Dragon's Prophet

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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 50
  3. Negative: 19 out of 50

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  1. DraconisNox
    Oct 13, 2013
    3
    OK that guy that said this isnt pay to win or pay to play is lying. You need to pay for backback space and slots for dragons. You can NOT possibly do this game with default. This guy lied to everyone. Thats you Frenk-the-Vile. Thats you.
  2. scarz01
    Mar 14, 2014
    1
    I know its a free to play game, but there are some corners you just never cut. Such as interaction sounds for gathering nodes. The lack of those is really disturbing. "Hold mouse button to attack". Why not just do what everything else did and lock target and auto attack? There has never been an issue with that system...
  3. HaseoTakaeda
    Sep 29, 2013
    2
    Game has a lot of potential. Combat could be fun. Mount system and lots of dragons are good, and the housing system is spot on.
    HOWEVER.
    This game is complete garbage in two ways First, the opening few hours are disgusting. 100%. They are so slow, boring, endless cutscenes with lip-syncing that I would expect from a PS1 game and the subtitles do not math the voices. Speaking of PS1    Game has a lot of potential. Combat could be fun. Mount system and lots of dragons are good, and the housing system is spot on.
    HOWEVER.
    This game is complete garbage in two ways
    First, the opening few hours are disgusting. 100%. They are so slow, boring, endless cutscenes with lip-syncing that I would expect from a PS1 game and the subtitles do not math the voices.
    Speaking of PS1 games, put the game on the lowest settings and you'll see what I mean. Anything that's nearing the middle-range of your vision begins to move at a few frames per second, so a character will move a good distance and have taken two steps, and that is just not acceptable for a game being released in 2013, even on lowest settings.
    On highest settings, however, the game still looks like it's something out of 2008 and yet is ridiculously hardware intensive for how bad it looks.
    2/10, painful to play    … Expand
  4. Spirit25
    Dec 17, 2013
    3
    The only thing good about this game is that it includes dragons and action based combat style this is the only reason why this game is still alive.

    The questing is your typical kill 10 monsters or go fetch plants/ect. The main story is so utterly bland and feels like normal questing yes it is go kill 10 monsters or fetch plants, the only thing that is different about main quest and    The only thing good about this game is that it includes dragons and action based combat style this is the only reason why this game is still alive.

    The questing is your typical kill 10 monsters or go fetch plants/ect. The main story is so utterly bland and feels like normal questing yes it is go kill 10 monsters or fetch plants, the only thing that is different about main quest and normal quests is the npcs or NPC that gives it to you XD

    Everything is RNG, your gear's stats, attribute transfer, dragon skill transfer, dragon skill slots and stats. Even if you buy it with daimonds to obtain those things it is still RNG. I know players that bought 50 whips and was only able to transfer 1 skill over to his dragon.

    There are dragons that can only be purchased by real money and some of these dragons are faster flyers than any other drake you can get ingame.

    Do not join this game if you think you are going to capture a drake and think you are the one of only a select few that will have this drake.

    There is also a huge gap between free players and paying players when it comes to pvp, speaking of pvp it is utterly unbalanced with rangers being OP. Melee class is at a high disadvantage against bosses due to their attacks are aimed to KO close range players in a few shots.

    Can't comment on housing but to own an apartment isn't bad. You do have free reign exactly you want to do on ur piece of land but plots arnt always availible and if you bought a "land marker" (as I would call them) of a certain size and there isnt any well tough luck, hope there comes more islands in the future so you can spend that "land marker"

    Guild system is lacking and players never seem to stay so you are constantly looking for guild members if you are the hardcore type. This game is utterly buggy and your 1st thing your going to do is find out how to minimise your crashing (here's a few tips: delete your 64bit.exe file and also turn you windows theme into basic, take note some dragon skill also cause crashing) some dungeons players even avoid due to crashes or dungeon reset or black screen.

    In the 1st hour of play you will imediatly feel the need to purchase daimonds cause you need dragon space, you need bag space, you need bank space, you want that dragon pack. Well more so to get rid of the things that annoys you.

    Like I said the only reason why players stay is cause this game has dragon you can capture and fight a long side u, but this game is really unpolished so do not expact a lot other than that.    … Expand
  5. Momokomoko
    Jan 3, 2014
    3
    I was so excited when this first came out. The thought of raising my own pet Dragon made me drop everything and download on the spot. Unfortunately, you will rarely see a traditional "dragon" you can catch (Read: Smaug). There are cow dragons, velociraptor dragons, bird dragons, gliding bat dragons and so on. Hundreds of dragons to choose from but mostly recolors of previous ones.I was so excited when this first came out. The thought of raising my own pet Dragon made me drop everything and download on the spot. Unfortunately, you will rarely see a traditional "dragon" you can catch (Read: Smaug). There are cow dragons, velociraptor dragons, bird dragons, gliding bat dragons and so on. Hundreds of dragons to choose from but mostly recolors of previous ones. Let's face it, when you say you want a pet dragon, you want a dragon-looking dragon, not cattle with scales. That and the never ending grind, unimaginative quests, so-so graphics and crazy spawn rate that almost always gets you drowned in agro mobs, this game is just a huge disappointment.… Expand
  6. TheDeathWish
    Oct 26, 2013
    2
    Gotta say when i got into this game it was great. Great idea and liked that most market items were avail doing in game quests. Liked the idea of guilds and guild hosing but needs alot of work.

    Reason i score this game is negetively is for the performance issues this game has with mainly Nvidia and Intel graphics users. First time i tried this game i could not play, just kept crashing.    Gotta say when i got into this game it was great. Great idea and liked that most market items were avail doing in game quests. Liked the idea of guilds and guild hosing but needs alot of work.

    Reason i score this game is negetively is for the performance issues this game has with mainly Nvidia and Intel graphics users. First time i tried this game i could not play, just kept crashing. Few months later tried again and same thing then took me almost 2 days to find a older driver that worked. Even on release it was not stable, release had low med and high gfx and almost no difference between the 3. gtx 570 drop to 6 fps.

    When on live stream with one the main people from SOE Rodd when complaining about perfomance to my question "why they adding and worrying about focusing on large scale PvP when 80% of players are having frame rate issues" his response was its the devs of the game and nothing they can do but focus on things they can change like the large scale pvp. They only care about the people who can play the game. like wouldnt it make sense to make the game more enjoyable to all before they add big PvP battles.

    Game is focused on adding things opposed to performance.    … Expand
  7. Kenaros
    Apr 22, 2014
    1
    This game is complete and utter crap it is just so bad... the people giving it 10's are 1. have total crap computers or 2. work for SOE

    the graphics are complete crap that look like they where from some reject street fighter game... the voice acting is just terrible and should have been left out. the game world is bland and boring.. i would review the games community if it even had    This game is complete and utter crap it is just so bad... the people giving it 10's are 1. have total crap computers or 2. work for SOE

    the graphics are complete crap that look like they where from some reject street fighter game... the voice acting is just terrible and should have been left out. the game world is bland and boring..

    i would review the games community if it even had one.. sadly the forums for the game are more active then the games servers are. and lastly did the MMO's really need another half assed Asian themed MMO??? there are tons out there already.. Sadly this just seems like a poor attempt at a cash grab by SOE till Everquest Next is released

    i cranked all setings up and the game still looked like complete crap before anyone asks

    I can't say if it's Pay to win or not as i had no desire to buy anything in the game

    the only reason i gave it a 1 was the dragon idea to bad this game did it badly and half assed

    Avoid this stinker    … Expand
  8. stpiper
    May 9, 2014
    1
    This game has too many bugs.
    The creators do not give you all the rules needed to play the game. They say they have counters for dungeons to find dragons but they will not let you see the counter, they don't tell you if has reset due to maintenance, they don't tell you if it resets because you entered a different dungeon.
    To find a wild dragon, you have to compete with every other    This game has too many bugs.
    The creators do not give you all the rules needed to play the game. They say they have counters for dungeons to find dragons but they will not let you see the counter, they don't tell you if has reset due to maintenance, they don't tell you if it resets because you entered a different dungeon.
    To find a wild dragon, you have to compete with every other player once every 4 days at a certain time or a random time.
    In order to maximize playing, you have to spend over $50 a month to open your backpack and dragon holding spots. This also includes trying to add skills or slots to your dragons.
    Many players have different accounts and exploit a housing bug to trade items to each character.
    OH! and what you spend on one character (backpack slots, etc.) does not extend to your other characters.
    The DPS is not correct because tanks and such do just as much damage as an archer or mage, so don't play a mage. Max level is 94 and gaming is worse than topping off of WoW, and the storyline is boring.
    Save your time, save your money, do something else.. play Nintendo original Mario Bros, because it is more entertaining.    … Expand
  9. Hateyo
    Sep 29, 2013
    0
    I don't understand why the public even knows about this game yet. It is so utterly unfinished and lacking in almost every modern day MMO staple that I question the sanity of the people who made the choice to launch it.

    I was always under the impression that Runes of Magic (the previous MMO from the devs) was fairly polished and pretty decent. How they went backwards in their new game is    I don't understand why the public even knows about this game yet. It is so utterly unfinished and lacking in almost every modern day MMO staple that I question the sanity of the people who made the choice to launch it.

    I was always under the impression that Runes of Magic (the previous MMO from the devs) was fairly polished and pretty decent. How they went backwards in their new game is beyond me.

    The game has some potential, but almost everything about the game makes it feel like an alpha version. Considering the lack of attention and poor ratings across the board, this should be a sign to the developers and publisher that Dragon's Prophet needs to be taken off the market until it is up to modern MMO standards.    … Expand
  10. VibroKnife
    Sep 25, 2013
    0
    Just when I thought A MMO couldn't get any wors than Defiance or Guild Wars 2, it gets WORSE. Dragons prophet promises revolution. But delivers dissopointment with the same fantasy MMO setting and generic gameplay.
  11. RikuGx
    May 21, 2014
    0
    Well well what to say about this game?
    Lets start with the positive to dont scare you off...
    Positives: Dragons End Negatives: performance problems, bugs bugs bugs bugs and even more bugs! a lot of people cant play this game properly even at roughly 10 FPS where the same PC works fine on much MUCH more complex games and grafical spectacles. The support on European servers has    Well well what to say about this game?
    Lets start with the positive to dont scare you off...

    Positives:
    Dragons

    End

    Negatives: performance problems, bugs bugs bugs bugs and even more bugs!
    a lot of people cant play this game properly even at roughly 10 FPS where the same PC works fine on much MUCH more complex games and grafical spectacles. The support on European servers has no clue what their doing and tell roughly 80% of people to ask the forums as if people in the forums would know the ansers to game related problems.
    Patches are never tested and always patched, then crashing and so on and so on.

    The Cash Politic on the euro-serversare most likely: pay or lose
    and a lot of people REFUSE to pay anymore because of said problems.
    Servers are empty and performance drops underground for no apperant reason.

    This game really is bad if it wasnt for the dragon part where this still has the monopole on. Create a proper Dragon related MMO on a PROPER game Engine (Yes they created their own engine wich grills grafic cards with extreme temperature while not even using them halveway) and Dragons Prophet will soon be forgotten. It is a forgettable game wch had so much promise in the beginning wich dissapoints their player more and more everyday    … Expand
  12. Rubberduck87
    Sep 7, 2014
    1
    Good character creation options, this is the only feature that works on my rig, after that the game horribly locks up and wont start again, so yes, i cant write a good review because i cant play it, its horribly bugged, horribly optimized, and what i've seen on screenshots and gameplay on youtube, it looks horrible also...
  13. Neizi
    Dec 17, 2014
    0
    Aside from everything else, can we talk about the lag? i dont claim to have a gameing machine but my computer CAN run just about any game these days at a solid 30fps, and im content with that. but not dragons prophet! it sticks at a constant 5 fps when in combat or near ANYTHING that moves, and 20fps when i've climbed up a cliff and theres nothing around. even when i downloaded an editedAside from everything else, can we talk about the lag? i dont claim to have a gameing machine but my computer CAN run just about any game these days at a solid 30fps, and im content with that. but not dragons prophet! it sticks at a constant 5 fps when in combat or near ANYTHING that moves, and 20fps when i've climbed up a cliff and theres nothing around. even when i downloaded an edited file for the game that got rid of shadows and made every single graphics setting to the bare lowest, the result was still the same. upon checking on the forums i saw even people with computers that could run the **** starship enterprise, play the witcher 1, and the witcher 2 at the same damn time saying that they had the same fps as me. what was the dev response? "we're sorry, your computers just aren't advanced enough to play our game." so not only do the staff ignore an obvious problem, they're arrogant morons to. 2 of the 3 things that make or break a game for me are dev response to player issues and playability, and for that dragons prophet fails on its ass. (no im not sorry for cursing. if i hurt your precious little princess feelings, then kindly drop a complaint in the complaint box so i can torch it later.)… Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. GRYOnline.pl
    Sep 26, 2014
    73
    Quotation forthcoming.
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  2. IGN Italia
    Nov 20, 2013
    65
    Yes there are tons of dragons and yes, you're gonna catch 'em all, but sadly this is not enough to recommend Dragon's Prophet. Under scales and tusks there is an ordinary MMORPG with boring quests and too much grinding in it, and the old graphics engine doesn't help to keep players engaged, but at least it's free to play.
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  3. Multiplayer.it
    Oct 11, 2013
    80
    Dragon's Prophet is a pretty standard MMORPG enriched with some action and tons dragons. Those aren't just mounts but friends, helpers, allies, enemies and ancient gods. Unfortunately, they live in a pretty boring world.
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