Dragon has long been one of the
most popular themes for video games. Especially in those Western cultural based
ones, "dragon" is often the important element in terms of the
storyline and gameplay. What is special for this time is that there is a
browser game which has also used "dragon" as its theme and feature.
So let's take a look at 37Games' Dragon Atlas.
The storyline of this game is
based on Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). It's a game that is mainly categorized
as RPG but played in a SLG way. With the core element of dragon and its
combination with a Japanese style of character design, players will be
experiencing a world of dragons and dungeons, which is mysterious and unknown.
Compared to those traditional
genre of "completing and passing through one battle by another", which
could seem a bit restricted and "having to follow", Dragon Atlas
provide more choices and possibilities in terms of walking through the quest
line in the map. Players can discovers some extra events by opening certain
chests, manipulating some traps correctly and unlocking hidden gates with the
key required. There are often some unexpected events during the adventure in
game.
In terms of battle, it's more
likely to be both turn-based strategic and hand control way. Each turn in battle
requires players' tactical deployment of characters and skills. Apart from
that, manual changing of characters' position during a fight is also necessary
for victory. And players need to cast spells in the right time in order to
touch off the effect of skill chain to deal more damage.
Since dragon is the key feature
of the game, the cultivation of dragon as your partner in fight is also another
way of playing. By doing the main quest line, we can obtain an egg and a young
dragon will be born soon. After its birth, we need to cultivate it by feeding
and fighting together to get your dragon more experience to improve its
ability. There are several periods of evaluation of dragons, from its
adolescent stage to mature period and finally it turns into an elder dragon
which possesses stronger power. Dragons can learn skills when they reach
certain stage. Rome wasn't built in a day. Cultivating dragons is a long
process and players will see the gradual growth of it. Once your dragon grows
mature enough to fight, it can be your most powerful and loyal companion in
battle.
Another important to notice is
that we can form our battle team by recruiting mercenaries from tavern. There
are hundreds of mercenaries awaiting in tavern and we can choose whom we want
to group. Of course, each character has his or her own designed appearance and
what's more important is that different characters have different skills and we
can combine the best match of skills we think by selecting different
mercenaries.
The quest line also allows us to
get some plans for crafting weapons. For plans in higher level, we need to
collect honor points by defeating enemies in order to exchange with it. Weapons
can be improved by reforging and enchancing. The appearance of weapons will
also depend on the degree of improvement. In this case, we can design our own
weapon with an unique look.
There are still some systems and
ways of playing that need to be discover in the following time of playing. For
now, I would say this game has quite a lot of features that catches my eyes. I
will be continuing the playing and hope to share more with you. Have fun!
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