Descendants of Legend
Publisher: KEMCO
Developer: Exe Create Inc.
Genre RPG
Release Date: April 06, 2017 (exclusive to Nintendo eShop)
No. of Players: 1 player
Price: $9.99
Also Available On: Android, iOS
Purchase Here: http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/dragon-sinker-3ds
Every gamer hold upwardly today has, inward 1 means or another, has played at to the lowest degree 1 role-playing game inward their lifetime. If yous are 1 of those who prefer the old-school, 8-bit types of RPGs, this game is for you.
Dragon Sinker: Descendants of Legend is ported to the 3DS from the original released on mobile phones final year. It borrows heavily from the RPGs of old, similar the early on Final Fantasy in addition to Dragon Quest games, from the 8-bit visuals in addition to gameplay to the music. It looks in addition to thence much similar a legitimate 80s old-school RPG that if yous didn’t know that it released inward 2016, yous wouldn’t know otherwise. And for that, the game has succeeded inward bringing dorsum that nostalgic feeling from the 8-bit gaming era.
The game is almost a human prince named Prince Alban who is tasked to kill an ancient dragon named Wyrmvarg, who stimulate got been terrorizing the province since it has reawaken. But Prince Alban cannot make it alone. He has to contend amongst the elven Princess Mia in addition to the dwarven King Bowen inward search for 3 legendary weapons to contend the evil dragon. During their adventure, they regard novel allies with dissimilar jobs classes to attention the heroes inward their quest.
In the game, yous command a political party of iii teams each led yesteryear the iii heroes (human, elf, in addition to dwarf). You tin swap betwixt these 3 teams during battle at whatever time, depending on the type of enemy that yous encounter. Each squad composed of four characters, in addition to thence at whatever given time, yous command 12 characters of dissimilar project classes across iii teams. This gives much flexibility, equally yous tin mix in addition to gibe characters. Characters of the same project flat or race on the same squad supply to a greater extent than benefits, similar stronger attacks or amend defense forcefulness against parameter-reducing enemies. As I mentioned above, these additional characters are met in addition to tin hold upwardly recruited yesteryear accomplishing their sub-quests during your adventure. These sub-quests make from uncomplicated fetch or delivery holler for to eliminating powerful monsters. These recruited characters vary inward their project classes. There are xvi project classes that tin hold upwardly mastered yesteryear all of the characters inward the party, in addition to each mastered project allows the graphic symbol to ship over its unique auto-skill to other jobs. Each mastered jobs also create 1 project scroll that yous tin usage on 1 of the iii heroes to inherit the auto-skill for that project class.
The battle organisation is the green turn-based one, with your political party engaging inward guide chances encounters with enemies scattered inward the expanse you’re inward (overworld in addition to dungeons). Your squad attacks commencement at the begin of each battle most of the time, but at that spot volition also hold upwardly instances when the enemy political party catches yous off guard in addition to accept the commencement turn. The battles at the begin of the game are pretty slowly to win in addition to enemies don’t post service likewise much challenge, but equally yous corporation to novel areas, the battles acquire tougher in addition to at that spot may hold upwardly times when the enemies are in addition to thence overpowered that yous volition demand to grind for roughly time, peculiarly on principal dungeons. Grinding on this game is also similar to whatever other RPGs from the 8-bit era, but in all likelihood non equally severe. During battles, yous tin activate the auto-battle mode, where your political party attacks automatically depending on how yous laid them up, whether they prioritize heavy attacks or defense forcefulness or support.
To progress inward the game, yous volition demand to go from 1 town to another, in addition to close each town is a dungeon that yous stimulate got to conquer, each has a boss battle at the end. These dungeons acquire significantly to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than challenging, forcing yous to upgrade your weapons in addition to armors in addition to collect consumables. Each town has a weapons in addition to items shop. There is also an inn where your political party tin recover lost HP in addition to MP in addition to a priest that tin perform project changes.
There is also a unique game mechanic inward this game. For every 300 coins or in addition to thence that yous pass inward shops, yous acquire a lottery ticket. You tin usage this lottery ticket to play the lottery, where yous tin win items ranging from the green consumables such equally potions or antidotes to the rare ones such equally rare project scrolls in addition to brute companions such equally cats that tin pocket items off enemies or gorillas with heavy attacks. I’m non certain if other games has this mechanic, but this is the commencement fourth dimension that I encountered this in addition to I retrieve it’s a proficient add-on to the game.
Overall, I discovery Dragon Sinker: Descendants of Legend a really satisfying game to play. In this generation where every game that comes out tries to outdo the final 1 inward terms of orbit in addition to complexity inward game mechanics, this game is a breath of fresh air that reminds me that sometimes, less is more.
PROS:
- Faithful homage to the 8-bit era of gaming, from the graphical pixel fine art vogue to the music
- Borrows heavily from the gameplay of sometime schoolhouse RPGs, such equally the early on Final Fantasy in addition to Dragon Quest games
- The project flat organisation is surprisingly varied in addition to however non equally complex in addition to grinding-heavy equally those institute inward newer games, similar Bravely Default.
- The lottery organisation is a fun game mechanic
- The iii interchangeable teams inward the political party provides flexibility inward gameplay, equally yous tin mix in addition to gibe characters with dissimilar race in addition to project classes depending on the electrical flow situation
- There is a proficient diversity of monsters to battle
- The dual screens of the 3DS is pose into proficient use: the lower behave upon concealment constantly shows the game map in addition to dungeon maps (very helpful piece inward dungeons, equally the map is already shown consummate correct on the acquire go, which shows all possible paths that tin hold upwardly tackled) along with other options that are readily available to the player
- You tin salve anytime anywhere inward the game
CONS:
- Not inward stereo 3D
- The soundtrack exactly contains four dissimilar prices of music, which is quite disappointing equally these tracks are quite proficient in addition to catchy
- Not much graphic symbol evolution for whatever of the characters
- Limited weapon in addition to armor sets
- The carried over auto-skill from mastered jobs is exactly one, in addition to thence changing jobs from a mastered 1 (where yous stimulate got learned many powerful attacks in addition to back upwardly skills) to a novel project tin hold upwardly really risky, equally most of your learned skills from the previous project are no longer available to yous in addition to requires yous to grind inward lodge to larn novel skills, otherwise your graphic symbol becomes adjacent to beingness useless inward battle
SCORE: 4/5 dragon-slaying stars
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