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Dragon's Crown (2013)

Atlus, Vanillaware

Dreamcast · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Vita · Wii

3.47 from 356 ratings

1167 members have it in their collection · 71 playing now · 497 backlogged · 200 wish listed

How long? Main story 14h · with extras 20h · 100% 60h (from 8 logged playthroughs)

Dragon's Crown is a multiplayer hack-and-slash beat'em up game with breathtaking visual style, a design built around cooperative play, epic boss fights, and the ability to discover a new adventure in every play session. Developer Vanillaware deftly marries stunning hand-drawn and animated art work with deep, action-packed hardcore gameplay. Dragon's Crown allows up to four players to team up locally … Read more
Dragon's Crown is a multiplayer hack-and-slash beat'em up game with breathtaking visual style, a design built around cooperative play, epic boss fights, and the ability to discover a new adventure in every play session. Developer Vanillaware deftly marries stunning hand-drawn and animated art work with deep, action-packed hardcore gameplay. Dragon's Crown allows up to four players to team up locally or online to clear out monster-ridden dungeons, discover precious treasure, and destroy awe-inspiring bosses. Its unique, highly replayable design means that every time players can boot up and log on, they can expect a different experience. Unparalleled in their unique style, Vanillaware painstakingly hand-paints every detail, be it a blade of grass or the scales on the game's impressive dragons. The game becomes a lush, vibrant storybook come to life when everything starts to animate in gorgeous full HD. Read less
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Details

Developers
Atlus, Vanillaware
Publishers
Atlus, Nippon Ichi Software
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Historical
Event
Sony E3 2011 Press Conference

Release dates

  • Jul 25, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
  • Aug 06, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
  • Oct 11, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
  • TBD (Cancelled) (Worldwide) Dreamcast, Wii

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Rating distribution

5 stars
47
4 stars
131
3 stars
130
2 stars
40
1 star
8
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V1CGaming

Review V1CGaming 5/5 · Aug 28, 2024

Dragon’s Crown is a masterpiece.

Dragon's Crown is quite literally a crowning achievement in the beat 'em up genre. Utilizing some of the best design concepts of the past 20 years, Vanillaware succeeds in creating a captivating world that you just can't help but experience over and over. The gameplay is simple enough for casual play but offers deep components to compliment it for those …

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Dragon's Crown is quite literally a crowning achievement in the beat 'em up genre. Utilizing some of the best design concepts of the past 20 years, Vanillaware succeeds in creating a captivating world that you just can't help but experience over and over. The gameplay is simple enough for casual play but offers deep components to compliment it for those who want more from their games on both single and multiplayer levels. There's just one reason to avoid Dragon's Crown: you hate old-school side scrolling beat 'em ups. If you don't, you just can't miss Vanillaware masterpiece, a game built on a solid and deep combat system and George Kamitani's beautiful graphics.

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HPLWonder

Review HPLWonder 4/5 · Feb 18, 2022

Dragon's crown is good, but can be very basic when it comes to a lot of it's elements

At first, it felt like the game was way too basic for it's own good, but the more skills you unlock, the more you remember that this is an rpg, a beat em up rpg with painting-esque visuals that, while breathtaking at times, can be distracting and can create clutter. The audio is great, the narrator was a little strange …

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At first, it felt like the game was way too basic for it's own good, but the more skills you unlock, the more you remember that this is an rpg, a beat em up rpg with painting-esque visuals that, while breathtaking at times, can be distracting and can create clutter. The audio is great, the narrator was a little strange at first, but it quickly started feeling like I was playing a round of dungeons and dragons, and the magic of this game started to properly settle in, as for the music, it was somewhat standard, but simple doesn't mean bad, it's almost always fitting. The game was really good from start to finish (first ancient dragon battle, I'll probably go for the rest of the game). Now I have to talk about the controversial elements. I found the questionable aspects far tamer than some critics and fans have pointed, sorceress and especially amazon were done in a way that simply doesn't look like it's trying to appeal to a general audience of people who look for fanservice, it somewhat felt reasonable with amazon, and slightly less so with the sorceress. This, however, doesn't mean that I didn't feel uncomfortable, especially with the monk and the mage's tower's spirit who were in positions that very clearly pander to a specific audience. Overall, the game is fun and I'm glad I checked it out despite some controversy that I've heard from friends who recommended this to me : 8/10

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Witt997

Review Witt997 4/5 · Dec 27, 2021

Vanillaware e la corona del drago

Vanillaware sforna un gioco ben confezionato: trama che serve a proseguire il gioco, gameplay che ne fa da padrone: beat em up semplice ma stratificato, con livelli pochi ma peculiari. personaggi molto sessualizzati e livello di difficlotà che richiede grinding. Voto: 8.2/10

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AgkNitsud

Review AgkNitsud 5/5 · Jan 6, 2021

Bias Favorite Aspects

☆Not a review.

▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ★ Sentimental ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂

One of the latest Vanillaware experiences that really highlighted what they could do for fun, unique gameplay with flares of DnD. Add on top of glorious visuals that are breathtaking.

▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ★ Favorites ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂

❶ Favorite Character is ELF.

❷ Favorite Aspect is the fighting within the artistic world.

❸ Other favorite is …

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☆Not a review.

▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ★ Sentimental ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂

One of the latest Vanillaware experiences that really highlighted what they could do for fun, unique gameplay with flares of DnD. Add on top of glorious visuals that are breathtaking.

▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ★ Favorites ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂

❶ Favorite Character is ELF.

❷ Favorite Aspect is the fighting within the artistic world.

❸ Other favorite is the little Fairy reminiscent of Odin Sphere's Fairies.

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hardworlder

Review hardworlder 4/5 · Jul 1, 2017

Played on PS3, April 2017

Pros: Beautiful. Core gameplay is fun and has good skill system for developing your character. Six different classes to play as.

Cons: Only nine stages with two paths each, so it can get repetitive. I get the feeling it would have been more enjoyable if I could play co-op instead of just with AI allies. …

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Played on PS3, April 2017

Pros: Beautiful. Core gameplay is fun and has good skill system for developing your character. Six different classes to play as.

Cons: Only nine stages with two paths each, so it can get repetitive. I get the feeling it would have been more enjoyable if I could play co-op instead of just with AI allies.

Replay only if I can do co-op.

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