DS #3652: The Dark Spire (USA)

[Maz7006]

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i don't get why you people are impressed with this. i know its all about gameplay/story, and graphics aren't that important, but i mean cmon! the battle scenes are just flashing pictures

i am a young whippersnapper afterall lol. but i'll try this out anyways.

This says it all, despite the fact that i was actually waiting for this one, but heck lets give it a try

 

[twisteddeeds]

This game is more a tribute to the "hardcore old school rpg" and im loving it... Anyone who has played similar games, or read game books from the 80s will love this

 

[kjean]

Nice game! You don't have to be an old timer for this in my opinion. And classic display mode lolz.
btw, save corruption, that's bugging me. maybe Narin can help me (or us).

 

[5H3N10n9]

modern d&d = passing boring time

 

[m_babble]

Shining in the Darkness!

 

[JDandy]

Oh dear lord, status ailments out of battle. At least Etrian had the courtesy to make status ailments go away once you leave finish the fight.
No thanks, I can already see myself trudging toward the save point / healer with only 1 party member left alive. With 10 HP. Poisoned.

 

[rippingrocker]

wat do u need???

 

[Nottulys]

It's an "old-school" RPG. You young whippersnappers just wouldn't understand. Definitely not a game for everyone.

Believe me, you younger gamers would scoff at all the old-school RPG's of my youth. Just as I tend to scoff at many of the games you guys like. It's a generation gap thing.

dont get me wrong, I had a couple of old Nintendo and SNES cartidges, that played just like this, but they were too damn boring....

 

[Porkdish]

I quite like the character and enemy graphics, they're stylish. The gameplay is anything but stylish though. Before reaching the first corner of the first floor of the first dungeon with my 4 level 1 characters I randomly encountered 4 bandits, each of whom attack twice a round, averaging one and half times the maximum hitpoints of a level 1 character.

I managed to sleep some of them before my mage was killed and somehow I survived with one character barely alive.

...only to discover that fighting one battle and walking 8 steps hadn't quite earned me the $300 price tag to revive 3 level 1 characters...

You can feel chuffed and use the word hardcore all you like, but its not hardcore, its stupid and if you enjoy that kind of 'difficulty' then never invite me to your house because I like to sit on chairs, not nails and I watch TV on a quiet evening rather than self flagellate for hours.

 

[pantomime]

some rpgs you actually have to run from battle, as soon as you saw that double attack.

 

[gbaelink]

It look cool~~must try~

 

[acoustic.digital]

those games SATISFY.

 

[Phynx]

Finding this, post-haste, those vids on page 1 were hot!

 

[Canonbeat234]

Yeah but I notice one thing about people; they enjoy RPG's that appeals to their taste. So far I had played JRPG's mainly Final Fantasy; RP's in general like Riveria: the Promised Land. and ARPG's like TWEWY.

Also I did played Legend of YS; Soma Bringer (Act 2) right now. Most of them are always generic depending on the storyline. The gameplay is what really turns a person on/off.

As far as what the person said about the first battle with the 4 bandits then get pwned with only 1 character left. You wouldn't like Sonic Chronicles since in the very beginning if you don't strategize correctly you will most likely get pwned and may have to grind for a while until you're strong enough to continue.

I didn't play Mother/Earthbound however the difficulty inside that game is beyond hard from what I heard if you're playing it for the first time! I didn't even beat Chrono Trigger first ending because I didn't know where to go after you given the sword to Frog.

 

[blu9987]

Heh, I spent an hour just re-rolling the character stats until I was satisfied with the rolls I got. I remember way back in the C64 days I would do that too. Used to drive my friend nuts because he just wanted to get into the game already.

I used to do that then get SUPER ANGRY when i'd accidentally re-roll the one i wanted

 

[Porkdish]

Are you #$%ing kidding me. Sonic Chronicles? That #$%^ is easy as. To compare its difficulty to this? Laughable. Etrian Odyssey, heck even 7th Dragon is a cake walk compared to this. If you found Chrono Trigger hard then turn away now.

To the guy who suggested running. Nice try. I did that the next time I met them with a new party, 3 members slaughtered, finally succeeded to run with one hit point left on a warrior after 2 rounds.

This game is masochistic. A few judicious cheats could make it worth sticking around. I'm sure even suggesting that will make the self flagellants cringe but whatever.

 

[crook]

Why in the worl would someone make such a shitty game?

 

[twisteddeeds]

this game takes patience and lots of level grinding lol.. the best review ive read for it that describes it perfectly is destructoids

 

[Isabelyes]

OMG I LOVE this!

despite my age ( i'm 13, so I haven't got any good memories of those bleck/white D.C ), a high difficulty (thus grinding) is my biggest turn ON,
and I loved Etrian Odyssey (both) and since this is atleast ten times as difficult, i think i'm gonna have a fun time with this little gem.

finally, after march, whose fantastic games (GTA, Pokemon, FFCC EoT, VP etc.) did nothing but dissapoint me, i've got a REAL game.
no kiddy nintendo shit. (reffering to the latest fantastic, but EASY zelda. don't get me wrong, I love nintendo)

well, anyway, for those who still don't know what this game is about:

you're just walking through a labyrinth, fighting enemies, and dying.
A LOT.

 

[enarky]

Meh. Don't get me wrong, I love pen & paper RPGs, but when I want to play one I gather a group of friends and do so in the real world. This game is pretty much like a pen & paper rpg, but with all the fun sucked out of it and you have to play alone.