Drakengard FAQ Version 1.0 =================================================================== Table of contents 1.Version Updates 2.A word from the author 3.The Characters 4.The Controls 5.The Battle System 6.The FAQ 7.Weapons 8.Battle Strategies and Tips ==================================================================== 1. VERSION UPDATES Version 1.0 March 11, 2004 Started writing the structure of this FAQ. Added some secrets And the basics and some tips. A later version will include the FAQ. ==================================================================== 2. A word from the author Hey there Square-Enix fans, the names Peter. I am an RPG hardcore Gamer whose been looking out for a while for decent RPGs as I Finished all recent Fantasies (FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, FFX,) though I haven't finished Unlimited Saga and Final Fantasy X-2 I Went on looking and found a new Square-Enix masterpiece Called Drakengard. Remember that this is my first time Writing a FAQ so lets just continue on with the FAQ. Tanks For reading this text. ==================================================================== 3.THE CHARACTERS Any Sqauresoft, Square-Enix game must be accompanied with Characters that will be remembered for generations (I am not Mentioning Kingdom Hearts here) so here are the characters You will be seeing throughout the game. Remember that this is yet To be completed. A. Caim Ummm did I see Squal or did I see Caim? In my opinion, Caim Really look like Squall in many ways. One way is that he is Main character you'll be controlling through most of the game. B. The Dragon Dragons do exist. This little fella here can shoot fireballs And can cause Armageddon. Caim finds him at the castle wounded And near death. That is when they both form a pact. C. Furiae The sister of Caim and also the goddess that guards the seal. A Dragon killed her parents in the past. I still can't Find more information about her. D. Inuart A guy who accompanies Furiae and protects her but he knows deep Inside that he can't. He also plays the Harp that somehow makes Furiae happy or in other words lets her forget the burden she Has. Remember when I said that Caim resembled Squall so Seifer Must be around somewhere... you guessed it, Inuart turns against Furiae in Chapter 4 and kidnaps her.... I am not going to spoil The story. E. Veldentel Also made a pact with a dragon and is also the guardian of the Four seals of the world. He is captured but is saved by Caim And joins Furiae. To be continued... ================================================================= 4. The Controls Drakengard also looks and feels like a replica of Dynasty Warriors Game but with the same old touches of Squaresoft, errr Square-Enix. Default In game controls GROUND CAIM MISSIONS Directional pad - Not used X - Jump o - not used square - attack triangle - weapon magic L1 - Dash left R1 - Dash Right L2 - Guard R2 - change stocked weapons L3 - Display enemy HP R3 - Display the Map START - pause SELECT - Summon the Dragon / Disembark the Dragon L3 - move around R3 - Change camera angle GROUND DRAGON MISSIONS X - speed up O - not used square - Fireball attack Triangle - Armageddon Attack L1 - dash left R1 - dash right L1 + R1 - 180 degree turn SELECT - Disembark Caim START - pause L3 - move around R3 - change camera angle L2 - not used R2 - not used ARIEAL DRAGON MISSIONS X - speed up O - not used square - Fireball attack / Multi-Fireball attack Triangle - Laser Beams Attack L1 - dash left R1 - dash right L3 - move around R3 - change camera angle R2 - Lock on enemy L2 - not used World Map controls X - confirm O - cancel triangle - return to mode selection Directional pad - move around the map Menu controls X - confirm O - cancel Directional pad - toggle between options Thats it for the controls but don't get confused because of the R3 and L3 because when you press R3 when your playing a stage, the Map menu will appear otherwise if you MOVE the R3 then you will change the camera angle.That also implies for the L3 button. ================================================================== 5. The Battle System Once again Square comes up the a new game in the genre ACTION/RPG this game looks like KH but has the same old idea of DW 4 but tweaked with new ideas and enviroments. So here we go, the battle system is in Real-Time which I think all of you are asking... Is there a battle screen? or is it on the field? well the answer is no and yes, the game is like Dynasty Warriors and Kingdom Hearts. how? I will show you the how... In the game, once you defeat an enemy by reducing his HP to zero you will see something like 12 EXP or 18 EXP, note that this is not DIRECTLY added to Caim.The Experience Points you gain from fighting an enemy is rewarded only after the mission and thats when Caim can level up depending on how many EXP you gained so far. The EXP is basically is gained from fighting but you can get EXP rewards depending on how many enemies you killed and how much of your HP was left after the mission ended. combining all of this you get your experience. The Dragon Status is something else, yes the dragon has levels but you can't level him. you can only RAISE his ATTACK POWER. It doesn't depend on EXP anymore because when you kill an enemy using the dragon in both ARIEAL AND GROUND missions you don't recieve EXP instead the game will get how many kills you have got and gets EXP depending on the amount of kills after each mission. So far I have advanced through the game and at chapter 4 a menu popped out after I finished one story mission saying that the Dragon has become level 2. I haven't done anything so I suppose its in the game. So want to level up your Dragon? then advance through the game and you'll see your Dragon growing up. Also the game utilizes deep in weapons, Caim can select up to seven weapons he can take and change from on mission before starting a mission. Weapons also have levels. The maximum level of a weapon is 4. Once you level up a weapong it gains more attack power and more combos plus others. The way to level up a weapon depends on how many kills you do with that weapon. say for example, you played through the first mission and scored== 154 kills using CAIM ONLY. Your weapons NEXT LEVEL says that after 153 kills your weapon will gain a level. you can check the NEXT LEVEL UP in the status menu when you press the R3 during the game. also you can't just level up your weapon like that, you still have to wait until the mission is over and thats when your weapon will gain the level if you reach the required kills. Not only do you improve your weapons parimeters when you level it up but it even changes its appearence as you level up. An exception to that is Caims Sword, it CANNOT change appearence no matter how many levels it has. The more you level up Caim the more HP he will have. Caims HP is represented by a small orange bar beside an eagle like at the lower left portion of the screen. If your HP bar is decreased to nothing then Caim will eventually die but at the game over screen you'll have an oppurtunity to continue or not. if you do then you'll start the mission you died in from the very start. Now The bar above your HP is your MP hehehe.... now the MP bar or bars don't increase when Caim levels up but when you level up your weapon. you can have a maximum of four bars each one representing an attack. Its better showing you than explaining.... ====-====-====-==== The above is the MP, I'am assuming that your weapon is at its maximum level which is 4. only the ==== are filled so when you have a ==== filled that means you can get to use your magic attack. so when your level 2 then your bar will be.... ====-==== The more bars you fill the more devastating the attack will be. The magic attacks depend on the weapon you are equiping during the mission.To fill your bars just kill or hit enemies, kinda like the musou bar in DW except that you can't press O and charge it. Same thing goes to the Dragon's triangle attack which I call Armageddon attack. The bars increase as the Dragons level increase so they are similar to the MP bar of Caim. Oh I think I forgot to tell you that once you unleash your triangle attack then you will lose a MP bar like this one ==== . Thats it for the battle system and I hope you really understand what I wrote above as I did not understand what I wrote myself. More to be discussed in later versions =================================================================== 6. THE FAQ UNDER CONSTRUCTION? =================================================================== 7. Weapons I will explain the weapons Caim can aquire in the game and and how can you get them and their explanations. UNDER CONSTRUCTION? =================================================================== 8. Battle Strategies As you can see in the intro movie once you start a new game, NEVER EVER give your back to your enemy as they can inflict big combos which can chip away your HP. THE EMPIRE SOLDIERS those guys are really resemble the heartless from Kingdom hearts except that the they are humans. These are basically the weakest enemies which you can kill in 4 hits at level 1 or 2. at level 9 you can kill them in two blows. TO BE CONTINUED.... =================================================================== Thanks for myself for writing this FAQ and I hope I will see helping hands in the making of this FAQ which I hope will grow to become the FAQ you need.Thanks to Square-Enix (I did it!) for creating a new revolutionary game for people like us. Please email me if you need to but I will not reply crap emails and any questions which are already answered hereas you are wasting my time which I intend to waste in the writing of this FAQ. Thank you for your cooperation and enjoy. =================================================================== END OF DOCUMENT