Playable but no revelation...
Dragon's Lair the first was a small revolution he day it hit the arcades all over the world; it was the first game to use animated graphics that looked just like a cartoon (because, after all, that's what they were!) and also the first game and today, mostly, the only one that people known and remember as the one that was a laserdisc game. As you might imagine, the adventure that it proposed was pretty well produced, but also very hard to look at as a gamers' game; you had to push the buttons at the right moment, (proto quick time event style) and a certain animation would be triggered; press the wrong button, or press it in a time frame that was not exactly timed, and you'd end up with an end game animation. Basically you had to learn the controls by moving forward and making mental notes of what you had to do. But, the graphics, the novelty and the excitement and buzz around the game fueled it and it was quite successful. The second game continued on the same path, still an animated game, but with a little bit more control over what was seen on screen. But by the time it came out the buzz was long gone, as more interactively open games were beginning to be easier to produce and release. Still, it's playable and, considered independent of any time frames or any other historical ideas, while not at the level of its brother, it's still a pretty well done game. So, surely, give it a go!
