Score: 8
"A good sign of things to come"
date: May 25, 2009
As with OmegaDragon3000's other Drakojan games and the perfect tease that was Forgotten Rites, this first submission in the Drakojan series looks beautiful for the most part, and its high overall production quality makes it stand head and shoulders above most flash games. It's not perfect, but it's done superbly well and that helps makes up for some of the minor problems.
It is incredibly short, as advertised. This is "Mission 1", and the entire length is little more than the average span of most shooter levels. Thus it can't really be reviewed as a full game, but more as a beta or demo.
The gun powerups are all over the place instead of a steady progression. By that, I mean that your shot changes from upgrade to upgrade, sometimes having less coverage than previous versions and sometimes seeming to be more of a downgrade as a result. The upgrades are also piled up near the end of the level instead of spaced out appropriately. I actually took more hits in the beginning of the stage and ended up not needing the later health powerups.
The game did take a bit of time to get used to. At first, it seemed way too hard, but as you begin to memorize your enemies' patterns, you finally start being able to dodge and shoot effectively. The "bosses" aren't terribly difficult to beat, although they take a lot of shots. Not being able to hit the turrets and fighter on the last boss is also annoying, as I was caught by a cheap laser beam that left me no room to maneuver.
Anyways, overall it makes for a good demo and does succeed in making you want to play a full Drakojan game.
