Dragon Bane II
By MythoLogical Software
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Description
An old school RPG dungeon crawl featuring 100 monsters, 150 spells, 8 character classes, hundreds of objects, and 30 levels filled with traps, puzzles, treasures, and monsters.
Just like playing on your Apple II or Commodore 64 back in 1984! Bring back the memories.
Ever since Raamtha's apprentice was elected to lead the Wizard's Council, the King's Secret Guard have noted suspicious activity in New Treleon. There are rumors that Kra'an could be revived and shadowy figures have been seen frequenting murky taverns at night. Are the townsfolk fears misplaced, or is there a nefarious scheme in the works to bring Kra'an's revenge to the kingdom?
Accolades:
Dallas Morning News: "A worthy successor to the original Dragon Bane, as well as the old Bard's Tale and early Ultima series."
Tucows: 5 cows (out of 5)
Pocket Goddess: 10 Goddesses (out of 10)
Handango Champion Awards: "Best Games" Category
PDAGold: 4.5 stars (out of 5) "I have to say that Dragon Bane II does exactly what I was asking for"
PocketPC Magazine: Best Software Awards: Run/Jump/Simulation Games Category
What's New in Version 1.1.4
Bug fixes.
Code optimizations.
iPhone OS 3.0 testing.
Customer Reviews
Just what I wanted!
This game is a real dungeon crawl! It is exactly like RPG games from the late 80's and early 90's that so few have been able to emulate. If you want a really in depth and fun dungeon adventure to save the realm, this game is for you! Also, this game includes a free editor so players can make games for the engine! You can even make your own new graphics, reminds me of the bard's tale construction set or adventure creator. I'm really pumped this game came out, it is a real Role Playing party dungeon crawl, based on winning game mechanics that made bards tale a RPG icon. All you younger people that never got to play with the commodore 64 RPG games, play this game.
Good so far
I am liking it so far, nice mapping as you go feature, save and load slots, graphics ok sort of like the origional nintendo system, it might look cheap but I like it. It's a slow start because you start in a city.
Red dots: open buildings
Blue dots: gates
Green: trees
Grey: walls
Classic 80's RPG
If you liked Bard's Tale, you'll love Dragon Bane II. Choose up to 5 characters from 8 fighter or mage classes to form your party. Travel through dungeons, towns, and wilderness using 6 navigation buttons. Battle increasingly difficult monsters with special weapons or powerful magic spells to collect rare treasure and find the Dragon Bane.
Gameplay is just like the old Bard’s Tale, with the 4-direction view and turn-based battle system. The graphics are old school, as are the actions available to your characters. The only animation available is the opening of doors (and you can opt out of this), so expect to be reading a lot of text to follow along with the action. The sounds are limited to the opening and closing of doors and bumping into walls. The multiple saves and save-anytime abilities are probably the best features, as you can always go back and load a previous saved game if you mess up. A button on the navigation screen allows you to view an overhead map, which is incredibly helpful while finding your way through the repetitive dungeon walls, or distinguishing the shoppe from all the non-descript buildings in town.
As with any classic 80’s RPG, the plot involves rescuing important people, finding rare artifacts, and challenging tough bosses to defeat an evil entity threatening to destroy the land. In order to survive, your party must fight various degrees of monsters to gain experience and raise level. Finding the best battle strategy that works for your combination of characters is essential to getting through long dungeons.
The price may seem a bit high, but the app is very well written, and the hours of entertainment it provides is well worth the sticker price. This game is only recommended if you’re into old-style RPGs, as it does not have the bells and whistles of newer generation games. If you’re new to this style of gaming, I recommend familiarizing yourself with the free online manual. Also, the developers have provided an online forum for questions and discussions if you get stuck in the game.
A few suggestions for the developers:
1) Since item space becomes a premium halfway through the game, a place in town where the party can store a few items would be helpful. Each character has 10 spaces, but 7 are taken up by equipment. Together with the required storyline items, this leaves little space for the plentiful dungeon treasures to be had. Also, the ability to exchange items amongst characters (when everyone is full) would be nice.
2) How about an identify spell for the thief? This would save time from having to go back to town before deciding which items to drop.
3) May we have the ability to re-name the characters?
- $1.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Aug 07, 2009
- Current Version: 1.1.4
- 1.1.4 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
- 1.4 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: MythoLogical Software
- © 2001-2009 MythoLogical Software
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.1 or later.
