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Reign of Fire
Description
Reign of Fire for Nintendo GameCube throws you into
ferocious battles between two ancient species fighting for survival: humans
and dragons. An action-packed game set in the near future, you have will
choose to take the side of the humans - struggling against a seemingly
insurmountable fire-breathing foe, or to play as a dragon that's out to
eradicate everything in its path. Based on the forthcoming multi-million
dollar Spyglass Entertainment movie of the same name, Reign of Fire will
capture all of the movie's excitement, tension and jaw-dropping special
effects, in one spectacular pyrotechnic maelstrom.
Review
It is present-day London when a construction crew, led by
the mother of young Quinn Abercromby (played by Christian Bale in the film),
unwittingly unleashes a dragon that's been hibernating for centuries. Within
a quarter of a century, dragons have multiplied and replaced humans as the
dominant species on Earth.
The game's story picks back up in Britain, c.2024. Quinn has
grown up to be a "resistance fighter" for a small community hiding in an old
castle in the burnt-out English countryside. His people have been reduced to
living in near-medieval conditions. There's a pair of dragons prowling the
vicinity, attacking the few remaining villages, destroying crops, and
generally making life hell for the humans. The fire brigades risk their
lives to put out the awful firestorms caused by the dragon attacks as they
rescue the trapped or wounded survivors.
Play as either a human or a dragon: As a human, you take the
role of a resistance fighter, controlling a variety of well-equipped
vehicles. Your purpose is to defend the last remaining humans from attack
and eventually to make your way to the site of the sole male dragon - London
now lying in ruins. As a dragon, the player will take the role of an infant
led by instinct to attack its foe at any opportunity and attempt to
eradicate the human race. The plot follows the maturing of the dragon,
gradually getting more powerful, as the game progresses.
Missions are linked by a fast-moving plot; based on events
in the film.
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Fight for mankind as one of the many different human
forces, with a huge arsenal of high tech weaponry at your disposal. |
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Take to the skies as a terrifying dragon and reign terror
over the world, savaging the earth and destroying everything in your path
breathing fireballs and napalm. |
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Witness 'reactive fire effects' as flames spread and
combust everything in their path, in addition to some of the most
spectacular explosions ever seen. |
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Experience numerous action packed missions, including the
desecration of central London, military style reconnaissance activities,
third person shootouts and heroic fire fighting rescues. |
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Revel in the cinematic atmosphere created by the film's
soundtrack and voice-overs. |
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Third person shoot-em up action taking place over scorched
landscapes, the result of battles between two species competing for
survival - human and dragon. |
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Control various vehicles or dragons in third person mode
combat and exploration on and in the air. |
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Vehicles and dragons will be easy to drive / fly with
satisfying physics to learn - making them a challenge to master. |
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Dragons that not only look fearsome, but behave that way
too. |
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Variety of weapons and vehicles based on the film. |
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Real time cut scenes and briefings merging into game play
sections. |
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The player can choose whether they play as either a Human
or a Dragon following two different routes--In effect two games in one.
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Reign of Fire is a fantastic game! It has great graphics and
intense gameplay. The developers have created a fantastic sense of
battlefield carnage and chaos against marauding dragons. In latter levels,
YOU get to be a marauding dragon!
There are some things you need to know about the controls,
which has gotten some bad press. The default is "simple" control
configuration. Change this before you even start playing! In this
configuration, you aim AND steer with the left thumbstick, and accelerate
and decelerate with A and B. The right thumbstick does nothing. We will get
nowhere with this set-up.
On the other hand, the "advanced" set-up steers with the
left thumbstick, and aims with the right. This makes the controls very
intuitive. Another thing you might want to do is turn down the auto-aim to
zero. Otherwise, the aiming cursor does a lot of drifting, which can be very
annoying and make it more difficult.
I have very few complaints about the game. The dialogue can
get quite repetitive at time, such as when you are not in the spot you need
to be. You hear the same sentence repeated multiple times.
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