Panzer Dragoon: Remake

LOVE IT!!!!! TALK ABNOUT NASTOLGA.

I don't have any nostalgia for this game. it's a Star Fox like rail shooter. part of the gimmick is you can look left right and behind you but that gimmick also contributes to some of the annoyance. You can't really dodge when looking other directions and enemies sometimes swarm around making the action hectic. as for the general play, there's no powerups or anything. dodging in general feels bad. the game likes to get you right up close lots of times and your hitbox is huge. Combined with the way aiming and moving are combined often I felt like it was nearly impossible to dodge effectively. Story: what story? some cool set pieces but i have not idea what I was doing, who I was fighting for or why I was doing it. game is also pretty short. couple hours maybe. not really inclined to eek out every last enemy for 100% kill rate. Least it was only $2.50 on sale

I never played the original, so I was curious, if it warranted a remake it had to be good, and well, I'm not really impressed , the controls are smooth, the graphics are gorgeous, it has that feeling of early 3D with some serious facelift, which has its own nostalgia to it,. Unfortunately the game is very short and there's a huge difficulty spike towards the end with enemies shooting at you before you can even react,, and since dodging and aiming is done with the same stick you have to get in the enemy line of fire in order to hit them yourself. It also features an arcaic "credit" system and you can only die so many times before is game over. I guess this is great for old fans, but for a newcomer it has some serious design flaws that limit the enjoyment of the game. Also, even tho I lowered the volume on the menu, during cutscnes volume jumps right up to default levels which is annoying at best and hurtful at worst. Finally, if you are using a PS controller make sure to use DS4windows and change the settings to show the controller as a Xbox controller or the keybinds will be all scrambled.

Game runs and looks great but no controller support. I wish GOG would mention things like this in the game description

While game is upgraded in visual it also made certain stages feel baron, The gameplay didn't feel elevating and has the problems like quality of life option being locked behind new game plus like the option for hold button to rapid fire (default you have to mash for normal fire) or your dragon hiding enemy projectile and it happens often in the way the game is presented which lead to very awkward situation trying figure out what I've been hit by or trying to shoot down enemy projectile while my pov being blocked by the dragons BuM. While the game is super easy just having those issue is very apparent and FAST. It's a very short game but as a remake it's done nothing to prompt me to invest more time into it so I won't put more time and leave with a very hollow experience.