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    Dragons were originally messengers from heaven, according to early Buddhist texts. In games, they can be among the most fearsome of adversaries, but there are some exceptions.

    Are "Dragons" in games becoming the new "Zombies".

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    #1  Edited By timeshero
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    #2  Edited By Meowshi

    I meant to vote for no.  



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    #3  Edited By Kjellm87

    That was a new one. Not sure  what you're talking about but sure wouldn't mind it. Dragons are better than Zombies.

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    #4  Edited By BulletproofMonk

    No.

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    #5  Edited By SMTDante89

    I would like to know the reasoning behind this, I don't see too many dragons in games.

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    #6  Edited By The_Laughing_Man

    The Witcher 2 uses a dragon because its more or less like the ultimate beast to slay. Thats more or less been true in all stories...Also Skyrim..do your research about Elder Scrolls lore. Thats the only two games I can think of. 

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    #7  Edited By Cloudenvy

    I respectfully voted no.

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    #8  Edited By sameeeeam

    They should make that damn Hobbit game I've wanted since I was a kid.


    In all honesty though it would probably be terrible.
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    Dragons were the zombies of videogames before zombies were the zombies of videogames

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    #10  Edited By OllyOxenFree

    Uh.... no.

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    #11  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @Underachiever007 said:
    They should make that damn Hobbit game I've wanted since I was a kid.

    In all honesty though it would probably be terrible.
    The is a "The Hobbit" game 
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    #12  Edited By Cornman89

    No.

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    #13  Edited By JasonR86

    How many games are there with dragons lately?  The Dragon Age games, Skyrim, and...

    It'll be a problem when we get Left 4 Dead-Dragons.

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    #15  Edited By Animasta
    @JasonR86: witcher 2 has a dragon
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    #16  Edited By sameeeeam
    @The_Laughing_Man said:

    @Underachiever007 said:

    They should make that damn Hobbit game I've wanted since I was a kid.
    In all honesty though it would probably be terrible.

    The is a "The Hobbit" game 
    I know, I remember playing that a long time ago. 

    I'm not talking about a text adventure. I want there to be a full, modern Hobbit game!
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    #17  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @Underachiever007 said:
    @The_Laughing_Man said:

    @Underachiever007 said:

    They should make that damn Hobbit game I've wanted since I was a kid.
    In all honesty though it would probably be terrible.

    The is a "The Hobbit" game 
    I know, I remember playing that a long time ago. 

    I'm not talking about a text adventure. I want there to be a full, modern Hobbit game!
    There was also a gamecube one. 
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    @Underachiever007: No really, there was one. Here's a hint, it was pretty lame.
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    #19  Edited By sameeeeam
    @The_Laughing_Man: You've got me there! Never heard of it.

    EDIT: Okay, I've seen it now.
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    #20  Edited By McBEEF
    @Underachiever007: Sierra made a hobbit game in 2003? 
    http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/hobbit/index.html you were right though it looks pretty poor.
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    #21  Edited By sameeeeam
    @President_Barackbar said:

    @Underachiever007: No really, there was one. Here's a hint, it was pretty lame.

    Awww. Even though I expected it to be terrible it's still kind of a bummer.
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    As far as I'm concerned all dragons can go to hell.

    Unless you're adapting Tolkien you have no business using them these days.

    You know what they are? They're the new vampires. At one point they were cool and menacing, but then the fucking DeviantArtists got a hold of them. Only in this case it was the people who made fantasy art in the 70s.

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    #23  Edited By JasonR86
    @Laketown:

    So that's three.  That's still not a ton.  I remember there being like 10-15 zombie games after Left 4 Dead came out.
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    #24  Edited By SlightConfuse

    Nope

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    #25  Edited By beforet

    Final Fantasy VII had a Zombie Dragon.

     Truly a game ahead of it's time.
     Truly a game ahead of it's time.
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    #26  Edited By buzz_killington

    No, you actually have to write AI for dragons.

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    #27  Edited By EmuLeader

    With zombies, they are always everywhere and saturate the whole game.  And there are alot of games that have them.  There is usually only a few or one dragon in games that contain them, so the novelty is still there.  I think that is the main argument that "No" they are not the new zombies.  Now if they started to make a Dynasty Warriors game with all of the minor enemies and generals being dragons, then yes, the appeal would be lost quickly.  Zombies are almost like DW with guns and no over the top attacks.

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    #28  Edited By Hizang

    There are really no more dragons than there have been before, just a couple of games with dragons in dosn't make it the new zombies. Unfortuntly bad motion games for Kinect and Move seem to be the new zombies
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    #29  Edited By daiphyer

    Left 4 Dragons. Valve, make it happen.

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    #30  Edited By Spoonman671

    Yeah dude, zombie dragons are old news.

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    #31  Edited By Azteck

    Zombie dragons sound great.

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    #32  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    Totally not. It's possible they could, I suppose. The last time I saw a dragon in a game was one of the bosses in Twilight Princess. Sure, Skyrim will be full of them, but I haven't seen them in many games yet.

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    #33  Edited By Pie

    God I wish...

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    #34  Edited By Kjellm87

    Castlevania got your Zombie Dragons covered.
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    #35  Edited By timeshero

    What about Dragon Zombies?

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    #36  Edited By habster3

    They're not in enough games...

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    #37  Edited By fenixrevolution

    Stealth begging for Spyro to get bought back by Insomniac?

    Seriously, dragons aren't used near as much as zombies.

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    #38  Edited By McGhee
    @Underachiever007 said:
    They should make that damn Hobbit game I've wanted since I was a kid.

    In all honesty though it would probably be terrible.
    With the movie coming out in a few years this may happen. Will it be any good? Probably not, but we can hope.
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    #39  Edited By zidd

    A half baked tacked on call of duty back of box bullet point game mode based on fighting dragons has some potential.

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    #40  Edited By slax

    I voted no. Did anyone ever explain the reasoning behind this poll? I mean there are some games with Dragons coming out, or that have just come out, but there was a huge period of time were Zombies were the thing, not just in Video Games, but in a lot of facets of media.

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    #41  Edited By Pinworm45

    WoW also has zombie dragons.

    But no, they aren't.

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    #42  Edited By Daveyo520

    C is exactly what I thought.


    I love zombies and I love dragons. So I see no problem with them. As for them being overused, they are not.
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    #43  Edited By Trebz

    When Call of Duty: Nazi Dragons and L.A. Noire: Dragon Nightmare are things, then yes.


    Till then, dragons are awesome.
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    #44  Edited By TheDudeOfGaming

    Nothing and no one can surpass ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE...NOTHING!NO ONE!

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    #45  Edited By Subjugation
    @Gellrock said:
    Dragons were the zombies of videogames before zombies were the zombies of videogames
    Exactly. So, if anything, they wouldn't become the new zombies, they would be reclaiming the spot they had before zombies became so popular. Truthfully though, dragons have always been popular.
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    #46  Edited By Slaker117

    The thing with zombies is you can put them in anything. There is no creativity to the setting, so their appearance has become common. Dragons only work in fantasy settings. Although they have become cliche in that genre, they don't really have the same potential to reach critical mass.

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    #47  Edited By valrog

    You mean that they're being overused? I don't think so, Dragons are still presented as mighty creatures, and thus they're very rare while zombies are... Well, everywhere.

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    #48  Edited By Enigma777

    I sure hope so. Dragons are awesome. Plus we still need a good dragon riding/flying game this gen.

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