so the game get released tomorrow,this means it's time for an official thread
WHAT IS THIS?
shiren the wanderer is a roguelike,for those of you who already played games like izuna or pokemon mysterious dungeon you already know how it works,for those that don't roguelike are rpg with random generated dungeon that contain random generated treasure and monster,the dungeon is divided in square and is usualy composed of rooms and corridor,you start in a random square and can move in a 8-way fashion,every action you do (move,using an item,attack) consumes a turn and everytime you take a turn the monster take a turn too
this one is also based on the snes version relased on 1995,of course it has some improvements like better animation,remade music,more items,monsters,quest
IS THIS GOOD?
yes this game is pretty good,i love it like amir0x loves earthbound,if you thought izuna and pokemon were boring because they were easy or repetitive know that this game is completly different,this one will kick your ass and it will do so in a tons of way,in short it's different and better than your usual run-of-mill rpg
i have already done a lot of topic talking about why i like this one so much,so here are some of the threads
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246697&highlight=shiren
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115722&highlight=shiren
sp0rsk impression
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133953&highlight=shiren
gamesetwatch runtrough with the snes version
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/07/play_journal_of_the_trip_to_ta.php#more
ANY REASON OF WHY I MIGHT NOT LIKE IT?
well beside being a soulless person,everytime you die you lose every progress that means you lose every item you picked and you start at lv 1 again (exception: items stored in warehouse don't get lost) personaly my first time i thought this was a pretty bad idea but by playing the game i understood it is necessary so that the player can't grind his way to victory (which by the way is still possible if you keep upgrading your equipment and store it in your warehouse) beside remember that this game is not dragon quest,a succesfull playtrough trough the game main dungeon can take only a single hour but you will require quite a good number of try before being able to beat it and after finishing it there is a lot of extra content like a harder dungeon or dungeons with special rules... think of this as a more arcadey rpg
another thing is that there are time where you can die a cheap death,you can miss an attack that otherwise would have killed a monster that next turn is going to kill you,you can hit a trap that reduce you to 1 HP or sometime there are room filled with a crazy number of monster (called monster house) of course everything balance,enemies can miss too,and there are way to recognize monster house before entering them (not to mention monster house are full of items)
CAN I HAVE SOME PICS?
sure
WHAT ABOUT VIDEOS?
some trailers
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VxrMdV-Cl68
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d7ghxN1DBwg
and since there is no decent direct-feed video about the ds version you'll have to do with one from the snes one,this one is one of the demo that runs if you let the game run too long without any input still it contain some spoiler about enemies so watch at your own discretion
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mY8PTMCFwDM
MAN THAT COVER IS UGLY
i know,i know
if you still have any other question about the game feel free to ask anything about it
WHAT IS THIS?
shiren the wanderer is a roguelike,for those of you who already played games like izuna or pokemon mysterious dungeon you already know how it works,for those that don't roguelike are rpg with random generated dungeon that contain random generated treasure and monster,the dungeon is divided in square and is usualy composed of rooms and corridor,you start in a random square and can move in a 8-way fashion,every action you do (move,using an item,attack) consumes a turn and everytime you take a turn the monster take a turn too
this one is also based on the snes version relased on 1995,of course it has some improvements like better animation,remade music,more items,monsters,quest
IS THIS GOOD?
yes this game is pretty good,i love it like amir0x loves earthbound,if you thought izuna and pokemon were boring because they were easy or repetitive know that this game is completly different,this one will kick your ass and it will do so in a tons of way,in short it's different and better than your usual run-of-mill rpg
i have already done a lot of topic talking about why i like this one so much,so here are some of the threads
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246697&highlight=shiren
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115722&highlight=shiren
sp0rsk impression
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133953&highlight=shiren
gamesetwatch runtrough with the snes version
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/07/play_journal_of_the_trip_to_ta.php#more
ANY REASON OF WHY I MIGHT NOT LIKE IT?
well beside being a soulless person,everytime you die you lose every progress that means you lose every item you picked and you start at lv 1 again (exception: items stored in warehouse don't get lost) personaly my first time i thought this was a pretty bad idea but by playing the game i understood it is necessary so that the player can't grind his way to victory (which by the way is still possible if you keep upgrading your equipment and store it in your warehouse) beside remember that this game is not dragon quest,a succesfull playtrough trough the game main dungeon can take only a single hour but you will require quite a good number of try before being able to beat it and after finishing it there is a lot of extra content like a harder dungeon or dungeons with special rules... think of this as a more arcadey rpg
another thing is that there are time where you can die a cheap death,you can miss an attack that otherwise would have killed a monster that next turn is going to kill you,you can hit a trap that reduce you to 1 HP or sometime there are room filled with a crazy number of monster (called monster house) of course everything balance,enemies can miss too,and there are way to recognize monster house before entering them (not to mention monster house are full of items)
CAN I HAVE SOME PICS?
sure
WHAT ABOUT VIDEOS?
some trailers
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VxrMdV-Cl68
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d7ghxN1DBwg
and since there is no decent direct-feed video about the ds version you'll have to do with one from the snes one,this one is one of the demo that runs if you let the game run too long without any input still it contain some spoiler about enemies so watch at your own discretion
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mY8PTMCFwDM
MAN THAT COVER IS UGLY
i know,i know
if you still have any other question about the game feel free to ask anything about it