Dragon's Crown Pro

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 48
  3. Negative: 0 out of 48
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  1. RPGamer
    Jun 25, 2018
    70
    I think the largest issue with Pro is its price point. Those who have played Dragon’s Crown in the past will not find anything new here other than it being on a different console. While it’s a solid game through and through, it’s hard to recommend given this game released in 2013 and it’s essentially the exact same title from before.
  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 5, 2018
    70
    A fantasy brawler mistaking excess for depth. With no new content, there's less incentive to revisit Dragon's Crown, though new players can still find fun with friends. [Issue#150, p.95]
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  3. GameSpew
    May 14, 2018
    70
    Honestly, there's a hell of a lot to like about Dragon's Crown Pro, but hardly any of it is unique to this PlayStation 4 remaster. If you've already played Dragon's Crown to exhaustion on PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita, you won't find anything here that'll get your juices flowing.
  5. God is a Geek
    May 10, 2018
    70
    An almost arbitrary re-release of a great game, Dragon’s Crown Pro succeeds on its existing merits but brings nothing new to justify the full price tag.
  6. Cubed3
    May 9, 2018
    70
    Highly recommended to anyone with a passing interest in beat 'em ups, but there is no denying that there is mild disappointment at the absence of new gameplay content, rendering it a hard sell to those that have beaten the game before. Don't like beat' em ups, though? Better off to pass, as the tedium does have a tendency to rear its ugly head before long, and that isn't something even Dragon's Crown can evolve the genre from.
  7. CGMagazine
    May 8, 2018
    70
    Dragon’s Crown Pro is filled with endlessly captivating art, but those same visuals also trip up its deep, intricate action (and may be a bit too risqué for some players’ tastes).
  8. We Got This Covered
    May 8, 2018
    70
    For many it will come down to how much you enjoy Dragon's Crown Pro's combat, and how much of its repetition you can stomach. It doesn't take long to see everything the game has to offer, but the allure of the grind and the near-perfect loot system might keep some players coming back for much longer than anticipated.
  9. Digital Chumps
    May 8, 2018
    70
    While Dragon's Crown remains the most refined and candid of Vanillaware's neo brawlers, it's absent of the range of improvements and adjustments that marked Odin Sphere Leifthrasir's transition to modern hardware. Dragon's Crown Pro is Dragon's Crown on the PlayStation 4 and it has no interest in being anything else.
  10. Worth Playing
    Mar 21, 2019
    65
    Dragon's Crown Pro makes strides in updating the side-scrolling beat-'em-up genre by incorporating light RPG mechanics well. The overall setting and simplicity of getting into the game are intriguing, but the art style is jarring, and the story paper-thin. While I understand the latter is not the reason to play this type of game, it's frustrating to see and feel how flimsy it comes off. The gameplay is solid, and the innovations are intriguing, but the rest of Dragon's Crown Pro is rather shallow.
  11. CD-Action
    Aug 2, 2018
    65
    A beautiful but merely competent beat ‘em up, which becomes repetitive after around five hours played with the first character. [07/2018, p.76]
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  12. Slant Magazine
    May 8, 2018
    50
    This game would still be hard to fall in love with if it didn't absolutely assault the laws of human physics.
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  1. TheSixthAxis
    May 8, 2018
    A port that’s far more breathtaking in its presentation, even if it’s the same game from nearly five years ago. It’s a shame not to see anything new here for the gameplay, but the 4K visuals and orchestral soundtrack do a lot to drive home the point that VanillaWare make good looking and sounding games. It’s a decent sign that their next original project will be stunning in its design.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 105 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 105
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 105
  3. Negative: 12 out of 105
  1. Gamexpert
    May 15, 2018
    10
    Still a brilliant Coop-Game, i highly recommend it,at least for fans of the genre, and everyone who misses more Coop-Games. Only downsideStill a brilliant Coop-Game, i highly recommend it,at least for fans of the genre, and everyone who misses more Coop-Games. Only downside would be that there are not that many maps. You basically have to run trough a lot of them too often. The gameplay is great, so it isnt that much of a problem, but there could have been more. These few are beautiful thou, everything handdrawn.
    Addicting Gameplay with great Coop-Support. 10/10    … Full Review »
  2. fungz84
    May 17, 2018
    9
    As others have said, love the art and old school arcade like style. But I love it because its:

    Golden Axe- Japanese rpg style.
  3. zamorian79
    May 16, 2018
    9
    I received my copy yesterday. The steelbook its a thing of beauty. First the facts, then my opinion.

    If you already played the game and are    I received my copy yesterday. The steelbook its a thing of beauty. First the facts, then my opinion.

    If you already played the game and are expecting new content you will be disappointed. The differences are a graphic improvement for 4k (also noticeable in full HD), a new soundtrack with live orchestra (you can pick the original too), the option to pick English/Japanese language voices, it
    Includes all the DLC (it was just the narration of the game with the voices of every character) and pretty much that's it. The PS4 also features cross play with PS3 and PS Vita and cloud upload/download, so you can continue your progress between anyone of the 3 platforms.

    Now my impressions, it has been a long time since I played the game and to be honest I forgot how good it is. It is an old school beat-em-up but it is way more than a button smasher. You can play as any of 6 heroes, each of them represents a class from the old school RPG's: Fighter, Dwarf, Amazon, Elf (Archer), Sorceress and Wizard. Each class has two different skill trees, one they share in common (HP, some moves like slide, etc) and another unique skill tree for each particular class. Another very important thing, depending of your weapon you have different moves, if you are playing a wizard the fire rod has different attacks than the ice or the lightning rod, and enemies have specific weakness, so this also add some variety.

    The game has 9 stages and each stage has two paths, depending the path you will fight a specific boss and most of the grinding in this game is around those 9 (or 18) stages, There are some special quests that requires to kill a certain number of enemies or do something very specific in one of the stages, so there are plenty of reasons to come back to those stages.

    The game is all about grinding, you will need to upgrade your character around level 30 to get the character specific ending, but after this the game escalates to Hard difficulty and the bosses change from level 18-30 to level 30-60. When you complete the game again in Hard you unlock Infernal difficulty, and the bosses change from level 60 to level 100.

    There are also a few other "modes", there is a fight with the ancient dragon outside the 9 stages and when you beat the dragon you unlock the Labyrinth of Chaos, this mode is basically a random dungeon generator. When you beat the ancient dragon in normal you get access to floors 1-3, when you beat the ancient dragon in hard you get access to floors 4-6, and when you beat Infernal Ancient Dragon, you get access to floors 7-99. For those looking for a challenge when you complete the Labyrinth of chaos on Infernal you unlock the Tower of Mirage, where enemies can be level 255, but your cap is level 99, so yeah, it gets pretty rough.

    As you can see there are plenty of stuff in here. I have 70 hours logged, a level 88 Amazon, and the rest of my characters are level 28-35. There is plenty of people playing online, and if you activate online mode you will be paired with them randomly, or join a specific friend. If you are not into MP you can also play solo or pick 3 companions controlled by the AI (and if they are of upper levels they can get the job done and carry you).

    The game looks beautiful, the graphics are hand drawed, with vibrant colors and pretty cool animations. Some people feel uncomfortable with the character design, specially because of the exaggeration of the proportions of the amazon and the sorceress (the males are as much ridiculous and exaggerated, but that doesn't seem to bother them). Personally I love the art style. It has addicting gameplay, a good challenge and there are plenty of hours to get from here.

    Based on the fun I have I give it a 9/10 (it could use more stages).    … Full Review »
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