Dragon Racer

Quick Summary: While the story itself isn't bad, I wasn't able to enjoy the 'game' part of it. The reason that I play Hosted Games / Choice of Games games -- and back before that read the [i]Lone Wolf[/i] and [i]Choose Your Own Adventure[/i] books back in the 80s -- is that I enjoy the sense of agency that they give and the feeling that your choices control the events in the story. Unfortunately, after going through Dragon Racer once I felt as though very little of what I decided on had an effect on anything and that many of the things that the game were indicating to me were significant were in fact pointless. In my first play-though I focused heavily on developing my character as a mage, practicing my magic at every opportunity and raising my magic at the expense of all else. It paid off, allowing me to use my magic several times to win duels and influence races, awesome. But even then a few things were confusing me -- I had zero skill in combat but sometimes when presented with no...

(Ignore the 8 minutes play-time. My actual time is four hours offline) There is but a single word that can be used to describe this tedious snooze-fest of a game: Boring. Chapter after Chapter, you will be treated to boring, mindless tasks for your character to perform, all the while being mocked and harrassed by your arch-nemesis who cheats and knocks you out of the trial run at the beginning of the game in an UNAVOIDABLE, scripted defeat! That's right: the Author 'could' have simply given you the option to avoid being blindsided, or even allowed the player to turn the tables on him, but as you will see throughout the course of this bland, snail-paced bore, said Author is far more interested in shoe-horning you down the paths 'she' desires, rather than giving you, the player, any meaningful agency. Worse still is that you have no options to harm the arch-nemesis. He messes with your character like an untouchable Satan-like figure, and the game forces you to just take it. Sorry A...

another story that "cheats" forcing you to take an unwanted path, well attempts to by keeping you in an endless cycle until you agree to do what it wants you to do. I managed to max out my pessimist stat just refusing over and over again. Mind you I was playing a nice cheery guy before that. *shakes head* Word to the author, no body is going to like being forced to follow that bit of story line. Its mean and demeaning, especialy when you are offered the false chance to "call a truce" with the npc used to put the PC in that position, and he laughs in your face. The only thing i would ever want to muck for him, would be his face. Seriously it would take me less than 5 minutes to write an alternate story path that would allow the MC to keep his dignity and find someone else to fly for. For that matter, make it One minute. Just try out again the next year and move the story along from there. And yes, i could just follow the forced choice and hope the rest of the story turns out better...

Despite a number of errors, including brackets scattered through random words, Dragon Racer manages to be a fun enough little game. While the game has hints of Eragon and D&D, overall, it is very much in the vein of "Runt of the litter" or "Dino Knight"; if one enjoyed either of those Choice of Games titles, one is relatively likely to enjoy this game. Similar to either of those games, one has a rival, and there are a variety of characters; some who are irksome, and some who are not. It does run a bit long, and feels like it has about two chapters too much, but it is relatively clear that those are designed to set up the next book. (Personally, however, I'd rather have seen them in the next book.) That said, there is currently no way to save one's playthrough, as, much like their parent company, Hosted Games does not seem to tend to implement that until they've received a rough draft of the sequel, so, while it is worth the price, all things considered, it may be best to wait.

I don't think any CYOA has messed up an intro worse than this. You don't have me create a character then immediately have me play as someone else with no transition. Then, the game tries to sell this really emotional moment, and the whole time all I'm thinking is "who IS this?" Also, regarding the emotional moment, the game is called "Dragon Racer." I bought it to have fun and ride a f**king dragon. Amazingly poor job of handling tone.

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...

Although I did overall enjoy the game, and think that my money and time were well spent, I do have a couple of problems with the game. First, was the fact that sometimes there would be pages and pages of reading, followed by a boring choice. There needed to be more of a balance between reading and choosing; between being a game and being a story. I understand that more choices would be hard on the writer, but not every (dialogue) choice needs to have long-term effect on the story and characters. I've unfortunately seen this same thing happen more and more often with CoG/Hosted games, and it only works when your writing is not only really REALLY good, but also gripping enough to make the player forget about choices. I'm saddened to say that was not the case with this one. Second, was that damn underwater level in the final race. I may be wrong, and if I am then do ignore this part completely, but from what I personally experienced, whether or not you do well is completely dependent on...

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 en...

I recently purchased this title and so far i like it a great deal! It Really scratches that "I wanna be a dragon rider" itch that I've had since I first read Eragon! I am going to recommend this one simply because I believe that many others would enjoy this as well. However, there are some issues. But I'm not the best at typing this down conversationally so I am going to do a Pro/Con list. Pros: 1: Great story telling so far (I haven't quite finished it since I've yet to find my favorite "Main" skill for my character) 2: The variety of Dragon that you can have, such as gold or black, red or blue, etc. 3: There is going to be a sequel!!!! Cons: 1: There are a few parts where you seem to be forced into a certain decision regardless of you skill level. (though as with my next con that may be a bug, the story that doesn't force you down that path may just be locked because of the way it was coded/written) 2: At the time of typing this, MANY bugs (no crashes though!) There's one scene (Sp...

Man, what a ride! While I have to admit, that the story trailed off a few times and almost lost my interest, whenever it would pick back up, it did so in the best ways possible! Now I'm just going to be awaiting the next entry into the series! The characters were great. The story itself was really interesting, and not easily predictable. I would highly recommend this story. It was easily one of the better ones that I have read. 9/10