1. Animation: 4/5 2. Size: 5/5 3. Price (13,100 Candy): 1/5 4. Theme: 5/5 5. Design details: 4/5 6. Breeding combo (KAGE + metal + dark): 2/5 7. How much do you like Shackle (1 = I hate it, 5 = I love it!): 3/5
Comments: So overall, Shackle feels like a decent Halloween "spooky" dragon. But like Greymatter, I'm not sure it needed the apocalypse element. He is pretty creepy, with those red eyes, gnashy teeth and jaw vibration *shudder*. I'm not a fan of props and the 'shackles' feel like permanent props attached to the dragon. Or in other words, I feel like if I bred two Shackles together, the baby should be shackle-free. Beyond that, the dragon is decent. The dancing and bouncing animations are offputting, but I like the way he walks and stamps. He's like an angry dog who busted through a fence. The baby is not my cuppa. Too cute and too Yoshi-like.
Again, the price is a little high, offset only by the high co-op odds (still took me 24ish tries with 5 fails over 2 days long each).
In no way should this dragon require Kage as a parent. He's nothing like Kage. If the sole reason for using Kage was because this dragon is "shackled", I think a name change would have been a better option. Some elemental dragon + metal/dark is all that was required here. Maybe Bramble + Metal + Dark to match Bushwhack, who also ran through something and got caught up. Cousins, if you will. Kage feels like an excuse to make people buy chests for Wrath. Plus Rift Love is a nightmare to get, especially if a player wants 2 so one can remain a Love, while the other is evolved. Maybe Shackle was given the apocalypse element to make Kage seem more reasonable. It didn't work.
1. Animation 5 - Such smooth animations that immensely show off this dragon's personality! Absolutely amazing!
2. Size (if you don’t own Shackle, please check a friend’s park)
5 - Pretty good size for what it is.
3. Price (13,100 Candy) 1 - Too expensive!
4. How well does Shackle fit the theme of the event 3 - I don't really see anything relating to Halloween in the design, but it does give me a spooky vibe.
5. Design details 5 - When I first saw the leak of Shackle, I wasn't that big of a fan. However, now that the dragon is out, I have come to love it. The colors are wonderful, and seeing the Backflip style, or something similar to it, is always nice.
6. How would you rate Shackle’s breeding combo (KAGE + metal + dark) 2 - Kage is quite the difficult dragon to obtain, and it was also released a year ago for only a week, meaning that players are less likely to have one. The only good thing about Kage is that it makes sense design wise, but that isn't all that important.
7. How much do you like Shackle (1 = I hate it, 5 = I love it!) 5 - Shackle is one of my favorite dragons out of this event. It has a wonderful design and amazing animations that I love.
Comments / feedback for Deca The price, Deca, the price. Too expensive for people who don't know about co-op cloning or weren't able too.
2. Size (if you don’t own Shackle, please check a friend’s park): 5
3. Price (13,100 Candy): 4
4. How well does Shackle fit the theme of the event: 5
5. Design details: 5
6. How would you rate Shackle’s breeding combo (KAGE + metal + dark): 4
7. How much do you like Shackle (1 = I hate it, 5 = I love it!): 3.5
Comments/feedback for Deca
Shackle’s animation is extremely well done. Lots of great detail. For about half a second Shackle runs and it’s very dog-like with the hind legs reaching to the front of the body. The metal shackles bounce all over the place in the dragon’s lively animation, providing a lot of movement to the dragon. Not sure why Shackle freezes and points, but it’s reminiscent of the Pointer dog breed, which fits the dog-like quality. There’s also a second where the dragon rolls up on its right front toe/claw. Haven’t seen that in a dragon’s animation. Nice detail! The animation made me like Shackle a lot more because it really brought the dragon to life.
2. Size (if you don’t own Shackle, please check a friend’s park) 5/5
3. Price (13,100 Candy) 3/5
4. How well does Shackle fit the theme of the event 2/5 Shackle isn’t very Halloween-like
5. Design details 3/5
6. How would you rate Shackle’s breeding combo (KAGE + metal + dark) 1/5 Aside for the chains on Kage, Shackle looks nothing like Kage. Even the artistic styles are very different.
7. How much do you like Shackle (1 = I hate it, 5 = I love it!) 2.5/5
Comments / feedback for Deca Shackle seems more like a rare dragon than an epic. It definitely doesn’t seem like an Apocalypse dragon. There’s nothing apocalyptic about it.
Post by sylviasylvester on Nov 11, 2023 12:55:48 GMT -6
SHACKLE DRAGON
1. Animation - 5/5
2. Size (if you don’t own Shackle, please check a friend’s park) - 5/5
3. Price (13,100 Candy) - 4/5
4. How well does Shackle fit the theme of the event - 5/5
5. Design details - 4/5
6. How would you rate Shackle’s breeding combo (KAGE + metal + dark) - 4/5
7. How much do you like Shackle (1 = I hate it, 5 = I love it!) - 3/5
Comments / feedback for Deca
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