[h1]Should [i]Dragonflight[/i] take a flight...or a hike?[/h1]
[i]Dragonflight[/i] is a free game (though it apparently used to have a price tag) involving playing as a dragon that kills other dragons and destroys castles. I don't get the premise too much, but apparently you have to save an ancient dragon's bones from a cult or else they'll unleash a bunch of bad dragons onto the realm.
This experience starts up in VR-only, but because I don't have a VR headset, I had to opt for the legacy version...meaning I couldn't play the base title without resorting to a beta stage of the game. You are issued 2 levels in the legacy edition (an additional work in progress in later builds, that is extremely rough around the edges...since you don't have much control and there's only 4 stone spires above the clouds. First level is a tutorial. Second level is the main game where you'll be earning your achievements...killing dragons and destroying castles.
Killing dragons isn't too hard, but destroying castles will take time. Only advice I can give on the latter is to shoot charged fireballs at their towers and double back after passing it when you get enough stamina for more fireballs. It's frustrating to destroy the castles, but you'll figure out a relatively easy way to accomplish the task. You'll only know it's destroyed when it stops shooting fire arrows (or magic spells) and a message says that the horde timer has been delayed by 10 minutes.
Yes, there's a doomsday timer while you play, but it doesn't spell a gameover when the clock hits zero. You can continue to play and...if you're lucky, they'll either in-fight or get gunned down by castle archers while they are aiming for you...I kept getting power bonuses by dragons dying without me even focusing on them.
Sadly, this game has a low scope for its current stage as you get a tutorial level, a main level, and the rest is just a work in progress that seems to be abandoned. The main level you'll play on has 5 castles and a bunch of dragons. You only need to destroy the big castle to beat the level, but it will take a lot of time. I also highly doubt that this came from the CGI minds of people who worked on [i]The Matrix[/i], [i]Harry Potter[/i], and [i]Zootopia[/i] given the quality I've seen. It's not bad, but it could be better.
So, would I recommend this game? I'm tempted to say no, but it's not unplayable nor is it unbeatable. I did have trouble grasping the controls, but found them to be somewhat manageable and the game is finishable...despite the abandoned development. Took me about 3-4 hours to 100% as I kept trying to figure out what to do, but it seems to take other people about 1 hour to 100%. While I'm tempted to give this game a 4/10, I feel the following score may be more appropriate. Try it if you'd like, but be sure to change it to legacy edition if you don't have a VR headset.
5/10 Not too shabby, but needs more work.
