History VideoGame / DragonsCrown

** The way Rannie's [[YuriLowenthal English VA]] says "Oh, my~!" sounds quite a bit like Creator/GeorgeTakei.

For similar {{Beat Em Up}}s and ActionAdventure games set in a HighFantasy world, see ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'', ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'', ''VideoGame/TheKingOfDragons'', and ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes''.

There's an official manga adaptation of the game, as well as two chibi manga series which was serialized in Famitsu.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Averted until recently as you are limited to level 35 until you beat the final boss which raises the cap to 65 and later 99, and bosses increase in level on higher difficulties. Played straight in a recent update where you can unlock [[HarderThanHard Ultimate Difficulty]] and a 255 level cap after beating the bonus dungeon.

''Dragon's Crown'' is a [=2D=] ActionRPG developed by Creator/{{Vanillaware}} and published by {{Atlus}} for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}}. While Vanillaware's first game for an HD console, ''Crown'' is actually a {{spiritual successor}} to the 1994 arcade BeatEmUp DungeonCrawler, ''[[VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom]]''.

* LostForever: You can permanently lose your BackFromTheDead NPC adventurers if you don't pay for their revival after they lose all their lives.

** The way Rannie's [[YuriLowenthal English VA]] says "Oh, my~!" sounds quite a bit like GeorgeTakei.

** In another, the Morneon cult thinks that by releasing the Cyclopes that were trapped in a cell, they can gain favor with the goddess of fertility who gave birth to them even though the cult has no way of communicating with the goddess or the Cyclopes. Unsurprisingly, their messenger who was sent to accomplish this task got killed by the Cyclopes the moment he opened the cell door.

* BossInMookClothing: On [[HarderThanHArd Infernal Difficulty]] the player will seldom encounter a pirate mook with dark clothing and a red sword(dubbed by the fans as Assassin), not only do they have an obscene amount of health, they hit hard enough to kill in a couple of hits, teleport all over the place, attack with blinding speed, can throw webs to paralyze you and they can fricking BACK-STAB for massive damage. To add insult to injury they tend to appear in dark rooms in the Labyrinth of Chaos, making them nearly invisible.

* AncientArtifact: The eponymous Dragon's Crown supposedly has the ability to control dragons. [[spoiler:It turns out the power of the crown was only metaphorical.]]

*** One quest requires you to kill the Minotaur within 2 minutes to same some [[HumanSacrifice children sacrificed to the beast by orcs,]] with one of them using a string to track an escape path. A clear Homage to Theseus and the Minotaur.
*** the art and associated fluff for the spinning wheel quest. A woman named Arachne found a divine magic carpet and strove to make something of equal quality, her attempts anger the gods and she is turned into a spider-centaur for her efforts. Despite newfound humility, her work continues to anger the gods. This is a definite reference to the Myth of Arachne, with a few deviations.

* CrazyHomelessPerson: A deranged beggar can be found behind Canaan Temple after clearing the Orc Fortress. He is utterly mad and destitute, barely acknowledging any alms he is given and constantly babbling in a long dead language. [[spoiler: He's actually Wallace, the magician that betrayed Lucain.]]

* DontThinkFeel: A piles of bones may have the quote "I didn't feel, I thought."

** The Gargoyle Gate is the epitome of this- it attacks occasionally and doesn't move horizontally, but many Mooks will keep on appearing to attack you until the gate falls.

* FoodPorn: If there's one thing George Kamitani likes as much as muscles, butts, and boobs, it's food. The preorder bonus artbook has a two-page spread of all the delicious-looking stuff you can cook up at your campsite. Then there's a big minigame for cooking all kinds of stuff.
* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Funny Foreground Event]]: Tiki is depicted, when you enter the tavern after [[spoiler:rshe joins you for resurrecting Lucain]], sat in an omnipresent goblet of what seems to be wine. She's clearly completely drunk off what was originally in the goblet.

* HairRaisingHare: You fight a seemingly innocent white bunny, amidst a pile of dead bodies, and it can easily kill you with a single attack by crushing your skull, let alone its combo attack, GoombaStomp, and whirlwind

*** One quest requires you to kill the Minotaur within 2 minutes to same some [[HumanSacrifice children sacrificed to the beast by orcs,]] with one of them using a string to track an escape path. A clear Homage to Theseus and the Minotaur.
*** the art and associated fluff for the spinning wheel quest. A woman named Arachne found a divine magic carpet and strove to make something of equal quality, her attempts anger the gods and she is turned into a spider-centaur for her efforts. Despite newfound humility, her work continues to anger the gods. This is a definite reference to the Myth of Arachne, with a few deviations.

* CrazyHomelessPerson: A deranged beggar can be found behind Canaan Temple after clearing the Orc Fortress. He is utterly mad and destitute, barely acknowledging any alms he is given and constantly babbling in a long dead language. [[spoiler: He's actually Wallace, the magician that betrayed Lucain.]]

* DontThinkFeel: A piles of bones may have the quote "I didn't feel, I thought."

** The Gargoyle Gate is the epitome of this- it attacks occasionally and doesn't move horizontally, but many Mooks will keep on appearing to attack you until the gate falls.

* FoodPorn: If there's one thing George Kamitani likes as much as muscles, butts, and boobs, it's food. The preorder bonus artbook has a two-page spread of all the delicious-looking stuff you can cook up at your campsite. Then there's a big minigame for cooking all kinds of stuff.
* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Funny Foreground Event]]: Tiki is depicted, when you enter the tavern after [[spoiler:rshe joins you for resurrecting Lucain]], sat in an omnipresent goblet of what seems to be wine. She's clearly completely drunk off what was originally in the goblet.

* HairRaisingHare: You fight a seemingly innocent white bunny, amidst a pile of dead bodies, and it can easily kill you with a single attack by crushing your skull, let alone its combo attack, GoombaStomp, and whirlwind

* WakeUpCallBoss: [[EldritchAbomination The]] [[{{Oculothorax}} Gazer]], fought before the game's mid-way point and is necessary to open the ability to play online, is much more difficult than the previous boss fights in-game when you first encounter it, especially for players that just [[AttackAttackAttack mash through most bosses]], which is a tactic this one actively tries to prevent. Most of the Gazer's attacks hit a wide area around it[[note]]Especially its unblockable charged attack that can potentially kill your characters in one shot at that point in the game[[/note]], which is especially bad news since the area you fight it in is relatively small. Moreover, it hardly enters a stunned state, [[TeleportSpam teleports around the room]], and locks out your ability to use magic if it's looking in your direction, meaning solo mages will have a harder time dealing with it. If you're used to using your NPC party members to sponge the bosses, expect to see them die multiple times.

* WakeUpCallBoss: [[EldritchAbomination The]] [[{{Oculothorax}} Gazer]], fought before the game's mid-way point and is necessary to open the ability to play online, is much more difficult that the previous boss fights in game when you first encounter it, especially for players that just [[AttackAttackAttack mash through most bosses]], which is a tactic this one actively tries to prevent. Most of the Gazer's attacks hit a wide area around it[[note]]Especially its unblockable charged attack that can potentially kill your characters in one shot at that point in the game[[/note]], which is especially bad news since the area you fight it in is relatively small. Moreover, it hardly enters a stunned state, [[TeleportSpam teleports around the room]], and locks out your ability to use magic if it's looking in your direction, meaning solo mages will have a harder time dealing with it. If you're used to using your NPC party members to sponge the bosses, expect to see them die multiple times.

* BladderOfSteel: On the PS3 version, you cannot pause your game during the dungeon segments, even with the PS button. On the Vita version, however, you can, because the Vita's PS button is used for app-switching, which freezes the game in-progress.

''Dragon's Crown'' is a [=2D=] ActionRPG developed by Creator/{{Vanillaware}} and published by {{Atlus}} for the {{PlayStation 3}} and {{PlayStation Vita}}. While Vanillaware's first game for an HD console, ''Crown'' is actually a {{spiritual successor}} to the 1994 arcade BeatEmUp DungeonCrawler, ''[[VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom]]''.

* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Funny Foreground Event]]/GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Tiki is depicted, when you enter the tavern after [[spoiler:rshe joins you for resurrecting Lucain]], sat in an omnipresent goblet of what seems to be wine. She's clearly completely drunk off what was originally in the goblet.

!!Tropes in ''DragonsCrown'' include:

* MultiplayerDifficultySpike: The game greatly increases the enemies' hit points for every player on the screen, even if they are computer controlled. This can make a single-player run against certain bosses nearly impossible, if the player has computer controlled companions.

* MultiplayerDifficultySpike: The game greatly increases the enemies' hit points for every player on the screen, even if they are computer controlled. This can make a single-player run against certain bosses nearly impossible, if the player has computer controlled companions.

* InspirationalMartyr:[[spoiler:A princess is considered one when she is believed to have sacrificed herself to the Red Dragon long ago in order to pacify it. This caused her to be revered as a goddess among certain groups in the land, which causes a schism between her followers and the Church of the Goddesses that has been present through most of the game, which doesn't accept the worship of anyone other than the goddess. Unfortunately, while she had nothing to do with the [[ReligionOfEvil Morneon religion]] at the time, proof that she existed spurred the religion into revering her as well.]]

* EldritchLocation: The Gazer homeworld, with it's bizarre geometry, flora and fauna.

-->'''Fighter''': I'll have...ninths!

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: You can use the cursor to click on the [=NPCs=] you encounter as long as a menu is present and no narration is playing. Most of the time, clicking on specific parts of the NPC's body will yield some extra information about them. Rarely, the NPC will visually react to being touched.

* FakeDifficulty: Aside from the dragons, the bosses aren't that hard. The mooks they summon are the ''real'' threat.

* HairRaisingHare: You fight a seemingly innocent white bunny, amidst a pile of dead bodies, and it can easily kill you with a single attack by crushing your skull, let alone its combo attack, GoombaStomp, and whirlwind.

** HarpingOnAboutHarpies: They're huge man-eating birds that have upper bodies like female humans. They mate with male humans to produce children, then later eat the men. They're AlwaysChaoticEvil, as an attempt to raise some of their chicks led to the people trying getting eaten.

* RemoveTheRival: A quest involves a man who has amnesia having recurring dreams about a crying woman at the bottom of a lake after he was somehow saved from drowning in that same lake. He would investigate, but his wife absolutely refuses to let him go. [[spoiler:Clearing the quest reveals that the "woman" the man was dreaming about is [[MonstrousHumanoid an otherworldly abomination]] that was originally a beautiful mermaid. The man had fallen in love with her and asked a witch to cast a spell so that they could be together. The witch, having been smitten by the man herself, instead cast a spell that warped the mermaid into a monster and wiped the man's memory, after which the witch took him as her husband. The mermaid monster is still waiting at the lake for the chance that the witch and her lover may return to it.]]

-->-- '''George Kamitani'''

* TokenWholesome: Despite her HartmanHips / ZettaiRyouki / [[WhoWearsShortShorts Short Shorts]] / ThighHighBoots, the Elf is the only one of the three female player characters with relatively little skin exposed.

** The Forgotten Sanctuary dungeon is based on artist Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder's "Tower of Babel" paintings. Which were also the basis for the tower in ''MagicSwordHeroicFantasy'', an old and vaguely similar arcade game by Capcom.