Source: http://www.siliconera.com/2013/03/14/drakengard-3-drag-on-dragoon-3s-story-detailed/
If you were to ask me to write a list of things i never thought Square Enix would do a third Drakengard game would have been right up the top of the list, followed closely by them actually releasing Final Fantasy Versus 13. So, you can imagine my surprise when i heard that a new Drakengard game was not only going to be released...but that most of the gaming press seemed to not even be remotely aware of this happening.
Given that 99.99% of people here likely havn't the slightest clue what this Drakengard thing is, allow me to go ahead and give a brief run-down. Released in 2003 Drakengard was basically a combination of Panzer Dragoon and Dynasty warriors, selling itself on it's ability to switch between Dragon and foot as well as the ability to fight through armies. The gameplay was..ultimately rather sub-par and, while workable, just wasn't interesting. Story-wise, the narrative attempted to be Spec ops: The line for J-RPG's, although wasn't able to reach the same level of quality. It followed the story of Union General Caim, a bloodthirsty and quite frankly bonkers man who would make even Kratos flinch, as he attempted to take down the empire that's invading his land with the aid of a Dragon that he just joined souls with. The other characters are not much better then the main man himself, making one wander if a hero could even exist in a world like this let alone if one is even around.
The game has since gone on to become something of a cult classic, remembered mostly for it's bleak and unforgiving storyline, twisted characters, and for making giant floating babies with teeth haunt our nightmares. It also HATED children with the fury of a thousand suns.
A sequel was released in 2005, drastically improving upon the gameplay for both dragon and ground. But, unfortunately, the dark and bleak hopelessness of the original were all but lost in the transition, leaving a bare-bones sequel with a mostly forgettable if rather stupid story. It also made the mistake of replacing the interesting and refreshing, if psychotic, Caim with Nowe..a character so by the numbers that his only defining trait is his stupidity.
Nier was also released as a parallel universe following on from the worst ending (Which makes the Mass Effect 3 ending seem sensible by comparison) and fared far better then it's predecessor, keeping the same feel of Drakengard one but choosing to refine the story to be quite a heartfelt experience.
So now Drakengard 3 is at our feet, what does everyone else think about this?
On the plus side at-least Zero seems to be more interesting then Nowe, even if she does look a bit silly.
If you were to ask me to write a list of things i never thought Square Enix would do a third Drakengard game would have been right up the top of the list, followed closely by them actually releasing Final Fantasy Versus 13. So, you can imagine my surprise when i heard that a new Drakengard game was not only going to be released...but that most of the gaming press seemed to not even be remotely aware of this happening.
Given that 99.99% of people here likely havn't the slightest clue what this Drakengard thing is, allow me to go ahead and give a brief run-down. Released in 2003 Drakengard was basically a combination of Panzer Dragoon and Dynasty warriors, selling itself on it's ability to switch between Dragon and foot as well as the ability to fight through armies. The gameplay was..ultimately rather sub-par and, while workable, just wasn't interesting. Story-wise, the narrative attempted to be Spec ops: The line for J-RPG's, although wasn't able to reach the same level of quality. It followed the story of Union General Caim, a bloodthirsty and quite frankly bonkers man who would make even Kratos flinch, as he attempted to take down the empire that's invading his land with the aid of a Dragon that he just joined souls with. The other characters are not much better then the main man himself, making one wander if a hero could even exist in a world like this let alone if one is even around.
The game has since gone on to become something of a cult classic, remembered mostly for it's bleak and unforgiving storyline, twisted characters, and for making giant floating babies with teeth haunt our nightmares. It also HATED children with the fury of a thousand suns.
A sequel was released in 2005, drastically improving upon the gameplay for both dragon and ground. But, unfortunately, the dark and bleak hopelessness of the original were all but lost in the transition, leaving a bare-bones sequel with a mostly forgettable if rather stupid story. It also made the mistake of replacing the interesting and refreshing, if psychotic, Caim with Nowe..a character so by the numbers that his only defining trait is his stupidity.
Nier was also released as a parallel universe following on from the worst ending (Which makes the Mass Effect 3 ending seem sensible by comparison) and fared far better then it's predecessor, keeping the same feel of Drakengard one but choosing to refine the story to be quite a heartfelt experience.
So now Drakengard 3 is at our feet, what does everyone else think about this?
On the plus side at-least Zero seems to be more interesting then Nowe, even if she does look a bit silly.
