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.