Genuinely, and with only a partial dose of nostalgia, this is one of my favorite games of all time. It was 12 hours of pure, arcade fun.
The pure, joyful 80s fantasy charm; the infinitely hummable music; the goofy character voices and booming summoner narrator; the simple gameplay with with tons of toys and exploits.
This is not a 10/10 on a technical front--don't expect great hitboxes or amazing graphics or an interesting story. But it's a 10/10 on the charm front, and if you want a pure, simple, timeless arcade action experience wrapped in colorful polygons and brimming with variety and wonderful music, you can't go wrong. There's a reason I obsessed over this game as a kid and blew weeks of allowance on it, and I still enjoy playing it to this day.
Congratulations, you've found all 13 runestones... to my heart.
The pure, joyful 80s fantasy charm; the infinitely hummable music; the goofy character voices and booming summoner narrator; the simple gameplay with with tons of toys and exploits.
This is not a 10/10 on a technical front--don't expect great hitboxes or amazing graphics or an interesting story. But it's a 10/10 on the charm front, and if you want a pure, simple, timeless arcade action experience wrapped in colorful polygons and brimming with variety and wonderful music, you can't go wrong. There's a reason I obsessed over this game as a kid and blew weeks of allowance on it, and I still enjoy playing it to this day.
Congratulations, you've found all 13 runestones... to my heart.
Treat this like the arcade game that it is, playing in short bursts with groups of friends and it is an absolute blast. The game pretty much requires that you grind levels to beat late-game enemies, but the gameplay loop is so addictive that this is fine. If you sit down and try to beat it like a console game, I'm sure it could feel like a drag though.
Never gets old.