Rage Of The Dragons NEO Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · November 26, 2024

Rage Of The Dragons NEO Review, Rage of the Dragons brings back the adrenaline of 2D battles with refined gameplay, charismatic characters, and a dual combat system that demands strategy and precision. In this game, every blow counts, and every decision can be the difference between victory and defeat. Rage of the Dragons NEO is a PC version of Rage of the Dragons, released in 2002 for arcades. It was a unique and innovative game, mainly due to its highly praised visuals and technical aspects at the time. With beautiful scenery and animations, incredible moves, and an acclaimed soundtrack, it’s a must-have for any fighting game lover.

Rage Of The Dragons NEO Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
566.6MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Own in-game trophy list.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Video settings – Screen type (fit/fullscreen/normal), background art, filters (pixel perfect/smooth/scan lines/CRT)
Fighting gameplay.
You can remap the controls.
Display moveset option.
The Jukebox contains the music and sound test for the game.
Five game modes – Arcade, Dragons Challenge, Versus, Training, and Online.
Online and offline leaderboards for each difficulty of the arcade mode, and Dragons challenges.
Ai difficulties are 1 easy, to 8 hard.
Match settings for versus – opponent type (CPU or local), difficulty, CPU level, characters, timer speed, timer, and disabling barriers.
16 characters to choose from.
Training mode is like a free-play tutorial.
9 locations to fight in.
To play with Johan in arcade mode you press and hold the touch pad.
Arcade assistance – health assist, timer assists, tag meter assist, and disable barriers.
Arcade presentation.
Can save and load when you want offline.
Excellent in-game cutscenes.
Tag team-based fighter.
2D game World with animated backgrounds.
Combo counter.

Rage Of The Dragons NEO Review Cons:

Takes a while to get used to how the game plays.
The game feels slower than you would expect.
None of the characters have stats or move sets shown on the character select screen.
It’s weird but the game feels a bit flat, not a lot of life to it all.
Online was nonexistent and didn’t offer any reason to really give it time.
Not a great deal of replay value.
You don’t have anything to earn or unlock.

Rage Of The Dragons NEO:

Official website.

Developer: QUByte Interactive

Publisher: QUByte Interactive

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