The game looks fine running on the Switch in handheld mode but the backgrounds and character models aren’t the most detailed and finished with merely average textures. In the visual department, Panzer Dragoon has received the HD treatment. After beating each stage you are given a tally of key statistics followed by some fairly abysmal loading times. The Switch seemed especially twitchy with this mechanic, it was easy to accidentally end up spinning around in a daze faster than the ’80s pop classic by Dead or Alive (or Flo Rida depending on age). Triggers shift the camera in 90-degree intervals as throughout play enemies will appear from all directions, often flanking when least expected. The screen layout displays a health bar bottom-left and a radar in the top-right to alert of incoming nasties. Just ahead of your trusty dragon sit a series of spinning targets that gradually fade into the distance to give a 3D-like depth and are used to chaperone attacks mapped to the B button. The analogue stick or d-pad will allow slight movement to dodge the incoming barrage of projectiles but is nothing more than a sluggish shift in the corresponding direction. Movement is restricted, as you would expect, and follows a set path toward the finale of each stage accumulating in a boss fight. Panzer Dragoon is a roller coaster ride that pits you against some of the meanest dragons and creatures that have a sole objective, to shoot the living daylights out of you. Set over seven action-packed and thrilling stages This is why remaking Panzer Dragoon makes perfect sense, you will get the nostalgia of the on-rails shooter without the need for a gimmick in the control mechanics. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have all have dipped their toe into the genre in recent years using motion controls to solve the problem with varying success. The dawn of HD TV gave us crisp visual fidelity but in utilising a different technology rendered these plastic weapons obsolete and the genre fell by the wayside somewhat. Virtua Cop and House of the Dead were akin in format but had the bonus of coming packaged with groovy lightgun peripherals. In 1995 when the game originally released for SEGA Saturn the developer/publisher was cruising on the crest of a string of successful franchises, many sharing similar traits. But does this modern take on Team Andromeda’s classic warrant a place in your current collection? Publishers Forever Entertainment are hoping to expose a new generation of gamers to 1995’s SEGA on-rails shooter by porting it to current-gen and making slight weeks before bundling it up as a remake. The full game will be available sometime later this year.Panzer Dragoon takes to the skies, rising from the ashes like a phoenix from the flames as a timed exclusive on Nintendo Switch with Steam and Xbox versions coming soon. Last but certainly not least, Nintendo released a demo for its upcoming JRPG Bravely Default II. While not a new game, there's a new Ring Fit Adventure update available today that adds Mario and Zelda songs to the fitness title. If you yearn for the days when you worked out of an office, there's puzzler Good Job!, in which you must climb the corporate ladder by completing mundane tasks like fixing an internet connection. The 2003 gem allows you to create your own Jedi and build a custom lightsaber (the game is available on PS4 today as well). The DLC adds the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom as playable characters to the game.įans of old-school Star Wars games can pick up the excellent Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. If you've been playing a lot of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, expansion pass pack three is now available as well. On Switch, the underwater platformer will set you back $20. We first got a chance to play Shinsekai when it was an Apple Arcade exclusive. Yes, Panzer Dragoon: Remakeis available to download today on Nintendo Switch.īesides the 1995 classic, you can also pick up Shinsekai: Into the Depths. But if you're the impatient sort, there are also new games you can play today, including the remake of a little-known Sega Saturn gem called Panzer Dragoon. Between Burnout Paradise, multiple games from publisher 2K and a remaster of Xenoblade Chronicles, Nintendo Switch fans have a lot to look forward to between now and the end of the year.
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