2025: I'm playing through a barrage of Action-Adventures that star dudes with swords.

[UnDubious]

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I started Golvellius - Valley of Doom. Just when I was starting to enjoy myself, I get this screen.
Did anyone who ever played the game managed to solve this puzzle without looking up a guide?

IIRC I beat it without a guide... but I don't remember that screen in particular. There are definitely some screens where I had to go around slashing at and trying to push every rock until something happened. After killing all the enemies, of course.

BTW, for recommendations - the SNES port of Xak you played is terrible, and several times grindier than the untranslated PC Engine CD version, but Xak III is in English too and good.

 

[pepsimanvsjoe]

Alright so Golvellius turned out to be good time. Jokes on me for doubting Compile.
Full review - https://pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-special-golvellius-valley-of-doom.html

 

[pepsimanvsjoe]

I hate to double-post, so here's double the reviews.
Arcus Odyssey - https://pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-special-arcus-odyssey.html
Radia Senki: Reimeihen - https://pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-special-radia-senki-reimeihen.html

 

[pepsimanvsjoe]

Triple-post, triple the reviews.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX - https://pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-special-legend-of-zelda-links.html
Final Fantasy Adventure - https://pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-special-final-fantasy-adventure.html
Sword of Mana - https://pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-special-sword-of-mana.html

 

[pepsimanvsjoe]

Quadruple-post, quadruple the rev- nah I'm kidding.
There's only one review
It's Record of Lodoss War - https://pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-special-record-of-lodoss-war.html
I played through this once decades ago. Pleasantly surprising that even now it retains enough sauce to get another 15+ hours of playtime from me.
The next game will hopefully be Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. I've really enjoyed what I played of it so far, but I keep getting sidetracked.

 

[UnDubious]

Quadruple-post, quadruple the rev- nah I'm kidding.
There's only one review
It's Record of Lodoss War - https://pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-special-record-of-lodoss-war.html
I played through this once decades ago. Pleasantly surprising that even now it retains enough sauce to get another 15+ hours of playtime from me.
The next game will hopefully be Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. I've really enjoyed what I played of it so far, but I keep getting sidetracked.

Lodoss War on the Dreamcast is really pretty great. I didn't think it'd be my style when I started it, but I got super into it once it opened up early and I realized how much you can strengthen your character by combining different skills and whatnot. By the end I was all-powerful.

 

[pepsimanvsjoe]

Indeed.
Building up a monster of a main character with nearly 20,000 HP who kills nearly everything in a single hit is really satisfying.

I'll have to check out Shining Force Neo and EXA. They're both by the same developer.

 

[pepsimanvsjoe]

I've been away for some time, but I finally got through another game.
This time it's something very different.
Brandish 2: The Planet Buster
...except it's the SNES port

2025 Special - Brandish 2: The Planet Buster

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