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A must have for DQ/DW fans

  • TEO
  • 05/29/2013 06:40 AM
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Honestly, DW7 wasn't even close to my favorite Dragon warrior/Dragon Quest game yet Legacy of the Lost still earned a high score from me. The Dragon Quest experience is recreated so well here that several times I caught myself forgetting this was a fan game. If I didn't know better and it had been released on a console or handheld system I would have had no trouble believing Enix Squeenix published this.

If DW7 was your favorite then this is probably worth a 5 star rating to you, on top of already being a must have for anyone that loves classic RPGs.

The graphics mostly come from Dragon Warrior games released on the Gameboy Color. The author placed the rips well with nothing horribly out of place and did a nice job of keeping the visuals sharp and vibrant after resizing and editing. The sound and music selection is also well done. Where it deviates from the Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest soundtracks the music used still feels like a good fit.

Game features include both monster breeding and alchemical crafting of weapons armor and accessory items. An update added rare spawn monster encounters that have better randomly dropped items, many of which are used in crafting. There is also an in game bestiary to keep track of what monsters you've encountered, what they drop, and where they live so you can easily hunt them again.

I have played through the game twice using different characters in my party. Overall I'd say the game it pretty well balanced. If you're having trouble with a boss you likely need to adjust your strategy - for instance wearing fire resistant gear and defending on rounds when the game warns you about a strong incoming attack.

There are a few things you can permanently miss in this game and without a guide it's unlikely you'll know what and where, so save often and keep a backup save (or 3). Remember you can always zip/rar up some of your saves (Save1.rvdata ~ Save4.rvdata) to get around that 4 slot limit if you want/need to.

<shamelessplug> A slightly more verbose version is on my blog. </shamelessplug>

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Solitayre
Circumstance penalty for being the bard.
18257
05/29/2013 04:56 PM
Why not include the full version of this review, featured on your blog?
TEO
100
05/29/2013 05:58 PM
RMN is a new thing for me, the blog is a reboot of one I lost years ago and I thought I should contribute for the games I liked from here so I thought "well I'll just port most of it over and see how that goes".

It felt silly to re-post the pics here, most of which I got from the game's page anyway.
Orias_Obderhode
1387
05/30/2013 12:12 AM
As you know, I most certainly appreciate this review! I'm glad you enjoyed your playthroughs and I appreciate you taking the time to write your review. :)

(It is better with the pictures, but there's a link :D)
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