Dragon's Dilemma

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Dragon's Dilemma is a single player action game with fantasy, comedy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by Javissoft and was released on June 30, 2022. It received very positive reviews from players.

Dragons don't pay much attention to what's going on in the kingdoms of mortals most often, but Borgash really doesn't have much choice when someone creates a quest to slay him. In this visual novel, you fill the (metaphorical) shoes of a grumpy dragon, dragged across the land trying to clear his moderately good name. The choices you make along the way take the story to a variety of different loca…

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Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews

story4 positive mentions

graphics2 negative mentions

Highly humorous and witty dialogue that elicits frequent laughter.
Multiple branching paths and endings offering strong replayability and varied experiences.
Engaging characters and an original premise with entertaining minigames that add interactivity.

Graphics are uneven, with some character sprites looking good but many backgrounds and secondary characters suffering from low-quality or unpleasant art style.
Lack of quality-of-life features such as dialog log, rewind, and customizable text size; slow skip function hampers replay speed.
Music is repetitive and uninspired, becoming stale quickly, and some minigames have frustrating mechanics or poor visibility.

story
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story centers on a grumpy dragon wrongfully targeted by a quest, leading to a humorous and replayable adventure filled with meaningful choices and charming characters. While the narrative is not groundbreaking, its clever writing, comedic elements, and varied outcomes provide an enjoyable and amusing experience across multiple playthroughs.
- “What Dragon's Dilemma clearly has in its favor is the amount of possible variation in storyline, which makes it eminently replayable.”
- “If you can live with the limited functionality, uninspired minigames, slow replay skipping, and text flaws, then you're going to find a very amusing story tucked in between which will give you many a good laugh and comfortably reward 2-3 plays through.”
- “Your choices greatly influence the story and one play-through can feel very different from another.”
- “At the inn, our hero will find to his horror that it is merely one of many where the quest is displayed, and he must travel on to the adventurers' guild to get it removed, where he will face layers of totally unnecessary bureaucracy if he wants to get anywhere.”
- “The story-- it's nothing special, but it manages.”
- “If you can live with the limited functionality, uninspired minigames, slow replay skipping and text flaws, then you're going to find a very amusing story tucked in between which will give you many a good laugh and comfortably reward 2-3 plays through.”
humor
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's humor is widely praised for its clever and amusing dialogue, with many players finding themselves laughing aloud throughout the story. Its witty writing and multiple humorous scenarios contribute to a consistently entertaining experience.
- “Choosing one of the 'incorrect' options leads to some hilarious lines, as does choosing the noble lady as a date.”
- “There are many hilarious bits of dialogue where I was audibly laughing.”
- “The writing is actually quite funny and there is a lot of humor here.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics feature a unique, blocky art style that appeals to young children and appears lifelike from a distance. While animations are limited and character frames are few, the overall cute visual design is charming.
- “Cute art style.”
- “Backdrop graphics have a very unusual, blocky style, which looks suitable for young children when viewed close-up or on a large screen, but if copied and reduced in size, or viewed from a distance, look remarkably lifelike.”
- “Visuals have few animations, and the main characters don't have many different frames.”
replayability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Dragon's Dilemma offers high replayability due to its numerous branching storylines and varied options, allowing for different playthrough experiences. However, some feel that the relatively short playtime and price may not fully justify multiple replays. Overall, the game’s variation in narrative is its key strength for replay value.
- “What Dragon's Dilemma clearly has in its favour is the amount of possible variation in storyline which makes it eminently replayable.”
- “There is a lot of replayability with all the branching path options and the options do affect the game.”
- “+ replayability”
- “It lasts about an hour to complete one play-through and while there is some replayability, there isn't enough to justify this price.”
- “What Dragon's Dilemma clearly has in its favour is the amount of possible variation in storyline which makes it eminently replayable, although this is also something of a bugbear.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is generally considered repetitive and becomes stale after a short time, leading many players to mute it. However, some suggest supplementing it with a good original soundtrack to improve the experience.
- “The music... listen to it for about 5 minutes, then put it on mute.”
- “Music gets a bit stale after a while (can always remedy that with a good OST in the background).”
gameplay
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay includes a few minigames that are generally easy to avoid, offering some optional challenges without significantly impacting the core experience.