Capcom Classics Collection Revisits #10
Despite the super generic name, Magic Sword is a pretty cool sidescrolling hack n' slasher and has a system where you rescue fellow heroes from jail cells who then proceed to fight by your side. It sucks you can only have one at a time, I guess it wouldn't have been fair if you could just slowly amass an army of warriors and curbstomp the final boss with 75 people. Also, Moai alert. 🗿
I think my favorite special interaction is that you can bribe the lizardman warriors into becoming your ally with the diamond ring, just a pretty cool little thing. The bosses though I think are pretty weak, they get reused quickly and they edit the dragon boss to make the "hydra" one. Notably the game also has a bit of a Streets of Rage-esque pick your ending type deal after beating the last boss, I like that the bad ending implies that the game's story is constantly looping with each "Lord Drokmar" just being the player character from the last completed game. That's probably not what actually happens, but that's my headcanon anyway.
Overall a bit quarter munchy in the second half, but hey what am I playing here? It was fun. They apparently named the Ninja ally "Gai", so here's Ninja Guy.
Despite the super generic name, Magic Sword is a pretty cool sidescrolling hack n' slasher and has a system where you rescue fellow heroes from jail cells who then proceed to fight by your side. It sucks you can only have one at a time, I guess it wouldn't have been fair if you could just slowly amass an army of warriors and curbstomp the final boss with 75 people. Also, Moai alert. 🗿
I think my favorite special interaction is that you can bribe the lizardman warriors into becoming your ally with the diamond ring, just a pretty cool little thing. The bosses though I think are pretty weak, they get reused quickly and they edit the dragon boss to make the "hydra" one. Notably the game also has a bit of a Streets of Rage-esque pick your ending type deal after beating the last boss, I like that the bad ending implies that the game's story is constantly looping with each "Lord Drokmar" just being the player character from the last completed game. That's probably not what actually happens, but that's my headcanon anyway.
Overall a bit quarter munchy in the second half, but hey what am I playing here? It was fun. They apparently named the Ninja ally "Gai", so here's Ninja Guy.