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The world of Nimoa is as beautiful as the morning dew, but only at first glance. Under the surface of hills and fertile valleys lurks an old and eternal evil. Living as a mould, stretching threads through an infected area like deadly toadstools. The center of this "being?" deep in the under world is the giant daemon, Skarborr.
The I of the Dragon is a rpg, dragons and singleplayer game
developed by Primal
and published by TopWare Interactive.
Released on March 06th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 5 languages: English, German, Hungarian, Czech and Polish.
It has received 997 reviews of which 676 were positive and 321 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 7.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.44€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/7/8/10
- Processor: Intel or AMD Single Core CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible
- DirectX: Version 8.1
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Direct X Compatible
MacOS
- OS: macOS Sierra
- Processor: Intel Mac 2.GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: with Shader 2.0 support and 256 MB RAM
- Storage: 1500 MB available space
- Sound Card: Sound card required
- Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or SteamOS
- Processor: Intel/AMD Dual Core 1.5 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: with Shader 2.0 support and 256 MB RAM
- Storage: 1500 MB available space
- Sound Card: Sound card required
- Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse
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Well... this one is hard for me to recommend due to the keyboard movement bugs, but since it's so rare to see a true dragon action RPG available with a proper skill tree and a good "feel" for the dragon's abilities and power, I have to recommend it. Please keep in mind that this game is very old, so don't expect modern graphics and gameplay mechanics (and expect some bugs on modern Windows). I played this game on Steam and on an old version that a friend of mine gave me a few years ago. Strong points that I like: - The "feel" that you are a powerful dragon in the endgame. - The mid to endgame spells. From presentation to impact on gameplay. - The "class" system. The 3 dragons available have their own way of playing. If you try to play the Ice Dragon the same way you play the Fire Dragon, you will have a very hard time progressing in the game. You need to learn how to play with each one individually, thinking about how to start and conduct each battle differently. - The "time control" feature to accelerate some battles and travel helps to reduce the impact of the "boring parts". - The territory system with information about lairs and enemies gives an "open world" "feel" in certain chapters of the game. What I don't like that ruins the experience: - The keyboard controls are very buggy on modern Windows. I know it's an old game, but since the game received some fixes in recent years, the developer could have fixed this issue (or at least suggested a workaround). When you try to turn while flying in a straight line, your dragon doesn't respond correctly when using the keyboard (and this is essential for evasive maneuvers). I tried using guides to fix this bug with some settings and managed to reduce the problem a bit, but it still sucks to play this way. I came very close to giving up sometimes because of this keyboard movement bug. - The story is OK, and it wouldn't be a negative if it was a more "open world" game. I don't think it's a bad story, but since the game is very linear, sometimes you might not like some quests and that might make you stop playing for a while. - The lack of a more "sandbox" experience or game mode with more replayability might make you stop playing for a long time My personal opinion (not a review): For me, the perfect dragon game would be a mix of the combat mechanics of Drakengard and this one. In The I of the Dragon you feel powerful as you level up because your high-level abilities can be really amazing to watch. If you build your stats right, you can make your spells really powerful. The simple fact that you can build your dragon's stats however you want is invaluable for this type of game. Yes, the dragons are specialized in some way, but you can still make your fire dragon good at magic (even though it's not recommended) and you won't be punished for doing so as long as you try to maintain some balance in stat growth. If the developer could mix these RPG systems with powerful skills mechanics and add a more fluid action RPG combat like Drakengard, it would be the perfect dragon game for me, as long as its focused on the idea of a game that is at least "almost open world" or maybe more similar to mount & blade with territory conquest. Drakengard is a very good linear game focused on story, and The I of The Dragon is somewhat linear too, but it gives you a "feeling" of freedom to explore the territories on the world map to do all the quests and eliminate all the lairs. If it is possible to mix the best mechanics of both games and add more replayability, I'm sure the game would be more popular than it is. If you are a fan of dragon-themed games and enjoy old games in a way that you can overlook the bugs that often occur when playing on modern Windows, then I recommend that you watch a few videos before purchasing, just to make sure that it is a game that you will enjoy buying. If you don't like dragon games or if you don't like old RPG games and don't have the patience to put up with the bugs or try to fix them with guides, then stay away from this title. I really like this game and hope to see some sort of sequel or remaster someday. Until then, I will still come back to this game from time to time as long as I can still get it to work.
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I'm just happy that I found this childhood gem again, Most importantly it remind me of the era which games were made with cool ideas and just trying to make something people would enjoy. It's seriously dated but it was phenomenal experience on my cousin potato PC back then. The only game you play as a dragon with RPG leveling up and skills system, protecting the town and help building stuffs is very cool too. P/S: I love fully grown Morrog, he look so cool, black necromancer dragon, he's a bit weak at beginning tho.
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Horrible Pathfinding, horrible voice acting, tedious mission, repetitive gameplay. But it's fun.
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Yet another oldie masterpiece that I grew up with! And on Steam! I was very happy upon stumbling into it because I thought the game disappeared.. Still got the physical copy, but getting it in its original and English language in its vanilla version was quite the experience. As the name itself tells, although being a bit confusing as the I stands for Eye, one of the reasons why I had no luck finding it, and you play as a dragon. Yeah! This is one of the few videogames where you actually control your dragon! No, no spells to transform into a dragon or control a summoned dragon by yourself as a magician in some RPG videogame.. But pure dragon without anything attached to it! The game's got very simple controls, which is unfortunately the downside of it aswell, as there's not much to this game besides conquering the areas from monsters as the game's descriptions do explain to the detail on their own. Feeding the dragon, managing the statistics, including learning various spells, and its breath capacity. There's no option to land somewhere, you're gonna be flying the entire time, forward, altering the direction of the flight, and shifting the height of the flight.. That's pretty much all that's there to it for the controls. Still, there's something satisfying in playing as a dragon and using spells.. That sure dragged me into the game and the time truly flew by without me realizing so. Yes, the playtime of mine does reflect the length of the entire story.. So it's not like this game is that short for what it's got to offer. When it comes to the variety of dragons, there are three of them.. Which is already covered albeit vaguely in the descriptions. Now, why I'd recommend this game.. - The main reason, obviously, because it's one of the few videogames out there where you play as a dragon. Without any limitations to it. It's not like the expectations to see dragons who could do various tricks as we see in some movies is to be seen in the game, as the game's very old by today.. Still, it's achieved a lot for what has been available at that time. - Another reason is the soundtrack. Yup, the soundtrack is amazing. Fits just perfectly to the theme of the game. - The length of the game is amazing! Far from a shortie, especially if you decide to clear each area to the brim just like me.. And I have yet to finish the game. I should be at about.. 70% of completion after almost twenty hours. I guess, that's it.. I can't deny being blinded by the nostalgia, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't have found a better videogame where you play as a pure dragon.. This is the best and only one I have found so far.. And I searched for years, for hours on a daily basis for it. No luck, but this hidden gem did the trick. Have fun!
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Ah the nostalgia. Crappy code, horrendous optimization, okay-ish graphics, GREAT GAME Being a dragon in open world RPG just feels great..., The city building aspect and switching into other characters seems as if the game was supposed to be way larger with more features and the release-date didnt permit that :/
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The I of the Dragon is currently priced at 7.79€ on Steam.
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The I of the Dragon received 676 positive votes out of a total of 997 achieving a rating of 6.56.
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The I of the Dragon was developed by Primal and published by TopWare Interactive.
The I of the Dragon is playable and fully supported on Windows.
The I of the Dragon is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
The I of the Dragon is playable and fully supported on Linux.
The I of the Dragon is a single-player game.
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