Panzer Dragoon
Back in the days of plentiful rail-shooters Panzer Dragoon was at the top of the pack, dropping players into the middle of an epic fantasy story that lets them pilot a crazy powerful dragon equipped with lasers and guns. The series takes place on an unspecified post-apocalyptic planet, where civilization uses powerful technology created by The Ancients to wage war.
The series had quite a few entries, all the way up to Panzer Dragoon Orta on Xbox in 2002. Since then, however, the franchise has been completely quiet, something sad to see for what used to be such a huge series for Sega. It’s high time that Panzer Dragoon made a comeback, and it doesn’t even need to be a rail shooter. Go big and make an aerial combat game a la Lair, but without all the janky motion control and gimmicky elements. People love dragons, and there just aren’t enough games out there that let you ride your own. Considering how upset everyone was when Scalebound was canceled, maybe another dragon series could swoop in and save the day?
