Mark of the Dragon Review
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Version Reviewed: 1.1.2
App Reviewed on: iPhone 5
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Are your dragons not cooperating? Do you need help turning the little fire-breathers into a well-oiled machine of destruction? Check out our Mark of the Dragon player's guide!
Mark of the Dragon by Gamevil is a battle/strategy game that plays similarly to Clash of Clans. Nothing new there, right? Well, Mark of the Dragon also features dragons.
"Big deal," scoffs the skeptic. "Clash of Clans has dragons, too."
Yes, but in Mark of the Dragon, players can ride their dragon soldiers. Now we're talking.
Despite the presence of these airborne scaly behemoths, Mark of the Dragon still hews very closely to the Clash of Clans formula. That might be enough to turn off anyone that's sick of battle/strategy games, but anyone who's interested in observing how developers manage to apply their own little touches to the genre will want to hatch a dragon or two.
When players enter battle, they dispatch units as usual. However they can also dispatch a dragon, then ride on it to obtain a 3D view of the enemy's camp. From the skies, players can attack structures using a breath weapon and use a rechargeable secondary power that differs from dragon to dragon, but tends to be defensive in nature.
There are, of course, catapults and other weapons capable of making dragon stew out of the behemoths, so it's important for players to maneuver carefully. Doing so can be problematic, as the dragons are a bit cumbersome. Still, it's not overly-difficult for a single drake to take down a base all by its lonesome.
In some ways, Mark of the Dragon is as rough as the ridge on a dragon's back. But the dragon designs are creative, and hatching them is certainly fun, so there are definitely worse Clash of Clans clones out there. Rock the dragon.