PlayStation 2 by Japan-based studio Cavia and published by Square Enix.
The first game in the Drakengard series, it was released in Japan in
September 2003 and in North America and Europe the following year; a
version for mobile phones was also released in Europe. The player
controls Caim, a deposed prince, and Angelus, a red dragon who forms a
magical pact with Caim to save both their lives. The story follows their
involvement in a religious war between the Union and the Empire, and
their quest to protect magical seals that keep the world in balance. The
game features a mixture of hack-and-slash ground-based missions
controlling Caim, aerial combat with Angelus, and role-playing elements.
It was conceived as a hybrid between the popular Dynasty Warriors series
and the aerial combat game Ace Combat. Drakengard was the debut project
for both producer Takamasa Shiba and writer and director Taro Yoko. It
sold well in Japan and received mixed to positive reviews in the west:
reviewers praised the game's story and music, but were mixed about the
graphics and criticized the gameplay for being repetitive.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakengard>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1799:
Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse became the first woman to make a
parachute descent, falling 900 m (3,000 ft) in a hot-air balloon
gondola.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Genevi%C3%A8ve_Labrosse>
1892:
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States was first used in
public schools to coincide with the opening of the World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance>
1917:
First World War: New Zealand troops suffered 2,735 casualties,
including 845 deaths, in the First Battle of Passchendaele, making it
the nation's largest loss of life in one day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Passchendaele>
1984:
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the
Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and most of her cabinet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombing>
1999:
Pakistani General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup against
the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
jawan:
(India) An (Indian) infantryman; a soldier.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jawan>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The cause of human sectarianism is not lack of sympathy in
thought, but in speech; and this it is our not unambitious design to
remedy.
--Aleister Crowley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley>
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