Why aren't people playing this DRAGON game ? | Draconia

Today I came back to Draconia to try and see what the game is all about.
I decided to play fully for 1h and this is my story.
What do you think about draconia?
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[@NLance]

Draconia is the example why gameplay matters. The world might be pretty. The model and animation might be good. But without direction and gameplay? The game just dies. The game needs... - A map, minimap - Better tutorial. Do NOT slap a lot of text in front of people. Make the tutorial interactive. - The tutorial should show how to get quests. - Quest page needs to show image of quest item and objective + approx location - NPCs, questgivers - To quit giving 'collect X of X useless boring item'. Think up better quests. - To make leveling up mean more than just make your dragon bigger and stronger - To implement actual MMO mechanics in general if you really wanna be MMO. - To reduce price heavily to convince people to play it Right now, the game is barely a game. It is a glorified chatroom with pretty models and a pretty map. Has zero interesting gameplay, no gameplay loop, no goal, no nothing.

[@demonicsapphire3773]

That's most of these mmo animal survival games unfortunately. Glorified chatrooms with very little gameplay and empty worlds.

[@NLance]

@@demonicsapphire3773 The only other animal MMO I know of is Path of Titans. And it has waaaaaaaaaay more features than this empty hollow has.

[@crusaderpr7683]

i play this game on 2022 on march and it still looks awful lol i remember that i reported the game to steam because it simply was too early and people where not mentioning that it was in very early alpha stage like how the Fu@K does any of the devs thought that releasing the game super early was a great idea?

[@albytross8681]

To be fair, a lot of these simulation players come from the good ol days of Feralheart, which was LITERALLY just a 3D chatroom where you’re either a lion or a wolf. Animal jam energy. Except there wasn’t even mini games to do or anything

[@NLance]

@@albytross8681 But that game wasnt advertised to be anything else. It was a game to make a character, to chat with others and to roleplay. Especially roleplay. But Draconia is supposed to be an MMO game. And it lacks 99% of the features it is supposed to have.

[@yukirossa]

mostly bc people play day of dragons. I play dod time to time and i ejoyed my time obv theres some issues with it too but the main reason is trust i assume. People dont trust draconia team...

[@mjeeziy]

Is it free?

[@deadly_shottaz02]

Put the game on console

[@redwolf4611]

They aren't playing it because there's nothing there to play. It has even slower development than the isle.

[@TheDevilTwins]

I won't be touching this game until its actually complete and i see what state its in then. The person that made this game also made archotek project, or whatever its called. A cartoon style dino game that they completely abandoned and didn't finish. I paid for that game, so I'm not going to make the same mistake again and pay for this one UNTIL it's complete. Specially when its so damn expensive for what it actually is. Not worth the price tag right now. Was around £30+ last time i checked. I can't put my trust in a developer when they've already abandoned one game already.

[@o0Sazie0o]

Same, I'm waiting as well and I don't trust them either. I'd rather watch someone that plays it when it's complete, before I decide on it.

[@gwit4051]

They did actually lower the price to 20 bucks recently, which is like 16 pounds if google's correct. I personally still don't think it's worth it from the gameplay I've seen, but at least it is not laughably overpriced.

[@o0Sazie0o]

@@gwit4051 It is still close to 30 bucks over here with taxes, so still overpriced but different regions have different tax added. I just recently checked steam to see if it lowered but not by much.

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

It would be nice if people STARTED with this type of mindset. But I can at least applaud you for learning from a single past mistake. Too many people just keep buying unfinished games, complaining, and then thinking it's going to be different next time and repeating the cycle.

[@RowanShankaras]

its twenty dollars now

[@splitdragon3004]

Personally I don't play it due to the abandonment/scamming involved in their previous game. It looks nice, but once a company does something shady I don't touch any of their other games in the future. The devs farmed one of their previous games called Archotek, selling the game for more than it was worth and banned players that were warning people that the game was abandoned under the excuse of "we are working on it". Plot twist, they didn't they had it high price until they got review bombed and lowered the price to 99 cents (still to expensive) they delivered none of their promises for the game and scammed thousands of people by abandoning the game and using the money they got from that project on Draconia. They will never admit that they were scamming and will constantly deny and claim it just didn't work out even though the game was doing decently until they abandoned it under the disguise of a public hiatus to focus on the games development at their own pace. But it was Levia Draconia (the lead of Draconia) that created Archotek out of spite towards the isle due to being fired (and broken up with) and scammed those people for the money to work on Draconia. Buying Draconia would be like buying a game made by the developer of Stomping Lands. Its a losing gamble and they shouldn't be trusted until they prove they can finish the basics of a functional game, they are proven scammers and game abandoners.

[@vertraeumtemoewe]

Let’s hope they maybe don’t do this anymore. It is kinda hard and you hear everywhere in that genre that the devs do this.. it’s kinda understandable but also sad. *me looking angry at DoD*. Let’s hope. I guess I will have a look into Draconia if they have finished the game

[@splitdragon3004]

@@vertraeumtemoewe DoD hasn't abandoned their game and run off with the money yet like the Draconia devs have done before. I believe you missed the whole point of this comment. Draconia isn't finished, its barely a game and Draconia has a history of scamming people then running with the money

[@XKINGDobie]

This game still doesnt have basic combat, its so fucking lame.

[@mustard9808]

Holy shit, yeeeees! I was wondering if I was the only person out there that knew this information. I literally wrote up a whole video to call them out for it, but they got a staff member of the server to message me and do a sort of "crowd control," make me feel good by promising to unban me. I don't think they ever did. So yeah I paid $20 for Archotek, got banned from the Steam page for saying Draconia will end up the same way, and then banned from the Discords of Archotek and Draconia because they recognized my Steam name from my Discord name, they were the same. They know what they're doing.

[@dragondoghorse]

I personally like the chill flying-as-a-creature games, and my favorite mythical creatures are dragons. But when I saw some of the gameplays of Draconia here on KZbin, the flying mecanics were a huge turn down for me. If they had been the same or better than Days of Dragons, I might have bought it just for the thrill of flying as a dragon around the map. But now that I know the scam history behind the development of this game, I don't think I'll ever will.

[@midnaphai]

Check out Century: Age of Ashes. The flying in this game feels amazing, it's fast paced pvp don't know how much of the pve is done yet but the game was a lot of fun ^^

[@DraconiaGame]

Thanks for checking out our game again! The KZbin search is unfortunately not always accurate. We noticed a lot of videos don't show up in the search especially if they have been uploaded by small KZbinrs. It often takes a while to find these. We are not sure what the minimum requirements are for these content creators to show up in the search results but if they are on our Discord they can share their videos there. Draconia is not an MMO but an MORPG. MMOs are made to support a way larger amount of players per server and we are not going for that. The current maximum amount is 60 players per server and we are building it to allow people to play it solo or in small groups rather than large raids. Btw the clams can always be found in the sand piles. Some of them are just rarer than others. If you prefer the survival aspect, people host PvP only/survival servers but combat is currently the weakest part when it comes to the characters themselves but will be tackled in the future.

[@zathtanks]

MMO is short for mmorpg,what is morph in your words

[@DraconiaGame]

MMO is a much larger scale in terms of player base than what we are going for. @@zathtanks

[@ashleyvan4197]

your game also doesn't come up when literally last week I searched "dragon" in steam for a game just like this.

[@DraconiaGame]

Oh that is weird. We will have a look at it. @@ashleyvan4197

[@RPGTKingpin]

@@zathtanks MMO and MO are a difference in scale. MMORPG is Massively Multiplayer Online RPG. MORPG is just Multiplayer Online RPG [as opposed to Multiplayer Offline RPG which would have been your oldschool splitscreen multiplayer games you used to play on consoles before online games became a thing]. MMOs usually have player counts in the hundreds or thousands [example: World of Warcraft servers.] MORPGs in contrast tend to range between 24 and 120, with the really ambitious ones going for 200 [The Isle has been trying to push for that, though so far every example I've heard of has been extremely laggy and unreliable.] Hopefully this has clarified the conversation for you.

[@sloNGrimey]

Dragon games suffer from lack of content and replay value.

[@gwit4051]

Because the gameplay looks ass, especially the flight system. I can only see myself playing this game if it goes on a massive sale or if they make the flying look waaaay less awkward.

[@vertraeumtemoewe]

Huh, what are you talking about? The game looks beautiful. The flying system one maybe might not be for you, but the graphic thing I don’t understand. For me it’s going to be on the Wishlist and maybe someday I will look into it. Depends on content. Like Käto I like survival a bit more. But the game itself looks good

[@gwit4051]

@@vertraeumtemoewe I said gameplay, not graphics. Graphically it looks nice, but from what I've seen the main thing you do in the game is go around doing Path of Titans-esque quests, which is extremely boring. And with the flight also looking boring, not even the downtime between quests would be engaging. It's a pretty game, but it does not look like a fun game.

[@cfowler7936]

@@gwit4051 There's a crab that spits icey plumes which is neat. Matches the range attacks players have to keep them a threat. Won't call that a game saver but its a nice feature.

[@pasteldreams5413]

Ever since I was a kid, I've always wanted a dragon survival game. Seeing all these games come out now as an adult is a dream come true. I would have absolutely eaten all of these games up as a child, like I did with The Isle when it initially came out. But my standards are much higher now. I need good flight that doesn't feel floaty, good animations, and a solid gameplay loop that isn't boring. Most importantly, I need a map that doesn't feel empty. So far, no dragon game has achieved all of these things, Draconia included, so I haven't bothered with it or any others. The Wings of Dawn seems the most promising to me and I am keeping an eye on it, but all the other dragon games are forgettable, even despite how badly I've wanted games like them since I was a kid.

[@mikeruiz7846]

Another one worth keeping your eyes on is the Dragon Game Project(the name is def a placeholder xd)There already are some vids showcasing the game so far

[@katshi8197]

I really hope that the developer of Dragontwin can finish the game.

[@ArioftheDarkness]

because it's empty. That's why.

[@modernmarrow1411]

I'm ngl, this game is extremely boring lol - the only thing the game has got going for it is customization. It tells you very little of how to play the game or what the goal is, the UI is not great and is quite confusing to me. You basically need someone to guide you to get started and I'm not really for that.

[@chartexart7079]

I've been playing this game on and off for a good long while now. I've been on their discord for even longer. I have 121hrs on this game, I know that other long time players have way more but I think I can give a pretty good opinion on Draconia. Before my thoughts on this game are read, I want it to be known that I do like this game and look forwards to it making real progress. Pros- Visually, this game is really gorgeous to look at. The map is nice and is using assets that they have made themselves. The flora and fauna are all original and works cohesively with the dragons. Which is a nice change from other dragon and dino games (where bright fantasy vibes come in) feel odd and very much out of place to the world they are set in. Beautiful models. Not just the playbles and soon to be NPCs but also the plants and buildings. Which isn't much of a surprise as the main dev is an artist. The community is pretty small but it is also a nice one. If you want help in-game, you will often find it either with players that are logged in or if you go to the discord. Keep in mind that the player base does feel younger so older players, like myself, feel a little out of place. Lots of update pings in the discord. Most of these updates are about remodelling and texture at the moment. As I was writing up this comment, they put up a ping for the trello board. Plenty of things on the map to gather for XP. You can carry low level/ small characters. The photo mode is something I typically find quite fun to mess around with. Fast travel. You need to find and activate each gate/ waystone in order to use them. You will also need to memorise the names of the locations. Flight system. Most of the other players really like the way flight is handled in this game. For me though I'm used to fast paced flying games with a highly responsive flight system and everything feels snappy and sharp. I'm putting this as a pro because the majority of the player base really like it. Cons- Game play is extremely bare bones. There is hunger and thirst but it is only really something to worry about as a low level/ slow moving character. Eating and drinking feels like it's simply there for the sake of it. Personally I think it would be better to not have these things as a "need" but something that you can do as a interaction with the environment. No kind of indication on where to go to find anything and what to do. A new player has ZERO clues on where to go for getting quests, let alone where on the map to go to fulfil those quests. Having to rely on experienced players is pretty bad. This really is my biggest gripe about this game. Visual indicators on a map are a very important element for MORPGs and this game has none. There's no mini map in game. Yes, there is a map that was made by a player on the discord but there is nothing in the game itself. Personally I think that adding quest markers is a bigger priority than remodelling more playable creatures, simply so new players can actually get started without NEEDING to ask other players and then they may feel a bit happier about staying around to keep up with progress. Using fast travel can be a pain if you find it hard to memorise location names and where they are in relation to each other. Questing is biased against land dragons. Most of the dragons fly but there are also a few that don't. As a low level land dweller, questing is a very slow grind. It's almost to the point that it's painful. You can level up so much faster as a flyer than you can as a land based dragon. One hour on a flyer feels much nicer and productive than an hour on the others. The location of the quest givers and their quests take a long time to get to. I don't know if it is planned to have some smaller and easier to reach quests for those that are small, slow and can't fly. I enjoy playing as flyers AND as the land ones, but I feel punished when I pick something that can't fly. Most of my hrs in this game have been spent on trying to level up said land dwellers. Fear of abandonment. The devs worked on a dinosaur game previously. That game was abandoned in favour of working on this one. When devs (in general) do this, they have cast a shadow that wont leave them until they have actually completed a couple games afterwards. As MORPGs are not small and simple games to make, this shadow is going to take a long time to leave. I know the dev team is small and works on the game in their spare time and can't pump out as much work as a fulltime team. I'm just stating that in the world of game development, ditching a game that you've not finished but have put up for sale, leaves a very hard to remove stain on your game portfolio. I last played in Nov 2023 so I don't know first hand if any of my things listed under "cons" have been updated. I will have to play again soon, if it is only to test out the new playable.

[@Pixelifications]

Hey, thanks for sharing your thoughts! Helpful for me as someone who has wanted to try the game since it's debut on Steam but has still held off due to general skepticism. The flight system seems to be a bit underwhelming to me and I noticed you mentioned other games you've played with a more "snappy" or responsive flight. When you have the time, could you suggest any titles for me to check out? I love games with good flight mechanics but they seem so few and far in between. Two favorites of mine as a guiding example would be the Griffon flight in Guild Wars 2, as well as the "realistic flight" mod for Ark (and the base-game flight style of the griffons.) Cheers mate! :)

[@kamimaru587]

Im personally not a fan of how the flight feels, it feels very floaty, especially with the main 4 legged dragon, and the animations feel stiff. also I want there to be more of a purpose, like obviously I know growth is the goal. But I want a bit of story along side it and more of a reason for doing what youre doing. at the moment it feels like a bit of an empty dragon themed chat room where you slowly grow as opposed to a fleshed out mmo

[@trickywitchez]

I think it's worth adding more types of dragons. for example, it would be cool to control a sea dragon. He would be able to swim quickly, but let’s say he wouldn’t be able to fly, but jumping out of the water and being nimble in it would compensate for that (well, plus, he could go out onto land..). Next, I would make a gradation in the sizes of the dragons. Perhaps the creation of smaller but faster dragons. Small dragons would be more agile and, for example, would gain speed faster. But large specimens, on the contrary, are slow to gain speed, but they can rise high and, when diving, gain shocking speed! In general, I would increase the flight speed in this game, it seems like the dragons don't fly, they swim in jelly...

[@lucindax2519]

This game looks way better than DOD. Please read if want more information Edit: DOD is not a great game, it had a new update. But you know the drill every new update new bugs. And they have not fixed it. The map is just trees and land. Dragons are extremely unbalanced. I bought a DLC and it is so easy to kill. And it’s money and another free dragon can 1 shot it. It wasn’t expensive and I don’t want it to be a pay to win game. But I would not recommend DOD. Exactly like why Kato didn’t really like it. Also, great job Kato keep up the great work! ❤

[@RandomMackem0069]

Well on the contrary I recommend DoD especially when the mega map is working and no DoD looks far better than draconia

[@splitdragon3004]

I would rather recommend DoD than a game created off the scam and abandonment of one of their other games. Draconia devs are known for abandoning game and milking money before abandoning their games

[@vertraeumtemoewe]

@@splitdragon3004nope. Please all but do not recommend DoD xD I mean there is progress. Slowly. Somewhere. Taking more time then needed. *gham* but don’t feel well. I am sad I Spended them money. Sadly my bad

[@maxximus6418]

I believe you picked the Acid Spitter Drake, it is not meant to be a tank, just because something is in a game doesn’t mean it can withstand the strongest attacks, it needs to be played correctly, and you are doing the opposite, so don’t even start with your stupidity

[@RandomMackem0069]

@@vertraeumtemoewe it’s £15-16, you’re not losing anything buying the game

[@SOLIDShift_VI]

The reason is because it's BORING. . . the simplest answer.

[@aspen_dragon]

great video!!!!! i honestly really love draconia so far and i know a lot of people don't want to invest or regret buying it because it's still in pretty early stages of development with few real gameplay elements and the devs could simply stop working on it at any time BUT. the flight mechanics and the dragon models and animations are seriously top tier in my opinion and as someone who has always very badly wanted to experience the feeling of flying as a dragon this game has given me immense enjoyment for over two years now! :) i would certainly be very sad if development was randomly halted, as i think the game has a lot of potential, but frankly i'm not worried; the devs are super active in their discord server and updates are always being shared, patches have been constantly added for all of the time i've owned the game, a full, detailed roadmap of all planned features has been posted, and even beyond that, as an enormous dragon fan, the game has already been worth the $35 i spent on it. PLUS the community is very kind and cool in my experience and even though i don't really know anybody that well it's always easy to hop on and make conversation while you explore :3

[@Lady-Moosh]

Kickstarter fail, mechanics demo wasn't hopeful, progress is everywhere but not seeing it in motion for forever, staff mocking other early access games they were on discord servers for Lots of reason.

[@scarletwarlock9325]

Are you talking about Day of Dragons?

[@HoroGamingx]

Because devs don't support content creators :)

[@Crazy_Sue]

I looked at it back in the day, and I too thought it was a survival game, but it's not. So I'll pass. All I want is a dragon survival game. Let me explore a big open world, (with map and mini map!), hunt other dragons/creatures, and nest in my friends as baby dragons to raise. I want to see my own dragon flight take to the skies and defend our territory from other flights. I want to sit atop a mountain ridge and look down over my territory with my husband (who I met playing dinosaur survival games) and watch the sun set as our brood fly off to make their own territories and flights. That is what I want. but, when we had a chance for that... we got Day of Dragons...... a scam.

[@alexrajczyk2450]

I would so play Draconia if the game came to consoles if the future. I literally do not understand why these types of games don't come to consoles. And a dragon game such as this id deffo ove to play, but unfortunately I can't due it only being for PC. If it came to consoles, it would literally be a dream come true.

[@splitdragon3004]

People don't play it because the devs are known for abandoning their games after getting money

[@alexrajczyk2450]

@@splitdragon3004 oh

[@aktrya1782]

It’s way more expensive to develop for consoles and the software has to be approved by the company that owns the system. That’s also expensive. I’d never port my games to a console it doesn’t make enough money.

[@echotrash466]

For me, I'm just waiting on passive growth so that I don't have to try and figure out how to level up instead of just growing up like a living creature. Also, you rarely see people play the land based creatures, like the naga serpent looking dragon. Probably cuz it's a bit slow and it can't fly and see where to go. I rarely play cuz everything is slow. Sure the map is pretty, sure the dragons are also just as pretty, but I want a fun experience. Also, farming crabs to me is very boring, especially when you don't got a clue where they even are. Plus, the collectable things are not client sited, and that means that you may have to wait eons before something respawns and hope that nobody else is trying to collect the same thing.

[@rama-n-i]

There still isn’t a bannerlord or single player experience of this style of games, Maneater is the only one I can think of. Nothing wrong with this style but I myself get tired of other people or having to play online all the time. Completely my opinion and subject to change

[@cfowler7936]

The night time is just irritatingly dark and every time I load into a server is pitch black. I do like the custom stuff the dragons have but I find it to be a bit of a speed bump when it comes to pacing of the game. It needs a randomiser or colour plates to speed up customisation for those just wanting to jump right in. I haven't been on for a bit but last I played I found the speed land creatures to be a real slog and not at all enjoyable to play as. What didn't help was the price this game launched its EA state in on Steam sitting at $30 Is the game terrible? No, but it has a lot of creeses that need ironing out.

[@queendracodharriott]

Its got great mechanics and looks graphically pleasing for sure! I tried it out for myself a few years back, but haven't returned because not much has happened yet. Just waiting on the game to finish a bit more, like combat and tasks, was a glorified chat room last I played. But if theres more to do now, Id be happy to jump back in.

[@ranboo5339]

I have bought and played Draconia. It is not worth the price it was when i bought it, for a tiny dragon i was it took an hour to get to level 2. When doing a quest you never know where things are. If you are watning to buy this game i would wait for it to get farther into updating.

[@Glitch0Angel]

No console plans so I respectfully didn't keep an interest, if that changes I'll try it

[@travismcallister3688]

Why? Because it's not on consule. And they have no plans to come to consule.

[@platinumwarrior1309]

I’m sure they’re few reasons people wouldn’t play it. Not being on Xbox or PlayStation is one of the biggest factors

[@LoOnyCal]

we are not playing it because we already got scammed by day of dragons..

[@scarletwarlock9325]

Draconia isnt a scam.

[@guyver-9717]

​@@scarletwarlock9325i agree

[@sevvy3008]

im really hopeful that Draconia will eventually be similar to Istaria which is why I have supported them, Istaria is such a cool game, I grew up with it, however, its older graphics style is in need of an update and Draconia is hopefully that!

[@Kassian0x0]

Having recently delved into draconia hard, i think its main draw is for those who like building and making their hoard and collecting shinies, the core dragon experience imo but not for everyone! tbf this game doesnt market itself as another Day of Dragons, it offers itself as a relaxing dragon MMO with worldbuilding being its main feature, the lore of the game being built and having supported it for a few years before delving into it, i think its coming along great even tho progress is slow, theyre putting their all into it.

[@towballbamford575]

If all these titles want to take right off they should go to console aswell and watch them explode

[@splitdragon3004]

They cant get on console because their dev is known for abandoning games

[@towballbamford575]

@splitdragon3004 im just saying it's why I reckon path of titans is doing so well because not many of these monster survival type games come to console

[@splitdragon3004]

@@towballbamford575 To go on console you need to prove that your game does well. Draconia was created by a dev that scams and abandons games, so they cant go to console

[@towballbamford575]

@splitdragon3004 I fully agree mate im just dying in general games that play like this I think would do better on console I don't mean this game specifically but I agree with you

[@CrazyLearningcrazy]

Hang in there, dracona… I’ll be playing you soon!!

[@robbertbobbert1177]

Because it’s unfinished, the devs are still making the main playable dragon species. The quests have yet to be made, the egg hatching, or battle. they’ve made a den building mode and a few of the dragons. It has better customization than any other animal game I’ve played. The game is far from done, put way less money in compared to DOD while fixing bugs as soon as they are found. I’ve played it more than once like DOD. It doesn’t drop you in the middle of nowhere flightless at the very beginning.

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

Because it's a fuckin chatroom. Has been since it was released.

[@MalonzeProductionsGaming]

Every single game like this. Dino. Dragon. Or animal. They are all dependant on players to make the game fun. There is nothing else butnto rp or pvp. Thats why i find these games boring. I would like a gane where you are a dragon, but can have a story to follow. Cities or raid or burn. Npc dragons to fight. Or other creatures in general. Even make a cave as your den and fill it with items like gold from the raided villages. Or bones of burnt victims. Ect Most of these ganes do bare minimum.

[@sadrainynights]

Been waiting to buy it 🤞🏻☺️ looooove dragons

[@Karfunkelfuchs]

I love dragons and have always wanted to play a game with dragons. But this one just didn't appeal to me. The dragons are nice, but I don't like all the animations. Some of them look very stiff. For example, look at "More than Human" (an indie game in development) and look at the animations of the eastern dragon and then look at the eastern dragon of Draconia... Also, the way you move (no free camera) bothers me enormously. I don't really like the gameplay either, as it literally doesn't exist atm, as already mentioned here.

[@tacticianlyra4351]

They lost me when they threw in non-dragon playables. And frankly, with what I'm reading here in the comments, I suspect the boot's doing to drop on them eventually.

[@TAiiNE]

I do play it but at the moment its like a gflorified chat room. You can level your dragon in 2 hours killing crabs (I';ve sped run challenged myself a few), no point in doing any of the quests. And once you hit 50 there's not much to do outside roam around, farm tuns of mats and maybe build something that needs to be upkept often or it decays. But it is in pre alpha, so its expected atm that there isn't much, they are focusing on getting the dragon models down and the mechanics before focusing on gameplay and level design. So in that it makes sense, we just have a very, VERY early access to it.

[@Eudry-i5h]

Dis gon be dope been waiting for this one

[@lucindax2519]

Indeed

[@IntrovertedPotato]

What are your graphic settings? That shot of you flying towards the sunset/sunrise at 6:37 is absolutely gorgeous.

[@KatoGameplays]

EPIC

[@zerada00]

You can play this game as single player, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO IN IT. It's a big red flag and people are not catching onto it.

[@alienstar2088]

Personally, I'd rather wait for a game called Wings of Dawn, another Draconic rpg/survival game. Draconia looks beautiful don't get me wrong but, without crucial elements of pvp I don't see myself playing it. On the other hand, I also don't play Day of Dragons because of similar issues however, my issues with that game is that it feels less like a Dragon Survival game and more of a Death Match game. Comparing these two games with the concept of Wings of Dawn is drastic, Wings of Dawn attempts to give players the survival gameplay in every survival game but furthermore, actually incorporates Draconic myth as gameplay options such as raiding player villages, hoarding gold and slaying heroes and other Dragons. To me, that's what a Dragon game should be. It shouldn't just be (Insert Dinosaur Survival game here) with Dragons. It should seek to make the fantasies of Dragons made real (heh).

[@Setuaro]

The "why" of it isn't a mystery. The game just isn't intuitive for actually *playing* it. There's a quest here and there from what I saw on YT but it's so vague you'd easily miss it without a handwritten guide by the devs to tell you where the givers are. Don't get me wrong. I know it's a pre-alpha, the absolute embodiment of a barebones game in development and I can imagine this could become quite popular if they do things correctly. Combat needs to be engaging, flying needs to be interesting instead of holding W and pointing your mouse up & down, maybe not a minimap persay but a "charted" map kind of thing might at least be a proper improvement on nothing. For aerial gameplay, they can perhaps take some inspiration from a mixture of WoW's Dragonriding, GW2 Griffon flying and even Century: Age of Ashes- another dragon game that has some very fun gameplay at its core. Of course, like mentioned before, I know it's pre-alpha and EVERYTHING is subject to change. Right now it's inhabited by people who just want to make their pretty dragon 'sonas, see what the game is about or the frequent Roleplayer living out their dreams RP'ing a dragon. The game has certain piqued my interest, while I do not yet see myself supporting the game by throwing my money at it, I am curious to see where it will go. See whether or not they change mechanics entirely or just make small adaptation after adaptation. Additionally, the comment section seems quite adamant of the previous game being a scam so that's now a new thing for me to factor in once I've done some research of my own.

[@Rainygirl3100]

I bought Draconia during a steam sale awhile back, played it for about 10 minutes wondering where the tutorial was, and refunded as soon as I tried flying. Flight and gliding is a huge part of the enjoyment of being a dragon and you really have to get those physics right to immerse players. Maybe the game will improve later on in development (IF it gets developed, given what happened to Archotek), but right now Draconia is absolutely not worth any price higher than $5. Instead I'm keeping my eyes on Wings of Dawn and Path of Titans' dragon mods, since all the other attempts at dragon games seem to have dishonest developers or various other issues.

[@OldKnightSai]

This is literally just "Dragon chatroom simulator" There is nothing to do. This game has been in development for over 2 years and it's still "Gather 10 rocks". There is nothing going on for it. Even the RP scene is just 12 elitist jerks living out their "Wings of Fire" fantasy trying to get you to ERP. It's not worth the price tag...

[@Altessa1]

Dude why is this game 10$ 😮‍💨

[@EchoesOfExtinction]

Interesting to see so many games progressing in this creature survival genre! Great review friend

[@s.t.5915]

We will not return to Draconia until they actually add gameplay. Sure the game looks pretty and the customization is nice but besides that they really have nothing going for the game. All we can do currently is customize and reach lvl 50. It took them nearly 2 years to release 2 new playable creatures(though we can't complain seeing that Day of Dragons takes 2-3 years in between new playables). Most patches that came out have been unnecessary patches that include shells, or eggs, or small bug fixes, or unnecessary map work. The game is boring. The leveling system is boring. There aren't enough animations and sound effects, pvp is worse than Day of Dragons somehow, it's just not a good time. As much as we want to like this game, its not gonna happen until they add some stuff. I'm really hoping that Wings of Dawn releases with enough content to last us a while when it releases but even that isn't guaranteed. Edit: Not to mention the animations and flying mechanics suuuuuuuuck

[@tommyhayes8702]

Draconia is not a game, not in any real sense. What it has done is captured the attention of some children and the attention of those with childlike mentalities. The comment section below is filled almost exclusively with children who can't formulate cogent sentences in the first place, and have not yet developed the cognitive skills needed to assess this project's developers as having bitten off more than they can chew. Given this indie developer's past, it is untrustworthy. But children, and those who share their mentality, see only that it's pretty and they want it. There is no meat on these dragon's bones at the moment and, until there is, I'd advise steering quite clear of it. I fear they developer is a grifter, praying on the simple desires of children and their ability to extract $15 from their parents to continue funding whatever it is that's being done with the money. If this isn't true, if the developer is serious, it is trivially easy to dispel the notion by putting meat on the bones, or communicate more clearly with your audience about your intentions, lay out your plans, and follow through.

[@_rakia_921]

Because there is simply plenty of better looking animal survival games, with much better environment and animations... so I will probably play it, when it evolves a little bit more.. plus like you said, its like Path of titans, but without the tension of the survival pvp..

[@SkyDragonThe]

What game? An update where they add a new dragon isnt cool. Theres no Ai, no quests, nothing to look at except your character model. What is there to play? Erp with the furries who wonder what youre doing on their turf? lol

[@crusaderpr7683]

is weird they add tthe MMO since they keep advertising it as survival with quest like path of titans i only play MMORPG like Istaria because of the story an MMO without RPG is going to be the most bare bone as$ game ever because it simply doesnt have anything to retain the player unless the developers keep adding more stuff Kato forget about this game play Istaria instead

[@lukas8708]

Dragon: the Game cured my from supporting unfinished dragon games. Finish it first.

[@vittoriacoriel]

Beautiful but lacks novelty and variety. It feels like Ark but with less random Dino encounters.

[@iwillhaveyourorder5174]

followed this game for years but never bought it for 1 main reason. no actual gaming content. cool mmrpg game style yet no content to fight or do besides POT "collect shit" style content. theyre focusing on the wrong things, they keep adding more dragons which is cool and all but it wont burst the game in popularity for a new dragon added. like another commenter said, its just a chat room. its focused towards roleplayers then anything else

[@BelgianWaffle6791]

Draconia is no better than DOD when it comes to content. Both games have ass pvp and mechanics, and terrible flying and sound effects. Draconia does show promise. But i hope after redoing the models for their current creatures that they shift focus to adding more gameplay mechanics, and redoing their combat system and battle mechanics.

[@Littlebittykitty]

Just watching the first few seconds of gameplay has me totally turned off and I have been thinking "there really isnt much here so how is this fun?"

[@justintaylor4076]

Thiers just is not the emphasis on the models and senes alone. In a video game, you have a multi-directional thing going on. It's because thiers no aminal like mechanics. Everything still stale and going through trees instead of into them. Not enough dynamic to its self to form a proper good looking hole.

[@dparvulus]

Never played it, and for me it's the animation, not detailed enough. No landing and taking off animations just to mention. Could have been done better.

[@juanchavez5431]

Home boy repeated the same thing over and over in different words 😂… tells me everything I need to know about the game

[@craigmoodyjr6696]

To put it bluntly, the game is boring. Like watching paint dry, even if the paint is pretty.

[@tiso_28]

Are you brazilian? Your whole steam screen and youtube is in br portuguese

[@Sintan666]

Doesnt look any different than day of dragons, textures are very flat and look like plastic

[@Jenny-ue3jt]

i feel like draconia has a lot of potential and at some point i might get it but i want to wait a while longer. I always wanted a good dragon survival game to come out but thats just not really a reality atm 🤔 I`ve played day of dragons and i gotta say I`m very disappointed by it 😪

[@meyatetana2973]

I don't like the dragon survival games they made eating far to annoying so it feels like that's all you do and I just assumed Draconia was the same thing so didn't bother with it

[@lumiilee6021]

Games pretty... but theres legit nothing to do unless you google everything because theres no map, nothing to point you in the right direction. Its doing poorly

[@DextersAprentis]

It’s looks absolutely gorgeous but the flight mechanics are not as good as day of dragons. I hope both games continue to grow

[@chrome187ify]

no one is playing hey you want it played put that great game on ps5 bro lmaoo i will gladly play the hell out of it!!!

[@DraconiInfernalus]

i would love to see a finished game not anything that is half baked out and still in developing mode for how long now? no need to pay for games like that when they probably never will be finished. i cant see anything that is interesting to me to play this game. even if i love dragons

[@rynoventer2433]

The reason why some us ain't playing this game is because it is a pc only game we want it on other platforms also pc is to expensive get it on console

[@sergiubuta5381]

What about Gods of Fire? also a dragons game. the graphics looks great

[@rebeccawilliams4485]

maybe people dont play dragon games because they are mostly for pc and not any console best bet if there were dragon games on xbox id get them i wish days of dragon was on xbox

[@magentalizard1250]

No good dragon games yet Emberfall was the coolest and it died in it's sleep

[@sushi513]

To answer your question; too boring for me personally.

[@mothman20]

People really prefer to play a glorified chat room of a dragon game over this

[@Phantom-lj6pf]

I know what RPG stands for but what's MMO

[@chrome187ify]

put that great game on the consoles it will get played lol

[@JakeJohnson-j8z]

I’m too broke to buy the game 😭😭

[@TheAmenez]

1.75x speed for average speech cadence

[@Mugelbbub16]

Not playing because I can't

[@blacklives7886]

what video do you plan on making after hitting 10K?

[@KatoGameplays]

A goodbye video 🙂

[@poseidon3292]

B cause they prefer Day of Dragons

[@ahmadferdawsamin3349]

Idk how to play this game?

[@L_CapriSon]

Only PC???

[@KatoGameplays]

only pc :(

[@renem.4249]

The reason why i dont play this one is simply bc the flight-system to me doesnt feel immersive enough but rather wonky. u dont feel the weight of the creature, u dont feel the momentum, u dont have to manage ur velocity by flapping occasionally, u dont have to learn flying really so theres no challenge in mastering it, u dont have to develop a feeling for ur dragons turning and such aswell as u dont feel the wind rushing past u and ur wings. everything that would make flight just exiting all over isnt there for me. Day of Dragons somewhat went in the right direction even tho theres alot of aspects that even there make flight-physx rather weird. animationwhise the movement of the dragons to me seems a bit off and since i mostly enjoy survival games with pvp this isnt it for me. id rather have to actually hunt something and roast it before consuming the body. sadly this game went very much towards too much fantasial aspects and all which even less made up the immersion for me aswell as letting the dragons rather seem like cute and harmless creature instead of the fire-breathing winged monsters they are. ofc one could say not all dragons are monsters, sure but a creature having all the features of a predator yet nothing in its playstyle and such that makes it actually feel like one is rather a disappointment. i personally need something more "believable" than this. The idea of customaziation is a good base but the execution could be better. maybe at some point they go into a direction thats more attractive for me as so far im rather disappointed by the dragon-games that there are on the market all across

[@ThefantasyWithin-yk1oe]

In my opinion this game is trash and a DOD is way better

[@vertraeumtemoewe]

I think you can’t compare those 2 games with each other. Day of Dragons is an Survival Game while Draconia more is an MMO kind of game. You could maybe say you don’t like this one. It’s okay if you like DoD more. That’s your free opinion. Just try to see the genre or what the game itself wants to be. For me I have to say DoD is a little bit disappointing. The devs showing so less. I am not willed to pay them anymore. It has potential but they always say they want to fix things, they bring an update and whoop! Nothing fixed. It’s just sad

[@cfowler7936]

DoD - AFK simulator

[@DaviNeto-j3y]

​@@cfowler7936 Dude, you don't know what it's like to create a game from scratch especially with a small team. As long as you're not a hater who can't put the game aside and focus on other things.

[@DaviNeto-j3y]

​@@vertraeumtemoewe Update 1.0 was not supposed to be without bugs, they are improving the game little by little with each new update the bugs disappear. The guys are killing themselves to make the game better than before. You just need to be patient, everyone who follows the game knows that they are doing their part, now we just need to be patient, no game with a small team can make big updates soon.

[@aktrya1782]

Fake dragon gamer/ bait

[@grendel8342]

because every single one sucks

[@nguyensang-ml8fo]

if you tried Day of Dragons , then u dont wanna play this fake mechanic dragons game

[@aktrya1782]

DoD is boring as hell. I moved from DoD to Draconia because of that

[@canislunaticus]

4:48 I was confused as well when I started but once you start flying around you eventually recognize landmarks that help you pinpoint different useful locations, and a lot of things like quest stones and resources can be spotted from the sky.

[@canislunaticus]

Also yeah asking people in global chat is helpful, if you're in the active server there's always someone willing to help and people are generally really helpful!

[@Turtlepower08]

We're can I get this game?

[@canislunaticus]

@@Turtlepower08 Steam

[@dragonfairytail]

I play Genshin Impact and what I'm missing is a story to continue playing if I wanted to play Draconia. just like Genshin Impact and even Star Stable Online, there is a story in the games and then becoming stronger to defeat enemies and I don't see that here yet and that is the difference

[@derpy_j]

I think if creature based games expanded to consoles also, they wouldn't flop as much. Path of Titans did as such and its now one of the main 3 dino games to play, and it has more players due to the fact its not just bound to PC. I'd give anything for a dragon game on console, as long as its not DOD or Century: Age of Ashes

[@sachi95]

I do think another thing that would make the community bigger Is to realese this game for consoles...ive spent a year following this game on Twitter hoping for a console realese but i think It Will never come..yet It would make the community much bigger (in My opinion)

[@garbgge]

because the game SUCKS

[@heatherfleeman8406]

I would if it was on xbox