Ghost Lion, or Legend of the Ghost Lion according to the title screen, is an RPG that tries to incorporate several new ideas into the RPG formula. However, they show that while innovation is the only way to bring something new and enjoyable to the table, it’s also very easy to come up with something that’ll bomb. This game manages to bring in interesting new ideas to the RPG formu... read more
Description:A mysterious white lion once attacked a small village and killed many of its inhabitants. But a brave soldier defeated the beast with his spear. The white lion ran away and found a shelter in a dark cave near the town. Some years later, Maria's parents organize an expedition to the cave in order to find out what the white lion really A mysterious white lion once attacked a small village and killed many of its inhabitants. But a brave soldier defeated the beast with his spear. The white lion ran away and found a shelter in a dark cave near the town. Some years later, Maria's parents organize an expedition to the cave in order to find out what the white lion really is. But they never come back...
Now Maria has to go to the cave and to search for her parents. equipped with the famous spear the brave soldier Moja used to defeat the lion, she receives the village elder's permission to descend into the cave. But while wandering through the dark corridors, she falls into a river, and a strong current brings her to the Dream World. She no longer can return back, and the fairies who inhabit the Dream World tell her that the only way to defeat the lion is to travel to yet another world - the Dark World...
In this game, you control Maria as she travels on the world maps, visits towns, and descends into dungeons. The battles are turn-based and are viewed from first-person perspective in Dragon Warrior style. Instead of party members you have ghosts you can summon to help you in battles, such as the soldier Moja and others. Hit points and magic points are called Courage and Dream, respectively. You gain levels only by finding special items, not from fighting random monsters.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Kemco Release date : 31 March 1993 EAN: 0741648002017 UPC: 741648002017
"Release Date: July 14, 1989 (JP)
Publisher: Kemco
Developer: Kemco
Genre: RPG
Ghost Lion, or Legend of Ghost Lion according to the title screen, is one of those rare games where as a reviewer, I feel it deserves a rather harsh score, but as a player, I enjoy playing the game anyway. Ghost Lion is basically a game to introduce newcomers to RPGs. The main issue with the game (among several others) is that the random battles are absolutely worthless. After only a few battles, you'll have more mone"
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I've reviewed this game and was kind of harsh on it. But despite the complaints I had (and still do have) this is a very unique RPG with some ideas that most RPG fans will appreciate. A few tweaks to some problems and this would have been a must-play title...But as it is, it's still definitely worth a look for its originality."
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Hydra
The Hydra boss fight isn't anything special...And may be one of the easiest boss fights in history...IF you know what you're doing. The seemingly unbeatable Hydra can easily be destroyed by summoning the Huge Slug and the Huge Frog during the fight. The Huge Slug, Huge Frog, and Hydra all become deadlocked and eventually all three get destroyed. I just enjoy the concept of this fight as a whole."
Ghost Lion, or Legend of the Ghost Lion according to the title screen, is an RPG that tries to incorporate several new ideas into the RPG formula. However, they show that while innovation is the only way to bring something new and enjoyable to the table, it’s also very easy to come up with something that’ll bomb. This game manages to bring in interesting new ideas to the RPG formula...But some of them, particularly the leveling-up system, just really bog the game down.
I’ll just start right off with the leveling-up. In this game, you do NOT get experience points. Defeating enemies will not raise your level. In order to level up, you need to find a ‘Fragment of Hope.’ These fragments are scattered around in dungeons and you need to do some exploring to find th” read more
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