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ザ ブルークリスタルロッド
©1993 Namco Ltd.
Release: 1994-03-25 (¥9800)
Cartridge SHVC-NU
Role Playing game
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Prince Gilgamesh (also known as Gil) is back in
this unusual role playing/Adventure game by Namco. At the end of
the last episode (Return to Ishar), Gil and princess
Kai (also known as Ki) safely escaped from the terrible
and immense Tower Of Druaga and recovered the Blue Crystal Rod.
But things do not end here, and the goddess Ishtar now asks them
to return the Blue Crystal Rod to heavens. The game starts in the
town of Babirimu. The place is surrounded by a thick forest,
a dreadful stormy mountains in the West and a Deadly desert in the East.
The town is also crossed by a long river which leads, though the South,
to the Soumar empire. The game is viewed through a sort of
pseudo-3D representation of the scene. It however features unusual
controls and the player (and in this case, Gil and Ki) can
only face North. Direction arrows can be displayed in the top right
corner and show, in some situations, what directions are available
for the player to move through. This can be very useful as there is no
apparent ways to see what is hiding behind our heroes' back. Several
temples and labyrinths are scattered around the game and full of the
traditional Druaga monsters such as Slimes, Warriors
and deadly Ropers. A strong understanding of the Japanese language
is necessary to play this game.
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Add your Pov here !
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The Blue Crystal Rod is an unusual adventure game. I was
initially really excited by the idea of playing a game based on
Tower Of Druaga but with a more immersive first person view.
This is what The Blue Crystal Rod could have been, but certainly isn't.
First, The Blue Crystal Rod is more a RPG than an action game
and dungeons are really sparse. And even so, monsters seem to randomly appear
in front of you and lack the original structure of Tower Of Druaga or
Return to Ishar. But worse of all, the game gets you to only face North,
and this can be very confusing at first. You can only move sideways and
can never face the direction you are going to. Unless if, obviously,
you are traveling North. All in all, an interesting (yet unusual)
game for any fan of Gil and Ki, but probably
the weakest of the series.
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