great nostalgia (only) – Dragon's Lair HD Review

Bought it for nostalgia and had a great time going through it again. But it definitely does not stand on its own as an iPad game, i.e. don't get it if you didn't love the arcade original. As for all the complaints about the controls, it's a simple joystick overlay on the screen. There's nothing broken about it, it's just that the game demands such exact timing you find yourself staring at the joystick to get through each level in the default cheating mode (where the correct move lights up), and you don't get to enjoy the gorgeous visuals as much. I think they could have fixed it by making the timing more lax... if you had more than 0.1 seconds to make the right move you wouldn't need to stare at it waiting for the next cue. Winning in non-cheating mode seems like it would be insanely difficult. Did the arcade version really demand such tight timing? I can't remember.
Review by fagabeefe on Dragon's Lair HD.