Crimson Dragon delivers (largely) on-rails shooting action, all from the back of a winged dragon. Fans of the Panzer Dragoon series will likely find the most to like here. There’s a certain amount of sense to this, given the source of inspiration. It feels like the product of another time. There’s a lovely sheen to the visuals, but beneath this is a clunky interface of menus and button prompts that feels out of place alongside the other Xbox One launch titles. This spiritual successor to the Panzer Dragoon series may be an Xbox One launch title, but it feels every inch like an Xbox 360 game that’s been spit-shined and held back to fatten the new console’s day one lineup.

What is it with console launches offering up dragon flight simulators that aren’t nearly as awesome as that combination of words suggests? It happened on the PlayStation 3 with Lair and it happens again on the Xbox One with Crimson Dragon.Ĭheck your expectations, people. Presentation doesn't feel particularly “next-gen”įree-flight portions of the game suffer with lousy controls

Rewards trickle slowly, putting too much emphasis on microtransactions

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