![]() While it’s possible to slice and dice through the weakest enemies without breaking much of a sweat, I found my health would soon be whittled down if I wasn’t careful. Different enemies required me to swap between these, although the sword was my main weapon throughout as it’s the most balanced in terms of spread of attack, speed and power. There are four different weapon sets to collect, starting with a sword and building through a spear and more. This is similar to the ‘Rage of the Gods’ mode in God of War in that Zero becomes quicker and more powerful, unleashing a rapid flurry of attacks that will quickly drain the health bar of even the most powerful enemy. Dispatching foes builds up a gauge that unleashes Intoner mode. The action is fast-paced, and really made me feel like I was a powerful being, carving my way through multiple enemies at once. ![]() The main protagonist is Zero, one of six Intoners (basically goddesses) out to kill the other five, her sisters. When it’s not breaking under the strain of throwing those horrible graphics (and the odd dragon) onto the screen, Drakengard 3 is enjoyable. ![]() If this is happening on screen, the action probably just ground to a halt… Handily, that means you get some health as a reward instead, but it was more rewarding that I was able to continue playing without the action grinding to a halt. This caused stuttering so bad the couple of times I made use of it, I never did again. This can happen seemingly at any time, although it reaches its nadir during battles where it’s possible to summon Mikhail to help. If that’s not bad enough, despite the basic graphics, the framerate is also prone to dropping through the floor. With jaggies everywhere, and textures so low-res they belong in a PS2 game, that they’re gracing a PS3 towards the end of its life-cycle is very disappointing. However, before I even got into my first scrap, sadly the first thing I noticed was how awful the graphics are. There is an array of weaponry to collect that can be swapped out, even mid-combo, to keep things moving along. Cracking on regardless, after being treated to a pretty cut-scene it was straight into the action.ĭrakengard 3 plays a lot like Dynasty Warriors in that it involves running around each level and destroying everyone and everything that gets in the way. It’s not funny, it’s definitely weird, and it left me wondering what I was getting myself into. Take some ropey graphics, a shocking frame rate, gore, questionable taste, and a truckload of bad guys to chop down and what do you get?ĭrakengard 3 sets its stall out from the off with an introduction from a childlike voice, which turns out to be your dragon, Mikhail, telling you that he’s wet himself.
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