DRAGON RAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Dragon Rage Platform: PlayStation2 Condition: New This Title Also Available As: Pre-Owned/Used: Very Good Condition games available Please get in touch for information on these options. Product Information Perform spectacular aerial manouvres in full 360 degree free-flight Perform tricks such as loops and barrel rolls Over 40 unique enemies with next-gen AI 32 different dragon attacks including tail whipping, ramming, stomping and biting Product Description Take to the skies as Cael Cyndar, the powerful and heroic dragon, in Dragon Rage 's 15 action-packed single-player levels and eight unique and fully interactive environments. The third-person perspective features full free-flight controls and 20 individual Cael animations, including loops, barrel rolls, and other tricks. There are over 40 unique enemy units, include Orc Air Units, Orc Ground Units, and Orc Water Units, and a new engine that can draw 80,000 polygons at 60fps, with full scene anti-aliasing, creates expansive world landscapes. An enhanced particle system allows complex physics-based motions with items such as explosions, flowing water, and lava, and the IK animation system allows more natural character animation. Review Dragons have always had something of a bad rap. What with all that fire-breathing, sleeping in beds of gold and Hobbit gobbling you'd think they were a bad lot. In Dragon Rage, 3DO hope to convince PS2 owners otherwise. It's quite a novelty flying a dragon--rather than the more traditional aircraft--round a 3D landscape, and with flapping noises accompanying the forward motion it's actually quite a peaceful experience--quite a shame when you might expect Middle Earth-type action. The landscapes are flat and boring, which is also a pity, and the dragon at the centre of the game has the intelligence of mud, allowing for truly frustrating experiences involving flying directly into hillsides. The opposition too are flat and lifeless and, frustratingly, your scaly beast has absolutely no desire to eat a single Orc, goblin or other green-skinned entity. For a game that should promise massive action and adventure this is a major failing. The sound department fails in! several major areas too: for a start there are no real background tunes, and right through the game, starting with the training mission, the woman used for the voiceovers sounds bored to tears as she ham acts her way through her lines. It's pretty ghastly. Overall, in spite of its cheap price point, Dragon Rage fails to impress, which is a shame as dragon-related flame action could have been so much fun.-- Chris Russell