Part One Of Dragalia Lost's Final Chapter Launches Later This Week

I feel so sorry to anyone who spent large amounts of money on this game.

@Erigen - I just hope a lesson is learned about "games as a service" approach.

You're not guaranteed the game for as long as YOU like. Especially in the mobile market, the shelf lives of some of those games are tragically short.

Here is hoping Nintendo has some idea with the franchise going forward that they make something more... Permanent.

I started playing the game again after years of not playing after they announced it was shutting down. I had only beaten the first two chapters, so I’ve been doing my best to beat the rest of the game before it shuts down. I’ve made it to chapter 20 and I’ve been having a lot of fun.

Games like this that have a complete story, it sucks to see those get lost. I hope that perhaps there is some consideration for an offline version for console.

@Ryu_Niiyama It's pretty rare for gachas to have their stories come to a proper conclusion. Most of the time they just drag it on or release chapters slowly to prolong a live service. (ex. Granblue Fantasy)

There really is so much to love about Dragalia, but they never found a satisfying gameplay loop to keep things interesting between the new events and campaign updates. I hope there's a way to preserve some of your game even after the servers go down, but given how these things normally go, I'm not optimistic.

@Erigen I don't it's free to play they already acknowledge that it could shut down one day so they know before spending money in it

Hopefully there will be a ROM of this game to play later on by the time it shuts down this year.

Would’ve loved to try this game, but for some reason the majority of us Europeans never got this. Perhaps due to loot Box regulations or something.

I don’t know how anybody can honestly engage with games like these, and I don’t say that as a ‘because they’re trash’ remark. I genuinely don’t understand because the gacha mechanics, to me, are too distracting and I know that ultimately the game is looking to get me pulling the lever on the slots, so to speak. I don’t know how you can engage with something like that without being put off by the fact that it’s ultimately masquerading as a game in many ways.

Nintendo missed a big opportunity not to immediately pivot this franchise as soon as Genshin Impact released, and commission/develop a Dragalia Lost Impact clone as soon as possible.

I thought the game's final chapter was lost, and was somehow rediscovered. Oops.

@AlanaHagues I think you got some information in the article incorrect, part 1 is releasing June 23rd and part 2 is July 24th, so part 2 is releasing 1 month later.

This was a great game just in general. Really wish they did something more with the IP.

@Maximumbeans Well it's because it is a game with good gameplay, charming characters & art, bopping music, and tells compelling stories. It never hurts to try since it's free.

I never did start playing this game, but after learning a little more about it and watching this trailer, the concept itself totally looks like my kind of thing, and it's sad that it's coming to an end! Of course, being a mobile gacha game, it wouldn't really be my favorite thing in that particular aspect. I'm usually not a fan of gacha games and I really don't usually like to pay any microtransactions. But if Nintendo decided to keep this IP going in the form of a full console game, I would totally buy and play it! Again, I haven't actually played Dragalia Lost, but the concept of the game and its story is something that I absolutely love the idea of. It might be wishful thinking, but I sincerely hope that Nintendo won't completely retire this IP, but instead make a new project out of it for Nintendo Switch (or maybe the system they decide to launch after the Nintnedo Switch). I would definitely buy a console game like that to give it a good try!

Like Ryu_Niiyama, I also like to hope that there could be some consideration for an offline/console version, but I'm not holding my breath. Doesn't seems like Nintendo or CyGames have any plans on the horizon to expand the IP beyond mobile.