A recording of the latest Crimson Dragon live stream is now available on Twitch.tv. This time we’re shown an underground subterranean level along with the Darkshoulder dragon type. There’s some good discussion of the game and lots of comparisons to the Panzer Dragoon series.
Chris Rubyor discusses how Crimson Dragon links in with Crimson Dragon: Side Story:
The side story was complementary to the overall game. Great little app, great little game, but you’re going to learn more about Draco, you’re going to learn more about the dragons, you’re going to see the dragons in full detail. This game basically tells the players what’s really going on in this world. So again, Side Story was complementary to this experience.
At 22:16 minutes into the video there is a question about the game’s storyline. Rubyor gives a brief summary of the game’s back story. He also teases about a plot twist featured near the end of Crimson Dragon:
There’s a whole bigger story to it. Earth is involved still even though technically we’ve broken contact with Earth. There’s also some ancient ruins. At the end of it there’s this cool twist. I don’t want to give it away. When you beat the game you’ll literally go “wow!” … So we have a really deep story that Futatsugi-san and the rest of the team as well as writers here at Microsoft have put together for everyone that purchases the game.
Crimson Dragon: Side Story certainly had a surprising ending; I expect we won’t see Crimson Dragon’s twist coming either.