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Alundra

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Alundra is by far the greatest game i have ever played, and it is also the hardest. It resembles The Zelda series in many ways.
it is an overhead view game with many, many, infinite many puzzles and very tough bosses, but its reward is just the joy you get out of playing. (more joy if you manage to win it.)
It has an intricate and complex plot which will keep you wondering whats gonna happen next. It is also a pretty sad game because many townsfolk die, thanks to an evil demon that lives right under the town. It is based in just one small area, but is one huge game. 5 stars! Bravo, working designs!!!

Pretty good game, but it is frustrating.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed Alundra. It has a good story, characters, graphics, and the music is pretty good too. However, there were two emotions that seemed to remain in my mind as I played the game: anger and frustration. I think I went through about four stress relievers before I finally ended up pawning it off. It's been a few years since and I just bought it again. The game has held up over the years, it's still as good as it was before. As I play now, I do get the urge to break the disk in two, but I think that as long as you've got plenty of patience and time you might want to find a used copy of it. This game will be especially enjoyable to those who remember the old 2D Zelda games.

Really challenging game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Never have I been so tested and challenged since the old Genesis adventure title, LandStalker. And Climax has made Alundra twice as hard, twice as challenging, and twice as good as its LandStalker counterpart. Play the part of Alundra, a young boy who possesses the power to venture through people's dreams. He's like one of those dream warrior chaps from Nightmare On Elm Street, but instead of fighting Freddy Krueger, Alundra instead faces difficult mazes, challenging puzzles, and nasty monsters. Maybe not the best analogy, but you get the picture. Not only does this game possess a really cool story, but it also has some great music and graphics that totally suit the game, like Wild Arms. Sure, it's no Final Fantasy VII, but Alundra has that classic, more traditional RPG feel that has literally faded away since the introduction of polygonal graphics. I'm not saying that evolution is bad, but I honestly miss these types of games.
The game may look outdated, but Alundra does in fact possess a level of gameplay that doesn't appear much in today's role-playing games. I mean, am I the only one who's tired of turn-based RPG titles? Alundra shares the same gameplay elements found in the classic NES version of Zelda: A Link to the Past and, like I mentioned before, LandStalker. Staged in a pseudo-3D environment, Alundra builds on the basic fundamentals of those old console adventure titles and simply makes them better. With improved character animation, better level design and more puzzles, Climax has turned this fizzled genre into a game that most, if not all RPG fans will enjoy. Because of Alundra, I now own three busted controllers and have two holes in my wall -- I'm kidding. However, I will warn you that there are some levels in Alundra that were so dang difficult, I literally broke down and cried. And get this -- when you die, may it be by the hand of a skeleton or a slight miscalculation of a jump, you have to start all the way back at the last save point. When this happens, and you can bet it will, you can do one of two things. You can either give Climax the middle finger, or a thumbs up for making the game challenging. Hey, I gave them a thumbs up... most of the time. Besides my gaming integrity being slightly scarred by near impossible obstacles, and I use the word "near" really loosely, I do have to admit that this game is awesome. If you really enjoyed games like Ys, Zelda, and/or LandStalker, you'll especially dig Alundra.

Alundra best 2d Zelda style Japanesse Anime Roll Playing Game of all time! info for amazon copy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well for starters I'll just say if you liked the 8bit & 16bit Zelda games and the 8bit golden axe Sega master system game you will love this, it has one of the most captivating plots and 2D graphics that games of this kind have ever had while 2D graphics are nothing new and the likes of older consol and dos games the psx one manages to hold the oldskool look of RPG graphics like Zelda and the earlier final fantasy games but with more attention to detail and realistic proportion of characters bodies (no exaggeratedly massive head on tiny bodies etc) there is a bunch of secret stuff within the game like extra weapons to find and items you must collect to gain access to the other weapons to add to the inventories regular amount of six: miners bombs, sword, ball and chain mace, bow and arrow etc and a couple of magical weapons I wont mention as it is fun to find out for your self. also each weapon is upgraded at certain intervals in the game and you can then execute more than one kind of attack with each weapon. One of the things i liked most of the action side of this game is that it is more interactive and reflex oriented than other roll playing games like Final Fantasy (round based where you choose one of the tabs for what you want the character to do attack, magic, item etc, and then sit back and watch them attack without having to use the controls to execute the move) where as in Alundra you walk around and talk to people in the same mode as you battle. there is an action button and when you are standing in front of a person you press it to talk and otherwise this action button will execute a slash attack or shot attack etc for fighting enemies as you come across them or to cut down grass and smash rocks etc to find goodies or alternate routes across the land. also unlike most RPG 's you can jump (adds a bit more interaction in the action side and exploration of areas in the game). There are also magical spells you will find as the game progresses which makes the mystical mediaeval fantasy theme (common among RPG's) more apparent not to mention the fact that this lad Alundra can enter peoples dreams whilst they sleep. All in all an awesome RPG one for every fan of the hack and slash style game play I gave it 99/100 when I first played it as I was stuck on one puzzle half way through the game when i first bought this game and at the time I didn't have the internet to search for walkthrough guides but if you are reading this then I think its safe to say that you, like my self are probably a member of an internet provider thus giving this game a whopping 100% rating.

Also if you have played this and for a strange reason have read this review up to here and can agree with allot of what I have said then I urge u to say what I am about to say. I think it is with in the interest of a wide range of fans out there of the hack and slash 2D anime style RPG's that even though we are in the generation of Xbox, Psx2, Dreamcast and Gamecube as well as highly advanced PC engines there is still a wide range of fans for the marketing of 2D anime games like Alundra, I mean Alundra in its own right is a down right masterpiece and even though new consoles want to boast their 3D graphics and all, the 2nd dimension shouldn't be neglected as far as hack and slash RPG's are concerned, and for younger players the platform genera also should have a bit more 2nd dimensional attention, when all is said and done Japanese anime cartoons are still reeling of at an alarming rate so what's the hold up with 2D RPG's especially now that we have awesome technology, just think about it not only can the 2D graphics be enhanced a whole lot the game worlds can be even larger and the special effects of spells and cut scenes would be mind blowing. If you are a die hard Alundra fan like myself spread the word. Lol.

Also I would like to add that if you liked Alundra and are thinking of getting Alundra 2 do a bit more research on the second one because it is nothing like the first, For one Alundra isn't even in it and 2nd its a 3D game so if u were looking forward to the same old beautiful looking graphics of the original then be sure to steer clear of Alundra 2.

Hello there amazon.com I know near the end I'v added some dribble about how it would be nice if there were more games of this style out there, I hope and would apreciate it if u would post this on your site as it may help more games like this come about, sorry about the double save of this review as i had'nt noticed your terms of conditions until now and i spent quite a while wrighting this review so i sent this copy to let u know my thankfullness should this appear on your site.

A lousy Game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: July 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are terrible. The story just plain stinks. I bet that it was ment for people who had trouble sleeping and were desperate enough to try and bore them selves to sleep. You'd have to be an old man Brian like me to like this. I bought 4 copies of this because I thought that it would be a hit like Prunes are. I'm 65 years old and I still play video games. I have to admit that it is better than Pin Ball, it's not worth a penny.

A pretty good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the part of the game that I got to play. I dont own the game, my brother does, and so I got to play it when he came to visit awhile ago. Anyway, I thought it was a pretty good game, it can be hard in parts, but thats not a bad thing, at least this game gets you to think. Its not a good game for people who dont like puzzles though.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game but, kinda confusing. You'll need the players guide for this game. It looks like the super nintendo graphics but it's still awesome.

a legend to all who played it!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

alundra was one of the first ps1 games I played and I think it changed the way we think about adventure games forever. who would have thought that sutch a compexed colourfull game could be so perfect. many people I know & knew thought this games a game from heaven and it was...

Swell Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Brilliant puzzles, incredible music, unbelievable story concept; this game has it all! Fun to the point of pain, this game will anger you to insanity, but keep you coming back for more. If you desire a difficult and all-around fun game, give this masterpiece a try.

I can't think of much bad--that's quite good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is as near flawless as any I can think of. Not only does it offer an incredible challenge (puzzles, platforming, bosses) but it has one of the most memorable storylines ever.

Finally, a true answer to melodrama has been found. Working Designs penned a storyline that was fully based on the concept of melodrama--people die left and right--but it does it in a way that is actually believable. Said drama doesn't seem a cheap attempt to instill sympathy or emotion into the story.

The story is based in dreamwalking. Namely, Alundra is the dreamwalker, the only at the beginning, and has the responsibility of saving many people trapped in potentially, and many times, deadly nightmares. This concept had me hooked from the beginning.

The action is reminiscent of Zelda, though it has enough individualism to seem as no rip-off. Through the use of numerous weapons, spells, and items Alundra will traipse through enemy-laden dungeons, solve perplexing puzzles, and unravel the mystery of death hanging over the fragile village, Inoa.

Not much to grip about, aside from a few collision (so minor as to be nigh undectable) problems and some unfairly difficult jumps. The collision may have also been my fault, for the control is picturesque in its perfection--blaming the game for a screw-up is only reflective of your own mistake (in this game, anyway).

The difficulty is considerable, requiring much skillful button manipulation and avid attention. A definite must play for the under-challenged gamers out there.

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