
The characters aren’t exactly three-dimensional, but the depth of their single-mindedness more than makes up for that. So it's really not fair to do that to Drakengard 3, but I wish Drakengard 3 had a little more going for it.Įnding A absolutely had enough to make me hurry up and see what the hell was really going on at the end, but I have a feeling when all is said and done I won't think it was a BAD game, but I also bet I'll feel like if I wasn't clinging on to hope that SOMEDAY we will get a NieR 2, I wouldn't have kept going with it. The plot is interesting, and the dialogue is frank and hilariously funny. The games theme revolves around pacts, as most characters initiate a pact with other entities to gain certain abilities, and must pay the price of the pact in return. Additional sources are stated next to the events they relate to. Drakengard, known in Japan as Drag-On Dragoon, is an action role-playing game developed by Cavia for the PlayStation 2 and published by Square Enix and Take-Two Interactive. Primarily based on information included in the Drag-on Dragoon World Inside book that was included with the 10th Anniversary Box. Drakengard 3 (Drag-On Dragoon 3) - 'Ending C' Cutscenes This is Ending C for Drag-On Dragoon 3 (Drakengard 3 in English). Mikhail has really grown on me, and I like having him around.I miss Emil. The timelines of the Drakengard series, including all the possible outcomes and routes. Zero is interesting, and I want to know more.but she's no Kaine. It's like, I don't want the Michael Richards is a detective show, I want more Seinfeld.ĭrakengard 3 has it's moments, but my brain can't help but always take the extra step towards NieR. I will complete it, I will get all the weapons and do all the branches, but it's like when you have a favorite show, and then an actor from it gets a new show and it's similar enough to the old one, all it does is remind you of how great the old one was. When Taro Yoko, creative director of Drakengard 3, made the PlayStation 2 game. So yeah, this was a very, very high bar to clear.Īnd Drakengard is just not doing it for me. Drakengard 3 is the third game in the series, but chronologically it’s the first story in the Drakengard universe. I don't ever believe that "the gameplay is INTENTIONALLY shitty because that's a feature!" is a real thing developers strive for, but in NieR, the flaws end up being this happy accident that pulls you in even closer to whats going on. There's also DLC set before the game in which you play as the.

Downloadable Content: In the form of Cameo costumes (Caim and Furiae from Drakengard, Manah and Eris from Drakengard 2, and Brother Nier and Kaine from Nier) and a bonus story scenario.

I just felt it was so well done, so well acted - and the quirks in the game that made things less than easy to get through end up making the very, very end that much more meaningful, in a way. Ending C, which leads to Zero turning into the Grotesquerie Queen and killing all of humanity. I think that story hit me harder than maybe any other game ever has. NieR really came as a total and complete shock to me, and it still is a game I think about often. I'm very curious, but I can't help it - it's no NieR.
