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Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
File:Panzer Dragoon Zwei II Boxart.jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s)Team Andromeda
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Tomohiro Kondo
Producer(s)Tomohiro Kondo
Artist(s)Yoshida Kentaro
Composer(s)Yayoi Wachi
Junko Shiratsu
Teruhiko Nakagawa
Tomonori Sawada
SeriesPanzer Dragoon
Platform(s)Sega Saturn
Genre(s)Rail shooter
Mode(s)Single player

Panzer Dragoon II Zwei[1] is a rail shooter released exclusively for the Sega Saturn, it was the second Panzer Dragoon game released but it is a prequel of the series. It was developed by Team Andromeda, one of Sega's internal development studios. A PC version was planned for release on GameTap.[2]

Synopsis

The player takes control of Jean-Luc Lundi. Lundi lives in a superstitious village where mutant coolias are killed, but when Lundi discovers a mutant coolia with wings, he decides to keep it and let it live. Lundi names the coolia 'Lagi'. Lagi has a strange green glow in his throat.[3] After a few years the coolia begins to grow wings. Lundi takes the coolia out to try to get him to fly. On one occasion, when Lundi takes Lagi out, a huge ship called 'Shelcoof' controlled by Sestren destroys Lundi's village in an attempt to kill Lagi, who is possessed by the Heresy Program. Lagi's green glow grow's brighter and Lagi fires arrows of light from his mouth, the trademark attack of dragons from the ancient age. The lasers do not reach Shelcoof and Lundi begins to chase Shelcoof on Lagi's back. The ultimate goal of the game is to take down Shelcoof.

Gameplay

As with other Panzer Dragoon games (apart from Panzer Dragoon Saga), Zwei is a rail shooter. Each level has a certain amount of enemies that must be defeated with either Lundi's gun or Lagi's lasers. There is also the berserk attack, which is a rain of lasers from Lagi for a limited amount of time eliminating all enemies on screen. Zwei is considerably more in depth than Panzer Dragoon, with alternate routes to be taken and a dragon that evolves based on the player's performance.

Reception

IGN staff writer Levi Buchanan ranked Panzer Dragoon II Zwei fifth in his list of the top 10 Sega Saturn games, saying "The original Panzer Dragoon that flanked the Saturn at launch was nothing short of revelation. But this sequel improves on almost everything, offering better graphics, smoother animations, changing dragon forms, and branching routes."[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Zwei" is meant to be a reading for "II"--"zwei" is german for "two"--so "Panzer Dragoon II (read as 'zwei')" or "Panzer Dragoon Zwei" would be more appropriate. This was ignored with the localizations.
  2. ^ Klepek, Patrick (13 April 2007). "Panzer Dragoon and Sequel Coming to GameTap". 1UP.com. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. ^ Its a dragon PM (666-6-6). "L33t Dragoon Killa". FB. Retrieved 666-6-6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  4. ^ Buchanan, Levi (2008-07-29). "Top 10 SEGA Saturn Games". IGN. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
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