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Shiren the Wanderer
May. 7th, 2012 06:32 pmShiren is a, um, wanderer looking for the legendary City of the Sun in this Mysterious Dungeon roguelike. The game was made by Chun Soft, the same people as Taloon's Great Adventure, with most of the same graphics and systems. And it was fan-translated by the good folks at Aeon Genesis, who did a professional-level job.
( Plot is irrelevent. Dungeon crawling is relevant. )
Overall: I was effectively playing this in "explorer mode" using cheats and save-states, which means it only took me a few hours to try most of the features and see most of the game. Playing it "right"--if roguelikes are your cup of tea--it could easily take months of collecting enough equipment and building enough knowledge of the game, along with a fair bit of luck, to reach the end.
( Plot is irrelevent. Dungeon crawling is relevant. )
Overall: I was effectively playing this in "explorer mode" using cheats and save-states, which means it only took me a few hours to try most of the features and see most of the game. Playing it "right"--if roguelikes are your cup of tea--it could easily take months of collecting enough equipment and building enough knowledge of the game, along with a fair bit of luck, to reach the end.
