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Abstract: Depending on what games youve been exposed to, your own personal definition of what constitutes an RPG may be wildly different from someone elses. For example, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass may sit in the same section as Final Fantasy Tactic...
The industrys first self-flagellation simulator: A Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer review. IntroductionIn a strange twist on the adage “everything old is new again,” the U.S. video game market has been recently beset upon by a weird proli...
Abstract: del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It Chunsoft’s Mystery Dungeon series is unique among video-game franchises in that each entry stars characters from other company’s games. Characters from Enix’s Dragon Quest series, Square’s Final...
Many different items to collect and experiment with, Lots of subtle tricks you can exploit to defeat or avoid enemies, Randomization keeps things unpredictable and exciting.
Randomization keeps things unpredictable and frustrating, Not very accessible due to brutal difficulty level and permanent death system, Tight inventory space and hunger management feel archaic.
If youre not put off by the idea of an RPG in which every death returns you to the start of the game, Shiren the Wanderer can be a lengthy, satisfying experience. ...
Abstract: Greek myths tell of a character named Sisyphus, forever doomed to roll a boulder up a hill, only to have it inevitably get away from him and hit rock bottom again. Segas Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer might just give you some insight into poor S...
Abstract: Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer first come out in Japan in 1995 on the Super Nintendo or Super Famicom, and a year later it was ported to Game Boy. That release was also in Japan only. But now, SEGA has taken over the ChunSoft franchise and releas...
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Published: 2008-03-11, Author: Patrick , review by: gamespy.com
Excellent balance; extraordinarily hardcore; tons of gameplay.
Shiren the Wanderer is an old-fashioned dungeon-crawling RPG. A graphically enhanced remake of an early Rogue-like game, it wears its neatly balanced but unforgiving gameplay proudly. Death sends you spiraling back to level one, enemies attack you in u...
Abstract: I never really pinned myself as someone who could do roguelikes. Nethack always struck me as rather bewildering, but maybe it was just the cryptic @ symbolizing my existence and the fact that nearly every other character on the keyboard was out to get ...
Abstract: Let me preface this by saying that dungeon-based gameplay is in no way well-suited to casual or even regular-level gamers. And no, I'm not referring in any way to the Pokemon: Mysterious Dungeon games; those were dungeon-like, but definitely do not rep...
