A Europe-exclusive mobile port was released in August 2004. Square Enix published the title in Japan and North America, while Take-Two Interactive published it in European territories. It released for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) in September 2003 in Japan, March and May 2004 in North America and Europe respectively. Drakengard, the first installment in the franchise.
They remained little-known outside of Japan until the 2017 release of Nier: Automata, which was a worldwide commercial and critical hit and led to an increase in interest from western countries, resulting in a remaster of the original Nier, subtitled Replicant ver.1.22474487139., being released in 2021 to larger attention and substantially better sales than the original. Both series have been largely praised for their complex characters and storylines, although the gameplay of the Drakengard games has been criticized.īoth Drakengard and the original Nier were long considered popular in Japan, selling well and gaining a cult following, and resulting in multiple adaptations and additional media such as books (including several novelizations), manga, comics, and a stage play. The setting of the Drakengard games is a Northern Europe-like dark fantasy world where humans and creatures from myth and legends live side by side, while the Nier games are set in the distant future of a different ending to the first Drakengard from the one Drakengard 2 follows, leading to 2017's Nier: Automata taking place in a much different, post-apocalyptic science fiction setting. Dark or mature plot and character themes and multiple endings have become a staple of the series. The stories of both Drakengard and Nier generally focus on the fortunes and personalities of a small group of protagonists either directly or indirectly connected to and affected by the events of the story. Yoko directed every game in both series, with the exception of Drakengard 2 in which he only had minor involvement. A spin-off series titled Nier, taking place in an alternative timeline set after a different ending to the first Drakengard than the one 2005's Drakengard 2 followed, was started in 2010 with the eponymous game.
The eponymous first game in the series was released in 2003 on the PlayStation 2, and has since been followed by a sequel, a prequel and several spin-offs.
PlayStation 2, Mobile, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switchĭrakengard, known in Japan as Drag-On Dragoon, is a series of action role-playing video games created by Yoko Taro.
0 kommentar(er)
