Overall 8.6 Graphics 8.5 Sound 5.5 Addictive 8 Story 8 Depth 8 Difficulty 7
9.8
Story of Oasis Totts
In "The Story of Thor" or, as the American version of the game is called, the main hero of this spectacular action-adventures, Prince Ali of OASIS is "Beyond Oasis", on one of his numerous forays across the country a magical Golden Kote. A voice which obviously is part of the spirit of the Kote, selects Ali as his vehicle for the upcoming fight against its counterpart, the silver Kote, which is also planning the demise of the peaceful Kingdom of OASIS found already by someone. The two Bracers included two powerful wizards long ago. The gold, which is responsible for the appeal to good spirits, was Reharl. The silver chaos and destruction, which was one of the evil Agito. n an epic battle long ago, both wizards destroyed each other and the Bracers were since lost. Provides the appearance of the silver Kote again the fate to a hard test.
"The Story of Thor" shows complete from the air. Of course, it assumes the role of Prince Ali, who is with his new jewel on the return journey. Arrived in the village, it is attacked immediately by a band of wild creatures, which however can not withstand Ali's good skills and martial arts. Ali then receives the advice in the Palace to visit his father, who has an in-depth knowledge of the history of his country, from the wise man of the village. The available map of OASIS, where the next destination, as well as Ali's current location appear with ever a symbol shows directly more than useful. The image following journey to the Palace is not too long, but marked by further disputes with many opponents. With his dagger, Ali's unlimited free standard weapons, and targeted kicks all in their place can have. After a certain number of defeated enemies to get a heart that increases Ali's rank and vitality. In addition to his well distinct abilities that have some finger-breaking special attacks, Ali can still jump and move around. The last movement type is useful for jumping through tight holes such as such as the fireplace openings.
Arrived at his father, Ali receives an order to identify the first spirit of the Kote in the water shrine. Before that, you should open all possible chests in the Palace, give away some weapons in addition to many foods that are used to replenish the life and magic bar. In the course of the game, they split up into three groups: swords, crossbows, and bombs. The weapons are available in various versions, they are but only limited use. The number under the arms always expresses how many results you can achieve that, until the weapon is useless and will forever disappear from the inventory. You should therefore carefully deal with the weapons and keep them for heavy end boss battles. A crossbow which as Ali's dagger without any restrictions to make use of is, can be later, but well hidden, even. In the water shrine, which represents the first real challenge, it is right to point. In addition to fighting here already some puzzles like finding specific keys etc. Must be solved. This will be difficult one at the beginning of not much, and all too soon it faces already the first boss: a large crab, which can cause some problems for inexperienced players. In the event of failure, it must still times new disputed the whole level store just outside of the dungeons is possible. After the crab is defeated, you will reach into the Interior of the shrine, where to get the first spirit of the Golden Kote: a water nymph, which dominates a spa and two combat magic. It meets also the first dealing with the Devas.
There are a total of four different guardian spirits who follow Ali's reputation in the progression of the game. In addition to the water nymph, there is still a powerful and fiery Ifrit, a very helpful shadow and a gluttonous carnivorous plant. Each spirit is unique and can summon only with the help of him associated element. This means that you can call in for example the ifrit's only on a blazing fire. To do this, an energy ball on a fire is shot down from the Kote. Without fire so there is no water nymph no Efreet, without water. And because it required very often all four ghosts alternately in the course of the game to progress, you should agonize is often, how to get the spirits in the right places. Items which appear the spirits without helper elements are present, but very rare. Colorful gems that match the color of each spirit, strengthen the powers of this and increase Ali's magic supply. They are scattered everywhere in OASIS and partially very well hidden and should be eagerly sought. As a small note, there are a total of 60 such stones to find. In addition to numerous puzzles and fighting, this option makes the game extremely interesting and entertaining.
Although the story itself offers nothing new and innovative, the level design, the many boss, which are always larger and imposing, and the almost pristine graphical and technical implementation ensure an unforgettable gaming experience. It's fun to go to the silver Kote Ali and the four ghosts on the hunt just over and over again. A competitive game for every player.
Graphics 8 Sound 8 Addictive 9 Story 9 Depth 10 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 08-05-11
Review Replies: 0
6.5
Beyond Oasis: Prince Ali's Adventure justinfeena1
Beyond Oasis is the equivalent to Zelda on Genesis.
Story: The
story of Prince Ali who gets the golden Armlet and has to fight against
the Silver Armlet is ok and is getting told well. But it doesn't really
caught me.
Gameplay: Beyond Oasis (BO) is played like Zelda
which means you control your character, in this case Prince Ali,
discover a big world, find items and fight against enemies.
Unfortunately it's not as big as Zelda. The map seems to be big (posted
screenshot) but in the end you just walk from one place to the other
without discovering anything interesting. And you also don't have as
much freedom as in Zelda. At the beginning you decide where you want to
go but later you lose this freedom and you go from one location to the
other without any junctions; you have to follow a path and you can't go
next the path you have to stay on it every time. Another unfortunate
thing is that you don't have much weapons. You just get knives and
crossbows and that's it. The fights are cool especially because of the
combos you can deliver but you can win them always the same way. Later
you get 4 spirits (one of them on posted screenshot) with different
elements you can and have to use. These spirits are a cool idea and fit
perfectly into this world. You also get food to heal yourself (HP or
SP).
Graphics/Dungeons: The graphic of BO is probably the best
on Genesis! Unfortunately they developers haven't made much with it.
The enemies are well animated but there are just a few different ones.
The same thing with the dungeons: you get in different dungeons but they
are dark and separate each other just by the colours. And the riddles
within the dungeons are easy and boring.
Sound: Yuzo Koshiro
made the music for this game and it's definitely his worst. He made some
cool music for games like Streets of Rage and Shinobi but for BO he
must have tried something that hasn't worked. The tunes are awful and
annoying and almost the same.
Conclusion: Beyond
Oasis is supposed to be a Zelda-like game and it is but a very light
one. There's a small world, just a few weapons, not many things to
collect and an ok story. The biggest strength is the graphic but it's
not well used and the world looks kind of boring. Another big weakness
is the bad sound by Yuzo Koshiro who has made some of the best after
this one. At the end you can say that Beyond Oasis is an ok Adventure
with some negative points but because there are just a few Adventures on
Genesis you won't regret it that much when you've played it.
Graphics 9 Sound 3 Addictive 7 Story 7 Depth 6 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 06-29-11
Review Replies: 0
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