/vr/ - Retro Games

Torneko: The Last Hope is a modern roguelike much like the Mystery Dungeon or Shiren the Wanderer games. It stars the chubby merchant Torneko from Dragon Quest IV and was surprisingly localized, under the subtitle "World of Dragon Warrior." The gameplay is very straightforward if you've ever played a game of this type: you travel through procedurally-generated dungeons, fight monsters in turn-based battles, and lose everything if you die. Torneko is a bit more forgiving in the last case, but will still provide as much challenge as any classic Dragon Quest game. It has a good variety of enemies to fight and items to find or craft, but dungeon environments are a bit repetitive.

The game is presented from an overhead view with somewhat compressed-looking sprites, but it has occasional claynimation scenes in place of FMVs which are absolutely gorgeous and a total joy to watch. If for some reason you're a big fan of Torneko or just appreciate roguelike games, be sure to pick this one up.