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Panzer Dragoon: Remake

ActionAdventureCasual

Developer MegaPixel Studio S. A.

A new, remade version of the Panzer Dragoon game – true to the original, with improved graphics and controls, that suit modern gaming standards! From the Steam store page

340 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

69
Fresh

131 positive · 59 negative
95% range 62–75%

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Steam reviews131590
Bluesky *32874
Lemmy *1123
Mastodon *209

* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).

Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
442 of 580 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What players are saying

71% recommend · 135 yes, 56 no

Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 191 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (765 of 978 positive).

Players praise the remake as a faithful and visually improved version of the Saturn classic. [1][2][3] Many criticize the absurd 100-hour achievement for a two-hour game. [4][5][6][7] Some find the game too short, easy, or lacking polish. [8][9][10]

Liked
  • Authentic and nostalgic remake of a Saturn classic. [2][11]
  • Runs well on Steam Deck despite unsupported tag. [12][13]
  • Great rail shooter with improved graphics and gameplay. [14][15]
  • VR mod provides an immersive arcade experience. [16]
Disliked
  • Absurd 100-hour achievement for a short game. [4][5][6][7]
  • Too short and easy, with low replay value. [6][17][8]
  • Screen tearing and minor bugs detract from experience. [18][9]
  • Controls feel worse than the original. [19][10]
Representative posts
  • [8]Steam user Steam user …2423Steam review · May 21, 2026 · Not recommended

    Not replayable enough to justify the $25 dollar price tag, there are other rail shooters and shmups that possess greater value. The remake in particular is too easy, you can almost max out the scores in less than half an hour on hard mode and forget about it. The game throws continues at you like its nothing but you'll be lucky if your health bar drops low enough to even change color. This game feels like it …

  • [1]Steam user Steam user …0163Steam review · Aug 14, 2025 · Recommended

    Sega Saturns launch title (I had it on launch). This is the first game your mom or dad would walk by and say "whoa" cause up until this point games were in 2D and you were jumping on goombas before this. It's "Can graphics get any better than this?" the meme; the game. The remake is, and I don't say this lightly, tastefully made, the original game was literally the first 3D console game for many people and the …

  • [2]Steam user Steam user …1736Steam review · Mar 29, 2025 · Recommended

    A truly authentic and nostalgic romp thru a Saturn classic. I wish they did this with more Saturn and Dreamcast games. The graphics and gameplay are identical, yet vastly improved. Lets get the same for ZWEI AND SAGA!!

  • [3]Steam user Steam user …0577Steam review · Dec 6, 2024 · Recommended

    THE REMAKE IS A STRAIGHT UPGRADE OVER THE ORIGINAL I just played the first level in the original (through an emulator) and the remake back to back. The remake attempts to mirror the original content on a 1:1 basis. You're flying through the same world, shooting the same enemies, with the same gameplay. The original game ran on a frighteningly low 320x240 (4:3) resolution. Just being able to play the game at a …

  • [4]Steam user Steam user …2889Steam review · Mar 29, 2025 · Recommended

    It's alright. Also, why is there an achievement for having 100 hours of playtime when it takes less than 1 hour for a single playthrough?

Summarised from 34 of the 322 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made

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Panzer Dragoon: Remake sits at 69% positive across 190 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?

Reactions

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  • Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    Panzer Dragoon "It's a really cool game." ―Nobody in particular

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 29, 2025

    Been a long time coming, but now that Alundra is finished, the next game on our haven't-played-through-since-release list is Sega Saturn gold: Azel, Panzer Dragoon Saga. Ongoing 🧵

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  • StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2025

    LOL!! Panzer Dragoon Remake has an achievement for logging 100 hours in the game! When the campaign is barely two hours to begin with!

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2025

    A special game in any language and even in tiny compressed 1995 video format - Panzer Dragoon. 💜 📺: MicroMania CD-ROM #6, 1995

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  • PandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2026

    Been thinking a lot about the incoming remake, and I just want everyone to understand that Panzer Dragoon Zwei is the greatest Sega Saturn game ever made. Better than Saga, Grandia, Sakura Wars, Radiant etc. Regardless of how this remake turns out, PLEASE play the original at some point.

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    2002.12.19 ON SALE: Panzer Dragoon Orta. Gorgeous artwork and ad for what for me is the best Panzer Dragoon game (yes, from recent experience, even including Saga/Azel).

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  • GameMistresss @gamemistress.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    Panzer Dragoon Orta is one of my favourite rail shooter game. ❤️

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  • Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.ioBluesky · May 7, 2026

    At least it feels like the team on this Star Fox game cares about Star Fox. Why couldn’t we get this level of quality for the Panzer Dragoon “remasters” rather than passing them off to Forever Entertanment?

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  • Shane Bettenhausen @shanewatch.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    happy 30th anniversary to Panzer Dragoon -- I'm a huge fan of the franchise, and especially loved how this first game took Sega's arcade DNA and wrapped it in a truly unique aesthetic and narrative

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    Panzer Dragoon Saga - Play it Now! Giving you a taste of life in a far-future science-fantasy world of bio-dragons and airships: Sega Saturn Magazine in May 1998. I still had a Saturn then alongside a PlayStation; this and Shining Force III were the last two new games I bought for it.

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  • Lainwithtea @lainwithtea.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    Me Remembering Panzer Dragoon Orta had the entire original game as an unlockable for just beating the game or playing for 5 hours and wishing companies were so generous nowadays

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  • Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2025

    If you ever wanted a Panzer Dragoon clone with corny FMVs and music by Zuntata, then Gamera 2000 on the Playstation was made exactly for you. For a 1997 licensed game, it's held up quite nicely. A short but fun ride that you won't regret. #retrogaming #psx

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  • Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.comBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    There's a *lot* of mechanically interesting and carefully planned arcade-like design going on under Panzer Dragoon Zwei's gorgeous surface. Let me show you just how special this game is: kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/27/o...

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  • Retro Blast 👻 @retroblastpod.comBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    Panzer Dragoon for SEGA Saturn is 31 years old today! This was a launch title for the Saturn in 1995, and it was the perfect game to show off its 3D capabilities. I've always loved the aesthetic of it and the 360 degree gameplay was very innovative for the time too! Are you a Panzer Dragoon fan?

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2026

    One of the most gorgeous PS1 games, with a bonkers plot about UNIVAC and an alien time traveling virus and mech pilot from the future. If you're wondering why Polyphony suddenly made a mech game, it's from Panzer Dragoon peeps who joined them after Sega disbanded Team Andromeda.

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2025

    📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 Segata Sanshro's Recommendation for buying Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG, aka Saga: He likes dragons because they are elegant and powerful. 'nuff said. Gorgeous artwork befitting its world of ruinous beauty <3

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  • Panzer Dragoon Legacy @panzerdragoonlegacy.comBluesky · Mar 10, 2025 · official account, not scored

    On the 10th of March 1995, the original Panzer Dragoon game was released in Japan, making today the thirtieth anniversary of the franchise. panzerdragoonlegacy.com/news/the-pan... #PanzerDragoon #パンツァードラグー

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  • SEN 👾 @shmupdb.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2026

    Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002) by Sega for Xbox. Japanese promotional illustration art by Takashi Iwade and Kentaro Yoshida.

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Better than Zelda? Quest 64 enters the fray! Needless comparatives aside, GameFan's December 1997 issue served us up a hearty meal of game hype on all platforms with Quake 64, Resident Evil 2, Einhander, Burning Rangers, and Panzer Dragoon Saga.

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  • Luci 𓆩♡𓆪🐊 @mewtsukki.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 25, 2026

    Game #7: Panzer Dragoon very fun shooter really really pretty Saturn game! loved the cutscenes i didn't know he had a name but it's Kyle Fluge with the Blue Dragon! #rkgk #PanzerDragoon #パンツァードラグーン

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  • Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    happy birthday to Panzer Dragoon, a good video game

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  • barleybap but she's dressed as a spooky skeleton @barleybap.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2025

    Smilebit making all time goated rail shooter Panzer Dragoon Orta and just throwing in a whole ass Saturn game for free for funsies.

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2024

    This is a wonderful article about Panzer Dragoon Saga. I feel Mari's feelings of wonder and warmth for the game came through fine in Google Translate to English, so yeah, check it out!

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  • StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2025

    Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake just went up on steam last week for wishlisting Remake of the first game dropped 5 years ago, I was just wondering if this was still happening! I heard the 1st Remake had a really rough launch but it’s good now? panzerdragoonlegacy.com/news/panzer-...

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  • Mikeke352 🏳️‍🌈 @mikeke352.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2025

    I bought Panzer Dragoon Orta so now the only Panzer Dragoon game I don't have is the spin off on Game Gear and uh..... I'm fine not paying for this.

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    A fascinating glimpse into Japanese Saturn game sales. Panzer Dragoon is lower down than I expected. Shining the Holy Ark and SF3 too.

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  • renni @renniultrafox.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    Azel from Panzer Dragoon Saga gotta be one of the best character designs in any game

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 4, 2026

    After playing through Panzer Dragoon Saga not all that long ago, I now feel that Orta took all the good bits from it and wisely left the rest behind to become the best game of the series.

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  • RightHandOfIkaros @[email protected]Lemmy · Dec 22, 2025

    My suggestion might seem sacrelige, but hear me out. If you want something to actually use that is convenient, a mini PC that emulates them all is far better than genuine hardware. Kinda like how I will always say that driving a replica of an expensive car is better than driving a real one out on the road. Set up takes a lot longer, but in the long run it is far cheaper and much more convenient. * modern TV compatible output * modern CRT shaders very closely approximate actual CRT look…

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  • PandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2025

    I whipped up a quick Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake gameplay comparison, putting the Saturn original next to the remake demo footage shown at Tokyo Game Show 2025 youtu.be/8qVgF6WYIOg?...

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  • Thab East @thabeast721.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2026

    Rare controller content. Playing Panzer Dragoon Zwei using the dual Mission Stick setup. This is the only game on the entire console to support this controller. Sega themselves don’t document this functionality

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  • yaz0r @yaz0r.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2025

    Panzer Dragoon Saga tech fact: The game shipped with a bunch of debug menus/features At boot up, if the game detect a save with a special name, debug modes will be enabled. More debug flags are enabled if a button on 2nd controller is pressed when hitting start. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC2L...

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  • Panzer Dragoon Legacy @panzerdragoonlegacy.comBluesky · Sep 9, 2025 · official account, not scored

    Forever Entertainment have confirmed that visitors to Tokyo Game Show will be able to play the demo of Panzer Dragoon II Zwei: Remake for the very first time! panzerdragoonlegacy.com/news/panzer-...

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  • barleybap but she's dressed as a spooky skeleton @barleybap.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2025

    Outrun 2 and Panzer Dragoon Orta are also acceptable. Hell, just find any goated classic XBox game. You can use a Duke controller and everything. It'll be sick as hell, trust me.

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  • Ziel-a @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 20, 2023

    The Backward Compatibility of Xbox One S, it is amazing. I have obtained an Xbox One S. I have always wanted to get into some XBOX360 and OG XBOX games. And the backward compatibility of the Xbox One S did not disappoint. From Panzer Dragoon Orta to Fable 2, I managed to find what I had been looking for. Does anyone else here benefit from the backward compatibility too? Did any of you download any OG Xbox and/or XBOX360 games to your XBOX One S?

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  • AuroralVisage @auroralvisage.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    It's the last few days of Segatember! Let's play Panzer Dragoon Zwei! Last day to get the special Segatember channel badges! There aren't many days left to hit the tip goal for my first playthrough of Zelda Ocarina of Time! twitch.tv/auroralvisage youtube.com/auroralvisage

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  • AuroralVisage @auroralvisage.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2025

    Panzer Dragoon Saga might be my favorite game during this year’s Segatember. Let’s continue to disc 3! twitch.tv/auroralvisage youtube.com/auroralvisage

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  • barleybap but she's dressed as a spooky skeleton @barleybap.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2025

    What a fucking game. Think I enjoyed it even more this time than back in 2004, when it was my first Panzer Dragoon game and I didn't really have the background context behind many of the game's events. Was a very good choice to replay it now, having revisited the first two this year as well. <3

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  • Steam user Steam user …2889Steam reviews · Mar 29, 2025 · 37 h played

    It's alright. Also, why is there an achievement for having 100 hours of playtime when it takes less than 1 hour for a single playthrough?

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  • Steam user Steam user …0712Steam reviews · Mar 20, 2026 · 2 h played

    Another one with a Steam Deck unsupported tag which run perfectly on the Deck.

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  • cullen Forever! The Show The Movie @cullenforever.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    Apparently Panzer Dragoon turns 30 years old today so might as well plug my video on the game if you're feeling festive 👀 New vid coming out in about a week or two youtu.be/m1Jj1fF_Ok8

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  • Retro XP @retroxp.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    Today marks 30 years of Panzer Dragoon, the game that showed that the Sega Saturn had its own 3D tricks up its sleeve that the Playstation couldn't replicate

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  • Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.comBluesky · Sep 9, 2025

    Last RP: I am... not sure how I feel about that news. Panzer Dragoon Zwei's a very special game to me.

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  • Panzer Dragoon Legacy @panzerdragoonlegacy.comBluesky · Nov 22, 2025 · official account, not scored

    Game designers Katsuhiko Yamada and Katsumi Yokota worked on the Saturn Panzer Dragoon games and moved on to Rez after the dissolution of Team Andromeda.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0163Steam reviews · Aug 14, 2025 · 1 h played

    Sega Saturns launch title (I had it on launch). This is the first game your mom or dad would walk by and say "whoa" cause up until this point games were in 2D and you were jumping on goombas before this. It's "Can graphics get any better than this?" the meme; the game. The remake is, and I don't say this lightly, tastefully made, the original game was literally the first 3D console game for many people and the enemies amounted to basically triangles and assorted promethean polygons the…

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  • Panzer Dragoon Legacy @panzerdragoonlegacy.comBluesky · Sep 25, 2025 · official account, not scored

    The first footage and photos of Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake from Tokyo Game Show 2025 have emerged showing us the playable demo of Episode 2. panzerdragoonlegacy.com/news/first-f...

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  • Pedro Soares @peachflavor3d.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2025

    Remembering April Fools 2023 when I made a mock-up cover/game card for #PanzerDragoon: The Pandora Collection on #NintendoSwitch, something that will never come to life. It was fun seeing some reactions from people, some good, some less than good.😂

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  • Gon' E-Choo Gator @gonechoo.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    Gon' E-Choo! VR Arcade Cabinet Game. Brok the Investigator. Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari. Panzer Dragoon Saga.

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  • Ori-Warui -KNUCKLE JET out now on Steam! @oleivarrudi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2026

    Related: an earlier april fools hoax of mine about Panzer Dragoon starting out as a SNES Super FX game

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  • KING @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 26, 2025

    I dream of one day finding an original Model M keyboard in a Goodwill or yard sale for like $10. Every time I'm in a thrift store I look over the electronics section JUST in case. Also waiting for the day I find a random copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga for the Sega Saturn. Only 20,000 north American copies were made, which sounds like a lot but in video game numbers is insanely low. I've only ever seen it in the real world once at a gaming convention and it sold for $1,500.

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  • Jörg Tittel @newjorg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    Crazy to think that this ultra rare game in my collection, Panzer Dragoon Mini, is probably worth more than my trusty old VW Golf. It was very badly reviewed but I have grown to like it over the years. It also gets surprisingly hard in later stages.

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  • Damned To Hellgore 🐦‍⬛ (andrew elmore) @elmore.zoneBluesky · Oct 21, 2024

    Very first thing that came to mind is Panzer Dragoon Zwei. The first game is excellent, but Zwei is a masterpiece. It's a virtuosically tuned arcade action game with some of the most brain-burningly beautiful art I've ever seen & heard.

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  • Misty De Méo @cdrom.caBluesky · Nov 9, 2025

    I kind of suspect Panzer Dragoon Orta for Xbox started life as a Dreamcast game, like some of their other early Xbox games

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  • ana @totebug.bsky.socialBluesky · May 6, 2026

    the star fox franchise consists of Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon II Zwei , and Panzer Dragoon Saga, Panzer Dragoon Mini and then this game

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  • Lur Noise @lurnoise.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    Number nine: Panzer Dragoon Saga. A game painfully unique and forgotten, where one can feel its creators pushing against their limits as humans and the limits of the machine that would run the game. A four CD epic with one of the most unique combat systems on an RPG, and a soundtrack to match it.

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  • Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2025

    'Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake' - Tokyo Game Show 2025 Demo Gameplay youtu.be/sqAiFFKpjuo?...

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  • TheClassicBill (they/them) @theclassicbill.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    Been playing Panzer Dragoon Saga and the vibes of this game are immaculate

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  • Jade Marker🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - Triangular girlie @jademarker.eurosky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2026

    #RandomGameSaturday is cool and all, but what about #SegaSaturnday? The day we dedicate to the Sega Saturn Lmao, yeah sure. Fuck it, happy random game sega saturnday yall! Panzer Dragoon featuring Moebius cover art

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  • Sean Jordan | Sharing Great Games You Probably Never Played! @greatestgames.substack.comBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    It you've never played @aerialknight.com's Dropshot, this wonderful setup is all you need to justify a game about jumping out of a plane, shooting dudes with your finger gun and taking down dragons in style. It's like the Fortnite battle bus meets Panzer Dragoon! I've never played anything like it.

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  • John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    Oh, and feel extra glad I purchased one of these, given emulation of the original Xbox recently took a big leap on Android. Panzer Dragoon Orta will be thrown on mine for sure.

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