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At first glance Dragonica is far from inspiring and it fails to chime with my personal, admittedly rather dark tastes. It is a pseudo 3D, basically 2D with the illusion of depth, side scrolling
MMORPG with bright colourful backdrops and cute characters. The characters come in four classes, Warrior, Magician, Archer and Thief and they all have proportionally huge heads. In fact the art style is like
Street Fighter for kids and the realm of Dragonica is filled with adorable creatures. Luckily the Dark Lord has risen to counter the overabundance of cute and is corrupting these lovable creatures and turning them on the local people. You take on the role of a young hero and you have to save the world from evil.
The presentation is a fairly high standard considering the game is free to install and play. It may be too cute for my tastes but you can’t fault the simple set up procedure and creating a character and choosing your class is quick and easy. The game interface looks quite busy but it is simple to use and you can store skills and items in a quick use inventory for convenience. The environments and characters are incredibly cutesy poo and the limited depth makes it feel like a platformer. There are some serious oddities here which help to offset the cuteness factor and this is certainly a game with a sense of humour but whether you’ll understand the humour is another matter entirely and translation looks to be a thorny issue.
