DragonSword : Awakening

While the combat is better than most gacha, the core annoyances of its original gacha origin are still present: boring filler quests, intense grinding, mindless chores everywhere on the map and the worst of them all: gated content. Would all be forgivable if the main story wasn't this bland. The main character has a side-character personality and is "outshined" by a shounen-style anti-hero. Not the cool kind of anti-hero, but the loud and obnoxious type.

不用抽卡，可以跳过的二游，还挺不错的。

Playing on an LCD deck, with a mix of low-med graphical settings. Some dips in the city as well as cutscene transitions, but otherwise its been a consistent 40-60 fps Obviously not super far yet, but honestly pleasantly surprised so far. I knew the development history, so I knew more or less what I was getting, but the genuine excitement i felt during the opening segment is like how I felt during a new region launch back when I still regularly played Genshin. Speaking of, that's the obvious comparison a lot of people will and are already making, and it's not *invalid* but it certainly does this game a disservice. First of all, there's no gacha. All 19 characters are unlocked either by progressing the story, or, for certain quest rewards you'll get an invite you can use to pick one of the about 10 characters that were likely meant to be gacha before the game redesign. (Personally I picked the fire fox lady 😍). I don't really understand the rest of the character upgrade systems yet, but it's very similar overall to genshin. A weapon, called "Karma" in this game, 5 gear slots similar to artifacts, a talent tree where everything is upgradable minus the dodge, and what are effectively constellations to power them up substantially. Next is the combat, and... wow. Again, genuinely surprised me. I'm once again going to compare to genshin (im sorry, it's just an easy, well known game). Imagine if, in genshin, every character had 2-3 elements that they were constantly building up, which gave them effectively third and fourth active abilities that appear briefly once that effect triggers. This also allows you to do special moves that instantly swap you to other party members to keep the flow chain going, meaning if you set 3 compatible characters as a party, you will just juggle everyone. It's fast, it's fun, and it's well thought out. Last thing I wanted to mention was the humor. It's very, very intentionally comedic in the early hours. I have so far found it to be charming, as it's all been in-line with the tone of the characters and the world, but i can definitely see it getting a bit old if it's not your type of humor.

Como dicen otras reseñas el juego es muy parecido a otros gachas pero sin ser gacha lo cual lo hace mas accesible de jugar de forma casual sin tener fomo por pases de batalla y diarias. El juego trata de contar una historia y no aburrirte en el proceso, diálogos cortos y personajes clásicos del genero RPG. El mundo se siente original y con mucha personalidad, aun tiene espacio para mejorar pero vale la pena apoyar este tipo de juegos donde la monetización no es lo primordial. En primer momento la lucha se ve parecida a lo que hace Genshin impact pero no lo es, tiene su propia forma de funcionar. Si te gustan los gachas pero no la monetización de esos juegos te recomiendo Dragonsword: Awakening 10/10

说真的这辈子就没玩过这么难玩的东西，手游玩家就玩的这种？？

A true surprise of a game. They did well to continue it despite cancelling the gacha aspect. I much prefer being able to farm as much as I need when I want it as opposed to the terrible stamina system incorporated by many gachas today. Not to mention the combat feels extremely fun, and the team synergies feel well put together and rewarding. Story is solid so far as well, with plenty to fight and explore in its world so far. Hope to see them continue to expand it.

I honestly didn’t expect to enjoy DragonSword: Awakening as much as I did. The combat is probably my favorite part. It feels fast and satisfying without being overly complicated, and once you get used to the different skills and combos, fighting enemies becomes really fun. There’s a good sense of progression too, since your character gradually gets stronger and you can experiment with different ways to build and play. I also really like the overall atmosphere of the game. The world has a nice fantasy feel to it, and exploring different areas never felt like a chore to me. There are some rough edges here and there, but nothing that ruined my experience. The game definitely isn’t perfect, but I think it has a lot of charm. If you enjoy action RPGs with fantasy elements, exploration, character progression, and flashy combat, I’d say it’s worth giving a shot. For me, it was money well spent. 👍