History VideoGame / DrakeOfThe99Dragons

''Drake of the 99 Dragons'' is a third-person shooter for UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and PC, developed by the Swedish studio Idol FX and published by Majesco Entertainment in 2003. It stars an undead assassin named Drake, the last surviving member of the Dragon clan, on his quest to restore the Dragons' honor by eliminating the rival clan that killed them all and stole an ancient treasure of theirs.

In 2018, the game managed to see a re-release on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

The game had a severely TroubledProduction due to Majesco Entertainment wanting to start an entire media franchise from this game. This attempt would fail spectacularly and the game would garner a thoroughly infamous reputation. In 2018, the game still managed to see a re-release on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

The game has a throughly infamous reputation and is often regarded as one of the worst games of all-time. In 2018, the game still managed to see a re-release on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

In 2018 the game actually managed to see a re-release on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

* CameraScrew: The auto-aim function and the camera were mapped to the same analog stick, making combat virtually impossible.

* ObviousBeta: The game’s TroubledProduction and [[ChristmasRushed and strict deadline]] clearly show in the final product.
** The Time-Slowing and Time-Freezing abilities are useless because they also affect the player. The other abilities don't work, ''period''.
** Fall damage is extremely inconsistent; frequently you'll die falling from shorter distances than you'll survive. Even worse when taking a long drop is the only option forward.

* AGodAmI: On realizing he's undead, Drake yells, "Am I... INVINCIBLE?!?" and jumps out a window to test it. He promptly dies.

* AGodAmI: On realizing he's undead, Drake yells, "Am I... INVINCIBLE?!?" and jumps out a window to test it. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He promptly dies]].

* ThrowAwayGuns: Drake doesn't carry magazines but an infinite number of loaded guns. Instead of reloading, he drops his empty gun and picks another loaded. [[FridgeLogic The potential consequences of throwing away fingerprinted guns are never addressed]].

* HeroicBloodshed: The use of GunksAkimbo and emphasis on mobility in combat was clearly meant to invoke this.

* BulletTime: One of Drake's powers. He can slow down time.

%% * HeroicBloodshed:

While the game attempted to convey a sense of stylized comic book action by utilizing cel-shaded graphics and giving Drake the ability to wield two guns at once and stop time, ''Drake'' is much more notorious for its low production values and many camera issues, making the game [[FakeDifficulty needlessly difficult]]. For those reasons and more, it has earned itself a spot on many, many "worst game ever" lists.

In 2018 the game actually managed to see a re-release on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, likely due to the game’s [[BileFascination infamous reputation]].

* ObviousBeta: The game’s Troubled Production and [[ChristmasRushed and strict deadline]] clearly show in the final product.

* ThrowAwayGuns: Drake doesn't carry magazines but an infinite number of loaded guns. Instead of reloading, he drops his empty gun and picks another loaded. [[FridgeLogic The potential consequences of throwing away fingerprinted guns is never addressed]].

* ThrowAwayGuns: Drake doesn't carry magazines but an infinite number of loaded guns. Instead of reloading, he drops his empty gun and picks another loaded. [[FridgeLogic The potential consequences of throwing away fingerprinted guns hasn’t bitten him in the ass is never addressed]].

In 2018 the game actually managed to see a re-release on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, proving once again that there's NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity.

* NinetiesAntiHero: Drake is an undead assassin with a black leather coat, a pale corpse-like skin color, uses an infinite number of guns, always beats up and kills his enemies, has a [[YourSoulIsMine soul absorbing power]], and he speaks primarily in corny [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]] with a raspy, low-pitched voice. You may think he's a parody of this before realizing he was meant to be serious.
* AGodAmI: On realizing he's undead, Drake yells, "Am I... INVINCIBLE?!?" and jumps out a window to test it. [[EpicFail He promptly dies]].

* BadassBoast: Drake attempts this as part of his introduction. Although in theory it should be cool, the fact he can't keep his mouth closed as he's talking to himself in an empty room and is playing with a pair of unloaded handguns all the while just renders it a weapons-grade level of corny in practice:

* BulletTime: One of Drake's powers. He can slow down time, but it's incredibly unwieldy and has little practical use due to the fact Drake slows down as well with no alterations to the controls or anything to make dodging or generally moving easier. What's more, the ability is triggered either with one of the face buttons (which requires either letting go of the fire button or an awkward finger position) or clicking the left analog stick (which is ''far'' too easy to do accidentally).

* FakeDifficulty: The game is ''very'' hard. Not because of any legitimate difficulty, but because the game is so supremely, fundamentally broken on every level that even the ''tutorial fight'' can easily kick your ass. The game's auto-aim makes it difficult to land a hit on enemies (along with being mapped to the camera), the player frequently finds themselves in enclosed spaces, and the controls are rather slow and floaty.

* GameOverMan: The guardians, who mock you every time you die. The player will likely get tired of it ''really'' quickly.

* GunsAkimbo: Drake can wield two different guns in each hand. But then again (or just bad game design?) he can't just reload his guns because of this, so he instead ''throws them away'' and pulls out a pair of ''new'' ones out of nowhere whenever he runs out of bullets in his old pair.

* HeroicBloodshed: It’s ''supposed'' to be this, with Drake’s moves and style derived from hallmarks of the genre. However, Drake’s so bad about abusing his reincarnation ability (mostly for dumb reasons) and the whole thing is such a weird mishmash of Chinese mythology and TakeOverTheWorld that it ends up falling flat.

* LargeHam: Drake. Probably the one good thing about this game is his SoBadItsGood HamAndCheese SeriousBusiness ChewingTheScenery.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Every time the player dies, they have to sit through ''two'' loading screens so that they can be taken to the guardians' realm for them to mock you for your failure.

* ObviousBeta: If this game was supposed to be sent out like this, we'll eat Drake's trenchcoat:

* ResurrectiveImmortality: Drake gains the ability to come back from death after receiving the Undying Dragon tattoo. Naturally, he assumes it's CompleteImmortality at first, and promptly dies from his idiocy.

* TakeOverTheWorld: The BigBad's very creative motivation.

* ThrowAwayGuns: Drake doesn't carry magazines but an infinite number of loaded guns. Instead of reloading, he drops his empty gun and picks another loaded. Which is stupid, since he's leaving behind tons of fingerprints and DNA that could easily be used against him.
* TotallyRadical: In one cutscene, Drake uses the phrase "out of this world" completely seriously; not one trace of irony, parody, or humor anywhere (though it has humor if you count {{Narm}}).
* TooDumbToLive: At one point, Drake dives out of a window at the top floor of a skyscraper for no real reason, apparently to test his powers and see if he truly has become invincible. Spoilers, he doesn't -- he predictably dies on impact, is called out on it in the afterlife, then sent back down to Earth. {{Lampshaded}} too. "Obviously the Undying Dragon does not protect him (Drake) from his own stupidity."
* TimeStandsStill: One of the powers Drake attains later on. Although this sounds cool in theory, it's useless because ''Drake stops as well''.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Drake. He does wear [[NoShirtLongJacket a trenchcoat later on over it]], but still.
* WallRun: Drake gains the ability to do this toward the beginning of the game. Again- cool in theory, but near-uncontrollable in practice. Made even worse by the fact it becomes ''compulsory'' in several places.

* InformedAbility: According to the game, Drake is the world's greatest assassin--yet his assassination methods seem to consist of charging in with GunsAkimbo before spraying bullets all over the room and [[ThrowAwayGuns dropping pistols instead of reloading them]], meaning he's leaving behind a pretty hefty trail of evidence. He also canonically dies enough times to fully drain the power of the Guardians, five of which happen in cutscenes and can be largely credited to his extreme recklessness and stupidity.

* InformedAttribute: Drake is supposedly a master assassin. His tactics? Run in and shoot everything around him, constantly throwing aside empty pistols covered in his fingerprints and DNA. He also dies constantly. Not normal gameplay deaths. ''Cutscene'' deaths.

''Drake of the 99 Dragons'' is a third-person shooter for UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and PC, released back in 2003. It stars an undead assassin named Drake, the last surviving member of the Dragon clan, on his quest to restore the Dragons' honor by eliminating the rival clan that killed them all and stole an ancient treasure of theirs.

* TooDumbToLive: At one point, Drake dives out of a window at the top floor of a skyscraper for no real reason, apparently to test his powers and see if he truly has become invincible. Spoilers, he doesn't -- he predictably dies on impact, is called out on it in the afterlife, then sent back down to Earth. {{Lampshaded}} too. "The Undying Dragon can't protect Drake from his own stupidity."

* TooDumbToLive: At one point, Drake dives out of a window at the top floor of a skyscraper for no real reason- apparently to test his powers and see if he truly has become invincible. Spoilers, he doesn't- he predictably dies on impact, is called out on it in the afterlife, then sent back down to Earth. {{Lampshaded}} too. "The Undying Dragon can't protect Drake from his own stupidity."

* ShoutOut: Drake's tattoo of the Undying Dragon is a ShoutOut to the ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist, who has a PowerTattoo of a dragon named Shou Lou the Undying on his chest.

* GunsAkimbo: Drake can wield two different guns in each hand. RealityEnsues (or just bad game design?) in that he can't just reload his guns because of this, so he instead ''throws them away'' and pulls out a pair of ''new'' ones out of nowhere whenever he runs out of bullets in his old pair.

* BlatantLies: The game claims that you can only damage the final boss while time is frozen, which is completely untrue.