/vr/ - Retro Games

I've been playing a lot of Auleria for the PC Engine CD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjRbn2cHBxI

There isn't a lot of footage or info of the game out there. It has some nice music tracks by ZUNTATA's Tamayo Kawamoto (though many unfitting tracks - e.g. weird low pulsing synths for bright cheery fields). It's kinda fun, since the graphics are good, but it suffers from some usual JRPG problems:
-little strategy as you grind levels and just spam attack to kill all things as quick as possible
-convoluted menu/HUD that takes up 1/3 of the screen
-enemies spawn randomly from sides of the screen, and can become unavoidable + no invincibility period when attacked means your health drops dangerously low on contact with enemies
-castlevania stairs that exacerbate the above problem
-long stretches of dungeon that look exactly the same and are easy to get lost in

Kinda want it to be over since I feel like i've put quite a bit of time into the game. It has some nice moments and looks great, but is a little bit of a chore to play.