Dragons Crown is a game that was released in 2013 for the PS3 and Vita and was a bit of a side scrolly hack and slashy affair and if there's one thing I can't be mad about it's the game itself. If you haven't played Dragons Crown I would totally suggest picking up a copy and giving it a spin, it's really fucking fun.
So ATLUS did this a while ago with a similar game called Odin Sphere which was awesome. The original Odin Sphere came out on PS2 and playing a PS2 game on a modern TV can look a bit crappy, which was a shame for a game with such a beautiful art style. Not only did it get a bit of a facelift though, it came with some extra content and tweaks to game play which made it worth buying. I have no problem re releasing an older game if it has some, even just a little, extra or different shit in it to warrant the purchase.
Dragons Crown on the other hand is a different tale. This is a game from just the last generation that looks just fine on the PS3. It's not like the PS4 can do all that much to improve the look of that game really, the generational face lift is not needed here. It feels like that sort of pointless remake that's put out just to milk a bit of extra money from the fans, kind of like the "HD" version of The Last of Us. Not only that though but from what I can tell after reading some of the news stories about this game, there is NOTHING new in terms of content. The only thing I can find is that it contains all the original games original features. It's a fucking sad day when the fact that we're not having anything removed from a remake is noteworthy.
Unless for some weird reason you don't own a PS3 (or a Vita), don't buy the £50 pro edition of the game. Just go find a PS3 or Vita version in a store or on Amazon or something. At time of writing the original PS3 version is available on Amazon for like £30 so save yourself the money and get the exact same game at a much lower price.
Finally the thing that irks me is the name. It's not Dragons Crown: Remaster, it's Dragons Crown Pro Edition. With a name like that you'd expect it to be tweaked to be harder or something. Like, the PS2 SMT RPG Lucifer's Call (Or Nocturne depending on where you're from) in Japan has something called a "maniacs edition". This is the version that featured slightly tougher combat, an extra hard as fuck side quest and Dante from Devil May Cry. There's nothing "pro" about this version over the other one, it's just the same fucking game with some slightly better graphics.
Anyway, go try Dragons Crown because it's fucking sick, just don't pay out the nose for this version and grab it on PS3. ATLUS have been good in the past with shit like P4G so don't let them get away with this crap.
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