Welcome back dear visitors, today i want to talk about Dragonica: a stylish 3D game with an exceptional gameplay based on the party system. This system allow fast levelling, communication between player and a lot of fun, but i want to explain you some features before analize the gameplay.
DESIGN
As I said Dragonica is a 3D Side Scrolling game (gPotato says the first in this genre) whit a cartoon-like graphic and lovely backgrounds, from the quiet country to the dangerous lava falls.
The characters are completely customizable whit a medium range of hair-style, facial signs and a big amount of equipment (unique for every class but still very good-looking) exchangable every 5-7 level. All classes have A LOT of funny and flashy skills, i have to admit that programmers did a very good job whit skills: bear mask, flying book, an angry Bruce Lee that attack everything, Michael Jackson moonwalking!!, rocket launcher, flashy dragons and much much more. Monsters are well-done but repetitive after a while ( you usually find the same monster whit a different colour and stronger then before), they follow the humor of the game, doing funny face and sometimes splitting on the screen (lol).
Hero’s Quest are really funny ( instead of the normal quest, boring and repetitive) and allow you to follow the story-line, not whit long long wall of text to read but whit small video between them.
GAMEPLAY
The Gameplay is characterized by some unique features that make this game different from other of the same mold: the horizontal side scrolling mixed whit 3D graphics give an excellent imprint to the game and give a breath of fresh air from the classics 3D/2D games, equilibrated classes (almost all classes have the same weight in party, except PVP), yes exactly, i said PVP! That’s an interesting feature of this game reserved to a specific area, the arena where all classes can fight in different mode (DeathMatch, TeamVsTeam) and gain CP, point used to buy equip from the store. Obviously some classes are advantaged because of ranged skill but a skilled player can beat who he want with any classes. There is the possibility to create a Guild and you can organize fight between guild-mates, that is so amusing! Exping in Dragonica is much more funny then exping in other mmorpg, there’s no solitary grinding in this game, you can do it but with bad result. The main way to level up is to join Party Mission (4 member or less), mission composed by 4 stage full of monster and a final boss that gives rewards (1 to 4 in base of the rank). This kind of train kill the boredoom because you have to collaborate and socialize to get better exp faster and you learn how to use you character.
Dragonica has (like many other MMORPG) 4 classes: archer, warrior, thief and wizard that have 2 job advancement each:
Archer> Pathfinder or Arbalist
Warrior>Gladiator or Knight
Thief>Jester or Assassin
Wizard>BattleMage or Monk
There is 1 more job advancement that depend on what you chose. Every job has beautiful skill but a lot of them have huge CoolDown (like potions), so it’s important to enchain skill, once you find the best chain of skill there will be no boss that can resist you. The ComboCounter (CC) is another reason to combine skill, the more combo you get, the more exp you gain. Indeed CC activate an exp multiplier, very usefull during boss or big mobs.
I have to make a critic against monster AI, they are STUPID and so violent… When you enter in a map all monster in your range come seek you, they just want to see you dead, no matter what you did. That’s annoying because there are few safe plat in some maps… So if somene ring at the door and you don’t want to die… Yeah, hold on 10 more minutes at the door man, i have to finish that mission…
PRIDE AND SHAME
Now let’s make a quick list of what worth in this game and what have to be improved:
PROs
- Good customization of character
- Excellent way of levelling
- Flashy and beautiful skill
- PVP!!!!
- Cartoon-style 3D game
- Variety of equips
- Guild creation
- Funny videos that explain the story-line during quest
- Free market where you can sell your item
CONs
- It’s a new game so some bugs still have to be fixed (but Dragonica’s staff pay attention on the game)
- Bad monster AI
- Normal mission are repetitive and boring
- Sometimes there are the same monster with different color and more attack
- Huge Cooldown
WhipMe’s Conclusion
Dragonica is a new born game that need to be improved, but the impression that gave me is very positive. Many features make this game pleasant and funny, and many more have to come. I suggest this game to everyone that love cartoon games, to socialize and play whit other or also against other!
Overall Score 8/10
Direct Link: http://en.dragonica.gpotato.eu/
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