17 Facts About Drakengard

Drakengard, known in Japan as Drag-On Dragoon, is a series of action role-playing video games created by Yoko Taro.

Idea for Drakengard originated in 1999 between Takamasa Shiba and Takuya Iwasaki.

Drakengard was considered enough of a success that a sequel was commissioned.

Unlike the previous games in the series, Drakengard 3 was developed by Access Games, a developer whose noted games included Deadly Premonition, and brought in team members used to create action games.

Drakengard 3 was intended to return to a dark aesthetic, but to include moments of humor and tie in with Nier.

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Drakengard returned in the same capacity for Drakengard 2, and later for Nier.

Disliking some of his initial designs for Drakengard, he took the opportunity to remodel them more to his liking for the arcade game Lord of Vermilion.

Drakengard commented that the result was very unlike the traditional Square Enix game.

Drakengard games take place in a dark fantasy version of Medieval Europe called Midgard.

In Drakengard, which succeeds the fifth version of Drakengard 3s events detailed in a supplementary novel, the Watchers use a group known as the Cult of Watchers to spark a religious war and destroy the seals.

Drakengard 3 was designed to be a faster experience than the previous games, with the protagonist being given a special hyper-mode and the ability to freely switch between weapons without pausing the action.

The novelization of Drakengard 2, written again by Nagashima, was released on September 30,2005.

Drakengard series has received mixed to positive reviews over the years.

The Drakengard characters have remained popular in Japan, with Dengeki holding a popularity contest for those characters to celebrate the series' tenth anniversary and the announcement of Drakengard 3.

Drakengard 2 came in for such criticism, although minor improvements were cited.

In contrast, the gameplay of Drakengard 3 was generally praised or seen as an improvement upon the previous two entries, though the dragon-riding segments came in for criticisms for difficult controls.

Drakengard 3 sold just under 115,000 units in its first week, and over 150,000 units by May 2014.