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CyberWhale
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Unlike playing through those games, which doesn't require any time whatsoever, amirite?
Finished Tenshin Ranma by élf for PC98 (1992).
Setting is weebizarro Shadowrun; monsters invade during an eclipse as a test to decide the fate of humanity. The point of the game is defeating the king of hell.
There are two characters to play with: Takami and Yuima (later joined by an angel in disguise called Amano). There’s also a third girl along for the ride who doesn’t fight but is saved by the two in the beginning of the game.
Takami is a typical highschooler while Yuima is a highschool girl* and Elf in disguise. The beginning of the game is different depending on who you pick to play with but the two characters soon meet and have to crawl through a lot of dungeons together.
There’s also the fact that if you pick Yuima in the beginning, you’ll miss out on some hentai scenes (which can be viewed as either a plus or a minus).
I had expected this one to be one of the weaker élf games but it turned out better than both Words Worth and Dragon Knight 3 (final boss also surprisingly challenging – I was underleveled). The game does have some charm (and some slight replayability). Best part are the interactions between the three main characters.
*Initially I thought she was an OL; would’ve suited her “big sister” personality perfectly.
Setting is weebizarro Shadowrun; monsters invade during an eclipse as a test to decide the fate of humanity. The point of the game is defeating the king of hell.
There are two characters to play with: Takami and Yuima (later joined by an angel in disguise called Amano). There’s also a third girl along for the ride who doesn’t fight but is saved by the two in the beginning of the game.
Takami is a typical highschooler while Yuima is a highschool girl* and Elf in disguise. The beginning of the game is different depending on who you pick to play with but the two characters soon meet and have to crawl through a lot of dungeons together.
There’s also the fact that if you pick Yuima in the beginning, you’ll miss out on some hentai scenes (which can be viewed as either a plus or a minus).
I had expected this one to be one of the weaker élf games but it turned out better than both Words Worth and Dragon Knight 3 (final boss also surprisingly challenging – I was underleveled). The game does have some charm (and some slight replayability). Best part are the interactions between the three main characters.
*Initially I thought she was an OL; would’ve suited her “big sister” personality perfectly.
Prematurely finished Vain Dream 2 by Glodia for PC98 (1993).
Despite the title this is completely unrelated to Vain Dream 1, it doesn’t even take place in the same world.
Basic story is that in the distant past some morans summoned a hot but utterly evil goddess who promptly started exterminating humanity; however two divine dragons descended from the heavens and banished the Goddess. Then afterwards (108) dragons watched over the world for 900 years until the bad guys and start killing dragons.
The main character is called Warrick who discovers the death of the (ice) dragon protecting his village. He is tasked with delivering a knife to the head honcho dragon – the purpose of the knife is to revive the golden dragon in order to defeat the silver dragon (Astarte) who turned evil.
In typical Glodia fashion the main character has stronk magical waifu at his side; Warrick is actually married to Reina and typically, she basically comments on almost everything purchased and sold not to mention takes control during most conversations with important NPCs. Compared to the mostly docile Tamryn/Melwyn she’s an acquired taste.
The engine and gameplay are exactly the same as the first game. This time around you can level up in different weapon classes, but it doesn’t make much of a difference overall. Characters can wear an upper and under armour, which is somewhat unusual.
Game is much easier than Vain Dream 1 (at least until a point, see below). Some enemies are copy-pasted from D&D bestiary (like beholders). Not to mention the game has Elves and Dwarves, unlike the first game.
Perhaps the most memorable part of the game is the party crossing a sea of sand by boat and dealing with Moby Dick.
Near the end of the game is where Warrick needs to go through a tower all by himself to retrieve an armour. I wasn’t underleveled or underequipped yet the living armour enemies inside the tower could instagib Warrick; to make matters worse the game doesn’t even let you save.
Surely this has to be a bug?? Or again maybe some retardo copy protection (I actually had to replay part of Vain Dream 1 because of that)??
So I dropped the game at this point with like 75-80% overall completion.
Can’t say I really regret not playing this til the end as compared to Emerald Dragon and Vain Dream 1, this game is extremely tepid and quite a disappointment. Srsly, fuck Glodia.
Despite the title this is completely unrelated to Vain Dream 1, it doesn’t even take place in the same world.
Basic story is that in the distant past some morans summoned a hot but utterly evil goddess who promptly started exterminating humanity; however two divine dragons descended from the heavens and banished the Goddess. Then afterwards (108) dragons watched over the world for 900 years until the bad guys and start killing dragons.
The main character is called Warrick who discovers the death of the (ice) dragon protecting his village. He is tasked with delivering a knife to the head honcho dragon – the purpose of the knife is to revive the golden dragon in order to defeat the silver dragon (Astarte) who turned evil.
In typical Glodia fashion the main character has stronk magical waifu at his side; Warrick is actually married to Reina and typically, she basically comments on almost everything purchased and sold not to mention takes control during most conversations with important NPCs. Compared to the mostly docile Tamryn/Melwyn she’s an acquired taste.
The engine and gameplay are exactly the same as the first game. This time around you can level up in different weapon classes, but it doesn’t make much of a difference overall. Characters can wear an upper and under armour, which is somewhat unusual.
Game is much easier than Vain Dream 1 (at least until a point, see below). Some enemies are copy-pasted from D&D bestiary (like beholders). Not to mention the game has Elves and Dwarves, unlike the first game.
Perhaps the most memorable part of the game is the party crossing a sea of sand by boat and dealing with Moby Dick.
Near the end of the game is where Warrick needs to go through a tower all by himself to retrieve an armour. I wasn’t underleveled or underequipped yet the living armour enemies inside the tower could instagib Warrick; to make matters worse the game doesn’t even let you save.
Surely this has to be a bug?? Or again maybe some retardo copy protection (I actually had to replay part of Vain Dream 1 because of that)??
So I dropped the game at this point with like 75-80% overall completion.
Can’t say I really regret not playing this til the end as compared to Emerald Dragon and Vain Dream 1, this game is extremely tepid and quite a disappointment. Srsly, fuck Glodia.
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Prematurely finished Vain Dream 2 by Glodia for PC98 (1993).
Despite the title this is completely unrelated to Vain Dream 1, it doesn’t even take place in the same world.
Basic story is that in the distant past some morans summoned a hot but utterly evil goddess who promptly started exterminating humanity; however two divine dragons descended from the heavens and banished the Goddess. Then afterwards (108) dragons watched over the world for 900 years until the bad guys and start killing dragons.
The main character is called Warrick who discovers the death of the (ice) dragon protecting his village. He is tasked with delivering a knife to the head honcho dragon – the purpose of the knife is to revive the golden dragon in order to defeat the silver dragon (Astarte) who turned evil.
In typical Glodia fashion the main character has stronk magical waifu at his side; Warrick is actually married to Reina and typically, she basically comments on almost everything purchased and sold not to mention takes control during most conversations with important NPCs. Compared to the mostly docile Tamryn/Melwyn she’s an acquired taste.
The engine and gameplay are exactly the same as the first game. This time around you can level up in different weapon classes, but it doesn’t make much of a difference overall. Characters can wear an upper and under armour, which is somewhat unusual.
Game is much easier than Vain Dream 1 (at least until a point, see below). Some enemies are copy-pasted from D&D bestiary (like beholders). Not to mention the game has Elves and Dwarves, unlike the first game.
Perhaps the most memorable part of the game is the party crossing a sea of sand by boat and dealing with Moby Dick.
Near the end of the game is where Warrick needs to go through a tower all by himself to retrieve an armour. I wasn’t underleveled or underequipped yet the living armour enemies inside the tower could instagib Warrick; to make matters worse the game doesn’t even let you save.
Surely this has to be a bug?? Or again maybe some retardo copy protection (I actually had to replay part of Vain Dream 1 because of that)??
So I dropped the game at this point with like 75-80% overall completion.
Can’t say I really regret not playing this til the end as compared to Emerald Dragon and Vain Dream 1, this game is extremely tepid and quite a disappointment. Srsly, fuck Glodia.
I have a question for you?How do you choose pc 98 rpg games to play?
Do you just look at the game summaries/screens and see what might interest you or is there a website with reviews/recommendations ?
Cause the pc 98 library of game is huge,and quite hard to find the good stuff considering there is a lack of information for these games.The best i can find are mobygames short summaries and screenshots.
Finished Startling Odyssey 2: Maryuu Sensou for PC Engine CD (1994).
This is the prequel to Startling Odyssey (of which Startling Odyssey: Blue Evolution is the remake).
Main character is Robin Solford, father of Blue Evolution protagonist. His son Leon started as a nobody peasant in Blue Evolution, but in this game his father starts out as a p. powerful knight* with a hot princess elder sister called Patricia.
The story follows closely the same plotline of Blue Evolution traveling the world to gather eight amulets; the bad guy is a mad scientist who revives ancient dragons mostly for the lulz. At the start of the game Patricia is kidnapped when dragon and monsters attack the castle.
Leon’s mom from Blue Evolution is playable character in the game, but she has a different name – Julia Monrose, doctor and mage. Her outfit is p. ridiculous (in Blue Evolution you can find this outfit and have the female main character wear it).
Many events/characters are reiterated/alluded to which is nice. Like in Blue Evolution there are many (short) animu style cutscenes. Unlike Blue Evolution several important characters are killed off in dramatic fashiion.
The story is not very original but still enjoyable as characters are fun and there are many humorous skits, RayForce’s main forte; the majority of skits either deal with the monk girl Vivian being jealous of Julia’s big titties or Julia and other girl party members competing for Robin’s dink. There are also various cases of male party members playing peeping Tom and getting fireballed in retaliation. You even get to see both girls’ titties on occasion** – there’s a reason why PC Engine was at one time N° 2 console in Wapan after SNES.
For some mysterious reason this game has an inordinate amount of MIMICS, who are by far the toughest enemies for most of the game even stronger than bosses.
I was prolly underleveled for the final boss (Julia had stupidly low HP) but I didn’t really give a feck about grinding as I had tons of potions and just wanted to finish the game. Like all other big bosses casting Reflect spell on all characters and making use of Accelerator special warrior spell was enough. Damage spells are generally extremely underwhelming.
To tie the game to the first Startling Odyssey the “final” final boss is killed in a long ending cutscene during which Robin also sacrifices himself.
They did not make many games but I quite like this developer RayForce.
* Robin is the descendant of the God of War and eventually acquires a quite ridiculous win-button; an AoE special attack that does 9,999 damage to every enemy but reduces his HP to 1. This is enough to instawin every random encounter late in the game.
** Here’s hoping for Tamryn’s titties in the PC Engine version of Emerald Dragon.
PC Engine is a p. kewl platform, added more chit to my list recently.
This is the prequel to Startling Odyssey (of which Startling Odyssey: Blue Evolution is the remake).
Main character is Robin Solford, father of Blue Evolution protagonist. His son Leon started as a nobody peasant in Blue Evolution, but in this game his father starts out as a p. powerful knight* with a hot princess elder sister called Patricia.
The story follows closely the same plotline of Blue Evolution traveling the world to gather eight amulets; the bad guy is a mad scientist who revives ancient dragons mostly for the lulz. At the start of the game Patricia is kidnapped when dragon and monsters attack the castle.
Leon’s mom from Blue Evolution is playable character in the game, but she has a different name – Julia Monrose, doctor and mage. Her outfit is p. ridiculous (in Blue Evolution you can find this outfit and have the female main character wear it).
Many events/characters are reiterated/alluded to which is nice. Like in Blue Evolution there are many (short) animu style cutscenes. Unlike Blue Evolution several important characters are killed off in dramatic fashiion.
The story is not very original but still enjoyable as characters are fun and there are many humorous skits, RayForce’s main forte; the majority of skits either deal with the monk girl Vivian being jealous of Julia’s big titties or Julia and other girl party members competing for Robin’s dink. There are also various cases of male party members playing peeping Tom and getting fireballed in retaliation. You even get to see both girls’ titties on occasion** – there’s a reason why PC Engine was at one time N° 2 console in Wapan after SNES.
For some mysterious reason this game has an inordinate amount of MIMICS, who are by far the toughest enemies for most of the game even stronger than bosses.
I was prolly underleveled for the final boss (Julia had stupidly low HP) but I didn’t really give a feck about grinding as I had tons of potions and just wanted to finish the game. Like all other big bosses casting Reflect spell on all characters and making use of Accelerator special warrior spell was enough. Damage spells are generally extremely underwhelming.
To tie the game to the first Startling Odyssey the “final” final boss is killed in a long ending cutscene during which Robin also sacrifices himself.
They did not make many games but I quite like this developer RayForce.
* Robin is the descendant of the God of War and eventually acquires a quite ridiculous win-button; an AoE special attack that does 9,999 damage to every enemy but reduces his HP to 1. This is enough to instawin every random encounter late in the game.
** Here’s hoping for Tamryn’s titties in the PC Engine version of Emerald Dragon.
PC Engine is a p. kewl platform, added more chit to my list recently.
Finished Burai: Gekan Kanketsuhen for PC98 (1990).
This is the sequel to Burai: Joukan which was a p. great game. The story picks up right where the first game ended. Basically the villains continue with their mostly petty plans, the grand design involves sending the heroes 6,000 years back in time.
Again each individual character’s chapter (though some characters are together) must be completed before a final chapter where everyone is together. During their individual chapters the main characters are accompanied by some ‘guest’ companions who tend to be pathetically weak* in comparison and level at a glacial pace, resulting in needing to escape from a lot of battles; this is quite irritating in extensive dungeons.
The story feels very rushed and doesn’t make much sense. In particular the lizardman chapter ends on an interesting note where he gains two interesting ‘guest’ companions but his particular story does not continue anymore in the final chapter; the other party members just meet him again at the end of a pyramid dungeon and that’s that. What I found most interesting was some “villains” redeeming themselves in the end.
In the final dungeon the party gets split and certain party members need to fight certain mini-bosses alone or in pairs**; for some this is nearly impossible because during their individual chapter they do not get to train much at all. Moreover during the final chapter they don’t get to train anymore either; when they join the final party everything is railroaded without random encounters at all during the final parts of the game. In order to alleviate this, convenient hidden overpowered items were placed in the next-to-last dungeon that allow the weakest characters (who of course need to face the final boss) to defeat the final boss in one hit.
The game is mostly the same as the first but there are some UI changes, different combat screen and less stats/skills.
Interestingly not all encounters result in combat; e.g. you can encounter travelers to whom you can read their fortunes with crystal orb, tarot card, etc. Or you need to perform in front of travelers to be rewarded by gold and important information.
Unlike the first game it is impossible to fail running from battle hence up to a point fighting can be completely skipped.
Overall I consider the game a disappointment compared to the first. A lazy slamdunk. But I think the series as a whole though could’ve been a good animu.
*except for the Nine-tailed fox
**complete with a shoe-horned totally unnecessary death of two characters
This is the sequel to Burai: Joukan which was a p. great game. The story picks up right where the first game ended. Basically the villains continue with their mostly petty plans, the grand design involves sending the heroes 6,000 years back in time.
Again each individual character’s chapter (though some characters are together) must be completed before a final chapter where everyone is together. During their individual chapters the main characters are accompanied by some ‘guest’ companions who tend to be pathetically weak* in comparison and level at a glacial pace, resulting in needing to escape from a lot of battles; this is quite irritating in extensive dungeons.
The story feels very rushed and doesn’t make much sense. In particular the lizardman chapter ends on an interesting note where he gains two interesting ‘guest’ companions but his particular story does not continue anymore in the final chapter; the other party members just meet him again at the end of a pyramid dungeon and that’s that. What I found most interesting was some “villains” redeeming themselves in the end.
In the final dungeon the party gets split and certain party members need to fight certain mini-bosses alone or in pairs**; for some this is nearly impossible because during their individual chapter they do not get to train much at all. Moreover during the final chapter they don’t get to train anymore either; when they join the final party everything is railroaded without random encounters at all during the final parts of the game. In order to alleviate this, convenient hidden overpowered items were placed in the next-to-last dungeon that allow the weakest characters (who of course need to face the final boss) to defeat the final boss in one hit.
The game is mostly the same as the first but there are some UI changes, different combat screen and less stats/skills.
Interestingly not all encounters result in combat; e.g. you can encounter travelers to whom you can read their fortunes with crystal orb, tarot card, etc. Or you need to perform in front of travelers to be rewarded by gold and important information.
Unlike the first game it is impossible to fail running from battle hence up to a point fighting can be completely skipped.
Overall I consider the game a disappointment compared to the first. A lazy slamdunk. But I think the series as a whole though could’ve been a good animu.
*except for the Nine-tailed fox
**complete with a shoe-horned totally unnecessary death of two characters
Finished Star Breaker by RayForce for PC Engine CD (1994). Dragon Quest XI interfered with my playthrough.
Sci-fi/fantasy hybrid game, sort of similar to Alshark. The main character (Harry) is transported to another galaxy* and crashes with his ship on a planet under attack of Doran empire who want to revive the god of darkness. Like in Alshark you can upgrade your ship (which is expensive). There are ship battles that need to be won to gain access to new planets.
Exactly the same gameplay and story as other RayForce games (including the same peeking on girls when they’re in the shower gags**, obvious betrayal & dramatic death of party member) but I found the combat to be more challenging.
I think I liked the characters better than the ones in Startling Odyssey. Harry’s waifu (Aria) actually has better stats than him the entire game and at some point gets a spell that instantly erases enemies from the battlefield with 100% chance of working (note that some bosses also have a Death spell with 100% chance of working). The remaining two party member slots change throughout the game but it’s usually a melee character and a magic character (there’s one interesting instance where you need to choose one of three amazon sisters – but you’re kinda forced to pick the healer among them).
Star Breaker refers to an uber mcguffin sword Harry obtains near the end of the game. He uses it to single-handedly destroy 50,000 space ships in a cutscene – one of the most ridiculous things ever seen outside Dragonball Z/Saint Seiya.
The final boss is really easy since it can only cast magic and Aria can cast Reflect on entire party.
The game ending couldn’t be better, you get an entire wedding.
*there’s travel from star system to star system but the game shows them as galaxies
**I wanted to do the same with Jade in Dragon Quest XI
Sci-fi/fantasy hybrid game, sort of similar to Alshark. The main character (Harry) is transported to another galaxy* and crashes with his ship on a planet under attack of Doran empire who want to revive the god of darkness. Like in Alshark you can upgrade your ship (which is expensive). There are ship battles that need to be won to gain access to new planets.
Exactly the same gameplay and story as other RayForce games (including the same peeking on girls when they’re in the shower gags**, obvious betrayal & dramatic death of party member) but I found the combat to be more challenging.
I think I liked the characters better than the ones in Startling Odyssey. Harry’s waifu (Aria) actually has better stats than him the entire game and at some point gets a spell that instantly erases enemies from the battlefield with 100% chance of working (note that some bosses also have a Death spell with 100% chance of working). The remaining two party member slots change throughout the game but it’s usually a melee character and a magic character (there’s one interesting instance where you need to choose one of three amazon sisters – but you’re kinda forced to pick the healer among them).
Star Breaker refers to an uber mcguffin sword Harry obtains near the end of the game. He uses it to single-handedly destroy 50,000 space ships in a cutscene – one of the most ridiculous things ever seen outside Dragonball Z/Saint Seiya.
The final boss is really easy since it can only cast magic and Aria can cast Reflect on entire party.
The game ending couldn’t be better, you get an entire wedding.
*there’s travel from star system to star system but the game shows them as galaxies
**I wanted to do the same with Jade in Dragon Quest XI
Finished Efera & Jiliora: the emblem from darkness for PC Engine CD (1991) by Brain Grey (Last Armageddon developer).
Action rpg starring two sassy warrior wymmyn. Like Akatsuki no Bizantira (similar game with female fighter protagonist) this is based on light novel. Jiliora is pure warrior with sword abilities while Efera can cast magic. I chose to play as Efera (game would be better if you could swap between the two at will)… maybe playing as Jiliora is better since you don’t need to worry about the stupid mana most of the game. Not to mention Jiliora is the one with the most interesting background and to top it off at one point receives a special sword named Stormbringer.
It’s not really a button mashing game as you need to time your attacks well. Thankfully Efera has an invisibility spell that reduces a lot of tedium when backtracking. However when leveling up Efera’s MP is not replenished and can only be restored by finding plants in the wilderness that are quite rare (there are no inns at all).
Story is interesting, the music is quite excellent, as are voice over, cutscenes and general look of the game. However gameplay is rather clunky and extremely grindy. Throughout the game majority of enemies give only 1-2 xp and you need a lot of xp to level up. I suppose this is most fun played in co-op (not even sure whether it’s possible for Jiliora to finish the game solo considering some bosses).
Lastly, the game is quite short. Expected more of it but in the end it was alright.
Action rpg starring two sassy warrior wymmyn. Like Akatsuki no Bizantira (similar game with female fighter protagonist) this is based on light novel. Jiliora is pure warrior with sword abilities while Efera can cast magic. I chose to play as Efera (game would be better if you could swap between the two at will)… maybe playing as Jiliora is better since you don’t need to worry about the stupid mana most of the game. Not to mention Jiliora is the one with the most interesting background and to top it off at one point receives a special sword named Stormbringer.
It’s not really a button mashing game as you need to time your attacks well. Thankfully Efera has an invisibility spell that reduces a lot of tedium when backtracking. However when leveling up Efera’s MP is not replenished and can only be restored by finding plants in the wilderness that are quite rare (there are no inns at all).
Story is interesting, the music is quite excellent, as are voice over, cutscenes and general look of the game. However gameplay is rather clunky and extremely grindy. Throughout the game majority of enemies give only 1-2 xp and you need a lot of xp to level up. I suppose this is most fun played in co-op (not even sure whether it’s possible for Jiliora to finish the game solo considering some bosses).
Lastly, the game is quite short. Expected more of it but in the end it was alright.
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Those are some very nicely framed scenes.
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Finished Metal Eye 2 by élf for PC98 (1994).
The prequel to Metal Eye 1, which was one of the very first rpgs I played on PC98: post-apocalyptic/cyberpunkish setting, cool protagonist (Findwil), stronk waifus and quirky combat.
Main character in Metal Eye 2 is Wirg, father of Findwil (who actually pwns his daddy at the end of Metal Eye 1). He works as android trainer at technology firm in city of Zenon.
Airia, the same android girl from Metal Eye 1 appears too. Well, and many other characters actually (even prime waifu Mei from first game).
Gameplay is similar to other élf rpgs, i.e. grinding until you are stronk enough to pass on to the next story event. However balance seems to be completely out of whack as after leveling up eventually enemies will give only 1 xp but still hit you for hundreds of damage… also regardless of the game setting you still get to fight some generic fantasy creatures.
Like Dragon Knight 4, some of the hentai scenes are interactive, but at least they’re relatively rare with one big exception: to unlock Aeria’s unarmed combat abilities as she levels up it is necessary to go through hentai scenes again and again when sleeping in an inn.
Absurdly enough this game has a desert tribe of “sand women” who kidnap men into their pyramid to steal their seed. There’s also a pig fairy and a lot of other nonsense like an Arab style town where women are forced to wear burqa.
The final bosses in the game are quite tough as you lose a party member right before and Aeria’s unarmed attacks are completely useless (guess I didn’t hentai her enough?). I could only beat them by a hair because I had bought enough potions in the final town.
Overall quite a mediocre game. In the end what’s most interesting about it is how it ties into the first game.
The prequel to Metal Eye 1, which was one of the very first rpgs I played on PC98: post-apocalyptic/cyberpunkish setting, cool protagonist (Findwil), stronk waifus and quirky combat.
Main character in Metal Eye 2 is Wirg, father of Findwil (who actually pwns his daddy at the end of Metal Eye 1). He works as android trainer at technology firm in city of Zenon.
Airia, the same android girl from Metal Eye 1 appears too. Well, and many other characters actually (even prime waifu Mei from first game).
Gameplay is similar to other élf rpgs, i.e. grinding until you are stronk enough to pass on to the next story event. However balance seems to be completely out of whack as after leveling up eventually enemies will give only 1 xp but still hit you for hundreds of damage… also regardless of the game setting you still get to fight some generic fantasy creatures.
Like Dragon Knight 4, some of the hentai scenes are interactive, but at least they’re relatively rare with one big exception: to unlock Aeria’s unarmed combat abilities as she levels up it is necessary to go through hentai scenes again and again when sleeping in an inn.
Absurdly enough this game has a desert tribe of “sand women” who kidnap men into their pyramid to steal their seed. There’s also a pig fairy and a lot of other nonsense like an Arab style town where women are forced to wear burqa.
The final bosses in the game are quite tough as you lose a party member right before and Aeria’s unarmed attacks are completely useless (guess I didn’t hentai her enough?). I could only beat them by a hair because I had bought enough potions in the final town.
Overall quite a mediocre game. In the end what’s most interesting about it is how it ties into the first game.
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Vanguard Bandits was really good. Played it for hours and hours
deuxhero
Arcane
So do any of these PC98 RPGS have lesbians or is all the porn cocks?
Nutmeg
Arcane
lel dropped two games so my PC98 rpg list has been cleared
46 Okunen Monogatari/
Akatsuki no Bizantira/
Alshark/
Branmarker
Branmarker 2
Briganty
Continental
Crystal Rinal/
Dangel
D'ark
D'ark Gaiden
Digan no Maseki
Dragon Knight
Dragon Knight 2
Dragon Knight 3
Dragon Knight 4
Dragon Souseiki
Early Kingdom
Emerald Dragon
Filsnown
Grounseed/
Gun Blaze
Illumina
Illusion City
Kuro no Ken
Lesser Mern
Libros de Chilam Balam
Metal Eye
Metal Eye 2
Nana Eiyuu Monogatari
Nana Eiyuu Monogatari 2
Raidy 2
Ray-Gun
Rouge no Densetsu
Shuten Douji
Slayers
Toushin Toshi/Toushin Toshi 2/Rance/etc.
Vain Dream
Vain Dream 2
Words Worth
X.NA
ギゼ ! XIX
ブライ 上巻
ブライ 下巻 完結
ロマンスは剣の輝き
天神乱魔
憂楼 ユーロウ Transient Sands
魍魎戦記MADARA
In the end I played 48 out of my assorted list of 76 rpg games.
Still some pseudo RPG games to go I guess, like Tokyo Twilight Busters.
I noticed from your more detailed posts in this thread that you mainly focused on "story" aspects.
But, I want to know if any of these games are good or at least interesting from a gameplay or "mechanics" perspective?
Played Emerald Dragon for PC Engine (1995).
It’s a good remake of the PC88 classic, there aren’t many changes. In the beginning you need to fetch Tamryn in a dungeon while in PC88 version you simply meet her right away. There’s also a nice celebration sequence after the demon king is beaten.
Near the end of the game there is a short solo section where Tamryn needs to escape and free her friends, something the original glosses over. The endgame is shorter since all the most powerful items are immediately handed to you on a silver platter, while in the original you had to look for them in a big dungeon.
In combat, when any character except Atrushan dies it’s not an immediate game over like in the original. Also, Tamryn has three different version of her oneshot beam attack.
Some of the dialogue is voiced and the cutscenes are impressive. The music is also great.
Maybe due to prior knowledge of the game it took me a bit more than 20 hours to finish.
It’s a good remake of the PC88 classic, there aren’t many changes. In the beginning you need to fetch Tamryn in a dungeon while in PC88 version you simply meet her right away. There’s also a nice celebration sequence after the demon king is beaten.
Near the end of the game there is a short solo section where Tamryn needs to escape and free her friends, something the original glosses over. The endgame is shorter since all the most powerful items are immediately handed to you on a silver platter, while in the original you had to look for them in a big dungeon.
In combat, when any character except Atrushan dies it’s not an immediate game over like in the original. Also, Tamryn has three different version of her oneshot beam attack.
Some of the dialogue is voiced and the cutscenes are impressive. The music is also great.
Maybe due to prior knowledge of the game it took me a bit more than 20 hours to finish.
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Incidentally, I also just finished Emerald Dragon for the SNES (fan translated) It seems like it was basically the PC engine version, only with less anime cutscenes.
I played it on my phone with an emulator mostly on the train. It's a game you can easily pick up and somewhat addictive.
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Pros:
-Interesting (even if it's cliche) story/characters, made even better by the playful translation.
-Turn based combat with action points, movement on the map, etc. You can set the formation of your party.
-Surprisingly not the classic sucky itemization of jrpgs. Weapons/armor have many stats and not only damage/defense matters.
-Nice presentation, some cool graphics/portraits/animations.
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Cons:
-You can only control the main character in combat, all other characters fight on their own. This means that you can only hit with your sword and maybe once in a while use your dragon power. Basically you wait most of the time for the battle to auto-complete and hope your companions don't do something stupid.
-Only two characters gain levels , the rest of the party members come and go with fixed levels, sometimes when they come back they are of higher level. :why the fuck:
-Shitload of combat with lengthy animations where you mostly wait for it to auto-complete.
-Game is linear as fuck. A couple of small sidequests, but the rest is on rails. You see this nice map but it never opens up.
My biggest disappointment is the combat system. It could have been great if you controlled all the party and everyone gained levels. Right now it can be tedious waiting for your one character to play. I probably wouldn't have finished the game if I didn't use the turbo button during combat.
Even so, I had fun. It's a nice game to pickup to pass time on the train or in the bathroom.
Thought this game was rpg judging from screenshots but it turned out a 2 hour walking simulator where you walk from waifu to waifu in a labyrinth, solve some basic puzzle and finish game after unlocking every H scene.
Only memorable part is main character gender bending two minutes into the game and getting violated by a statue's yuge granite dick to turn back to a boy
zwanzig_zwoelf
Graverobber Foundation
Illusion City is bretty good apart from...
an exploit that can net you infinite money if you start larping a dirty シュロモ.
zwanzig_zwoelf
Graverobber Foundation
Try Elmknight if you want some pew pew with good music and gfx.lel dropped two games so my PC98 rpg list has been cleared
46 Okunen Monogatari
Akatsuki no Bizantira
Alshark
Branmarker
Branmarker 2
Briganty
Continental
Crystal Rinal
Dangel
D'ark
D'ark Gaiden
Digan no Maseki
Dragon Knight
Dragon Knight 2
Dragon Knight 3
Dragon Knight 4
Dragon Souseiki
Early Kingdom
Emerald Dragon
Filsnown
Grounseed
Gun Blaze
Illumina
Illusion City
Kuro no Ken
Lesser Mern
Libros de Chilam Balam
Metal Eye
Metal Eye 2
Nana Eiyuu Monogatari
Nana Eiyuu Monogatari 2
Raidy 2
Ray-Gun
Rouge no Densetsu
Shuten Douji
Slayers
Toushin Toshi/Toushin Toshi 2/Rance/etc.
Vain Dream
Vain Dream 2
Words Worth
X.NA
ギゼ ! XIX
ブライ 上巻
ブライ 下巻 完結
ロマンスは剣の輝き
天神乱魔
憂楼 ユーロウ Transient Sands
魍魎戦記MADARA
In the end I played 48 out of my assorted list of 76 rpg games.
Still some pseudo RPG games to go I guess, like Tokyo Twilight Busters.
TigerKnee
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The Windows version of that game is weird - it's a complete rewrite using the same CGs (touched up for Windows resolution) and becomes a regular Visual Novel instead of a walking sim.
Cosmo
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Not the game per se, but god this late 80s/early 90s cover art style is marvelous...
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