Kingdom of the Dragon

I hate leaving negative reviews, especially to small indie games like this. Another review mentions this game doesn't respect your time. That is 100% accurate. It takes AGES to walk anywhere in this game and if you've taken a wrong turn or are going down the wrong branch, you'll need to walk all the way back up. There's nothing to do or see along the way either - Most enemies die in a single hit. None of them are interesting. The first 1.5 hours the enemies just walk back and forth or walk very slowly towards you. There's zero depth. Exploration is almost non existent - Every path ends with a chest containing some coins, which you can use to upgrade either your health or damage. You can kill everything in one hit so I'm assuming you need the damage upgrades for later in the game. Both the bosses I've fought were jokes. The first was a giant slime that crawled back and forth extremely slowly and shot a single projectile every 5ish seconds. It involved me standing there and smacking i...

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How do developers still get away with releasing games like this? What a steaming pile of {exploitive}. For real. I was excited for this to come out because it had the look of games like Salt and Sanctuary that I love, but it plays like a rejected Game Boy title from 1990. Controls are terrible, all you can do is jump and hack with your stupid little pixel sword (you can roll, but you still get damaged by anything you roll into, which utterly defeats the purpose). THe enemies are repetitive and completely unoriginal and the optimization just sucks (they mst have skipped that part so they could rush this one out and take our cash). Seriously, another shameful piece of crap. I think the game development industry has become as corrupt, bland and misguided as the country itself. Whoever made this, dont quit your day job

Kingdom of the Dragon is a fantasy metroidvania that draws heavily from influences of Dark Souls and old-school side-scrollers. The Metroidvania is one of my favorite genres, so I overlook some flaws of games in the genre, but I am also extra harsh in other ways. I found Kingdom of the Dragon to be an essential play for fans of the genre. I was also impressed by the developers. I hit a bug in the game that kept me from being able to progress. After writing a post on the discussion forums and showing a video of my bug, the developers responded to and fixed the bug within the hour. They were also very helpful in getting me past a part I couldn't figure out. Now on to specifics: [u]Graphics[/u] Kingdom of the Dragon has a nice pixel art that blends old-school side-scroller with modern indie. While this is definitely not new ground for indie games, I feel Kingdom of the Dragon nails its blend quite well. Many of the areas are beautiful even despite their minimalism. Areas li...

This game is a blast! I just spent 3 hours playing it and didn’t even realize how long I’d been playing. There are definitely some difficult parts to get through, which I believe good games should have, but it’s so much fun. Reminds me of some of my favorite NES games that I used to play. The graphics are beautiful. They create an atmosphere that is intriguing, engaging, and frankly just great to look at. Honestly, I hope the come out with some wallpapers to download The soundtrack is surprisingly catchy although I wish it would play more often. The maps are long and winding and every one is different and packed with hidden treasure. I’m giving this one a solid 8/10. Well worth the price and hours of fun. I’m going to get my kid to start playing it too.

Kingdom of the Dragon was an impulse buy for me, in a quest of looking for new old school games to play in the action/adventure/rpg genres. I was aware of the mixed reviews but "mixed" to me could be a game that's perfectly suitable for one person's taste and detestable to the next. Kingdom of the Dragon has its flaws, yet it's a great game that was challenging, fun, addictive and an all around pleasure to complete. I'm still going to go back in and try to earn the rest of the achievements just to spend a little more time in its charming NES/SNES world. You play as a knight who is on a quest to rid the land of Artaphys from evil. The game reminds me of a combination between the recent and outstanding Apotheon, Castlevania, Metroid and Megaman. Starting off on one small island to explore, you soon stumble upon a ship that needs fixed and will be your vessel for further exploring the world. In each area there are secrets to find (ammo capacity upgrades, health containers, etc.),...

Exploration is a big part of this game and a decent amount of backtracking is required if one wants to find all the power-ups. The music is sparse but effective, usually playing whenever a powerful foe is in the immediate area. Otherwise, there are pleasing enviromental sounds to match the area. The game can be rather difficult at times, but I never felt the game was being unfair or cheap. Other players reportedly have issues with hitboxes, but I never encountered this. As for length, it took me approximately nine hours to finish and 100% the game. The devs are quick to respond to any messages, so there should be no worries about the game not being updated or patched if a serious issue were to arise. The only problem I had was the [spoiler]Feather Ring[/spoiler] being assigned to L3 on the controller. With my current controller it feels rather awkward to hold L3 while using the analog stick. I simply used Joy2Key and set it as a toggle function to work around this. However, I...

Much better than I thought it would be! And if you need it, there is a walkthrough in the discussion board. :)

I picked up the game on sale and found myself enjoying it. It gave nostalgic feelings of old school games like Zelda 2 or Faxanadu, but with way cooler art. I played it with an Xbox controller and found it fairly responsive. It took a little to get used to the timing on the swings, but I found it came naturally in no time. I've seen some complaints about hitbox detection from other reviews, but I had little issues. 2D melee combat isn't for the meek, kids. Storyline is limited to nearly nothing, but I'm thankful for that. Too many games choke you with unnecessary dialogue and cutscenes. I play games, I don't watch them. Welcome to KotD: here's a sword, go kill things and collect other things. I can dig it. I felt the overall gameplay was satisfying. I had no complaints about backtracking to go look for stuff I missed, and many times felt myself drawn to explore deeper despite the risk. I didn't get everything before I beat it, but I feel compelled to go back and look. That says som...

A very cool game with challenges that get easier with each try (meaning you won't be stuck on a level forever). It's really sad to see that some of the best games here on steam recieve the least amount of recognition. On a different note, 12 dollars me be a bit too much for this game (I think 7 dollars is fair). Finally, I really hope you guys bring this game to IOS and Andrioid seeing as its a type of game that is simple and can be played on the go.