The packaging on all WD games was always more elaborate, foil embossed, great manuals and this game had a large map based on the game world included. This was one game I couldn't find at any of my local video game retailers, then one day when I was in one of the local toy stores there it was, about 5 copies and at a cheapo price to boot! I grabbed a copy without hesitation being a big Working Designs fan.
Colorful sprites, fun leveling up, good character interactions, old school fun. Sure we have Atlus but WD still is missed.Īnother game by Working Designs. I sure do miss those guys and what they did for the niche' gamer.
The music was a plus also, bringing these kinds of games over to the West was always a great move from Working Designs. A female lead, changeable characters any time in the game and over two hours of spoken dialouge were highlights.The controls were quick, the animation was smooth, the characters were funny and the bosses were pretty hard to beat. The game was put out by Working Designs, it was one of those quirky Japanese action/role playing games that just screamed fun! Working Designs was always known for inserting humor into their games and this one was no different. It would be great to see an updated version to this little classic on one of the new systems. Sure the fight scenes could get tedious after watching them for the hundredth time but you could always turn off the fight animation and just get the stats when characters dueled.
I played all the characters story arcs and it took me more than two fortnights, which in regular terms, a month. I remember taking a flier on this game and I would not regret it. There were multiple characters to choose from which led to different story arcs and loads of anime cut scenes with music and voice to watch that brought the story to life that only the CD-ROM format could deliver. This was a strategy RPG, set out in hexagonal maps. Criticism is fine and dandy but we're all here to share a little slice of our retro days, so with that so begins SuperDave80s foray into Retrojunk initiation. I finally broke down and left the stands and joined the team as a Retrojunk member! So hope you all will give me a big welcome! I know some times articles seem to overlap themselves here but of course many times we have similar childhood experiences so that's bound to happen. I have been a long time reader, visiting off and on over the years. This is my first article written on retrojunk.