The controls feel like more of a hindrance than a tool, and the camera even more so. Mikhail joins in on the combat now and then, however, and fighting in the air with him is a mess.
The feeling of taking down one of Drakengard 3’s massive fully-grown dragons? Oh yeah. It’s also quick and easy to switch weapons for different situations, such as fighting dragons. I’ve got it, buddy,” I’d reply aloud.ĭespite the ease with which Zero gleefully murders her former allies, there is something satisfying about feeling powerful enough to get through even large numbers of opponents, and Zero’s Intoner Mode really makes you feel unstoppable. It takes you right out of the bloody combat you’re into and points a flashing red sign at the game’s lack of consistency, which is present throughout. That kind of issue is a pet peeve of mine. Zero would come out of a fight drenched in her victims’ blood, but get to a cutscene and she’s perfectly clean again. Seeing the blood flow in Drakengard 3, I felt like every character was filled with red Kool-Aid rather than blood. It doesn’t come showering out of a person’s body at the slightest cut. It’s thick, congealing, and splatters rather than splashing. The problem with all of this is that blood doesn’t behave like water. Access Games took great care to ensure that the blood flowed like water, that gamers could hear the blood splashing and that it covered everything in sight, even Zero’s white dress–sometimes. That much is clear from the first thirty seconds, when Zero stars in her first cutscene and eagerly murders everyone around her. Don’t ask me what kind of voice a 20-foot-tall child dragon should have, but the difference between Mikhail’s size and voice is definitely jarring.ĭrakengard 3 is a bloody, bloody game. He sounds as though he was voiced by a seven-year-old boy, yet even as a child, he’s about three times Zero’s size. My only problem with Mikhail is his voice. He questions Zero’s actions and motives with childlike innocence, despite carrying out her dark demands. Mikhail brings some much-needed lightheartedness to an otherwise dark, dreary game. Her naive partner in crime, Mikhail, is a child dragon who seems to be Zero’s only soft spot after the loss of her much older, much larger dragon companion, Michael (and by soft spot I mean she hasn’t killed him yet). Even if you do remember the events of the previous games, Drakengard 3 is a prequel to them, and so the hesitation the game has to explain itself to you will likely frustrate you just the same. That’s a tough demand, considering that Drakengard 2 came out in North America more than eight years ago on the PlayStation 2.
Gamers who have played other Drakengard games will still probably have an unsatisfying feeling, as Drakengard 3 expects them to remember events in previous games.
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