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Rating: 5,
Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User
Iron Sword is actually Wizards and Warriors Part 2. You can tell because the main character (a sword-swinging knight) is the same guy from the previous game.
In this adventure, you are no longer treated to infinite continues. This means the challenge is EXACTLY right. I can make it to the end of the game, but even after all these years I was never able to beat it. That final boss is HARD.
This game is probably better than the original if only because you now get to explore forest, water, ice and fire worlds. Yeah, I know, EVERY game seems to have those kind of levels. Remember, back in the late 80's a game like this was pretty influential and certainly unique. We were NOT exposed to countless games that were merely rip-offs of other games, unlike today, where it seems like platform games are basically a thing of the past.
Thanks to the lack of creative ideas to make something fresh in the world of platform gaming, people are now sick of the genre. The fact that everyone is now obsessed with realism in gaming means that an overwhelming obsession with a game like Iron Sword will never return. That makes the game stand out in a positive way, in my opinion.
I *strongly* believe, as crazy as this might sound, that the music in Iron Sword is the VERY BEST music a video game can possibly have. Yes, I know I'm *extremely* crazy for thinking this way, but it's true. I can't believe music THIS good even exists. Heck, I probably never would have even had an obsession with music if I never had encountered this excellent game.
I put the music in this game on the same level as the music from my favorite bands, like the Moody Blues. Iron Sword features melodic themes that actually keep building and building in melodies and musical ideas, something 95% of other NES games didn't do. Most NES games kept repeating the same couple notes over and over. Not so in Iron Sword. It's music on a whole other level. Almost like progressive rock music. Some of the programmers must have been fans of Genesis or Yes.
As for the gameplay, it's basically the same as the previous game except now, as I said above, you explore a variety of different worlds. The challenge has been increased a lot. You have to be careful not to die too many times or else you will have to return to the beginning of the game. Not really a bad thing, though. After all, NES games were challenging, and that's what made the games so addicting- we kept coming back to them despite dying repeatedly. If you were to compare the challenge in Iron Sword to other NES games, I'd say it's not so hard then. But if you want to compare Iron Sword to, oh I don't know, Resident Evil 4, Iron Sword is a pretty tough cookie then.
Overall, jumping around on high platforms slashing enemies never gets old when it's done correctly. Thanks to the wonderful graphics and play control, I truly love this game.
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