Dragon’s Crown is an online adventure where players are thrust into a fantastical medieval world. It’s a side-scrolling action-RPG by way of Vanillaware, a Japanese developer with a decidedly old-school-style pedigree.

A multiplayer hack and slash beat ‘em up game with breathtaking visual style, a design built around cooperative play and epic boss fights, and the ability to discover a new adventure in every play session. With Dragon’s Crown, developer Vanillaware deftly marries stunning hand-drawn and animated art work with deep, action-packed hardcore gameplay. Dragon’s Crown allows up to four players to team up online to clear out monster-ridden dungeons, discover precious treasure, and destroy awe-inspiring bosses.

Its unique, highly replayable design means that every time players can boot up and log on, they can expect a different experience and hours upon hours of satisfying adventuring. Unparalleled in their unique style, developer Vanillaware painstakingly hand-paints every detail, be it a blade of grass or the scales on the game’s impressive dragons. The game becomes a lush, vibrant storybook come to life when everything starts to animate in gorgeous full HD.

Their newest romp takes inspiration from a lot of corners – perhaps most notably from Golden Axe – but it’s also very much a Vanillaware game, what with its absolutely gorgeous graphics, solid gameplay, and deep mechanics that fans of their previous offerings, such as Odin Sphere or Muramasa, will very much appreciate.