Description
The legend of the Golden Condor... from village to village and from town to town, everybody speak of it - somewhere, beyond forests and mountains, there lies an idyllic Golden Land, the land of eternal happiness. Many adventurers have tried to find their way to the mysterious land of the Golden Condor, but how many of them have survived the impassable mountain paths, the dark forests and caves, and the vicious monsters? You are the wanderer Shiren, and the goal of your life is to find the Golden Land. Together with your best buddy Koppa, a talking weasel, you decide to venture deep into the dungeons that lead to the land, and to try your luck there.
"Furai no Shiren" (
The Wanderer Shiren) is a "rogue"-like, hack-and-slash game with randomly generated dungeon areas, items, and monsters. Despite being named
Fushigi no Dungeon 2 it has no relation to the storyline or characters of the
first game in the series, it does however share the same style of gameplay. The combat is turn-based, but is very fast-paced: you must act immediately upon your turn, otherwise you will lose it and be exposes to the enemy's attack. You visit towns and villages where you can buy and sell supplies. The dungeons are full of various traps and also characters you can talk to you and who will even join you on your quest for a short time.
Alternate Titles
- "不思議のダンジョン２ 風来のシレン" -- Japanese Super Famicom spelling
- "Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Furai no Shiren" -- Japanese Super Famicom title
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The Press Says
| GameZone |
Apr 24, 2008 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) |
May, 2008 |
B+ |
83 |
| Cubed3 |
Mar 25, 2008 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Eurogamer |
May 22, 2008 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Armchair Empire, The |
Apr 22, 2008 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Objectif-SEGA |
Mar 26, 2008 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| Game Revolution |
Mar 17, 2008 |
C+ |
58 |
| Worth Playing |
May 27, 2008 |
5.5 out of 10 |
55 |
| Fragland.net |
Apr 24, 2008 |
51 out of 100 |
51 |
| Gamer.nl |
Mar 20, 2008 |
5 out of 10 |
50 |
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Trivia
The name of the game's protagonist, Shiren, contains a distinct irony when combined with the word
furai ("wanderer") in the game's title:
Furai no Shiren can be understood both as "Shiren the Wanderer" or as "A Wonderer's Ordeal", since the word
shiren also means "ordeal".
The word
furai itself is also slightly ambivalent: literally meaning "wanderer", the word is written with two Chinese signs, corresponding to the Chinese words
feng (wind) and
lai (coming);
furai (in Japanese pronunciation) is literally "the one who came with the wind".
