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Drakan: The Ancients' Gates (2002)

Surreal Software

PlayStation 2

3.72 from 32 ratings

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After the dragon rider Rynn returns to her home village, she finds it destroyed, and all its inhabitants massacred. Her dragon, Arokh, tells her that he hears a voice that calls them to the city of Surdana. There, they find out that race of three-faced monsters, called Desert Lords, have been terrorizing the human population recently. In order to fight … Read more
After the dragon rider Rynn returns to her home village, she finds it destroyed, and all its inhabitants massacred. Her dragon, Arokh, tells her that he hears a voice that calls them to the city of Surdana. There, they find out that race of three-faced monsters, called Desert Lords, have been terrorizing the human population recently. In order to fight them, the humans need powerful allies. But the gateway to the world of dragons has been sealed, and only a dragon of the Elder Breed can open it. Rynn and Arokh must now venture to the dragon world, restore the bond between humans and dragons, and defeat the Desert Lords. Drakan: The Ancients' Gates is an action game with RPG elements. The player will take control of both Rynn and Arokh during the course of the game. Arokh's gameplay involves flying to distant lands and dealing with some of the more powerful foes. Rynn's gameplay has more RPG elements, as she can specialize in the arts of melee fighting, archery, or magic, acquiring experience from defeated enemies. Read less
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Details

Developers
Surreal Software
Publishers
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action
Series
Drakan

Release dates

  • Jan 28, 2002 (North_America) PlayStation 2
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Rating distribution

5 stars
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Mixplit

Review Mixplit 4/5 · Apr 7, 2022

Great action adventure with an open world on the PS2

Along with it's PC only prequel Drakan: Order of the Flame this is one of my all time favorites. When it came out its world seemed ridiculously large, obviously by todays standards its quite a small open world. It is still a fun game with a mix of dragon back & on foot combat with some simple puzzles and an …

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Along with it's PC only prequel Drakan: Order of the Flame this is one of my all time favorites. When it came out its world seemed ridiculously large, obviously by todays standards its quite a small open world. It is still a fun game with a mix of dragon back & on foot combat with some simple puzzles and an interesting world to explore.

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TheSilent7Guard

Review TheSilent7Guard 4/5 · Jul 18, 2016

Morrowind for the PlayStation 2

When it comes to open-world games in the same vein as Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series, the PlayStation 2 didn't necessarily have much, or even anything, to offer. Well, at least until an often underrated & a nowadays unheard of title from Surreal Software came along: "Drakan: The Ancients' Gate"

While it wasn't perfect, & to some, nowhere near as satisfying, …

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When it comes to open-world games in the same vein as Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series, the PlayStation 2 didn't necessarily have much, or even anything, to offer. Well, at least until an often underrated & a nowadays unheard of title from Surreal Software came along: "Drakan: The Ancients' Gate"

While it wasn't perfect, & to some, nowhere near as satisfying, it was as close as console gamers with a PS2 were going to get to playing something like Morrowind on the Xbox. For its time, it definitely had some of the most expansive, detailed landscapes, environments, character models, & well-rounded gameplay you could find in a fantasy themed, role-playing sandbox epic.

Did I also mention you could RIDE a dragon?

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