The Legend of Dragoon
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| Developer(s) | SCE Japan Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Yasuyuki Hasebe |
| Producer(s) | Shuhei Yoshida |
| Programmer(s) | Satoshi Mamuro |
| Artist(s) | Kenichi Iwata |
| Writer(s) | Yasuyuki Hasebe |
| Composer(s) | Dennis Martin Takeo Miratsu |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Metacritic | 74/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | 31/40 |
| GamePro | 5/5 |
| GameSpot | 6.4/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 |
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The Legend of Dragoon is a role-playing video game developed by SCE Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for PlayStation.
"The Legend of Dragoon" has a turn-based style of gameplay with a twist, additions. When the "attack" option is selected from the battle menu two blue squares will appear on the screen, one in the center and one on the outer edge. The outer square will begin to shrink and when it overlaps the inner square the player needs hit the "x" button and doing so will allow the player to continue the addition and do more damage. Characters will receive multiple additions over the course of the game which are longer and have the ability to deal more damage. The longer additions, however, allow enemies the opportunity to counter and when they do the player will need to press "o" at the right time to prevent it and continue their attack.
The story begins when Dart, the protagonist, is heading home from a five year long journey to pursue the black monster, who killed his parents and destroyed his birth city, Neet. On the way, he is attacked by Feyrbrand, a mantis-like dragon controlled by the Sandora, a rebel faction in the Serdian civil war. Dart is saved by a mysterious female heroine named Rose, though they soon part ways. When he arrives at his hometown, Seles, he discovers that it has been destroyed by Sandora, and that Shana, Dart’s childhood friend (and later in the game, his love interest), has been taken away. Dart sets out to rescue her. Throughout the game, he is periodically joined by people that he helps along the way.
After rescuing Shana from Hellena prison, King Albert sends the party to defend the fort-city of Hoax against attacks from Sandora. Among the attacking Sandora is Kongol, the last survivor of a race of giants known as the Gigantos. It is in his battle with Kongol that Dart first gains his ability to transform into a Dragoon using the Dragoon Spirit of the Red-Eyed Dragon. Kongol is injured, but survives and retreats. With the fort safe, they travel to the City of Lohan. In the city, they meet a man named Lloyd, supposedly the greatest swordsman in the world. Later they discover that he kidnapped King Albert and took the Moon Gem from him, an ancient artifact held by the Royal Family. The king is rescued, but Lloyd gets away with the Moon Gem.
They soon discover that Lloyd is gathering other artifacts held by human kings since the days of the Wingly Empire, and at the same time, causing disasters in the lands that he visits. While the party tries to reverse Lloyd’s work, Lloyd manages to obtain all three of the artifacts, and also manages to obtain the Dragoon Spirit of the Divine Dragon, the most powerful dragon in the world. Dart and the party finally manage to defeat Lloyd, who then agrees to take them to Emperor Diaz, ancient Emperor of Gloriano during the Dragon Campaign. Emperor Diaz reveals several things to the party.
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