Why are there hardly any games about being a Dragonrider?

[Rigwort]

Sorry man, best I can do is DragonStrike. I liked the vertical shooter Dragon Blaze, I suppose.

[Statesman]

Upcoming game from the NMS devs has rideable dragons (not sure if they'll eventually have proper dragon combat though):

[Vergil]

For sure a day one pirate for me.

[KnightoftheWind]

The only game I can think of is Lair for the PS3, and I heard that was below average. Scalebound could've been interesting, but too bad it was scrapped after Platinum decided to use Microsoft money to finance other, unrelated games.

[ArcaneLurker]

Scrubbed...

[rusty_shackleford]

[Vergil]

Scrubbed...

What game was this again?

[ArcaneLurker]

Scrubbed...

What game was this again?

Can't remember the name, or if they actually gave it a proper name, as it was more like an early WIP.

[rusty_shackleford]

Scrubbed...

What game was this again?

Almost certain it was this https://www.youtube.com/@DragontwinGame/videos

[ArcaneLurker]

Scrubbed...

What game was this again?

Almost certain it was this https://www.youtube.com/@DragontwinGame/videos

I saw this, admittedly, it does very look similar, but with crisper lighting. It could be this, I'm just not certain.
It's odd that the creator would scrub all those other videos or the channel, which were mostly showing off particular mechanics/ animations, when it's not like these new videos are showing a final product.

[J1M]

Hear me out. It's because nobody has considered letting the mainstream audience romance the dragon mount.

[Tweed]

Hear me out. It's because nobody has considered letting the mainstream audience romance the dragon mount.

Inb4 @Oyster Sauce finds the goods.

[Irenaeus]

Hear me out. It's because nobody has considered letting the mainstream audience romance the dragon mount.

This one by this ****** company comes close:

[Tweed]

Hear me out. It's because nobody has considered letting the mainstream audience romance the dragon mount.

This one by this ****** company comes close:

Yeah this totally screams Ultima. Thx @rusty_shackleford

[Ratcatcher]

edit: image broke

[TKVNC]

Drakan: Order of the Flame
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates

You switch seamlessly between ground combat and mounting and fighting dragon-back using its abilities. I'm a little surprised it hasn't already been listed.

It didn't sell well (180k for Order and only 20,000+ for the sequel) but I remember it being good fun when I bought them.

Bro... This thread reminded me of a game that I played years ago, and it involved you being a woman who rode on dragons and could jump off and kill people on foot too -- for years I had never been able to find it, lol

The links you posted, that's legitimately it.

[Tweed]

Tyris Flare had the best magic.

[Ratcatcher]

Tyris Flare had the best magic.

Yes but in 2024 Ax Battler identifies as Tyris and Gilus was raceswapped to a dwigger.

[Oyster Sauce]

Demo out

[Maledict]

I haven't seen Century Age of Ashes mentioned

I played in alpha or beta, but I haven't touched it since its release. I remember the performance was awful. Looks abandoned.

[DecadeRiptide]

World of Warcraft dragon flight
It looks rather gay though

ARK lets you breed/tame dragons

There's a game called dragon Raja but idk if it actually has anything to do with dragons?

There was also that one Kickstarter scam about being a dragon but I don't remember the name

Also some kind of dog **** game that release on the Xbox for kinect many many years ago but I don't remember the name for that either (mightve been crimson dragon). Some YouTube made a video on how **** it was so I heard of it then never thought of it again

Black desert online lets you ride dragons but you have to do some PvP event and win in order to have it. I'm pretty sure you have to be a part of a guild though and you need to win another PvP event every two months of you lose it

In FFXIV you can be a dragoon and kill them but I don't think you really get to fly them unless you get a mount. Obviously not really about slaying things with a dragon

I heard there's a lot of "dragon riding" games on steam which many people love, like tweed does. I don't think that's the type of game you are looking for though...

[DemoGraph]

I of the Dragon, Russian game from 2002. Steam.
You play as THE dragon. Choose one of the three colors (warrior, mage, thief), fly over the global map, help your side to capture cities, breathe fire, cast stuff and pick enemies from the ground to eat, grow new fangs and bigger wings as you level up. Fun!
It was pretty kewl for my teenage mind, a bit slow sometimes, but also comparatively complex. IIRC you're guided by missions, but can deviate from them any time (though it's not usually advised to do so, since missions run you over all the map).

[Rand]