Prominent NPCs have character portraits in dialogue with different variations to reflect their attitude or emotional state. The character art for this game is fantastic. These buildings can unlock minigames and add flavor to the world. You can improve and build many buildings in town beside your own, raising the town’s respect for you and improving the attitudes of potential suitors - but we’ll get to the ladies of Monsbaiya later. Maybe buy some things for your home or start some building projects with a visit to the carpenter’s. When you’re not in the tower you can explore the town. Have no fear of death though, your father’s spell preserves your life should you fall but you’ll be picked clean before you reach home - your monsters are still safe though. They are innumerable and will destroy you if they can. It should come as no surprise that the tower is filled with monsters. And finally the floor of the tower changes every time you enter, so the challenge is never the same. The doors will only open if you have five or fewer items with them - and monsters count as items. Well, at least you can bring a bunch of monsters and your best sword/wand and shield… except the tower dislikes the greedy. Whenever you enter the tower your level gets chopped to level one, but the levels of your monsters remain unchanged. The rules are simple and yet restricting. Most of the gameplay is focused at the tower exploring its mysteries. Imagine if you will, little Renald at his Playstation in the dark late on a Friday night and Mantis hisses, “You like Azure Dreams, don’t you?” It blew my goddam mind and scared the hell out of me.Īzure Dreams is a turn-based, RPG, dungeon crawler, semi-roguelike with town building and dating simulator elements. As a demonstration of his power he reads your thoughts and can tell you what games you love based on the data on your memory card. This creep floats around and claims to be able to control your mind. Metal Gear Solid is another Konami game for the PS1 and it’s - more well known and better made, I mean - got a villain in it by the name of Psycho Mantis. I mentioned that this game was made by Konami for the PS1 and anyone who was playing Konami games can see where this is going. It’s competition was Banjo-Kazooie (Nintendo 64), Megaman Legends (PS1), and Fallout 2 (PC). It’s alright.Īzure Dreams was released on June 30th, 1998. It might have been made by aliens and left on Konami’s doorstep for all I know. Seriously, all I know is that this game was made by Konami. I’ll concede, the only reason the introduction is so long is because I’ve got nothing here. Climb to the tower’s summit like your father before you and see the Azure Dreams above the clouds. Monsbaiya, your family, and your life rest on your ability to master the tricks and traps of the tower of monsters. Ten years pass and your 15, of age to enter the tower. His monster came back but your father never did. No sooner had that ended a great seal overcame the tower’s top and with a great din the rain began. With a peal of the storm’s lightning magical rays erupted from the tower’s crown scorching the desert - and scaring the hell out of everyone. Clouds loomed over Monsbaiya laden with rain and crackling with thunder. The hours passed on, longer than he’d ever explored the tower’s paths. When you turned five he left like any other day but something was different, there was an electricity in the air. He would brave the tower hoping to some day reach its peak. Your father was one of these monster tamers and egg hunters. At the foot of the tower a city began to form and grow, Monsbaiya, made up of or supporting those who would brave the tower in search of the precious eggs and other loot. Where there are strange creatures someone will want them. Monsters can only be raised by the first person they see when they’re hatched. It is the only place where fabled monster eggs can be found, though monsters themselves can be found across the world. Deep in the desert there lies an ancient and mystic tower.
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