![]() ![]() ![]() There are a few rooms that are exact recreations of rooms from the original (the burning rope swing and the knight with the electrified floor for example) and at these times the game will take away the free floating camera in favor of a stationary camera to make the game feel like the original. As it is, Daphne sometimes spells out exactly what you have to do to move on, destroying any small semblance of adventure or puzzle solving that might have been present. Or maybe a chime could let you know hints are available for the area you're in. She also gives you hints, but it would have worked better if the game allowed you to access the amulet to request a hint. Let me tell you, her voice gets pretty irritating pretty quick. Unfortunately, in Dragon's Lair 3D, you have an amulet that communicates with her constantly. In the original game, her husky voice came off as comically sexy because she only spoke a few lines. While the sound effects go from being great to just serviceable, I do HATE Daphne's breathy-but annoying voice. In a room where several armored bad guys teleport in and rush you, you can tell that this should be an adrenaline filled moment, but the knights are bested so easily that the overall effect is boredom. You hit a Giddy Goon with your sword once and he stands there dazed while you take him out with chop number two. There is no easy/hard choice at the beginning of the game and overall the game is just too easy. My one major complaint is the lack of skill settings. They aren't fantastic, but most are lifted from the original, so I can't rightly label this as bad. Overall, I'd say the game play is similar to Eidos' Deathrap Dungeon.Īll of the characters and several of the objects are cel-shaded to keep the original Dragon's Lair 'look' and it works beautifully. ![]() He can also pick up objects and weapons so he doesn't always have to rely on his sword. The timed puzzles are (for the most part) gone and you can move about freely and do what you want.ĭirk is pretty nimble. I never use the console camera, but it's nice to be given a choice. You have the option to have a free floating camera controlled by the mouse ala MDK or Rune or a 'Console Camera' where the game controls the camera movement. This new game improves on the original greatly by remaking the castle in full 3D. Actual play wasn't much more than hitting the right joystick combo at EXACTLY the right instant. The original was immensely popular in its' time, but really it was only because the game was so beautiful. Now incompetent but loyal Dirk the Daring will risk life and limb in a trap-filled castle to rescue her.ĭragon's Lair 3D- Return To The Lair isn't so much a sequel to the previous Dragon's Lair games as it is a remake. Daphne was kidnapped by the dragon Singe. ![]()
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