Posted on: October 11, 2024

Mechthorian

Games: 570 Reviews: 22

Even terrible games deserve preservation

If you didn't already know, Drake of the 99 Dragons became infamous 20 years ago as one of the worst games ever made. Remember all those ancient YouTube videos about Big Rigs OTRR, Superman 64, and Bubsy 3D? Drake was on those same lists. It even got an AVGN video. It's a piece of gaming history in the worst way, but history all the same. There are people complaining on the forums that GOG relisted this game. As if only good games should ever be preserved. This mindset is short-sighted, and opens the door to art destruction based on subjective interpretations of quality. While I can't recommend this game to any sane individual (unless you're a lets player with a sadomasochistic streak); I can also appreciate that it still exists, and ask that you look at it for what it is: Not simply a product of its time, nor a victim of misguided outrage, but one of the most important dumpster fires of the 6th generation. Don't buy this game. Don't play this game. But keep the spirit of preservation alive.

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Posted on: October 12, 2024

kinghulk

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Games: 308 Reviews: 4

I think im the only one who likes this

Surprised that so many people don't like this game but it was and still is my favorite Xbox game! I would zone out while playing take my mind completely out of the equation and trust my muscle memory to do the job, I mean it was one of the few games you could play without thinking ya know? Just had to buy it as soon as I saw it for old time sake as i guess im the only one who appreciates it.

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Posted on: March 5, 2025

MutedNot

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Games: 436 Reviews: 4

Unfair, hard but stylish

I remember the day when my friend told me that he had a new game, where the main character is a dead man in a cape, that you can run on walls and shoot akimbo with any weapon you pick up. This instantly drew the attention of our whole party to the game. The game came out at a time when we were all obsessed with the matrix and comic book antiheroes like the Punisher or Constantine. Drake himself was already making this game desirable with his personality alone. The artstyle was awesome. We played the game alone or by getting together at the same computer, when one was desperately struggling with the difficulty, and the rest of us were watching it like in the cinema: at that time, what was happening on the screen looked like a comic book come to life and it was amazing. Those were the times without the internet: no smart gaming journalist sold us the game and didn't tell us why we should hate it, so we made our own opinions and we really liked what was going on. The game actually has a lot of flaws, but at the time the main one was its difficulty. Me and my friends never got through it, even though we got very far. But the pros, in our case, outweighed the cons. Re-playing it now you can see more bugs and flaws, but I enjoyed it. I would not recommend it to those who are afraid of hardcore, in some places very unfair, but it is still a very stylish and beautiful game, which is worth your attention.

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Posted on: May 27, 2025

PaulSel666

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Games: 255 Reviews: 3

I like it.

This game is not so bad. Cool design and graphics, not bad gameplay, and control is ok. Except of one moment at the end when you need to fly and the last boss.

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