Each weapon has a simple branch of techniques that it can use, and that will be enough to get the job done. There is no switching between weapons to customize devastating combos or put a touch of personality into the game. When approaching Drakengard 3's combat, it would be wise not to expect the same level of depth as found in the genre's best, like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry 3. Her sword will definitely become the backbone of your arsenal and used for all general situations, but she also equips a spear for shielded enemies, a tossable chakra disc for distant archers and mages, and gauntlets which I have yet to really find a specific use for. Zero relies on four different weapons to get the job done. Unlike its frame rate, Drakengard 3 is able to pull off at least competently, even if you'll be fighting stiff controls while doing so. Competence in the CombatĪction games are not simply stringing unrelated combos and attacks together, they require a bit of finesse as you roll from one attack into the next. The real question: does the poor framerate add to the charm of its good "bad" game image? I'm not sure I would have liked a more competent frame rate, because that would ruin the illusion that I'm playing something unique. I can guarantee that if Access Games had worked out the kinks here, Drakengard 3 would be getting a lot more praise than it has been, because what we are left with after poor performance is still quite good. Even one-on-one battles can prove to be a little too much for the game to handle.
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The Drakengard series is also known for putting a protagonist up against many enemies at once, so you can imagine the horror when time comes to take on an army.ĭrakengard 3's biggest flaw is that it simply slams on the breaks and becomes a slideshow nightmare of epic proportions whenever too much is occurring on screen at once. More often than I'd care to admit, I was unable to beat a boss or complete a side quest because slowdown reared its ugly head and brought the game to a chugging pace, allowing for time on a countdown to expire or an enemy to get a cheap sucker-punch in. Developer Access Games obviously hasn't had much experience with it before, because Drakengard 3 suffers from some of the worst framerates we've seen in quite some time. It is how poorly programed it is into the game. The real problem with the usage of the Unreal Engine is not how under-utilized it is in creating these stiff environments. Her dragon companion Mikhail and quartet of disciples who join her along the path also look great, but unless an enemy is huge like a titan or an ogre, there really isn't any worth a mention.
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Our female lead, Zero, is the best looking of the bunch with her acrobatic kicks and sword slashes being pulled off without a hitch.
The character models escape with a bit more quality put into their design, but not by much. The sky city of Colombia, the space station Citadel, iconic settings used with the same engine, and yet all we get from this game is highly linear levels that are plagued with jagged edges and environments which lack any sense of effort put into their design.
When compared to even the earliest game to employ the engine, like the first Gears of War, Drakengard 3 is still ugly. This is the same engine used to power Mass Effect and BioShock Infinite? You could have fooled me, but indeed, Epic Games' bread and butter is there working behind the scenes. I wouldn't have even noticed that Square Enix employed one of the most popular engines of the last decade to power this game if it hadn't said so in the opening credits. Take for instance the use of the Unreal Engine 3.
Where do we even begin with how derailed this game really is? The combat, the dialogue, the technical performance, the level design? Everything about this game is just off and feels like the work of amateurs.
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