Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire
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| Developer(s) | Land Ho |
| Publisher(s) | D3 Publisher |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release date | NA September 25, 2007 [1] |
| Genre(s) | Action game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T (Teen) |
| Input methods | Wii Remote |
Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire is a game for the Wii from publisher D3 Publisher.[4] which was released on September 25, 2007. Dragon Blade follows a young adventurer named Dal who seeks six legendary pieces of the "Dragon Blade," each infused with the soul of different guardian dragons. In an attempt to build the ultimate weapon and vanquish evil, the young protagonist embarks on a quest to find and seal away each of the six dragons, taking their souls and abilities in the process.[5]
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[edit] Plot
As mentioned above, the only known details of the plot are that Dal must recover the six pieces of the Dragon Blade. As seen on videos, he is accompanied by a mysterious red dragon named Valthorian who seems to be the source of his powers. The plot was written by Richard A. Knaak , writer of Dragonlance novels. On a side note , the plot is similar to Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, Richard Wagner's cycle of operas Ring of the Nibelung (Specifically its third part) and Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain series.
The six dragons, in order of appearance, are
- Valthorian - Fire Dragon
- Jagira - Water dragon
- Skaroth - Ground dragon
- Morbius - Poison evil dragon
- Norgiloth - Lightning Dragon
- Vormanax - Darkness/Shadow dragon
[edit] Gameplay
The game is a Hack and slash game , mixed with Beat 'em up and RPG aspects, similar to God of War and Devil May Cry.
In the game, the Wii Remote is used as the weapon held by the main character. At first, it is a sword that can only slash and defend, but as you advance in the game, you gain more weapon transformations. Confirmed usable weapon modes are a dragon fist, two dragon fists, a dragon head, dragon wings and a dragon tail. There are twenty levels in the game, and five worlds(four levels per world). To fight, players can lock on to enemies and either shoot fire with the dragon head or do various close combat techniques depending on which weapon is being used.
[edit] Reception
GameSpot gave the game a 4.0 "Poor" rating [6], and IGN gave it a 5.6 "Mediocre" score. [7] Both cited repetitive gameplay, outdated graphics, control issues, bland levels and a bad plot as the game's weakpoints. IGN in particular went so far as to call it "a budget title without the budget price". GameSpy gave it two and a half stars out of five, complaining of the aforementioned problems as well. [8] Their readers seem to be more favorable, rating it in the 7.5-8.5 range. X-play gave it a 2 out of 5.
