Drakan: Order of the Flame

Western front box cover artwork.

Drakan: Order of the Flame is a 1999 PC action-adventure game developed by Surreal Software and published by Psygnosis. A sequel, Drakan: The Ancients' Gates, was released in 2002.

Despite being released exclusively for the PC, this game can also be played with a gamepad controller by adjusting the ingame options menu.

Intro

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Menus

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Plot

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Playable Locations

• Intro Level (special cutscene)
• Ruined Village
• Book of Drakan (special cutscene)
• Wartok Canyons
• Grimstone Mines
• Grotto
• Islands Day
• Alwarren
• Rift Crystal
• Islands Night
• Succubus Lair
• Volcano
• Rift World

Graphics

The graphics are obviously a product of their time (the late 90s). All humans cannot blink and open their mouths due to being painted on their faces, while their hands are either shaped like an oven mitt or they are eternally clenched in a boxing glove-like fist. The models are low-poly, in simple shapes like squares and triangles. Also there are many optional visual effects- like particles, lens flare, dynamic lighting and shadows.

• Resolution- there are many ways to adjust the resolution in the Options menu (under "Video"). However this comes with the drawback of the HUD and inventory changing sizes to accommodate this, with HD resolutions making them extremely small. With example pictures below, it would seem the best resolution setting is 640X480.

640X480 resolution.

800X600 resolution.

1024X768 resolution.

1920X1200 resolution.

• Others- there are many ways to adjust this game's graphics, here are some examples listed below.

Brightness turned down.

Brightness turned up.

Texture filter turned off.

Texture filter turned on.

Gallery

Cover artwork

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Eastern front box cover artwork.

Back of the box (USA).

Back of the box (UK).

Discs

Game disc (USA).

Game disc (UK).

Game disc, OEM release (UK).

Promotional

American booklet.

Website official picture.

Original artwork.

Cropped image.

Loading background.

Poster from Gamers' Workshop.

Rynn & Arokh models by GlyphX Inc.

Rynn model by GlyphX Inc.

Arokh head model by GlyphX Inc.

Rynn, Arokh, Delon and some other characters.

Arokh, Rynn and background environment ingame models.

Rynn & Arokh flying through the intro title and screen.

Arokh & Rynn models render.

Rynn, Arokh and Delon models render.

Miscellaneous

Installation setup image.

Poster picture.

Jewel case back.

European booklet.

Screensaver.

Bugs

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Patch version 445+.

Level editor program.

Trivia

• An official picture was created for this game's release in East Asia (Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia etc), drawn in anime/manga style to help boost sales in that region. However neither Drakan video games published ever managed to be financially and/or commercially successful there. The American and European region boxarts are the same however.
• The game's linearity, multiplayer, difficulty modes, level transition plus other gameplay elements makes it similar to retro first-person shooters like the Serious Sam video game series.

Drakan

Games Drakan: Order of the Flame - Drakan: The Ancients' Gates Characters Rynn - Arokh - Heron Order of the Flame Delon - Atimar - Tiuri - Tagorah - Rimril Navaros - Kaeros - Shilla - Werokh - Tultal The Ancients' Gates Lady Myschala - General Dehrimon - Zola Dane - Jade - Quaalus - Brekk - Ranwulf - Zeggoro - Mala-Shae Jasaad Duthane - Toadfist - Mezzidrel - Bonegrinder - Daemog - Maulgak - Sister Indja - Brother Yedeen - Khossa Vole - Snotmaw - Shaza and Tora - Gothraul - Yutaji, The Flesh Mage History of Drakan World of Drakan - Order of the Flame - The Bond - Dark Union - The Dark Wars - The Fallen Age Creatures of Drakan Dragon - Blackwing - Wartok - Grull - Scavenger - Giants - Succubus - Trog - Desert Lord - Golems - Skeleton Realms and Lands Rynn's village - Surdana - Shadowmire - Andrellian Isles - Ravenshold - Northern Tundra - Shiverbane - Kragmor - Valley of the Fallen - Desert of Tears - Stratos - Sessool Info Health/Mana - Weapons - Armor - Magic - Items - Breath Weapons