Dragon Marked For Death

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User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 51
  3. Negative: 12 out of 51
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  1. Rinku_No_Mae
    Apr 28, 2020
    0
    Just before being harsh with the game I'm going to say that the game has nice visuals, somewhat good music and sound effects (plus voice and stuff) but aside of the first levels and so on... The real game starts to crumble, I'm going to say all the flaws that I found.
    First of all, why do enemies just touch you and you receive damage? Aren't we living in 2020 where enemies does a move and    Just before being harsh with the game I'm going to say that the game has nice visuals, somewhat good music and sound effects (plus voice and stuff) but aside of the first levels and so on... The real game starts to crumble, I'm going to say all the flaws that I found.
    First of all, why do enemies just touch you and you receive damage? Aren't we living in 2020 where enemies does a move and hurts the player? Isn't that okay? About touching you, there are attacks that are almost unavoidable and can also 1hit-KO your character, yes I know that there are items to avoid this, but you don't have access to those items at the moment where enemies are likely to kill you just by passing next to you, the unfairness amount of damage from an enemy that is not even a boss is absurd, they didn't know how to balance the damage in solo mode, so playing solo is a torture and I can't even imagine having friends to play with after receiving one hit of death.
    The map is a mess, you could be lost in seconds because there's no way to know from where you came or where you need to explore, there's nothing that tells you what to do, where to go and in some of the biggest maps of the game there's not even a warp or anything that helps the player to know if hr/she is doing things correctly.
    Then the rewards, I can't believe that people is saying that the rewards are good, no, they are absolutely trash, there's no a good reward and the tradeable items in the black market asks the player for better levels and the quality of the item is not even great. I had played games likes this one before and this is the first time that I didn't enjoyed the game at all, it was a torture after going to the upper levels, the spike of the difficulty was absurd, the levels are quite repetite and boring, the music doesn't deliver justice to this and finally, I don't understand how they f***** so much with the balance of the game, is literally impossible to enjoy it solo without getting frustrated so many times because common enemies destroys you before facing the boss, and sometimes, you did all the hard work and just losing against the boss broken damage and unfair speed or movement (the bandit one is just stupid with those bombs and gigantic attacks, super unfair and not fun at all    … Expand
  2. RisenSage
    May 17, 2019
    1
    Inticreates had their heads shoved real far up thier azs with this one.
    Tedious grinding, broken boss fights attacks that can't be avoided. The worst $15 I've ever spent on HALF a game.

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69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Nintendojo
    May 1, 2019
    75
    While there might be some relative shortcomings in its single player mode, Dragon Marked for Death more than makes up for them with its exciting and creative co-op multiplayer design. Players can hop in instantaneously and help the Dragonblood Clan level up and take on its enemies. There are multiple different versions of the game to get, but ultimately fans are best off buying either the physical edition or both digital bundles in order to get the full, proper experience. It’s tough playing solo, but the multiplayer is so well done that it compensates for this one area of weakness. Definitely keep Dragon Marked for Death on your radar if you’d like a game to play with friends that’s outside the norm.
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  2. Nintendo Enthusiast
    Apr 26, 2019
    90
    Dragon Marked for Death is one of the most rewarding sidescrolling games I have played ever, and it’s easily recommended due to its immense polish.
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  3. Nintendo Insider
    Apr 22, 2019
    70
    Dragon Marked For Death is an exceptional co-op 2D action-RPG that struggles to provide the same high-quality entertainment when played solo. While solo play is satisfactory, it is a game that encourages multiplayer. If you plan to play the entire game on your own, be cautioned that the experience can become repetitious. Conversely, if you happen to have a few friends that plan to buy or already have the game, then Dragon Marked For Death will provide many hours of entertainment.
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