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2010 · Gravity Corporation · Adventure · Beat 'em up

Dragon Saga

Dragon Saga is a free to play arcade style side scrolling 3D Fantasy MMORPG set in a world of Dragons and magic. Choose one of six classes (Warrior, Mage, Thief, Archer, Shaman, and Twin Fighter) and explore a rich world filled with unique monsters. Power up to unlock devastating abilities, hidden combos and hilarious skill effects.

Released: 20 January 2010
Platforms: Linux Windows
Genres: Adventure Beat 'em up Fantasy MMORPG Role-playing
Developers: Gravity Corporation
Publishers: gPotato
Modes: Co-op Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Fantasy
Engine: Gamebryo
Age ratings: ESRB E10+
Languages: English, German, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 32hmain story

About

Dragon Saga (Korean: 드래곤사가), called Dragonica before 2010, is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Barunson Interactive and Gravity Interactive. Development has been ongoing since March 2006. Operation of Dragon Saga is relegated to different publishers for their respective regions. Whilst being free-to-play, the game also includes a cash shop that allows for unique customization of player's characters.

The game's commercial launch was in June 2009 in China and October in Europe and October 2010 in North America. Characters created during the open beta testing were carried over to the commercial release.

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Gameplay

Players control a character in a three-dimensional plane but the scope of movement is mainly focused on the horizontal axis with limited vertical movement, much like the arcade style side-scrolling classics. In its current state, players can progress through 75 levels in the North American release with the level cap reaching as high as 80 on servers in Asia.

Combat is action-based with moves performed in real-time. All combat is centered around the use of special skill sets on cooldowns. Players can also perform ground and aerial combos by utilizing certain skills in order to render enemies unable to retaliate but can also play the role of a healer or supporter when necessary.

Story

Dragon Saga takes place on the continents of El Grego and Angrakka (Elyades and Melanthos in Europe), which had experienced a golden age where humans and dragons were able to live together in peace. These times were not destined to last, and the dragons and humans eventually went to war in what was known as the Dragon Age. Eventually, the dragons were banished to the ancient realm of Aether. The leader of the dragons, Dark Dragon Elga, would continue to mount attacks, but was pushed back when five heroes of legend defeated and trapped him in a prison known as the Shadow Cabinet.

Not even the Shadow Cabinet could hold Elga forever - a thousand years after being trapped, Elga found a method to release his darkness into the world, sending minions to attack the lands in preparation for his arrival.

Development

ICE Entertainment released Version 6 of the Chinese Dragonica in open beta on April 24, 2009. IAH's and 8interactive's Dragonica for the SEA-ANZ region have been live since 2009.

gPotato Europe's EU English, French and German services began on June 10, 2009, after a closed beta period in the previous month. It has been in full release since the October 2009 release of Tales of the Damned.