Few games have stood out as much as this one when we first played it in the early 90s. The music, the gameplay, the sound, graphics, gore it was absolutely brilliant. Considering its a game designed with one button, the gameplay isn't lacking at all and finding the right way to slice your enemies can be very satisfying. I think what really stood out for me was the monsters you battled coupled with the use of sound but I also loved how it was like a living board game. I had this game on amiga 500 back in the day and admittedly it was a pirated copy (in Australia we didn't have a lot of access to a lot of games/etc). Sadly I was never able to finish it because at a certain point into the game, it would always crash. Years later, I got it running on PSP and my friend and I (late 20s) were getting into fights over who would play it next. I prefer the Amiga version. There are a couple of mechanic differences and the sound is no where near as good on PC. Fun fact, it was deemed too gory for console back in the day. Almost got released on Genesis/Megadrive. Then Mortal Kombat came out and was too popular to leave off consoles. Not fair!!!
Honestly this game changed my life but sadly, there's very little I can say in this review to convince anyone to buy this because I think you really did have to be there. You had to experience all the crusty games that proceeded it or even the ones that came out at the same time. OK so it doesn't look like Skyrim but I come from an era where although we could see each individual pixel, we had the imagination to fill in all the gaps and essentially made the games our own. That being said, if you do actually appreciate RPGs as an art form then I cannot recommend this game enough and even though I think "you had to be there", I did eventually revisit this game and found it highly enjoyable and satisfying and to be honest, I don't respect you as an RPG player unless you can finish it. I've played many, MANY consoles, computers, arcade and handheld gaming devices (since as far back as 1983) and this is still the most satisfying game completion.
