SNES

Lagoon

If i'm preaching to the converted then I have to say that, while not on the scale of Zelda, this is a very nicely structured and playable RPG of the sickeningly cute variety.

Lagoon is, at best, vaguely interesting. The game lacks excitement and is little more than a poor translation of NEC's Ys Book I & II. Both the sound and graphics seem rather bland. The gameplay is okay, and some of the scenes in Phillip Castle give a very nice sense of depth with smooth multi-speed scrolling. The characters are larger than they are in Ys as well. On the whole, however, I would suggest this game only to Ys Book I & II lovers who either have very poor vision or a very small TV.

Frecher geht's wohl nicht mehr: Nicht nur ein berühmter Vater stand bei "Lagoon" Pate, sondern gleich zwei Klassiker. Schade nur, daß die Programmierer etwas lieblos abkupferten. Trotz guter Ansätze schafft Lagoon nicht den Sprung über die Mittelmaßhürde. Das größte Problem des Moduls: Die Grafik ist zwar mittelprächtig bis nett, aber zu unübersichtlich geraten. Kartenzeichnen wird zur unliebsamen Qual. Ein weiteres Ärgernis sind die Spielfiguren, die sich zeitweise dem Helden anschließen. Die Burschen schlurfen im Kriechtempo durch die Landschaft. Die Folge: ständiges Warten auf den Nachzügler zerrt an den Nerven und hemmt den Spielfluß.

However, if you like games that are fun to play and don't encourage you to grind for hours in order to get pointless items, don’t play Final Fantasy VII. But, don’t play Lagoon, either. Play with atomic bombs, instead. Killing things is cool.

Should you consider yourself a person of good taste, do us all a favor and steer clear of this turkey before it becomes an analogy for self-abuse instead.

I take back what I said to begin. There IS a happy ending. If this review dissuades you at all from playing Lagoon, feel HAPPY, and above all, grateful. And about my imaginary court proceedings? Kemco would have SETTLED. Make sure you don't.