Dragonriders: Chronicles of Pern

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  • Summary: For centuries, the dragons of Pern and their riders have protected their world from the alien oppressor, Thread. Mightiest among the dragons are the Gold Dragons, and their riders, the Weyrwomen ? crusading for the free people of Pern. But now your Weyrwoman is dead, and her gold dragon isFor centuries, the dragons of Pern and their riders have protected their world from the alien oppressor, Thread. Mightiest among the dragons are the Gold Dragons, and their riders, the Weyrwomen ? crusading for the free people of Pern. But now your Weyrwoman is dead, and her gold dragon is dying. Unless you can find a new rider to take up her mantle, your weyr ? and perhaps all of Pern ? is doomed. [Ubi Soft]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 5 out of 7
  1. Quandary
    70
    It's an absorbing adventure-cum-interactive story with a lot of people to converse with, a lot of good deeds to do, and an arch baddie to expose.
  2. Yahoo!
    70
    An absolute must for fans of the series - it's as engrossing and complex as the best of Anne McCaffrey's novels, and as a stand-alone story, it's fun and well worth it.
  3. GameSpot
    49
    Not a good game. It takes the primary elements of the Pern novels and uses them to fashion a run-of-the-mill adventure game that offers very little actual adventure and too many frustrating mechanical issues.
  4. PC Gamer
    44
    A tiny bit of truly awful combat has been thrown in when it should have been thrown out, and this may be the last third-person game in existence that doesn’t support the mouse in any way.
  5. IGN
    38
    Too bad, as is, one of those lazy dragons needs to turn its fat ass around and blow some fire directly at the game from which it came, as a little smoldering action is the only salvation I can fathom for this beast. Steer clear, far clear.
  6. GameSpy
    33
    A bad adventure game based on far better books. Go read them.
  7. Computer Games Magazine
    30
    Only for blindly hardcore fans of Anne McCaffrey...Everyone else will find the entire experience tired and uninspiring.

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  1. JonathanE.
    Jul 1, 2004
    5
    It was slow and difficult to start with but it got better. you need brains for this game.

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#47 Most Shared PC Game of 2001

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