Dragons of Flame was successful for SSI, selling 55,711 copies. According to
GameSpy, "while the number of characters was increased to 10, the gameplay remained the same moderately competent, hack-'n-slash, side-scrolling action, marking this as another less than stellar entry on SSI's resume".
ST Action magazine reviewed the
Atari ST version, giving it an overall score of 73%: "When
U.S. Gold announced they were going to produce an
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons range I thought we were going to be in for the usual graphic-lacking role-playing games. ... I've been proven very wrong. This latest game seems to offer more of a challenge than its predecessor,
Heroes of the Lance. ... The thing I noticed about
Dragons of Flame was the playability. Although the game uses complex menus, they have all been set out in a friendly, easy-to-use manner".
ST Action also praised the variety of monsters, graphics, and "well implemented" gameplay. ==References==