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Good, but not great Pokemon clone

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 18
Date: November 12, 1999
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who have played Pokemon, and can't get enough of collecting monsters, this may be the game for you. The story is that you try to convince monsters to join your party and then run around fighting various baddies. Not as cute or appealing as Pokemon, but an interesting way to pass the time on the subway.

The game is neither really good nor really bad, but if you, like me, can't get a copy of Pokemon Yellow then you might want to give this one a try.

Amusing yet tedious

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: January 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game concept is actually pretty decent and the actual gameplay is amusing. The recruitment negotiations are a hit or miss although using several chosen monsters to do the talking instead of the main character is a good idea. I didn't particularly care for the amount of text - its a good thing you can change how fast the text types on screen. Also, the need to back out of the menu is tedious. I would have preferred to be able to hit one button to bring me back to the main screen. If that's an option, I haven't found it yet. One major fallback is if your character loses a battle he/she is transported to the inn of their main town. This means having to traverse back out again which can become too repetitive. I've enjoyed what I've played thus far, having the option to save in 3 files is useful and recommended prior to going in to "dangerous" situations. Its an entertaining game and I think those who do get it may find it fun.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: May 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this is one of the best rpg's i've played for the gb. It's got great replay value, you can get monsters to join you, you get to mix monsters and create new ones, and you get more than 1 character (you get 3) which is unlike alot of rpg's out there anymore...

As Siskel and Ebert would put it, "I give it two thumbs up!"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 16
Date: November 25, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This RPG is one of the best I have played. It is second only to Pokemon. So if you are into RPG's and you have played and/or own Pokemon, try Revelations: The Demon Slayer. Even if you don't like RPG's you have to at least try this game.

One of GBs best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: December 29, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Great way to pass the time in the car, bus or airplane ride, one of Gameboys best RPGs, it has a very interesting concept and many hours of gameplay. You should definately give this one a try!

An excellent game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Of all the video game genres out there, it's role-playing games (RPGs) that tend to get cheated the most. There are fewer games in this genre than any other, and often when a company tries its hand at making one, they end up making something that's so hard to learn that it's no fun to play. Though the Game Boy Color had been released in 1998, it wouldn't be until nearly a year later that an RPG would arrive on the system, and even then, it would just be a port of a classic Game Boy title. A Game Boy RPG never released in America called Last Bible was translated into English, given the Game Boy Color treatment, and retitled Revelations: The Demon Slayer. How would this RPG, originally released circa 1991, measure up against the modern video game market? Read on and find out.

THE GOOD:
-Though this is an RPG, it's not too difficult to learn the basic gameplay mechanics. It's not often you get an RPG you can just pick up and play without reading the instructions, but this is a rare exception to the rule. Simplicity is this game's greatest strength.
-Many of the monsters you battle in the game can be turned over to your side. This is NOT a Pokemon clone though, it's a much more traditional RPG. Besides, it predated Pokemon by at least half a decade.
-The music and sound effects are much better than I was expecting them to be.
-When you collect monsters, you can use a magic spell to fuse them together and make them more powerful!
-Every character has a number of weapons he or she can equip to become more powerful.

THE BAD:
-The element of recruiting monsters to join your team just doesn't work out very well. You have to use a system of questions and answers, and this really makes no sense.
-The graphics, even though they got the Game Boy Color treatment, pale in comparison to some of those found in later Game Boy Color titles.
-You don't actually get to see the battles happen (this is a problem with a good deal of RPGs though, not just this one.)
-The English translation seems a bit rushed in places.
-Your monsters can't equip weapons and armor.
-Many of the monsters look exactly the same as others, they just have minor appearance changes - or sometimes none at all.

OVERALL:
If you're looking for an RPG on the Game Boy that's not too tough to learn but will still keep you involved for hours at a time and you're burned out on the Pokemon series, give this game a try. It's one of the Game Boy Color's hidden gems. This is an excellent game - need I say more?

Well done RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish playing this game because it was stolen from my car during the night. I was about half way through the game though, so I got a pretty good picture of what this game is like.

This game has little to no story-line, pretty much the story goes that you are a boy learning the arts of Gaia when some evil begins to stir in the land. You must venture forth through the land trying to get to the source of the evil. That's about the whole story line, all you do is go in one direction toward something that you have to defeat at the end. There are no surprises or twists in the storyline.

Even though the storyline was bland, I gave this game four stars because of the unique monster system. You have to, get this, talk to monsters to get them to join your side. Once a monster is on your side, he can fight in your party along with the three main characters. Also, you can combine two monsters with one of the character's special abilities to get a more powerful, different monster.

The battles aren't a piece of cake either, they are pretty hard in some places. Altogether, this is a well built RPG with the rest of the game making up for the bad story-line

An all out good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: July 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A great game. You play as a young boy studying the powers of Gaia. Then trouble begins to stir and you find yourself begining to embark upon a long, dangerous, journey. Along the journey, you pick up two friends, Kishe and Uranus, and together with them you recruite and lead an army of monsters to bring peace to the land.

I found this game to be alot of fun and I recommend anyone who likes a classical RPG to try it.

Revelations demon slayer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is incredible! the story is great, and the plot is good too. it is NOT a copy of pokemon as alot of people are saying i think, in my own opinion that it is better than pokemon because it is a bigger, more detailed game. You an combine monsters and you have to negotiate if you want them on your team. i think that the negotiation is interesting because in pokemon you dont have a atleast a conversation but in Revelations you get to sort of relate to your monster.

Best Gameboy Color Game played!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game that I had ever played for Gameboy color! I urge you to buy this game as soon as possible. It is similar to the Pokemon series, although you negoitate to alow the monsters to join your party. Also, the monsters dont level so you need to combine to make stronger and stronger monsters to handle all of the enimies! This was the game that made me buy a Gameboy Color! Sometimes I just turn on the game and start to battle! I also recomend Dragon Warrior Monsters. Again, I urge you to buy this game!

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