
They can be found in the various dungeons as bones, which you bring back to the temple to be resurrected at your cost. They do not level up or repair their equipment, so you will be looking for newer companions as you progress. Dragon start out letting you recruit companions from the tavern screen. Games like Dragon’s Crown are best played with other characters, either AI or other players, helping you on the quest. The story is told though cut-scenes like this one

In the PS Vita version, you can use the touch screen to perform these actions. The right stick controls a curser that is used to activate rune stones, open chests and doors and interact with the environment. Movement is done with the left analog stick. Steal their genie and use it against them! Different dungeons include a pirate-infested cave. Item use, which includes magic rings, spell scrolls and potions, are scrolled through by the D-Pad left or right and used by D-Pad down. You have the basic melee attack done by the Square button, with a charcter specific attack used with Circle (i.e., the Elf shoots her bow, Wizard casts spells, etc.), jump with X and item pick up with Triangle. You are in a 2.5D world, able to move from the foreground to the background. The Wizard can cast powerful spells against his foes.Ĭombat is simple. You usually get items that are in or around you characters current level, sometimes one or two levels higher and sometimes not even for your character class. These weapons and armour have a minimum level you must be to be able to use. Weapons and armour are earned after completing each quest, but have to be appraised (for a fee) in order to be used. The gameplay is also similar to games like D&D: Shadow over Mystara and SEGA’s Golden Axe, but with RPG elements.

The Elf is quick and nimble and can attack at a distance Dungeon? Check.

The lead artist, George Kamitami, who worked on CAPCOM’s Dungeons & Dragons arcade games, definitely drew inspiration from manga, fantasy art and the aforementioned D&D games. The game, out now on both the PS Vita and the PS3, features beautiful hand-drawn graphics and backgrounds, Both version are identical (with the PS3 having a bit more to the special effects) and look amazing in motion. Choose from six different classes The Dwarf is a slow, but powerful fighter In it, you choose from six different classes (Amazon, Dwarf, Elf, Fighter, Sorceress, or Wizard ) and embark on a quest to stop a plot to take over the kingdom and find the legendary Dragon’s Crown. I have not received any payment for this review)ĭragon’s Crown, developed by Vanilllaware and published by Atlus, is a third person side scrolling action game, with RPG elements.
