Other presentational aspects are fairly low quality, with obvious texture pop-in and some of the worst framerate dips I've ever seen in a console game, to the point where I'd call it momentary freezing. Crucially it also helps to keep the player motivated when the main story remains too confusing to be entertaining. The masochistic and old pervert characters are particularly amusing, and when all of this is played against the naivety of Zero's dragon it makes for some hilarious interactions. Some may view it as unnecessarily filthy but I actually enjoyed the conversations between these characters where sexual matters were just as mundane and common a topic as the weather. As Zero deals with her sisters she takes on these disciples for herself and each one has its own little quirks. Disciples are taken by intoners to help them in fights but even more so to help them in the bedroom. Until you approach the end of the game, and the climax of the story, the only narrative elements that pull things forward are the interactions between the game's central characters, which mostly revolve around sex. It's the combination of the interactions between these diverse characters and the ill-explained main plot-line that makes Drakengard 3 such an odd experience and, if nothing else, it was worth my time playing Drakengard 3 just to see a dragon interrupt a serious conversation by taking a piss. Along for the ride is her dragon friend and, eventually, the disciples of her sisters that she'll pick up along the way. You play as Zero, a songstress god who is out to kill her five sisters for unknown reasons.

Drakengard 3 is no different in that respect. Perhaps the most striking thing about the Drakengard JRPG series, and its spin-off game Nier, is just how strange the stories are. By Karl Koebke, posted on 02 June 2014 / 4,958 Views

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