Game Review: Dragonic Online

So what kind of game genre(s) do you like? Perhaps it’s a good first person shooter, or post apocalyptic, or maybe even racing. Personally I have always been a fan of role playing games (RPGs), but it was not until just a few days ago that I finally entered the world of massively-multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs). I’m still not sure if this was a good thing to do since this type of game tends to consume its players, but I still have faith that I won’t get to addicted to it. We’ll see how that long that confidence lasts.

A friend of mine was looking at new released games when we came across Dragonica Online. Thinking that it met the requirements for my assignment, and that the graphics looked kind of cute, I decided that I was going to play it. In the game you make your character so he or she can be one of four classes; warrior, magician, archer, or thief. Each class has its own; town, armor, weapons, skills, and a choice of two different career pathways. Once you have selected your class you are able to customize your character and name it, and now the story begins.

You start your journey on a lone road heading toward the town of your class, since I chose thief I was heading toward Back Alley, when suddenly you hear something calling you. The voice belongs to a small, cute (?) blue creature that is flying toward you. This little guy is going to be your own personal guide around Dragonica. Yay! right? No not really. He speaks incredibly slowly and you just want to keep hitting the space bar, since it’s an online game keyboard and mouse are used, so you can read what he’s trying to say. Furthermore he has the worse timing you can imagine. The guy is usually quite and just floats around behind you, but when he does talk it is during a conversation with a non player character (NPC), or worse when in battle. So you end either missing what the person you’re trying to talk to is saying or are getting attacked. The most annoying thing is that it doesn’t tell you half the things you need to know. It tells you that the “z” key allows you to use the portals but it doesn’t tell you that, if for example you’re a thief, that holding down “z” allows you to use a charge attack. You get this tidbit of information by pressing the “esc” key that bring up your controls. He also doesn’t tell you how to equip items for a good 3-4 hours into the game, which by this time you’ve probably figured it out yourself. So anyway once he has introduced himself and what not, you hear people screaming. Apparently the town is being attacked by wolves. The guard who you are now talking to decides to allow you to take on the job. I don’t know why he does or thinks he can trust me considering he simply refers to me as “Thief”, maybe he’s bit hit on the head one to many times. Taking up the job the action portion of the game finally begins.

The actual game play is pretty fun once you get the hang of the controls, or you change them to your liking. You get a variety of attacks, spells if you’re a magician, which can be chained to create a sweet little combo. Being an MMORPG you can play alone or you can team up with friends to take on bosses or accompany each other on quests. If you have friends you can create a four person team, another thing you’re not told how to do, by clicking on an icon on the lower right hand of the screen. This is a great asset for quests that require you to defeat a level, numerous times occasionally, where the boss has about 10 or more minions surrounding him. Having one person running around distracting the boss and the other(s) fighting helps prevent the death of all the players.

The graphics as I stated earlier are rather cute, but not in a its so cute it make you ill sort of way. The background is 3 dimensional, so you can jump on to crates or other structures including buildings. This is nice if you’re trying to get away from an enemy and heal. The characters and monsters look 2 dimensional and rather cartoonish. The different dimensional aspects of the game surprisingly complement one another rather well. The monsters have a comic effect when they die, as do you for that matter. When your character dies it falls to the ground mouth open and tongue sticking out. The game itself is well lit, except when you’re in towns then its night, and has a good balance of color and depth.


I would have to say that people should give this game a chance and play it. Just keep in mind that while the game does have some flaws, that as I write this review the game hasn’t been out for half a month yet. So the creators will more than likely fix the game’s problems as time goes on and a great game will emerge.


Interested in playing? Here’s the website! http://dragonica.thqice.com/index.html