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Dragon Star Varnir

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Dragon Star Varnir
Developer(s)Compile Heart
Publisher(s)Idea Factory
Director(s)Makoto Kitano[1]
Producer(s)Norihisa Kochiwa[1]
Composer(s)
Platform(s)PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch
ReleasePlayStation 4
  • JP: October 11, 2018
  • NA: June 11, 2019
  • EU: June 13, 2019
Windows
  • WW: October 9, 2019
Nintendo Switch
  • JP: May 27, 2021
  • WW: August 3, 2021
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Dragon Star Varnir[a] is a 2018 role-playing video game developed by Compile Heart and published by Idea Factory. It was released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan in October 2018 and worldwide in June 2019, for Windows in October 2019, and for Nintendo Switch in 2021.[2] The game follows a knight named Zephy who is tasked to fight witches and dragons, but is turned into a witch by his enemies in order to save him from death by the hands of a dragon. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its battle system as an improvement from past Compile Heart games but criticized other aspects of its presentation.

Reception

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Dragon Star Varnir received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.[3] Matt Sainsbury of Digitally Downloaded rated the game 90/100, saying the game "ratchets things up" from the developer's "budget, fanservicey JRPGs" with a "rich bit of storytelling", and saying that "battles [...] never become rote".[7] Zach Wilkerson of RPGFan rated it 79/100, calling the battle system where the game "truly shines", though criticizing the story as "never reach[ing] the potential of its engaging premise", and saying that "too much happens at the beginning", with every major character introduced in the first half hour, hurting their character development.[8] Brian Santana of IGN Spain rated it 65/100, criticizing the plot as simplistic with "flat characters", but praising the battle system and its tactical components.[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Ryū Hoshi no Varnir (竜星のヴァルニール, Ryū Hoshi no Varunīru)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Compile Heart announces Varnir of the Dragon Star for PS4 [Update 2]". Gematsu. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ "Dragon Star Varnir coming to Switch this spring in Japan". Gematsu. 9 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Dragon Star Varnir for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  4. ^ "Dragon Star Varnir for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  5. ^ Costa, Ryan (12 September 2021). "Dragon Star Varnir Review". RPGamer. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ^ Wilkerson, Zach (12 September 2021). "Dragon Star Varnir". RPGFan. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  7. ^ S, Matt (7 June 2019). "Review: Dragon Star Varnir (Sony PlayStation 4)". Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  8. ^ "RPGFan Review - Dragon Star Varnir". www.rpgfan.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  9. ^ "Análisis de Dragon Star Varnir para PS4 y PC". IGN España (in Spanish). 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2019-10-19.