Skyrim: Equivalent Exchange

Adventures in Skyrim - spoilers ahead! You can follow the rest of the story here!

"Dracarys!" :P

The third "level" of the orb is Vokulvokun's prison. A place of eternal burning fire, which is fitting since the dragon breathes it non-stop. Dropping comets down onto the arena with no cover and staying airborne make him an annoying foe but as soon as he lands I'm immediately disappointed that I slaughter him with no issues. With no deeper orbs to jump in, I make my way back out to Perdida and decide to move on to the second map.

Sparkly!

Here we find an alchemic dragon terrorizing some imperials, so I'm not too hasty to help. With Red Shadow and Perdida it isn't much of a match though. Nearby we find a strange ritual setup with a dead caster (probably killed by the dragon) and a dead little girl. Turns out the caster sacrificed his daughter to create that beast. Guess someone's been watching Full Metal Alchemist.

That's some strong ice magic.

The caster did have a letter indicating he was being paid for this experiment though, and we tracked down his employer to be another ascended: Ferna the Frost. Who obviously uses strong ice magic. Perdida can tank her spells, which gives me the perfect opportunity to sneak up from behind and ... well, you know.

Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles

Where wearing nothing is probably better than wearing armor.

A fire dragon (literally on fire) is terrorizing the peaceful kingdom ruled by a good king (Arnold Vosloo). Fortunately his free spirited and strong willed tomboy daughter (Amy Acker) is around to try help save the day. This is a good example of how decent actors can really help a subpar script. Apart from perhaps one or two deviations you probably have already guessed how this will play out and you would be right. This film also has average quality sets and average CGI but they certainly aren't shy or hesitant to use it. John Rhys Davies is also very watchable and it has simple but workable tunes musically.

Unfortunately there are many weaker actors around too and an almost total fail in the costume department. I'm not sure if it's intentional but the "armor" worn here is the most worthless that I've seen for awhile with guys in chain mail getting one hit punched or kicked to the point where guardsmen are seriously useless. The director also likes horses as a good portion of the film involves them, as well as camera shots that rotate around one subject. This is ok once or twice but some people seriously might get dizzy. Having no combat choreographer is also telling and makes "fights" just a mess of camera cuts to watch. The main culprit here though is the script. Trying a new lore for dragons is good but it has to at least make -some- sense. Also the heroes plan gets to the point of face palming stupidity too, which again doesn't help it in the slightest.

They're supposed to be looking at the same thing...

Alas Fire and Ice, I give you only one and a half useless pieces of armor out of five. I don't want to watch it again nor can I recommend it to anyone save for the most die hard fans of the names above.