15th Anniversary: Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates by Surreal Software

Released on January 28th 2002, Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates is the 2nd game in the series and improved a lot on its predecessor.

Interesting facts about Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates
-Originally being developed while Drakan: Order of the Flame was nearing completion, the developers saw many challenges during production of “Drakan 2.” The largest complaint was not being able to fix bugs in the original engine, which they were using to make Drakan 2.
-After switching publishers to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, the game was then changed to be released for the PS2, and as a result was given an extra year to complete.
-Due to the switches to PS2, and trying to add mechanics that couldn’t be included in the first game, there was a sharp lack of planning during the project’s development.

Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates on Wikipedia

NewGame+ Content: Drakan 2 Post Mortem

Gameplay by Platform Junkie via Youtube

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