I Played Dragon Traveler and Here’s What Happened

In the past week or so, I’ve been extremely busy with life and one of the games that I could hop on to relax a little after a long day was Dragon Traveler. Granted, I didn’t know much about the game before I started playing it — mainly, the “graphics” of the game until I started to play it. Now it sounds like I’m justifying myself too much which makes me look even more guilty, so I’ll move on.

Dragon Traveler is an mobile idle RPG game developed by HongKong GameTree. To be fair though, it’s also on Steam but clearly the game was made to be played on a phone so I highly suggest playing it there if you decide to download it. 

Let’s start with the story. Genuinely, if you were to offer me all the riches of this world to tell you something about what’s happening, I could not tell you a single thing. Even if you were to offer me all those riches to tell you if there is a story at all in the game, I’d have a 50/50 chance to get it right and I’d probably guess wrong. Which also perfectly summarizes my luck in Dragon Traveler but more on that later. 

Gameplay

Dragon Traveler is considered an Idle RPG and in this genre, gameplay is very limited. Even as P2W, you wouldn’t prolong it much. Which makes it a perfect game for people who are busy but still need something to relax with. I would split gameplay into three categories.

PVP

This is the least interesting part of the gameplay to me as a F2P player. You are either stronger in which case you wipe them in less than 5 seconds or way too weak to deal with the opponent. There isn’t a sweet middle ground where both players are equal in power and the one with better strategy and team synergy wins. Not that it bothers me but it’s more of a warning to you to be aware of it. It’s designed in a way that a guy with a better credit card wins and unless you are rich as an oil sheik, you aren’t winning. And if you’re, let’s be best friends. 

PVE

The second category would be everything related to PVE, things like campaign stages, various “towers” to climb, and other contents where you farm materials for upgrading characters/team. Again, the limit of how far you can get depends on how deep your pockets run. For me, I feel like I’ve done well as a F2P player. My overall progress puts me in the top 10%. I know, my life is complete now. Jokes aside, content that is related to PVE consists of a main campaign that you can put on auto, minimize, and collect rewards every few rounds. It’s a great place to collect a lot of crystals and experience for leveling characters. There’s also towers that I’ve mentioned, where you can either get crystals, shards, summoning tickets, and other materials that are related to growing stronger. All of the content can be done on auto with little or no strategizing involved.

Character Improvement

The last category is everything related to character improvement which consists of summoning, leveling, gearing, and whatever helps them to power up. All the resources you gather, you’ll want to spend them on getting stronger. It’s sort of a vicious cycle that never ends. Collect enough materials to get stronger to do one additional stage and then wait till you can get more. 

As for the summoning, my luck has been worse than usual. There is a pity system for the summoning and so far I’ve done over 1000+ summons and I’ve hit pity every time. And keep in mind that pity is hit every 40 or 50 summons, so I’ve managed to hit it over 20 times in a row. What are the chances for that even? I’m starting to suspect that something fishy is happening here, luckily for them I don’t care enough to investigate more. But be careful, don’t fall for their tricks. 

Graphics

The “looks” of the game appeal to a certain demographic and while I did play the game, I must say I didn’t particularly like it. I feel like it’s overboard and unnecessary. And I’m not saying this because my wife might read it. I promise. That’s all I have to say about it.

Final Words

Dragon Traveler is a great game if you’re into idle rpg or you don’t have much time for games but it’s no different than any other idle rpg that I’ve played in the past. I don’t see myself playing it much longer since I’ve reached the point where the progress is extra slow and once I log in, everything can be done in less than 10 minutes. Time to move onto next. Did you play it? Did you hit pity every time? Are you an oil sheik willing to adopt an adult person? Call me at 555 – playnforge.