9th July 2012, 11:12 PM
SNES
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Lagoon - cart only, $7. This is a very mediocre, first-gen action-RPG. It's a blatant Ys (I and II style) clone, except with less graphical variety, worse music, and even less of a plot than Ys, and perhaps the most annoyingly short sword ever, too. Seriously, that thing is like five pixels long... so yeah, play Ys games instead of this.
What's funny is, I just went and read a few reviews of this game, and few even mentioned Ys... but from interface to gameplay, this is a mediocre Ys clone through and through. It's worse than any Ys game I've played (Ys I for the Sega Master System is a better game than this, for instance), but eh, it's just mediocre enough to be playable. I don't really regret getting it, even if it's one of the system's least good action-RPGs.
Oh, the game does add one thing to the Ys formula... well, two, First, it has some magic attacks. The first Ys game didn't have that. That's a good thing to have, even if they're pretty average stuff. And second, it has... escort missions! Yes, everyone's favorite. Thanks for adding those, guys... :S
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Lagoon - cart only, $7. This is a very mediocre, first-gen action-RPG. It's a blatant Ys (I and II style) clone, except with less graphical variety, worse music, and even less of a plot than Ys, and perhaps the most annoyingly short sword ever, too. Seriously, that thing is like five pixels long... so yeah, play Ys games instead of this.
What's funny is, I just went and read a few reviews of this game, and few even mentioned Ys... but from interface to gameplay, this is a mediocre Ys clone through and through. It's worse than any Ys game I've played (Ys I for the Sega Master System is a better game than this, for instance), but eh, it's just mediocre enough to be playable. I don't really regret getting it, even if it's one of the system's least good action-RPGs.
Oh, the game does add one thing to the Ys formula... well, two, First, it has some magic attacks. The first Ys game didn't have that. That's a good thing to have, even if they're pretty average stuff. And second, it has... escort missions! Yes, everyone's favorite. Thanks for adding those, guys... :S