Dragon Racer

A very mixed experience. I found this game very enjoyable at the start - engaging enough through the middle - and then from my perspective it fell apart in a rushed and halfhearted ending to the degree I don't think I can call it a positive experience overall, even if I don't hate it. None of the friendships (including that with your dragon) culminate into anything beyond very short scenes that left me feeling very little for the characters - or even the sense that we knew each other particularly well at all. It's worth a play if you are happy to get into the dragon racing and don't hold out much hope for the development of your character/the ability for introspection regarding the world you are in/their relationships with others/the world to feel consistently immersive. A somewhat fun but highly disjointed experience that left me with an unpleasant feeling at the conclusion.

I do not recommend this game, even though I really wanted to but there is too much wrong with it to get people to play it. Long "story" of meaningless tasks that seem to be linear even if you have high stats, you are required to go a specific way else you will fail even if it makes no sense.

This game has a problem in that it I did not enjoy playing it, it felt like a chore to go through. It starts out interestingly enough with an actual plot/story that sounds really cool and has different outcomes...but then it just stops and you are forced to go from one meaningless task to the next until the very end of the game when it's suddenly picked up again. It felt like there were two separate games that got mashed into one and its very jarring.

There are so many grammar errors, incorrect spelling and repeat outcomes that it feels like everything is held together by tape. Such as moments where it says the same dialogue multiple times which just confuses what its actually trying to describe. The stats feel arbitrary and useless way too much, more than once you will fail a task purely because you chose the "wrong" option. And its not that you failed the check or chose an incorrect answer its only that there is only one "True" option, which feels like you have no real control or agency when you are forced to play a specific way to beat an challenge or something.

I really wanted to like this game, there's not enough dragon centred games out there and this seemed promising but unfortunately it flops badly. 1/10.

Well, I was planning to write a full review for this game, but just today I have found out that it was officially cancelled in February. You can read about it [url= https://13leaguestories.tumblr.com/post/644401640893546497/dragon-warrior-cancellation] here[/url].

To be honest, it was sad news for me because I really liked this story. Despite some plot holes, despite some pacing issues, despite some coding mistakes, even despite the not that meaningful choices. The characters and dragons won my heart over after just several chapters, so it goes without saying that I was really waiting for the next game in series.

However, I also respect the author’s decision. If Tierra Wright is not interested in the story anymore and does not feel comfortable continuing it, none of us (readers) have any right to push her in any way. Also, this amazing person actually provided descriptions to what would have happened to all ROs in next books, as well as revealed some secrets and possible paths for the protagonist (check out her website).

So, I would like to finish this very short review by saying that it was a bittersweet, but still amazing journey with a dragon. It had great potential, and I really hope that Tierra will use characters from this game in her future projects (as she mentioned on her Tumblr page). In the meantime, I highly recommend checking out her other games – Insight, Throne of Ashes and Superstition. They are also all free, as far as I know. As for Dragon Racer, you should still read it if you like the setting and the theme, but are also ready to stop at a cliffhanger and just imagine “what if…”.

Compelling story with interesting characters.

I guess that when I played it, a lot of the bugs had been corrected for I did not run into any errors or weird texts, just some grammatical errors.

There were a good number of choices that stayed consistent and helped define my character and what they could accomplish.

In general, a good game. Looking forward to the sequel.

I actually really liked the game - but I can't recommend it to others for the following reasons:

1. The game plays closer to a slightly personalized novel, than an outright "choose your own adventure". A lot of things will always succeed or always fail, characters will mostly always die or survive, many choices don't feel like they have any lasting impact. The only exceptions would be multiple romantic options, and dragon personality.

2. The game ends in a cliffhanger. I thought I'd get a full, choice based story but it really feels like half a book instead (I was not aware a sequel would be required to make it a full plot). More importantly, the ending feels like it throws everything you work for into the bin as well as making it clear that the setting will change drastically (the next game will almost certainly have little to do with racing). All in all, it plays out more like a prequel while being presented as a first chapter.

3. I really didn't like Nyx especially towards the end as a character, she felt like really heavy handed plot exposition and mystery that no one asked for in a dragon racing story. She always had to make it clear there's something she knows but is hiding. Way too obvious that she'd have a connection to the main character somehow or some sort of agenda. And it turns out she plays a huge role.

All in all, it was an incredibly interesting dragon racing scenario before the fire nation attacked and turned it into your average "chosen one" story led by the wise and mysterious foreigner who's been planning your return, etc etc

There's a lot I liked - but the problem is that they seem to coincidentally match my preferences rather than being things everyone would like. I liked how the world was fleshed out and a lot of details like magic branches, regulations and history were just littered around in a natural way; I liked the way the events themselves were described and played, and I liked the personalities of the characters. But it feels more like a prequel to a standard fantasy novel than a standalone CYOA of a life we wouldn't normally think about, so I can't recommend it.