/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1974041

I *love* Brandish! It's my favorite Falcom series up right there with Ys. It's pure, fun gameplay, and a direct feed to the old era of Falcom - where gameplay and dungeon-crawling were so well done they were their own reward. Brandish is such a beautifully-designed game. Seriously, there's almost nothing I dislike about it.

Brandish 1 is nowhere near as good as the second and third games, but it's still extremely great. I recall my initial reaction to the first Brandish game was something like "what the hell is that?", but once you get accustomed to the controls it becomes quite addictive. Perhaps the biggest problem with Brandish 1 is that the dungeon graphics are kind of dull and don't change very often - the fun, however, comes from exploring the maps (painting on your mini-map to mark pitfalls, hidden doors, etc), collecting items, and simply surviving to get to the next floor.

The SNES version of Brandish 1 had some problems, though - you need to switch to the map and back a lot due to the lack of an on-screen mini-map (every single other Brandish game has an on-screen mini-map), and the original games were developed for use with a mouse+keyboard, which caused some problems in the console versions (when managing your items for example, but it's still doable). Thankfully Koei learned from that mistake for the SNES port of Brandish 2, given that that game does have an on-screen mini-map (and therefore making it a bit more bearable than its prequel on the SNES). I have to say Falcom adapted Brandish very well to a console interface with the PSP remake of 1, which is simply excellent and I wholeheartedly recommend to pretty much everyone (yes, even the ones who couldn't "connect" with the PC-98/SNES/PC Engine CD version). You guys better support XSEED's English version when it comes out!

It is certainly an aquired taste, but once you get it - you can never get enough.

>>1977959

I also happen to be that channel's owner. Thanks for the words, Anon ;)