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Illusion of Gaia
10-26-13 08:45 PM
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A great overlooked SNES RPG
This game was one of my beloved favorites as a child, and I still enjoy it to this day. So I figured I should write this simple review on what I consider to be one of the greatest SNES RPGs ever.
The SNES game Illusion of Gaia was brought to us by the developers Quintet, the same developers of such critically acclaimed live action RPGs as Terranigma, and Act Raiser. It was released September of 1994(US)
Illusion of Gaia is a live action RPG, that can be considered to be sort of the resurrected corpse of it's less successful predecessor, Soul Blazer(though now it is widely recognized as a brilliant and underrated game). There are many links between these games regarding gameplay, even characters and story elements, some that can even be found in Terranigma as well.
Story/Depth: 9.5/10
As with many of the games developed by Quintet, the story depth of Illusion of Gaia is rivaled by few others in it's generation. You're taken from your humble little village, to real world ancient ruins and locations across the globe such as the Incan ruins, the Nazca lines, Egyptian pyramids, the Great Wall of China, and Angkor Wat, even to a city in the sky, or a palace hidden beneath the depths of the ocean, and even to a place known as "Dark Space" with the help of your magical flute. The depth is spectacular, and the story is well executed.
The story starts you off in a classroom as a young child named Will, who is explaining the Journey he and his father took to the tower of Babel, that tragically ended in his father's death.Will doesn't remember how his father died, though he has in his possession a flute that was taken from the tower itself. He then vows to become an explorer like his father when he grows up. After leaving the school exploring your small home town of South Cape, you meet your friends Seth, Eric, Lance. After becoming acquainted with them, you eventually find a portal atop one of the buildings in the town, where ... Read the rest of this Review
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