Customer Reviews

Dragon Blade: Wrath Of Fire

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Playing Dragon Blade gives me the impression the developers were trying to make a God of War for the Wii with a limited budget and time frame. The different weapon attacks are mapped to the different Wii remote motions. Swing the Wii remote right to swing your blade right, left for left, etc. The problem is after trying to swing the blade in the directions I want and failing, I often gave up and reverted to the "Wii waggle" for my attacks. This is especially true when fighting multiple enemies at once. When fighting one or two enemies, I actually do try to use the directional aspect of control. There is about a 70% success rate of the on-screen action replicating my Wii Remote motion. Users can mark an enemy as a target, but this doesn't always help since your character doesn't really lock on to the enemy you mark. Sometime when fighting multiple enemies my character will fly off unexpectedly into a mob or into an enemy that is swinging an ax. This is because the "Wii waggle" will trigger combos sometimes at the most inconvenient moment.

The graphics are ok. The main character is rather plain looking, while the enemies are much more detailed. I am guessing the developers were trying to make the main character a normal individual being called to an extraordinary adventure. Environments are not really impressive or awe-inspiring. The environment has invisible walls that pop up here and there.

One frustrating thing about the graphics and camera is often a barrier will come up creating a small room where the main character has to fight the enemies. The barrier color sometimes make it difficult to see the enemies clearly, especially when the camera shifts and locks in a unhelpful position. The only way to move the camera to a better position at those times is to move your character, because player control of the camera is almost nonexistent. A few times I was cursing the camera because objects would totally block the action occurring on screen. Nothing beats staring at a large pillar filling the screen with no idea happening on the other side of it.

The game is fun. It is satisfying to mow through a mob of enemies, especially since the game has no problems throwing 10 - 12 enemies at the player at once. I can't blame the game for it's mindless Wii remote waving, especially since I sometimes went through some God of War levels mindless bashing one button. I wish the developers had spent more time on the camera and programming the controls so they were more in tune with the direction the user intended. It is a fun game, but it definitely not a perfect game.

Controls (5/10)
Graphics (5/10)
Difficulty (6/10)
Fun (7/10)

Controls (7/10)
Honestly, the controls are just about as good as any other *wag the wiimote* game. If you hold it incorrectly, you may sometimes do the wrong type of slash, or if you try to do them too quickly. I had few problems with the controls, but they certainly weren't excellent (dodging works pretty well though).

Graphics (7/10)
I gave the graphics 7/10 ONLY because of the dragons themselves. Excellently animated beasts that will scare the pants off of you; each one is a joy to behold. The rest of the graphics are, frankly, really boring. The normal monsters come in only about 5-7 varieties, and the normal environments are lackluster mazes at best. But, much like Shadow of the Colossus, the game is all about the dragons.

Difficulty (9/10)
This game reminds me of what it felt like to play an NES game, minus the frustration. Some sections are extremely hard to surmount (I had trouble with the third King), but luckily the save feature breaks up the challenge into bite-sized chunks. You can usually beat any troublesome stage in 3-4 tries.

Fun (7/10)
This is a low-budget game, and I came into it with low-budget expectations. Luckily, it surpassed them! The story is lame, the graphics are shoddy, the sound effects seem like they've been pulled from a "10,000 sound effects" CD, but it ends up being more fun than Soul Calibur Legends, and the game rewards you well for beating difficult stages with new powers--it's pretty well designed to give you satisfaction as the gamer.

I was expecting this game to be pretty sweet, and to be fair, the whole thing with using the claws and head of a dragon, etc, is pretty cool. Unfortunately, there are several problems with this game:

1. The chance of your character actually swinging his sword/blade/claw/weapon in the same direction you swing the Wii-mote is 50-50 at best. One boss fight took me several hours just because when I tried to swing my sword up, the game decided to swing horizontally.

2. The whole "locking on" to enemies idea works...sometimes. Most of the time, I can't lock onto the enemy I want to in a group of baddies (ex.--I try to lock onto an archer, but instead I end up targeting a nearby wolf).

3. Guarding against attacks doesn't work very well. I run into a group of angry wolves, and when I try to guard, they damage me anyway. Also, your attacks are very easily interrupted, which can make dealing with large groups of baddies tricky. And the designers of this game seem very fond of hordes of baddies. One other thing of note: you have no ranged attack, so killing archers is paramount, but it's not exactly easy with ten axe-wielding minotaurs chasing you around.

4. The fire power meter, which powers your special dragon attacks, drains really quickly. This is problematic when you try to hammer a boss with a dragon form, but have half of your attacks miss at close range.

Having said all of the above, Dragon Blade is alright for some mindless slashing through the legions of evil. The boss fights are enjoyable and challenging, but constantly killing groups of enemies over and over gets repetitive. There's an attempt at some sort of plot, but it doesn't really make any sense. The real fun is in using your powerful dragon forms to destroy groups of minions, provided that you actually punch forward when you want to punch forward and don't slash sideways instead. I feel this game could be greatly improved if the developers had focused on perfecting the way the game translates the motion of the Wii-mote. I'd buy it again, but only if I could find it used for less than twenty dollars. Save your money and get Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, or Mario Galaxy instead.

I was a little skeptic about this game when I first heard about it and figured it would be a bad rpg game like so many. The graphics, gameplay and storyline is very addicting. Easy to use controls and level of hardness is perfect. A must have for anyone who has a wii or loves rpg games.

this is a nice game for my son since he likes games with dragons. it came in great condition and plays well. i will be buying from this seller again.

There is nothing great about this game. It's a hack and slash adventure that you could enjoy if you like that kind of thing. The plot isn't great but it keeps you interested. The game isn't very easy to beat. there is tough character here and there that will give you a fit. All in all not too bad but definatly not an instant classic either.

I wasn't expecting this game to be anything amazing when I got it, but I was expecting something entertaining enough to make it worth my time. Dragon Blade met my expectations. The graphics, music, Wii controls, and gameplay are all decent. Nothing particularly stands out apart from the bosses and the awesome dragon moves you learn.

This is a hack and slash game with very mild RPG elements. You can find upgrades for you health and magic power, as well as pieces of armor. Still, that's hardly enough to consider this an RPG. But as an action game it is satisfactory.

You attack by swinging the Wii remote, and theoretically you can choose to swing up/down/left/right/thrust to form small combos. Unfortunately, to have the game accurately mimic your movements you must be very careful and precise. When you're surrounded by enemies it's not easy to focus enough to execute the exact moves you want. I would say that I can get it to swing the direction I want about 70% of the time. Fortunately, if your combo is messed up it's not necessarily the end of the world. It's annoying, but it doesn't cripple the game.

The Dragon moves you learn are what really make this game worth playing. You can use massive Claws to smash/claw your enemies, you get a whip-like tail to swing around, and you even get a dragon head to shoot fireballs with. That's not all of the powers you get, but it gives you an idea of what to expect. You can count on enjoying flattening large numbers of enemies when you smash them with two huge dragon claws!

Dragons are cool, and anybody planning on looking into this game probably shares that opinion. Well, the bosses--which are dragons, apart from the half human dragon kings you fight--are REALLY cool. They offer some serious challenge, and they are designed very well. Fortunately, you can replay every level as often as you want, so you can enjoy the boss fights as many times as you like.

The replay value is reasonable, but it's only really existant because it's so fun to travel back to older levels and massacre your foes with new found dragon powers! But there's not much motivation to playing through it a second time.

For gamers interested in a decent hack and slash game on the Wii, this would be a good choice. If you love dragons, you will at least enjoy the boss fights. The difficulty is impressive as well, as you will probably find yourself dying a number of times. You might want to rent this game first to be on the safe side, but I think this game was worth the purchase.

alright lets get started. i am going to give you a honest opinions in the shipping and as well the game itself.

Shipping: I got my package on the first day of the estimation date. It was packaged decent enough in a white envelope type thing, with paper for cushioning.

Game: The game was in pretty well condition. There were to my surprise no scratches on the disc whatsoever.

Game-play: the game itself is pretty fun, even though i am only on the 3rd level. there are a bout 20 levels that last about 25 minutes each. YOu can use your sword and fire powers to defeat enemies. The bosses were one of the best parts of the game also.

Overall, pretty good game, not the best, but if you can get it for a decent price i say go for it!

I was excited about this game because I love dragons, but I had to give up playing it...it's SO hard. I admit that I'm not the greatest video game player in the world, but I don't suck, but this was beyond me. I kept dying and having to start again way before the point at which I died, and I just couldn't take it anymore because I was so frustrated.

Maybe I'll try playing it again (and look for cheats or something) but I cringe when I see it sitting on the shelf because I wasn't able to beat it--nowhere even close! I only played a couple of hours so it wasn't like I was trying to kill the last guy or anything.

Too bad, because I was looking forward to playing this game to the end.