‘There’s No Dragons’ Review: A Charming Challenge

Continuing on in my efforts to explore game genres that I’ve neglected, I came across There’s No Dragons, a hidden-object game where you’re tasked with finding up to 20 dragons over various hand-drawn locations. Immediately, I drew a connection to the 100 Cats series where you’re tasked with finding well… 100 cats! Though there doesn’t seem to be an actual connection with the two franchises, I had a good feeling that I’d enjoy this game nonetheless and fortunately, that’s very true.

The game features numerous locations where you have to find these adorable creatures. I want to first admire the designs of the dragons as they all feel unique and stand out enough to where I didn’t need to use the onscreen guide to locate them. Despite this, they were still well hidden enough that the game didn’t feel too easy, I even ended up having to use hints for some levels. The hint system in particular is pretty straightforward and guides you easily using an on-screen arrow.

The game features four difficulty levels and I was impressed with how each one really stood out from the other. The easy difficulty was pretty basic, just locate a certain number of dragons using the on-screen guide located on the left side of the screen. However, once we got to Medium difficulty, that’s where things changed, they no longer advised you on how many dragons had to be collected, going as far as not showing the dragon types. Additionally, the game included objects you had to click on, which would either show you a dragon or an empty space.

The Hard difficulty is where I was really intrigued, it builds off of the Medium difficulty’s features but now you were tasked with finding the dragons in a certain order, a concept that was brand new to me and got me even more engaged. Finally, there’s the Night difficulty where your cursor becomes a flashlight, only showing a small portion of the map at a time. Overall, these helped to keep the game fresh and improve on replayability, they’re also really challenging as I found myself spending a lot more time on the game.

The game does have a few minor issues that I came across but most of them don’t affect the gameplay to a drastic degree. Sometimes when clicking on a dragon, it might not register the first time and that brings me to another point where the background freezes temporarily when selecting a dragon, which got a little distracting at times. There is also a bug with the Safari level where the image’s resolution is lower, making the dragons easy to spot. Finally, I felt that completing the level was a bit underwhelming, you’re simply given a “congratulations” but I’d love it if we were able to see the artwork in color.

Overall, There’s No Dragons is a great game to binge during an evening, the cute art style just gives me a feeling of warmth and collecting each dragon is just satisfying coupled with that lovely soundtrack that plays during each level. I was also surprised when I felt comfortable using the Light mode on this game, something I typically avoid. The game also has a lot more creative themes if you’re tired of Light and Dark modes. It’s also a plus that the game doesn’t feature many game-breaking bugs.

There’s No Dragons is developed by Error 300 and is available now on Steam and GOG for $3.99.

Disclosure: I received a free review copy of this game from https://www.game.press.

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