{"id":53195,"date":"2013-05-10T23:31:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T21:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=53195"},"modified":"2013-05-10T23:33:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T21:33:12","slug":"kickass-dragons-in-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/53195-kickass-dragons-in-gaming","title":{"rendered":"Kickass dragons in gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s only one thing cooler than Iron Man fighting Batman \u2013 a dragon. Dragons have been part of gaming since the early days, and its only fair to give them their fair share of the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 5 kickass dragons in gaming:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Lair<\/h3>\n<p>Factor 5\u2019s Lair promised to bring a true next-gen dragon-riding experience using the Sixaxis motion controls, but sadly it fell short of its promises.<\/p>\n<p>The underwhelming PS3 launch title did however showcase some pretty good-looking dragons (for its time), and getting to ride one while it shoots fireballs and sets other dragons ablaze is downright awesome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/lair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53200\" title=\"lair\" alt=\"lair\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/lair.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/lair.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/lair-267x150.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Divinity: Dragon Commander<\/h3>\n<p>What\u2019s better than a dragon? A dragon with a jetpack.<\/p>\n<p>The lesser known Divinity: Dragon Commander brings some strategy action into the world of dragons, allowing players to command units and control the giant fire-breathing beasts. The trick here is that you have a jetpack to help boost your dragon even more \u2013 \u201cwhy\u201d you ask \u2013 because its awesome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53202\" title=\"Divinity Dragon Commander\" alt=\"Divinity Dragon Commander\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/url.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/url.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/url-267x150.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Dragon\u2019s Dogma<\/h3>\n<p>The sleeper hit of 2012 had some incredibly interesting mythological creatures to kill, but at the end of the road was a dragon worth talking about.<\/p>\n<p>A giant red dragon kicks off the whole quest by eating your heart, and you\u2019ll have your eyes set on this beast throughout the game.<\/p>\n<p>The dragon is huge, angry, and a total dick, but he is pretty damn cool \u2013 hey, everyone loves to hate a villain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/lair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53199\" title=\"Dragon\u2019s Dogma\" alt=\"Dragon\u2019s Dogma\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dragonsdogma_0b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dragonsdogma_0b.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dragonsdogma_0b-267x150.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Skyrim boss &#8211; Alduin<\/h3>\n<p>Skyrim is obviously jam-packed with dragons from start to finish, but it\u2019s the climactic boss dragon that takes the cake.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s super-pissed when you do encounter him, and throws everything he\u2019s got at you and puts up a pretty good fight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53198\" title=\"Skyrim boss - Alduin\" alt=\"Skyrim boss - Alduin\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/alduin.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Reign of Fire<\/h3>\n<p>The Reign of Fire movie was decent, but the game wasn\u2019t that good. A terrible tie-in to the big screen adaptation, the Reign of Fire video game did manage to bring some pretty big dragons into the fold.<\/p>\n<p>Reign of Fire lets you hunt dragons (obviously), but also allows you to play as the dragons, blowing up planes, houses and those puny little humans that make up the resistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53201\" title=\"Reign of Fire\" alt=\"Reign of Fire\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Reignfiregc_092302_3-445529_640w.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming features:<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/53072-5-gaming-makeovers.html\">5 gaming makeovers<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/52856-most-violent-gaming-moments.html\">Most violent gaming moments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/52978-gaming-specials-this-weekend-23.html\">Gaming specials this weekend<\/a><\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/52966-defiance-superior-sci-fi-shooter-or-mediocre-mmo.html\">Defiance: superior sci-fi shooter or mediocre MMO?<\/a><\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/52942-greatest-gaming-animals.html\">Greatest gaming animals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tip your hat to these fire-breathing behemoths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":53204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[9735,9732,2251,9730,9731,21,9734,9733,69],"class_list":["post-53195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-divinity-dragons-commander","tag-dragon","tag-dragons-dogma","tag-dragons","tag-gaming-dragons","tag-headline","tag-lair","tag-reign-of-fire","tag-skyrim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53761,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53195\/revisions\/53761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}