Falcom Is Going Back To The Past With A New Dragon Slayer Project

Falcom, the JRPG-making company known for the Ys and The Legend of Heroes series, is going back to its roots.

The company has announced a Dragon Slayer Project, which is an upcoming 45th anniversary project slated for consoles. No release date has been announced yet, but the game will most likely target PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and PC platforms.

The first Dragon Slayer game launched for PC-8801 in 1984 as a “new-type, real-type role-playing game.

The game garnered attention for its unique systems such as simple and easy-to-understand controls like ramming into adjacent enemy characters to attack; distinctive growth elements where players bring experience points and items back home to strengthen their characters; and puzzles that require specific items and magic to clear obstacles; and it was praised by numerous PC users as a masterpiece of the early days of action RPGs.

After that, titles such as Xanadu, Romancia, Legacy of the Wizard, and Sorcerian were released as part of the Dragon Slayer series.

The sixth entry in the series, Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, utilized a command-based battle system, as well as emphasized unique characters, a carefully crafted world, and story development. This entry led to the spin-off series The Legend of Heroes, which later gave birth to the story RPG series Trails that began with The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky.

Check out the teaser website here. For a retro look at how the Dragon Slayer games feel like back in the day, we’ve posted a few playthroughs via YouTube so you can taste the old-schoolness of it all.