Difference between revisions of "Neutopia"
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− | '''''Neutopia''''' is | + | [[Image:Neutopia - TG16 - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]] |
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+ | '''''Neutopia''''' is an action adventure game by [[Hudson Soft]] and released on the [[TurboGrafx-16]] in 1989. The game is shameless ripoff of [[The Legend of Zelda]]. | ||
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+ | I had never heard of this game growing up because I had so little interaction with the TG16. I played it because it was one of the highest ranked games for the TG16, and I was looking to expand my familiarity with the platform's library. All-in-all, it was an average game. | ||
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
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* The graphics are quite nice, especially the large boss sprites. | * The graphics are quite nice, especially the large boss sprites. | ||
* The music is well composed and fitting to the game. | * The music is well composed and fitting to the game. | ||
− | * The fire wand, and | + | * The fire wand, and its changing function relative to your health is a pretty creative weapon. |
* The game has a nice full ending. | * The game has a nice full ending. | ||
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* Items and enemy bolts stop the fire wand, which is annoying. | * Items and enemy bolts stop the fire wand, which is annoying. | ||
* Spike traps are differently colored in earlier dungeons, but are entirely hidden later on, leading to a lot of unavoidable hits. | * Spike traps are differently colored in earlier dungeons, but are entirely hidden later on, leading to a lot of unavoidable hits. | ||
− | * The strongest sword, armor, and shield are | + | * The strongest sword, armor, and shield are uncreatively called the "Strongest." |
+ | * The game box categorizes it as a role-playing game, but it doesn't have any of the elements traditionally found in RPGs. Instead, it's an action adventure with a fantasy theme. | ||
===Ugly=== | ===Ugly=== | ||
* Nothing really. | * Nothing really. | ||
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+ | ==Media== | ||
+ | ===Box Art=== | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Neutopia - TG16 - Japan.jpg|The original Japanese box art could have been good if the hero didn't look like a sissy. At least the dark knight is cool looking. | ||
+ | Neutopia - TG16 - USA.jpg|The North American box art could have been good if it didn't look so childish. The dragon is pretty cool looking, but the knight looks like a child's toy. | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | ===Documentation=== | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Neutopia - TG16 - Manual.pdf|Game manual. | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | ===Videos=== | ||
+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YG2P4JevME youtube.com/watch?v=8YG2P4JevME] - Longplay. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | * [http://www.mobygames.com/game | + | * [http://www.mobygames.com/game/neutopia mobygames.com/game/neutopia] - MobyGames. |
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutopia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutopia] - Wikipedia. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutopia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutopia] - Wikipedia. | ||
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[[Category: Games]] | [[Category: Games]] | ||
[[Category: Video Games]] | [[Category: Video Games]] | ||
+ | [[Category: TurboGrafx-16 Games]] | ||
[[Category: Action]] | [[Category: Action]] | ||
[[Category: Adventure]] | [[Category: Adventure]] | ||
[[Category: Games I've Beaten]] | [[Category: Games I've Beaten]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Fantasy]] |
Revision as of 16:47, 22 June 2018
Neutopia is an action adventure game by Hudson Soft and released on the TurboGrafx-16 in 1989. The game is shameless ripoff of The Legend of Zelda.
I had never heard of this game growing up because I had so little interaction with the TG16. I played it because it was one of the highest ranked games for the TG16, and I was looking to expand my familiarity with the platform's library. All-in-all, it was an average game.
Contents
Status
I have beaten this game with full inventory and stats.
Review
- Overall: 4/10
- Best Version: TurboGrafx-16
Good
- Overall, the game is pretty fun. If I didn't know about The Legend of Zelda, I would probably even be impressed by it.
- The graphics are quite nice, especially the large boss sprites.
- The music is well composed and fitting to the game.
- The fire wand, and its changing function relative to your health is a pretty creative weapon.
- The game has a nice full ending.
Bad
- It's basically a poor-man's Legend of Zelda. Most of what was ripped off isn't as good as Zelda from several years earlier.
- Movement is a little clunky.
- The perspective makes the hit detection seem weird especially when you take damage from or hit a tall or jumping monster in an area that you shouldn't, given the perspective.
- Most of what the NPCs in the game say is useless or redundant.
- Like Zelda, you waste of lot of bombs trying to find hidden rooms, especially in the later dungeons, but, unlike Zelda, they are extremely rare drops from enemies.
- The wings and ring are rarely useful, and you get them as random drops even when you already have them.
- Items and enemy bolts stop the fire wand, which is annoying.
- Spike traps are differently colored in earlier dungeons, but are entirely hidden later on, leading to a lot of unavoidable hits.
- The strongest sword, armor, and shield are uncreatively called the "Strongest."
- The game box categorizes it as a role-playing game, but it doesn't have any of the elements traditionally found in RPGs. Instead, it's an action adventure with a fantasy theme.
Ugly
- Nothing really.
Media
Box Art
Documentation
Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=8YG2P4JevME - Longplay.
Links
- mobygames.com/game/neutopia - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutopia - Wikipedia.