Like Dragon Force? (Sega Saturn)

[Darkside_Hero]

From pictures this game looks a like like Dragon Force. Does it play like it?

[sffrrrom]

In the sense that Dragon Force and this game are both amazing and enjoyable games? Yes. In the sense of mechanical gameplay? No. Dragon Force had individual commanders, with skills, who personally controlled soldier types of faceless mooks who autocharged with minimal control/placement. This game has small squads of units each of whom have different attacks/skills and for whom placement matters, ala Ogre Battle. Nor is the overworld mechanic the same, as this game borrows from Fire Emblem style mission maps and squad movement, whereas Dragon Force has a Romance of the Three Kingdoms style overworld, map, and encounter system. (Dragon Force also has an awesome campy Working Designs translation).

So no, not really, but it may scratch some similar itches nonetheless. I'm a fan of both games.

Edit: If you're looking for more Dragon Force style games, may I suggest Dragon Force 2 which now has a working translation? I'm personally not as big a fan due to some palette and story differences, but mechanically it's a superior game.

[Biscuit_1337]

Originally posted by sffrrrom:

In the sense that Dragon Force and this game are both amazing and enjoyable games? Yes. In the sense of mechanical gameplay? No. Dragon Force had individual commanders, with skills, who personally controlled soldier types of faceless mooks who autocharged with minimal control/placement. This game has small squads of units each of whom have different attacks/skills and for whom placement matters, ala Ogre Battle. Nor is the overworld mechanic the same, as this game borrows from Fire Emblem style mission maps and squad movement, whereas Dragon Force has a Romance of the Three Kingdoms style overworld, map, and encounter system. (Dragon Force also has an awesome campy Working Designs translation).

So no, not really, but it may scratch some similar itches nonetheless. I'm a fan of both games.

Edit: If you're looking for more Dragon Force style games, may I suggest Dragon Force 2 which now has a working translation? I'm personally not as big a fan due to some palette and story differences, but mechanically it's a superior game.

I'm glad you made the Ogre Battle comparison. I haven't bought this yet, but just watching the trailer made me think of a cross between Ogre Battle and Advance Wars and I'm all for it.

[The Kaiser]

Not even close to Dragon Force. Yeah, I'd say Ogre Battle mixed with Advance Wars / Shining Force / Fire Emblem. Bits and chunks.

[Darkside_Hero]

Thanks for the suggestions

[Junker-2047-]

Should we get a petition going for this dev to make a Dragon Force clone? Real time 100 vs 100 battles with these sprites... YES PLEASE!

[fang]

The friendship system is basically straight from Shining Force 3's friendship system, the tactical battle maps are played like fire emblem, and the actual combat plays out like Ogre Battle.

The artwork is reminiscent at times of Shining Force, Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vandal Hearts, Ogre Battle, and yes Dragon Force.

It's really quite a hodgepodge of everything from the SRPG genre.

[sffrrrom]

Originally posted by Junker-2047-:

Should we get a petition going for this dev to make a Dragon Force clone? Real time 100 vs 100 battles with these sprites... YES PLEASE!

Honestly, I feel a significantly underrated part of Dragon Force's appeal was the quirky Working Designs translation and quips. I tried DF2 and it didn't have quite the same appeal to me, partly because of that (partly because they washed the palette out).

[Darkside_Hero]

Originally posted by sffrrrom:

Originally posted by Junker-2047-:

Should we get a petition going for this dev to make a Dragon Force clone? Real time 100 vs 100 battles with these sprites... YES PLEASE!

Honestly, I feel a significantly underrated part of Dragon Force's appeal was the quirky Working Designs translation and quips. I tried DF2 and it didn't have quite the same appeal to me, partly because of that (partly because they washed the palette out).

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way about DF2.

[KaiserARM]

Originally posted by Junker-2047-:

Should we get a petition going for this dev to make a Dragon Force clone? Real time 100 vs 100 battles with these sprites... YES PLEASE!

These petitions don't work jack. We need snoopdogg to tweet about it for the industry to do something. Snoopy complained about xbox live outage and ms immediately looked into it.

[Jake]

Originally posted by Junker-2047-:

Should we get a petition going for this dev to make a Dragon Force clone? Real time 100 vs 100 battles with these sprites... YES PLEASE!

1 year late, but you may want to take a look at this remake of Dragon Force.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2785890/Landoria/

[The Kaiser]

Originally posted by Jake:

Originally posted by Junker-2047-:

Should we get a petition going for this dev to make a Dragon Force clone? Real time 100 vs 100 battles with these sprites... YES PLEASE!

1 year late, but you may want to take a look at this remake of Dragon Force.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2785890/Landoria/

Oh my god it looks like ass. I love it. It's totally a Dragon Force rip off.

[The_Electrician]

I have been working on my own game that is heavily inspired by Dragon force. It is Norse themed and its called Hel's Rebellion. Here is my games twitter if you are curious - would love feedback from people who are Dragon Force fans https://twitter.com/magnetitegames