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Caim becomes a remorseless killing machine, unable to voice his hesitance of cutting down all who stand before him, while his close friend Inuart is robbed of the ability to play music, one talent he held that nobody else did. Throughout the narrative we see characters robbed of sight, song, and even the ability to age - leaving some in a state of eternal childhood.Įach sacrifice reinforces the thematic foundations of each character. Caim’s is found on his tongue, removing his ability to speak. Pacts in Drakengard require a sacrifice, the location of such things being marked on a person's body in the form of a distinct black tattoo. But she is also on death’s door, so the two make an agreement, binding themselves together for eternity regardless of the consequences. To survive, he makes a pact with Angelus, an ancient dragon with a general dislike of humanity and a super raspy voice.

The game is, by all accounts, pretty fucked up.ĭrakengard follows a young man known as Caim, whose parents are mortally wounded by an evil black dragon during the game’s opening moments. Nothing is off the table, and given the intensely morbid subject matter of Drakengard, such a scenario almost makes complete sense. This is the kind of situation that almost feels like a parody of Yoko Taro’s personality, a figure in the gaming industry who is never afraid to speak his mind whether it relates to sexy anime girls or deep, poignant analysis on the nature of virtual narratives. So - Nier, Drakengard, and everything beyond likely wouldn’t exist if some Sony producers weren’t in desperate need of a nap. To their luck, and in a turn of events that is extremely on brand, Sony had worked through so many pitches throughout the show that it approved Drakengard without further inspection, tiredness finally having taken its toll. He raised concerns with Enix producer Yosuke Saito ahead of its release, who was poised to present the game at E3.

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Additionally, Square Enix say that another pre-order incentive, exclusive to and “other participating retailers,” will allow players to download three costume colour variations for Zero.įinally, the Drakengard 3 official website now features the chapters Two, Three, Four and Five from the prequel novella, and you can read them there.Did you know - Yoko Taro was originally worried that the story and themes of Drakengard wouldn’t go down well with Sony. The aforementioned themes will also be available to you if you’ve already pre-ordered the game.

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If you order the game between now and launch (May 20th), you’ll get six free PlayStation Network themes featuring Zero, her dragon companion Mikhail, and the four Disciples: Cent, Octa, Decadus and Dito. In terms of the look of the characters, I design them without worrying too much about their personality, and it’s actually the other way around-details of the characters like their personality aspects get decided afterwards.”Īdditionally, Square Enix have announced the last wave of pre-order bonuses for Drakengard 3. “Because of this, I don’t really design characters based on their personality, or I wouldn’t design facial features in a certain way because they’re supposed to be cynical… etc. “Not for Drakengard 3 in particular per se I would say this is more of Yoko-san’s general method but he is the type of director who checks out the character design and based on their appearance, he intentionally changes their personality to the opposite of what they look like,” Fujisaka says later in the interview. “On the flip side, in terms of other NPC characters such as knights and monsters, they are still somewhat medieval-inspired,” he adds.

“As for Drakengard 3’s characters, well, I pretty much used so-called ‘Medieval Europe’ as an inspiration when designing for Drakengard 1 and 2,” says Drakengard 3 art director, Kimihiko Fujisaka, in a promotional video for the game. “But for Drakengard 3, especially for the main characters, I designed them to be, how should I say, more modern without focusing too much on the medieval aspects.”