/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9907596
I can't even make it past the first few stages. Probably rank it about on-par with Castlevania Bloodlines, if not a little higher since it's not quite as brutal/sluggish imo

>>9907596
Wtf is a "dragoon" anyway why do games always use that word

>>9907635
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragoon

>>9907598
For me it got much easier over time once I realised that a) find the hidden powerups and b) to take it slow

>>9907637
>Wtf is a "dragoon" anyway why do games always use that word
Which ones? I can only think of Panzer Dragoon

>>9907596
I love this style and turns out I already had it downloaded. Will be playing it later along with some Golden Axe. Thank you anon

>>9907596
Hang in there anon, if you make it far enough you get a nice cheesecake shot of Alisia's ass.

>>9907637
This has nothing to do with dragons, or dragon knights, which is always what dragoon games are about, so why do they use the word?

>>9907671
>nothing to do with dragons
The word dragoon does come from dragon, it refers to muskets used by dragoons and is how they got thier name.

I think its a case of Japanese thinking a thing sounds cool and using it, though.

>>9907671
Now have a little imagination and replace the horse from IRL dragoons by dragons. You get this >>9907635 and Panzer Dragoon

GAINAX

The opening and music from this game gives me chills. Imagine being a kid in 1992, and that powerful music blew through your TV's speakers, and shook your entire house or apartment

>>9907647

>>9908092
And then your mom yelled at you because you had the tv volume high.

>>9908436
But Mom, I didn't know! It was an accident!
Just turn it down, Jimmy! I'm trying to watch my frickin' soap opera!
Yes, Mom.
>Turns down volume and presses start

>>9907635
Well she never rides the dragon in combat, preferring to fight on foot but she can use it as a mount if she pleases. This qualifies her as a dragoon.

One of the stronger games. It's not just strong visuals, challenge, level design, and a variety of attack resources to manage/try. The fast paced auto-aim combat is unique and more interesting to try than another jumpy-stabby combat.

>>9907596
I loved this game, but I got filtered on level 6 i think? (the tilted techbase/cosmic ship or something like that). The game got exponentially harder at that point. Couldn't find good strategies on YT either.

>>9911716
Lv6 is just all kinds of bullshit, the level after it is much easier.

>>9907635
Dragoon is a dragon knight. In fiction they are either dragon slayers, use dragons as companions, are dragonkin, or invoke draconic powers somehow.
>>9907647
Besides what's been named, the original name for the Drakengard series is "Drag-on Dragoon"
The english translation for the FF Dragonknight class has been Dragoon since the SNES days.

FUCK level six.

>>9912338
Only the first part of level 7?
That boss fight is hard, and so is the section afterwards with the dumb moving platforms and infinitely respawning enemies. Die there and restart from beginning of level.

And thats on normal difficulty, no idea what hard even does

>>9913339
Protip anon, rolling thunder at melee range can basically oneshot most bosses.

>>9907596
Just explore the levels, you can get all your monsters to max level by stage 3 and have max firepower before you reach the derelict spaceship.

Also you can 1 hit KO almost all bosses if you fire the charged up attack point blank in their face (abusing the hit invincibility).

>>9913339
Hard mode removes half the health ups and doubles the damage you receive, plus it makes some bosses attack faster. It's not that hard once you know what's where on each level, except for the boss in the palace (the one that summons 4 mini mes).

For the boss on the spaceship, I think I used rolling thunder on the wizard, and have the thunder raven nuke the turrets whenever they appeared. I know they appeared just at the right speed so once you nuke them, the raven recharges exactly when they appear again. After that you just have to beeline to the bottom left and the level ends, no need to start exploring shit.

There's a glitch in the game btw, the platform that triggers the cutscene on that level can be destroyed. I forgot if it was with rolling thunder or one of your monsters. To be fair, it's the only glitch in the game I found.

>>9913345
>>9913497
Oh man I just tried that out on the first few levels and the bosses went down like flies. Awesome tip! Definitely makes things easier

>>9913497
Thanks for the additional tips!
I really like this game, very unique.

>>9913497
>and have max firepower before you reach the derelict spaceship.
You sure about that?

>>9914512
Nvm forgot about one of the power-ups in stage 1 and 3.

>>9914512
I'd have to re play the game to be sure, but there are a TON of lightning powerups hidden throughout the game. I recall always struggling with the game, until I started finding the powerups, after that it became very easy and I eventually had to play the game on hard mode for the challenge.

>>9914845
You made me recheck as I end up with one level short when entering the spaceship.
Turns out I missed a secret passage in the first cave section at the beginning.

So level 8 when entering spaceship is possible.

>>9915667
from memory, there are two thunder ups on stage 1, one on stage 2, one on stage 3, and 3 on stage 5. So:
stage 1 end: level 3
stage 2 end: level 4
stage 3 end: level 5
stage 5 end: level 8

but again i haven't played it in ages.

>>9916554
yeah, played it again, this is correct.
you also have 2 thunder ups on stage 6 and one on stage 7.