Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002)

Smilebit

Xbox

3.85 from 92 ratings

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The fourth installment of the Panzer Dragoon series has you playing Orta, a young girl who has been imprisoned by the Empire. Under a wave of attack, the prison camp is broken through by a mysterious dragon, and Orta takes it upon herself to ride the dragon, and destroy the Empire once and for all. Along the way, she will … Read more
The fourth installment of the Panzer Dragoon series has you playing Orta, a young girl who has been imprisoned by the Empire. Under a wave of attack, the prison camp is broken through by a mysterious dragon, and Orta takes it upon herself to ride the dragon, and destroy the Empire once and for all. Along the way, she will also discover her own destiny, and the mystery surrounding her new friend. Simply put, you have limited control of the dragon for most of the game, as your trigger finger will be shooting non-stop at the enemies that fly around the area. Orta will be your main source of fire-power when you simply press the fire button, but by pressing and holding, the aim cursor will change, allowing you to fire a burst of power from the dragon at whatever the cursor aims at. The dragon itself can change into three forms at a press of a button. Each form has a different style of attack and power ability. A port of the original Panzer Dragoon is included. Read less
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Details

Developers
Smilebit
Publishers
Sega
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Series
Panzer Dragoon
Event
Xbox E3 2002 Press Conference

Release dates

  • Dec 19, 2002 (Japan) Xbox
  • Jan 12, 2003 (North_America) Xbox
  • Mar 21, 2003 (Europe) Xbox
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Rating distribution

5 stars
25
4 stars
34
3 stars
28
2 stars
4
1 star
1
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V1CGaming

Review V1CGaming 4/5 · Jul 18, 2023

Simply gorgeous. From both a design standpoint and a technological one, Orta is one of the richest experiences you can have involving both your Xbox and your eyes. It's like taking a trip through a modern art museum, except all of the paintings are moving, all the sculptures are breathing, and every display is shooting swarms of genetically enhanced laser …

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Simply gorgeous. From both a design standpoint and a technological one, Orta is one of the richest experiences you can have involving both your Xbox and your eyes. It's like taking a trip through a modern art museum, except all of the paintings are moving, all the sculptures are breathing, and every display is shooting swarms of genetically enhanced laser missiles at the thoughts inside your head. Unfortunately, Panzer Dragoon Orta came up short, literally, with it's complete lack of actual gameplay. This game felt like more of a coin-op than an actual console game.

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BadBoyBule

Review BadBoyBule 4/5 · Mar 11, 2023

Raideräiskintöjen klassikko ja väkevä Xbox-exclu

Segan kuopattua viimoisen konsolinsa, Dreamcastin, Segan pelejä alkoi virrata muille alustoille. Iso osa peleistä tuli Xboxille – kenties konsolien välisen samankaltaisuuden takia (ohjain, nettipelaaminen, Windows-käyttis). Yksi moisista peleistä oli Panzer Dragoon Orta.

Peli on suoraviivaista ja toimivaa arcade-räimettä. Lentelet pelissä lohikäärmeellä ja ammut kaiken. Niin simppeliä. Toimintaan syvyyttä tuo lohikäärmeen kolme erilaista moodia, joilla jokaisella on omat käyttönsä, yksi on …

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Segan kuopattua viimoisen konsolinsa, Dreamcastin, Segan pelejä alkoi virrata muille alustoille. Iso osa peleistä tuli Xboxille – kenties konsolien välisen samankaltaisuuden takia (ohjain, nettipelaaminen, Windows-käyttis). Yksi moisista peleistä oli Panzer Dragoon Orta.

Peli on suoraviivaista ja toimivaa arcade-räimettä. Lentelet pelissä lohikäärmeellä ja ammut kaiken. Niin simppeliä. Toimintaan syvyyttä tuo lohikäärmeen kolme erilaista moodia, joilla jokaisella on omat käyttönsä, yksi on tasapainoinen paketti, yksi on nopea ja heikko, yksi hidas ja vahva. Panzer Dragoon -sarjalle ominainen twisti on myös se, että kameraa voi ja pitää pyörittää 360 astetta, sillä vihollisia tulee joka suunnasta. Tosin vain eteenpäni katsoessa pystyy loharia ohjaamaan, joten väistelyt tulee kuitenkin tehdä tästä suunnasta. Kentissä on myös eri reittejä ja polkuja, joka tekee eri pelikerroista hieman omanlaisiaan.

Pelissä ei ihan älyttömästi ole moitittavaa. Taistelut ovat haastavia johdonmukaisia ja hyvin opittavissa. Grafiikat ovat julkaisuajankohdalleen todella näyttävät. Musiikit toimivat. Tarina on ihan toimiva, muttei mikään maailmoja räjäyttävä. Lievä karismanpuute on suurin syy, miksi peli ei kohoa viiteen tähteen. Jos pelin laittaa genren klassikon Star Fox 64:n rinnalle, on Star Fox 64 eittämättä hauskempi ja muistettavampi lievästi höntin menonsa ja hauskojen hahmojensa ansiosta. Ja pieni miinus myös vikasta lopparista, josta en millään keksinyt voittostrategiaa. Se toimi jokseenkin omalla logiikallaan, ja tämänkaltaiset kierrepallot usein kosahtavat kepeksille.

Yhtä kaikki, jokaisen raideräiskintöjä arvostavan ihmisen kannattaa Panzer Dragoon Ortaan tutustua. Itse pelasin pelin Xbox Series X:llä taaksepäinyhteensopivuudella, ja peli toimi näin moitteettomast. Peliin lisätty resobuusti on maagillinen lisäys visuaaliseen ulosantiin.

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SIGINT

Review SIGINT 4/5 · Jul 7, 2022

Best of the series

If you only play one of the Panzer Dragoon rail shooter games—which I would recommend doing at least—let it be this final one, which moves the series forward in its presentation and gameplay while retaining the prior games’ appeal. It’s available in a very crisp, smooth digital form via Xbox backward compatibility, very nice to look at and to play. …

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If you only play one of the Panzer Dragoon rail shooter games—which I would recommend doing at least—let it be this final one, which moves the series forward in its presentation and gameplay while retaining the prior games’ appeal. It’s available in a very crisp, smooth digital form via Xbox backward compatibility, very nice to look at and to play.

Considering hardware limitations, the prior games managed really excellent visuals and atmosphere, and this game continues that with the benefit of advancements in 3D gaming tech. The game’s mix of environments include varied natural landscapes, manmade places full of military equipment, the wide-open skies, and… inside a computer? These levels are home to some pretty wild-looking boss fights and lots of unique-looking enemies. Attacks are very clear to read and some camera issues at times are the only real presentation downside.

Gameplay feels more dynamic than ever for the series, with big fights demanding quick changes in your speed to zip around to different sides of the enemies, as well as fun changing between different forms to tackle different challenges with a different set of abilities and weaknesses. Later boss fights get pretty intricate, and it’s fun to learn their patterns. Even knowing what to do, it can be a fun and difficult challenge to execute some of the harder dodges and things, occasionally leaving me with just a sliver of health as I completed the fights. Thankfully this entry has added the ability to restart at a boss instead of restarting the whole level, which is a godsend for the harder encounters.

Another improvement in this game over prior ones is a much stronger story, which is less vague and more character-driven than the prior ones. It’s not an amazing story, and you’re not getting Star Fox 64-level memorable characters, but it was kinda nice.

Really fun, I have almost no complaints about this game honestly. It’s just a very solid, short and to-the-point classic title.

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DirtyMidnighter

Review DirtyMidnighter 4/5 · May 1, 2020

A Neverending StorYYYYYY

What a bizarre, ambitious piece of world building. The Panzer Dragoon games are just pure creativity from an alien world, and this is the best one. Striking sci-fi fantasy designs, surreal music and inspired on-rails shooter mechanics make this game a thrilling (if short) ride. I still remember sections of this game incredibly vividly such as the assault on the …

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What a bizarre, ambitious piece of world building. The Panzer Dragoon games are just pure creativity from an alien world, and this is the best one. Striking sci-fi fantasy designs, surreal music and inspired on-rails shooter mechanics make this game a thrilling (if short) ride. I still remember sections of this game incredibly vividly such as the assault on the airship fleet, the battle with the enemy dragons, the surreal final boss... Make more of these please!

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