Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair
Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair is an action-adventure video game released in 2002 by Dragonstone Software. The game is based on Cinematronics' 1983 laserdisc arcade game Dragon's Lair, and follows a similar story; the hero, Dirk the Daring, must enter the evil wizard Mordroc's castle to rescue Princess Daphne from Singe the dragon. Many of the characters and locations from the 1983 original make appearances in the game, along with new puzzles, rooms and enemies. Animator and director Don Bluth, who produced the cartoon animation for the arcade original, also produced two new animated sequences for the opening and ending of the game. The game uses cel shading to mimic the distinctive style of the original.
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Максимально средняя игра, которая внезапно на текущий момент благодаря своей мультяшности выглядит довольно красиво, но игра заслуживает гореть в аду 3д платформеров, которые заставляют раз за разом погибать в одном месте по 20 раз. Игра немного разбивает оригинал своим сюжетом, но в целом он не сильно отличается. Больше приключений на жопу Дирка вы не найдете, только тут сгорит не только жопа но и ваш геймпад.
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All that said, it still works as an action-platformer. For the parts that work, there's a decent amount of charm in Dirk's character and animation, the environments are simple but vibrantly colored, and the cel-shaded graphics hold up decently (with the exception of Daphne, who appears to be made of 6 thick black lines fighting with each other for dominance). It's not the most compelling game in the world, and it gets very aggravating in the back-half when they start adding "new" content that goes beyond the ending of the original game, but there's a decent little adventure here led by one of gaming's more endearing heroes.
However, the story has a nice twist at the end, and the graphics still look good 20 years later, so it does have that.
Worth a try if you liked Dragon's Lair.