Overview: Dragon Takers (Nintendo Change)

Hardly ever do I see an RPG stubble and fall in such speedy succession, however Dragon Takers does simply that. Regardless of some preliminary promise, it shortly makes one blunder after one other. Sadly, this launch is without doubt one of the most boring RPGs I’ve ever performed.

The primary gimmick on this sport is the protagonist’s newfound means as a “Talent Taker.” He’s capable of take strikes from monsters throughout fight and choose and select which to equip, restricted solely by what stage you’ve reached. There’s nothing inherently incorrect with this concept. In truth, the number of monsters (seen in a first-person perspective) had me considerably intrigued. However with the give attention to fight, you’d hope this space excelled. Sadly, it’s not even shut.

Fairly than break right into a long-winded rant, I’ll restrict my complaints to 2 key areas. The primary (arguably foremost) is the curious determination to omit any means to flee a battle. Buried within the press launch, it states, “escape isn’t an choice.” A daring selection, maybe, however actually not a sensible one. It merely doesn’t match this fashion of turn-based RPG. If the enemies have been seen on the map, possibly I could possibly be swayed, but it surely’s fully random. And the fight is nowhere close to pleasant sufficient to justify the dearth of such a basic choice.

To additional weaken fight, enemy resistances and weaknesses are listed on the aspect of the display. I didn’t even discover this till I used to be just a few hours in, as taking part in in handheld mode, the textual content was small. Nevertheless it’s all the time current, even when taking part in in “Regular” issue. Add in the truth that the sport autosaves nonstop, and it eliminates any problem the dearth of escape might’ve leant. All you’re left with is the mundane tedium of fight that by no means actually goes anyplace to succeed in its potential. Swing and a miss.

A minimum of the sport presents a stable audio/visible package deal. The music could be very listenable, giving a mix of creepiness and leisure that works higher than you may count on, and I form of prefer it. Characters bob their heads, transfer their arms, their hair flaps… little issues like that make them appear livelier. After all, their expressions by no means change regardless of what’s occurring within the story, good or unhealthy.

Talking of story, there’s a motive I haven’t talked about that till six paragraphs into my evaluation, and it’s not due to spoilers. It’s not achieved nicely. Dragon Takers is crammed with lengthy stretches of cliched dialogue. Generally, you’ll have a number of minutes of generic dialog, take a step or two, and extra will observe. I truly don’t thoughts this a lot within the cities, because the NPCs really feel extra actual. And speaking to them is all you’ll do in cities as gadgets get acquired not at outlets, however throughout fight or present in dungeons. However outdoors of this, the lead and his feminine allies chatting about one other fantasy trope simply made me need to take management and get on the transfer. Not that there’s a lot to maneuver to. Dragon Takers is an particularly linear sport, with tiny distances between cities and brief maze dungeons. No allowance is there to go off the story path and discover.

Dragon Takers feels haphazardly slapped collectively, and the longer I performed it, the extra boring its stale gameplay grew to become. I don’t know a lot in regards to the developer (Vanguard), but when KEMCO goes to maintain working with them, I hope they’ll steer them in smarter instructions. Dragon Takers is a poor sport that I can’t suggest.