Written past times Alexander O. Cuaycong together with Anthony L. Cuaycong
Title: Dragon's Crown Pro
Developer: Vanillaware, Atlus
Publisher: Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
Price: $49.99
Genre: Action RPG
It’s past times designing that Vanillaware is best known for stylistic two-dimensional action-adventure games. In an manufacture proliferated past times 3D titles, the Japanese developer has made a witting endeavor to trod the less-beaten path. And, to its credit, it has had much success inward this regard; via a proprietary programming process, it enables its artists to homecoming pixel sprites inward such a means every bit to uniquely projection depth. It’s why gamers straightaway took to Odin Sphere for the PlayStation 2 inward 2007, every bit good every bit Muramasa: The Demon Blade for the Nintendo Wii inward 2009.
Dragon's Crown, released inward July 2013 for the PS3 together with PS Vita, was real much of the same vein. The 2D side-scrolling, beat-‘em-up role-playing game had players facing off amongst all mode of creatures inward a medieval fantasy setting. And, to no one’s surprise, its over-the-top fine art style, responsive controls, together with compelling designing has held upwardly good over time, leading to — what else? — a remake that takes wages of current-generation technology. Indeed, Vanillaware has seen agree to rely on the same pattern that resulted inward Muramasa Rebirth together with Odin Sphere Leifthrasir.
In Dragon's Crown Pro, gamers play every bit i of several characters together with navigate the many dungeons together with labyrinths that infest the Kingdom of Hydeland. They instruct to human face foes through a heady combination of magic, weapons, together with projectiles, inward the procedure gathering resources to last used to improve skills together with equipment. Needless to say, the latter let them to amend gear upwardly themselves for the harder dungeons, non to lift ultimately claiming the mysterious relic that is the Dragon's Crown.
Even considering Vanillaware’s impressive trunk of work, it’s difficult non to thought Dragon's Crown Pro every bit the best inward the developer’s library past times far inward price of visuals. As practiced every bit it may remove keep looked on the PS3, it’s enthralling on the PS4. The console’s engine gives the hand-drawn characters a marking of richness that highlights their over-the-top, if endearing, qualities. Monsters, inward particular, stand upwardly out; from goblins to kobolds to mushrooms to dragons, the brightness, color, together with vibrancy underscore the artists’ attending to special together with cohesive style.
Meanwhile, the gameplay remains no slouch. As a 2D beat-em-up crawler, Dragon’s Crown Pro harks dorsum to Streets of Rage, Double Dragon, together with Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom. Move right, defeat everything visible on the screen, together with locomote along going until the halt of the phase is reached. Along the way, players tin brand utilization of special abilities together with weapons, including those that enemies remove keep wielded together with dropped, to accentuate unique fighting styles. The warrior together with the dwarf, for instance, utilization their forcefulness to remove keep downward enemies. The sorceress uses magic to smash her foes from afar, piece the elf uses a mixture of fast attacks together with company bows to prevail. Responsive together with fluid controls amp upwardly the fun factor, amongst a overnice fleck of multifariousness on the side to locomote along things interesting.
Certainly, Dragon's Crown Pro features few changes to the mechanics together with designing of the original, merely every bit subtle every bit the improvements are, the shine to the presentation makes for an outstanding sense the PS3 could non remove keep been able to provide. The fine art vogue together with graphics are smoother past times comparison, together with the soundtrack has been reworked. And it’s no small-scale affair that previous owners of Dragon's Crown are gratis to sync their relieve information together with follow their character’s progress inward Dragon's Crown Pro amongst piffling to no hassle. On the flipside, those looking for novel content volition last disappointed.
All told, Dragon’s Crown Pro is a company remaster that’s a no-brainer pickup for gamers who haven’t experienced it before. Painstaking tending has been given to ensure that the spirit of the original game remains intact, merely inward a flashier together with technically superior manner. Not everyone volition last willing or able to double dip, merely those who do then volition notice it second worthy investment.
THE GOOD
- Smooth together with compelling gameplay, amongst responsive controls together with outstanding design
- Marked improvements inward graphics together with sound
- The mightiness to port relieve information for previous owners of the game on the PS3
THE BAD
- No additional content from that offered past times the original
- Over-the-top fine art vogue tin last off-putting for some
- Gameplay can, at times, remove grinding together with repetition
RATING: 8.5/10
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