Panzer Dragoon
One the earlier Saturn games turns out to be one of the best. Sure it has a few problems in terms of the grainy video and some digitized textures. But the fantastic gameplay more than makes up for it's minor faults. Simply put it's a shooting game, but with some fun twists. First off the game is fully 3D. Meaning you're flying into the screen much like Star Fox on the SNES. You also have the ability to turn the camera all the way around your character and dragoon. Thus letting you take shots in a full 360 degrees. Enemies will attack you from any and sometimes all angles. The end of each stage leads you to an encounter with a giant boss. Whom often transforms his shape and has numerous points to destroy. Simple and definitely sweet. But don't expect an easy time. The last set of stages can be quite challenging (if you got the difficulty kicked up and aren't playing it like a wussy). Numberous plays will open up some hidden options that are fun to mess with. If you can get a copy, I highly recommend it.
| Category | Rating | How & Why? |
| Graphics | 8 | Amazing Organic Design with Huge Bosses and Enemies / Fully Rotatable Camera / Some Digitized Textures and Grainy Cinemas |
| Music | 8 | Great Soundtrack and Soundeffects Compliment the Onscreen Action |
| Gameplay | 9 | Refreshing Shooting Action / 360º Camera to Get Enemies that Attack from All Angles / Bosses Transform and Have Multiple Sections to Destroy / Simply Fun! |
| Innovation | 8 | Reinvigorates the Shooter Formula / A Prime Example of what's Capable on Saturn Hardware |
| Replay | 8 | Simply Fun to Play Through / Varying Difficutly and Hidden Options |
Overall 8.2
Review written by ShinjiZ for GameyPlace.com on January 15, 2001