Legend of Dragoon
Classic PlayStation JRPGs That Need to Make a Comeback
Legend of Dragoon is a game clearly inspired by the likes of Final Fantasy VII, featuring a turn-based battle system and story that’d feel right at home in a Final Fantasy game. That doesn’t mean, of course, that Legend of Dragoon doesn’t find ways to separate itself. In fact, there’s quite a substantial base of fans that have been asking Sony for years to make either a remake of the game or a sequel. You play as Dart, a warrior who for five years has been hunting a black monster that murdered his parents and burned down his village. As you can imagine, Dart meets other characters along his journey, which eventually develops into a quest to save the world. There’s two things that make the battle system unique in Legend of Dragoon, however. One is an active input system that has you hitting timed button presses to pull off combos during turn-based combat. The other lets you harness a great power to turn your characters into powerful Dragoons, second forms with special attacks and moves.
While Legend of Dragoon’s main story and characters are engaging, the translation definitely suffered. The game featured a wealth of mistakes and stilted dialogue, which certainly haven’t helped it age well. Because of this it seems like a prime candidate for a remake, fixing any script issues and working to make combat even more engaging. If not a remake, it’d still be great to see a sequel to Legend of Dragoon, as it’s a game that showed a ton of promise that could really be capitalized on now.
