Aspire to reach the top of Crescent Tower that appears just once every 50 years! An authentic 8-bit style dungeon crawler RPG with a retro level of difficulty, where you repeatedly explore, level up, and traverse dungeons!
Combat and spells is from Final Fantasy 1.
Character creation and dungeon crawl is from Wizardry.
Images, soundtrack and the plot of going up a tower is from Ys : Ancient Ys vanished.
Brick style HUD is from Hydlide.
All these are taken from first versions of Dungeon and Dragons anyway.
Then there is some cheeky stuff like the NPC names in town are...
If you like 8-bit Final Fantasy, then this game might be for you. :)
I gotta say, the general idea of this game is 100% my jam. I really love the core idea, gameplay, etc.
That being said, I have to downvote this game.
Reasons why
1: Early game is brutal. Gold is so hard to come by early on you just have to force yourself to zone in, kill a few mobs, die, rinse repeat over and over until you find extra party members....
Absolutely scratches that Dragon Warrior 1 itch, but with enough job complexity to scratch that FF5 itch. Cannot wait for the sequel!!!!!
Had a great time with this, perfect way to spend a long weekend.
