Despite shoving just about every perspective style possible into this JRPG, the gameplay still ends up being a miss. That kind of summarizes things in general for this game: all of the individual components are so middling that the only possible outcome here is for an aggressively average JRPG that came out when many others had already established themselves with their own unique flavors. There's a reason there's no Sword of Vermilion 2.
very dungeon synth ass game. i cant believe i caught myself saying a game would be better if it had turn based combat
I played this on SEGA Genesis Collection years ago and literally all I can remember about it is that it sucked ass
The true Sword of Vermilion experience is starting it and laughing at stuff like how clunky the battle system is and how the menu UI is so bad that walkthroughs of the game have to have entire sections explaining just how to navigate the menu before eventually the ironic enjoyment wears off and you're left there doing the same task of travelling from town to cave over and over again until the heat death of the universe. I think there's some genuinely good aspects like the presentation and worldbuilding being incredibly impressive for an RPG from 1989, the soundtrack going harder than it had any right to, and the numerous ways the game fucks with you in a charming way but at about four rings in, playing the same exact shitty boss fight a second time and ruminating on the repetitive nature of the game overall forced me to throw in the towel.
Actually, just kidding, Sword Peakmilion clears your favorite RPG and I give it a Sword of One Million out of ten.
Actually, just kidding, Sword Peakmilion clears your favorite RPG and I give it a Sword of One Million out of ten.
(sega mega drive & genesis classics 49/58)
This game is deeply fucking boring. It is also very long and very grindy. And if long and grindy Genesis games don’t deter you, why not just play Phantasy Star II? As unforgivingly tedious as that one is, it’s at least interesting.
I don’t know where I ditched it because everything looks the damn same. I wanna say around halfway through? I can’t be fucked to go check
This game is deeply fucking boring. It is also very long and very grindy. And if long and grindy Genesis games don’t deter you, why not just play Phantasy Star II? As unforgivingly tedious as that one is, it’s at least interesting.
I don’t know where I ditched it because everything looks the damn same. I wanna say around halfway through? I can’t be fucked to go check
Sega does what Nintendon’t.
Insists upon itself, exists only to be an RPG-shaped thing for the Genesis' paltry library of adventure titles. Flavorless white bread.
I played this for an arcade where they had Genesis/SNES/NES classic systems hooked up to the bar while you drink the most toxic shit ever like holy shit look at this menu. I told myself only 15 minutes because I wanted to play all the japanese rhythm games there and immediately in my first round of combat I was instantly game ended. This game understands my wishes, truly the Sword of Peakmillion.
Bonus points because you can name yourself literally nothing, loses those points because the part of the bar I was at was themed after SAO
Bonus points because you can name yourself literally nothing, loses those points because the part of the bar I was at was themed after SAO
Movement is really stiff and slow, and the combat is done with real-time action gameplay that just instantly feels bad, so I'm just not gonna go any further with this.