Fit check
Is Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG players who want party-building decisions across dungeon expeditions
- Players who enjoy managing a base alongside character advancement
- Fans of challenging fantasy adventures with random events and repeated boss attempts
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a relaxed RPG may find the scarce resources, difficult trials, and repeated failures demanding
- Players looking for a linear adventure may not enjoy random events, consequential choices, and recurring expeditions
- Players wanting a puzzle game or a social multiplayer experience
Our take on Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears
The defining structure is the expedition loop: repair the town, develop heroes, face battles and decisions, then regroup after failure for another attempt.
What is Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears?
Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears is a strategic RPG about leading an expedition against beings corrupted by the Black Tears.
Assemble hero combinations using distinct skills and attributes, train characters, and use items during dungeon battles. The game includes 20 heroes, 72 artifacts, and 180 imprint stones. A town serves as the expedition’s base: repairing its facilities unlocks abilities while resources remain limited. Journeys also present random events, quests, and decisions that can affect the expedition’s progress. Battles feature enemies with varied skills and abilities, along with bosses and repeated attempts. After failure, the expedition can regroup, excavate artifacts, advance its heroes, and return to the challenge.
How Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears plays
- 01Hero Expedition Teams
- Character combinations draw on different skills and attributes when forming a party for dungeon battles.
- 02Town Facility Repairs
- Restoring facilities at the expedition’s town unlocks abilities while requiring management of scarce resources.
- 03Random Journey Decisions
- Events and quests introduce choices that can lead to different consequences during an expedition.
- 04Artifact Collection
- The adventure includes 72 artifacts and 180 imprint stones to excavate across repeated attempts.
Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears compared to similar games
Shogun Showdown centers on turn-based positioning, attack tiles, combos, and deck construction before confronting the Shogun. Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears instead combines hero parties, town repairs, item use, random events, and artifact collection across expeditions. Back to the Dawn focuses on investigating and escaping a prison, rather than dungeon expeditions and town reconstruction.
Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears: platforms & release
Is Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG players who want party-building decisions across dungeon expeditions. Skip it if: players seeking a relaxed RPG may find the scarce resources, difficult trials, and repeated failures demanding.
Where can I download Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears?
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What platforms is Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears on?
Windows only.
