Drakan vs. Tomb Raider?
Ronald Russell
for $16 today. I've played the demo, and found the controls difficult to
adjust to after playing Tomb Raider 1 through 4. How does Drakan compare
with Tomb
Raider? Do you think it is worthwhile, or just a TR clone?
Ron
Jenny
matches it in my opinion.
I've only played Tomb Raider 1, but I got used to the Drakan controls
fairly quickly.
I didn't like what happened at the end of Drakan because it seemed
Rynn failed her quest and it was just the setup to a second Drakan
game. And we probably won't see a Drakan 2 game - at least not
on the PC.
But I enjoyed it more than Tomb Raider.
There is a patch. If you don't use it, the dragon loses his souped
up fire power and you can't whup the evil dragons.
IMHO it's certainly worth $16.00.
Jenny
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Robert Norton
> I noticed the game "Drakan-Order of the Flame" on sale at my local Hastings
> for $16 today. I've played the demo, and found the controls difficult to
> adjust to after playing Tomb Raider 1 through 4. How does Drakan compare
> with Tomb Raider? Do you think it is worthwhile, or just a TR clone?
I believe Drakan is universally despised. This might be the wrong place to
come for a favorable review of Drakan, though.
Chad Dylan Long
"Robert Norton" <r...@execpc.com> wrote in message
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Are you sure you're not talking about Drakkhen?
Chad
Robert Norton
> > I believe Drakan is universally despised. This might be the wrong placeto
> come for a favorable review of Drakan, though.
>
> Are you sure you're not talking about Drakkhen?
Probably so! First, I flunked spelling in high school. Second, I played
neither game, only read a lot of reviews. Third, I startle easily.
So, nevermind!
Charybdis
clearly more taste. And now back to "Chad Dylan Long"
<so...@NOSPAMbyu.edu>'s message
>Are you sure you're not talking about Drakkhen?
Probably. Draken's not that special, but it was pretty good
- Richard
BearBiz
> Robert Norton wrote:
>
> >Ronald Russell wrote:
> >
> >> I noticed the game "Drakan-Order of the Flame" on sale at my local
Hastings
> >> for $16 today. I've played the demo, and found the controls difficult
to
> >> adjust to after playing Tomb Raider 1 through 4. How does Drakan
compare
> >> with Tomb Raider? Do you think it is worthwhile, or just a TR clone?
> >
> >I believe Drakan is universally despised. This might be the wrong place
to
> >come for a favorable review of Drakan, though.
> >
>
> You are definitely confusing Drakan, the story Rynn and her dragon
> Arokh, with another game. Drakan is a great game with a pretty good
> story. It gets a little lite in the end due to Psygnosis forcing
> Surreal to release the game early. It's a great thrill the first time
> you ride on the dragon and face off against another dragon.
>
> As far as comparing it to Tomb Raider, I found Drakan a lot more fun.
> For one thing you have much more control over the character. You get a
> chance to use various sharp edge weapons as well as bows. With the
> edge weapons you cacn choose various attacks or try to sneak around
> you enemy. With the bows, you can zoom in on the enemy like a sniper
> and try to take them out before they see you. You should also find the
> variety of monsters in the game a lot of fun. Just wait till you meet
> the next to the last big enemy. :)
A very good 3rd person game that stacks up just fine to many
action/adventure games IMHO. The fighting is fun with the various swords
and Arokh's fire. A lot of the graphics are quite nice, especially when
it's snowing.
BearBiz
hoy....@spam.hawaii.me.edu
: sh wrote:
:> Robert Norton wrote:
:>
:> >Ronald Russell wrote:
:> >
:> >> I noticed the game "Drakan-Order of the Flame" on sale at my local
: Hastings
:> >> for $16 today. I've played the demo, and found the controls difficult
: to
:> >> adjust to after playing Tomb Raider 1 through 4. How does Drakan
: compare
:> >> with Tomb Raider? Do you think it is worthwhile, or just a TR clone?
:> >
:> >I believe Drakan is universally despised. This might be the wrong place
: to
:> >come for a favorable review of Drakan, though.
:> :>
Very much so worthwhile. About the controls, TR is best played with
keyboard or gamepad, while Drakan is best with a keyboard and mouse
combination.
As a bonus there's multiplayer play if you're in a competitive mood.
: A very good 3rd person game that stacks up just fine to many
: action/adventure games IMHO. The fighting is fun with the various swords
: and Arokh's fire. A lot of the graphics are quite nice, especially when
: it's snowing.
: BearBiz
Try this: when riding the dragon and it's snowing, hold down freelook and
the sneak button and move the camera around. It'll look like those
commercials where everything freezes for a second as the camera moves to a
different position.
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