Played on Windows via RPCS3 with 60 FPS patch and upscaled to 1440p.
I think this game is incredible and also deserves every single piece of criticism I've seen leveled toward it. Combat is slow and janky, performance is rough even emulated on mid-high-end PC hardware (i7 8086K, RTX 3070), the peepee poopoo humor is grating at best. I couldn't imagine playing this on original hardware while holding a Dualshock 3 the whole way through.
But something about the way the pieces come together makes Drakengard 3 a gripping experience start to finish*. The framing of the story through Accord's recordings, the always brilliant music from Keiichi Okabe and MONACA, Zero's hesitant friendship with Mikhail. Everything just clicks into a fascinating piece of media that deserved a better shot at being enjoyed than an end-of-generation PS3 game.
The DLC strategy for this game is so emblematic of the era it came from, with each Intoner's backstory separated out and sold piecemeal. Each of the six downloadable chapters is vital to the characterization of their respective Intoner and their motivations.
*I gave up on ending D and watched a youtube video. Fuck that rhythm game.
I think this game is incredible and also deserves every single piece of criticism I've seen leveled toward it. Combat is slow and janky, performance is rough even emulated on mid-high-end PC hardware (i7 8086K, RTX 3070), the peepee poopoo humor is grating at best. I couldn't imagine playing this on original hardware while holding a Dualshock 3 the whole way through.
But something about the way the pieces come together makes Drakengard 3 a gripping experience start to finish*. The framing of the story through Accord's recordings, the always brilliant music from Keiichi Okabe and MONACA, Zero's hesitant friendship with Mikhail. Everything just clicks into a fascinating piece of media that deserved a better shot at being enjoyed than an end-of-generation PS3 game.
The DLC strategy for this game is so emblematic of the era it came from, with each Intoner's backstory separated out and sold piecemeal. Each of the six downloadable chapters is vital to the characterization of their respective Intoner and their motivations.
*I gave up on ending D and watched a youtube video. Fuck that rhythm game.