We were amused by the major fakeout involved in the story: Chocobo and a treasure hunter named Cid head to a big tower, which we think is going to be the basis for the game, like The Tower of Druaga or something. They've got this perfectly serviceable roguelike setting, a tower made up of many floors, full of treasure, and then -- nope! The tower gets hit with some kind of beam that sends Chocobo and Cid into a vortex, landing them in the Land of Forgotten Time. Okay, we thought, so they'll explore this land, then, like Shiren the Wanderer.
Then a space-baby shows up and lets Chocobo go into people's minds to recover their memories. And those are the dungeons.
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2-18-2008 @ 4:02PM
wintersweet said...
This is the first roguelike I've ever been interested in playing! I really hope it gets released in the US. (I'm dying for some Wii RPGs.)
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2-19-2008 @ 1:54PM
James said...
I hope you've at least *tried* some of the [free] PC ones before saying this is the first that interests you. I've been addicted to Transcendence (action-Roguelike where you're a spaceship) since a few years ago -- I kicked the habit for about a year, then started again a week ago. It can eat hours of your life at a time, but man it's fun.
2-18-2008 @ 4:29PM
LordGek said...
Baroque is coming to the Wii March 18th, seemingly based on the same ideas of the Mysterious Dungeon roguelike franchise (although not really a Chunsoft game). At the same time, however, while Chocobo is all about the cute, Baroque goes for much more a dark twisted take on everything.
While I probably would pick this one up, I'm far more hopeful Chunsoft and Sega will give us Shiren 3.
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2-18-2008 @ 7:40PM
hvnlysoldr said...
My sister and I played through Chocobo Dungeon 2. I would get seriously creamed in every dungeon like twelve times always losing all my items. I only got through most of the game because I couldn't lose experience. He he he.
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