Dragonsphere

Karşımızda değeri bilinmemiş "kayıp" bir adventure klasiği olduğunu söyleyerek konuya gireyim. Microprose 90'ların başında üç adventure oyunu piyasaya sürmüştü. Bunlardan Space Quest taklidi olarak tabir edebileceğim Rex Nebular basbayağı kötüydü. Phantom Of The Opera öyküsü üzerine kurulmuş Return Of The Phantom fena sayılmayacak bir polisiye adventure idi. Dragonsphere ise her ne kadar Sierra'nın meşhur King's Quest serisine öykünse de aynı zamanda kendine özgü olmayı başarabilen bir oyun ve Microprose'un tartışmasız en iyi adventure oyunu. En önemlisi döneminin en iyi tasarlanmış, en iyi yazılmış, en iyi senaryolu adventure oyunlarından biri bu. Grafikler ve sesler dönemi için gayet iyi. Yaratılan dünya, mekanlar, karakterler ve hikayenin sürükleyiciliği oyunun asıl kuvvetli yönleri. Hele ki oyunun ortalarında bir plot twist var ki benzeri oyunlarda çok nadir rastlanan bir mesele ve çok çok iyi kotarıldığını söyleyebilirim. Oyunun kötü yanları maalesef dönemin bir sürü oyununda da karşımıza çıkan pixel hunting durumu, maalesef bazı bilmeceleri bu yüzden çözmek epey zorlaşıyor. Her bilmeceyi mantık çerçevesinde çözemiyor olmamız ve biraz deneme-yanılma durumu olması bir diğer zayıflık. Son olarak oyunun en kötü yanı ana karakterin çok yavaş yürümesi. Ancak oyunun tasarımı ve senaryosu o kadar iyi ki bunlara bile katlanmanızı sağlıyor. Eğer 90'ların adventure oyunlarına meraklıysanız ve bu oyunu denemediyseniz mutlaka şans verin.

Interesante aventura gráfica. La historia esta muy bien y los escenarios cuidados. Los puzzles bastante dificiles y algunos puntos casi imposibles de deducir debido a lo absurdo de los cometidos a realizar. El final un poco abrupto pero con buena conclusión. Recomendado para los fanaticos de aventuras graficas point and click.

这不是像素风格游戏，而是真·像素游戏了。带语音的dos游戏，当年想必还蛮厉害的，不过24年过去了。。。

Dragonsphere reminds me of early Kings Quest games, which I loved, and played for years with (and without) my son. It is not too complex not too easy, but offers an interesting story line with some challenges. While the graphics are decent, I haven't been able to adjust the resolution, which appears pixelated on my PC, even when played in the dosbox. Although it is less like the cinematic experiences of today's adventure games, I have really enjoyed it so far.

10/10

This game was one of those games I was always looking for, an old game with a fantasy theme and a beautiful story. It was pure nostalgia and I thank God I was able to play this game. This game is really underrated. It was a great adventure. 9.4/10

If you are a fan of retro Point and Click Adventure games you will probably enjoy this game. The story starts out pretty simple. King goes out alone to save his kingdom from an evil sorcerer but it does pick up and get a little more interesting (though fairly predictable) in the middle. The writing is okay but the voice acting is terrible. It sounds very unprofessional and stiff and the sound of the voices is both inconsistent and poorly recorded. The good news is you can just turn off the voice sound and read the text instead. I couldn't stand listening to the voices for very long before I went looking through the options. The music is okay, I don't think it's my favorite P&C Adventure game soundtrack but it fit well enough with the game and was relatively good. The pixel graphics are pretty good for its time. The more amazing part was the animations. The movements of the characters are so smooth and realistic it looked as though they were extremely low res video captures of real people... which apparently it pretty much was since it was done using rotoscope. I hadn't paid attention to that in the game description so it was very surprising to me. The backgrounds are very nice but unfortunately there are only a few different scenes in the first place. Some things that people may not like that are common complaints in Adventure games are 1. There's no way to adjust the walking speed (it's super slow) and there's no quick click to just go to the next screen to skip the walk to the exit animations. This unfortunately makes things feel like they are taking FOREVER. 2. You can end up in an unwinnable situation if you don't get certain items before entering certain areas. You will want to save from time to time in various places for this reason so you don't have to restart from the beginning or very far back. 3. There are cutscenes as you travel from one area to another of the Queen and your mother talking about the craks in the dragonshpere getting bigger and they are to frequent and very annoying. The menu is in the same style as the Monkey Island series with a set of words that you click such as "look", "take", "throw", etc... the inventory items all have descriptions and their own sub menu for interactions. It's fairly easy to use though often feels a little cumbersome. This game does have a Middle Eastern themed kingdom/race and it's very stereotypical. There's a sultan out in the middle of a desert and he has a fancy tent in which he plays a game with oppulent jewels, drinks something humans would liken to tea, and stereotypical clothing/hats and even a bellydancer if you respond in the right way during your conversations. While their way of talking, mannerisms, and everything are clearly based on Middle Eastern cultures but very orientalist and sterotypical. The dance scene however was remarkable authentic though the clothing was perhaps more styled after Romani "Gypsy" style dance, the movements were though simplistic, authentic movements used in bellydance though a very limited repertiore. I very much disliked the gem game as it was so repetitive and you have to play it soooo many times to win all the prizes. There are some slightly different outcomes based on the dialogue options you pick throughout the game too. I played it through in 4 hours (though I was also watching movies while playing so it was distracted playing) you probably could play through this in 2 hours or less if you were focused on the game only. So it's about $1.75-$3.50/hr of gameplay. It's a bit high in my opinion at full price but if you get it on sale it's a good price/hr ratio. If you like the genre you should give it a try, it offers a classic experience.

Great game, very funny writing.

Short adventure game, similar to lucas-art classics mixed with Kings-Quest (hard to find a failstate, but still obtuse)

Отличная, приключенческая игра 90-х.