SCORE:
Gameplay: 5
Graphics: 4
Sound: 5
Overall: 5
Pros: Light-hearted content and comedic value, sure to engage younger audiences.
Cons: Same old automated combat, low quality graphics in places.
We lately dedicates some of our time to check out R2Games’ fantasy MMORPG Dragon Pals which allows you to pick from 3 different classes to embark on an epic adventure, in the course of which you will come across various dragons. Similar in style to several other R2Games titles, this free-to-play browser game also shares several features and the same Battle Rating mechanic that revolves around earning gear, levelling up und building up your team as you advance through the story and gain access to new features.
When entering the MMO for the very first time, we were able to pick from the 3 available classes, all of which offered pre-made characters in a female and male version as it is usual in RPGs from R2Games. There weren’t any customisation options and you just slip into the shoes of the character in the story. We opted for the male Ranger to start our adventurous journey. The game’s opener introduced a princess that was under attack of multiple peculiar cat-type humanoids and in such despair that she sends a prayer to her god which triggered our emergence.
At this point, the comedy attempts to set in with our hero being the main catalyst and the emphasis lies on "attempts". This game obviously seems to aim at a younger audience, which a few of the cheesy one-liners and jokes could make smile. For adult players, they simply left a strange feeling, which was funny indeed, but not the way the dev team most likely intended it to be.
As usual, the combat is automated and although you actually gain new abilities and powers, those pretty much function like any gear you may acquire, just allowing players to inflict additional damage while showing different special effects animations. In the later course of the game, combat will certainly grow a bit more challenging, at our initial stage, however, it was the traditional grind in order to complete the early game content and unlock features which allow for begin playing the MMO as intended.
One instant that caught our interest was when the game gave us the option to help the princess as "Should I help her?" popped up accompanied by the options "A. No and try to sneak away" or "B. Yes! For great justice!", making us believe there might be interesting branching plotlines where the player’s choice would matter. We unfortunately had to learn that even when opting for option A, the princess still reacted with pleading for aid. Her replying actually seemed as if it was adapted to our choice with a crowbar (we presume we would have got exactly the same response if we had chosen option B).
We then stumbled over a giant egg with nearly human-sized proportions, which our "hero" thought of as a good meal. Even when it hatched into a cute speaking dragon baby, he didn’t want to change his mind and was delighted that he even got meat to eat – just extremely odd.
Combat continued for a while and our new Dragon Pal helped fighting the enemy in more automated battles, which helped him prove his worth thus keeping him off the menu. Although the dialogue was pretty cheesy, it did feel like it was forming a decent relationship between the characters for more story driven content making them feel like real companions. The slapstick discourse and exchanges between the NPCs and our hero indeed bring them to life a little bit more than other RPGs do. And it’s pretty obvious that Dragon Pals is taking a much more light-hearted approach to the story and not taking itself too serious.
Where the gameplay falters the graphics more so, with some serious pixelated issues in certain areas where the background either didn’t render properly always just about the design, though the sound was far worse and the music sounded like some old school 80s cartoon with the original quality only recorded with a potato. Seriously, in this day and age with the gaming industry, there is no excuse for having such low quality music and sounds.
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