Gamespot hands Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire a 4.0 declaring it a wimpy action game easy on the wrist, but hard on the eyes.
Sometimes you have to slog through the beginning of a video game, hoping and assuming that the first level or two of bland and boring gameplay will lead to something better.
Surely a game couldn't hit the market and sell for about $50 if it was really that dull and underwhelming?
Unfortunately, sometimes first impressions are accurate. And the final word on "Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire" for the Nintendo Wii from D3 Publisher of America is that it's just as bad as it seems.
What promise? It was worse looking than a N64 game, had terrible camera and level design and more problems.
Well when first announced a lot of Wii owners were thrilled of the consept of this game. I was one of them. Sadly this game should not be bought and you can quote me on that. Bad game I bought it and ugh...
Sure, the PS3 and 360 have Devil May Cry 4, but the fortunate Wii owners get something entirely original - in theory and in name, at least - in the form of Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire. It takes elements of action RPGs of yore and tosses them together in a very pretty, if strictly linear, fantasy setting. Add to this a whole bunch of flaming weapons and a lot of cool effects and you have yourself a tasty proposition and our immediate attention.
D3's Dragon Blade makes a very good attempt at representative motion for a sword-based Wii game. It's not 1-to-1, of course, but at least the canned attack animations are mapped to reasonable motions. For example, swinging the Wiimote to the right slashes to the right, instead of executing some spin attack or opening the menu. Having a logical basis for the control scheme makes it very simple to know what's going on when you get into a frantic battle against some...
ouch. that's the good, the bad AND the ugly.
I think it's a bit too much. I mean, it's a full $50 game and yet looks like a PSone game ripping of God Of War and failing. If this disaster gets a 4 then Conan should get 11 out of 10.
that sucks for wii owners, but i really havent heard about this game til now, so hmmmm unless im wrong, but i dont think alot of people were watching for this one