What that means is you fly into the screen but have very little control, you can move around for some minor dodging but your main objective is to move your reticule around and shoot the enemies that you encounter. You’re dropped into the action as you take control of the blue dragon and its rider in an on the rails shooter. There’s a far deeper lore of an evil empire that’s explored in the other games but it’s pretty thin here. The rider of the blue dragon takes a hit and hands his dragon to the man, your character, stating that the other dragon must not make it back to their base. He chases the monster down and encounters two dragons fighting. You play as a man who’s heading back to his village when he’s attacked by a monster. Again this is from a simpler time where 3D was in its infancy but there’s something to be said for laser focused gameplay. As such this is a much shorter game at just over an hour and the story is barely a factor, this is all about the gameplay. Panzer Dragoon is from the early 3D era, so rather than being an epic, story driven experience this is from a time when games were shorter, mimicking the arcade experience in the home. There aren’t many Saturn games that get the credit they deserve nor do we generally see them getting modern releases so this is a very welcome sight that will hopefully lead to more in the future.

The source code for all three Panzer Dragoon titles is lost to time supposedly, but that hasn’t stopped the original Panzer Dragoon getting the remake treatment and now it’s landed on the PS4. Octoin PS4 / Reviews tagged on rails / Panzer Dragoon / remake / Saga / Sega Saturn / shooter / short / Zwei by Gareth

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