Dragon Star Varnir

Dragon Star Varnir[lower-alpha 1] is a 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, and for Windows in October 2019. 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 improved from past Compile Heart games but criticized other aspects of its presentation.

Dragon Star Varnir
North American cover art
Developer(s)Compile Heart
Publisher(s)Idea Factory
Director(s)Makoto Kitano[1]
Producer(s)Norihisa Kochiwa[1]
Composer(s)Motoi Sakuraba[1]
Platform(s)PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation 4
  • JP: October 11, 2018
  • NA: June 11, 2019
  • EU: June 11, 2019
Windows
  • WW: October 9, 2019
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Reception

Dragon Star Varnir received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.[2] 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".[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Additional criticism was given to the western PS4 versions, which had 2 in-game scenes censored.[6] All PC versions remain uncensored.[7]

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

References
  1. "Compile Heart announces Varnir of the Dragon Star for PS4 [Update 2]". Gematsu. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. "Dragon Star Varnir for PlayStation 4 reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. S, Matt. "Review: Dragon Star Varnir (Sony PlayStation 4)". Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  4. "RPGFan Review - Dragon Star Varnir". www.rpgfan.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. "Análisis de Dragon Star Varnir para PS4 y PC". IGN España (in Spanish). 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  6. https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/02/dragon-star-varnirs-two-censored-images-revealed-for-ps4-version/76478/
  7. https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/06/dragon-star-varnir-is-coming-to-steam-uncensored/85752/
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