I’ve been playing this new drinking game,based on Japanese game tropes. Have a shot every time you see a character with flawless skin,massive weapons,helium voices, unnecessary screaming,perfect hair and human bodies with too much blood. I may have given myself alcohol poisoning after having played this game while watching the debut trailer for Drakenguard 3.
Well it certainly looks like Drakenguard, according to me, a guy who has never even played the first two games in the series. It looks typically repetitive in an action game sense, reminiscent of other Eastern games such as Dynasty Warriors.
Drakenguard 3 is out in Japan on October 31 for Playstation 3, so don’t expect it to be here before the end of the year because localisation. Also, holy crap! Was that lady riding a dragon?
Far out man, far out.
Last Updated: July 2, 2013
Gerhard Davids
July 2, 2013 at 13:34
I am heavily amped for this. Drakengaurd is my favorite weapon progression game and the Dragon battles were tops!!! This is a must have.
So many weapons… so many fighting styles…..
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 2, 2013 at 14:28
I feels ya on thats one!
Argentil
July 2, 2013 at 13:34
I did something similar for E3. I was so drunk by the end of the MS conference I had to stop playing. It was only the first conference.
Trebzz
July 2, 2013 at 13:48
It should have taken place in Drakensberg 😛
RinceWind
July 2, 2013 at 13:50
I think if I had to listen to that screaming for more than 5 minutes I’d murder the universe, and then have a cup of tea while rocking myself back to normality. SHUDDERS.
OVG
July 2, 2013 at 13:58
I am still getting over Eternal Sonata. GREAT game but fuuuuuuck that voice acting.
RinceWind
July 2, 2013 at 14:02
Agreed. That was a gem of a game. I just wish they could follow suit of games like Lost Odyssey where the characters didn’t sound like they’d been trapped in a Helium balloon before each scene.
Argentil
July 2, 2013 at 14:03
You can choose between English and Japanese at least. Both will be shrill though.
OVG
July 2, 2013 at 14:09
Good point. Lost Odyssey had 5 languages and was twice the size of FFXIII Yet the boys at Square FORCED us to listen to Leona Lewis when IT HAS ALWAYS been us loving the Japanese version of the melody.
I remember the interview where they just did not understand why the fuck we would want their language on the the disk.
They skimped out on FFXIII and compressed the shit out of it to fit on 3 DVD9 so the FMVs looked like sand and the sound was like a tin can.
Despicable game, it will be a long long time before I give them my money.
Argentil
July 2, 2013 at 14:12
I quite enjoyed FFXIII after breaking through the initial tedium of the first 9 hours. I agree that the english voice cast was painful (outside of Ali Hillis), and Leona Lewis really soured the experience. I was actually pissed off after hearing the end track. WTF do “My Hands” have to do with the current f*!$ing situation Leona??!
OVG
July 2, 2013 at 14:14
It was Iwata trying to be another cool CEO who thinks he knows what is better for gamers by ignoring gamers.
Another one bites the dust.
Argentil
July 2, 2013 at 14:16
Tetsuya Nomura knows what’s up. The KH series always had Utada Hikaru singing both the English and Japanese versions of the same song. I’m sure FFXIV will be the same (and KH3).
Thank you for reminding me of that horrible sinking feeling I experienced at the end of FFXIII though. The ending and CG were beautiful, but the f*@#ing music man.
OVG
July 2, 2013 at 13:59
Localisation… I would rather have oldschool text thanks.
Matthew Holliday
July 2, 2013 at 13:59
Has the Japanese voice acting pool gotten smaller in recent years?
i hate recognising voices of memorable characters.
OVG
July 2, 2013 at 14:01
They all sound like 5 year olds to me. But still better than the English version of a 5 year old being played by an adult. Vannile in FFXIII ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
RinceWind
July 2, 2013 at 14:02
WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
OVG
July 2, 2013 at 14:05
GIGGLE GIGGLE
Argentil
July 2, 2013 at 14:03
Troy Baker, Nolan North and Jennifer Hale say hello.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 2, 2013 at 14:27
Lurrv Drag-on Dragoon!! Viva NIER!!!
Gerhard Davids
July 2, 2013 at 14:33
My Ex (A non-gamer of note) got so stuck into NIER that my console was off limits for weeks!
A truly epic experience.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 2, 2013 at 14:38
Haha, power of a good game. loved the story to bits more so on subsequent playthroughs
LordCaptainAwesomeness
July 2, 2013 at 14:35
That one character sounds like Chopper from One-Piece…