Drakenguard (aka Drag-On Dragoon) News!

Square Enix has released additional information regarding its Cavia-developed action RPG Drag-on Dragoon (Drakengard) for the PlayStation 2. Weapons and magic will be upgraded after you have killed a certain amount of enemies. Each weapon in the game can be upgraded four times, with both its power and form possibly changing in the process. By upgrading the weapons, it will also be possible to unleash larger chain attacks. Levelling up magic will result in greater power or range of the respective spell. It was also revealed that between 2000 and 3000 enemies will appear in the field. To play through the game once will take about 20 hours, therefore players have to spend more than 100 hours before the screen if they want to see all five endings. Also, depending on how the game is being played, the story progression will change. The game has been in development for more than two years.

Some pictures of a trailer:

http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-022_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-023_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-024_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-026_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-030_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-031_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-044_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-046_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/intro-049_sm.jpg

Some screenshots:

http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/ss-001_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/ss-002_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/ss-003_sm.jpg
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/ss-004_sm.jpg

Some Artwork of the characters:

Friae- http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/art-001_sm.jpg
Kyme- http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/art-002_sm.jpg
Kyme (Crest)- http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/art-003_sm.jpg
Kyme (Crest 2)- http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/art-007_sm.jpg
Yuvalt- http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/art-006_sm.jpg
Red Dragon- http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/dod/art-005_sm.jpg

Source: RPGfan