Radisshu
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HELLO! Welcome to the Let's Play of Mystiq Quest, the grandest of SNES RPGs. Mystic Quest was released in 1992, in north america only. I think it was because Squaresoft considered westerners too stupid for their complex japanese Final Fantasy games and decided to go light on us, by pretty much making a Final Fantasy game but with fewer characters and a Zelda-like gameplay. It was marketed as an RPG for beginners and came with a strategy guide. No doubt, many who played Mystic Quest later moved on to such games as Planescape: Torment and Fallout!
Oh, and this game is bad. Really bad. But kind of fun! According to Wikipedia,
So anyway, we start out by seeing the TITLE SCREEN:
Oh, and those crystals are all happily bouncing around, BTW. Adding to the epic feel of the game, no doubt!
Then we go on with naming our protagonist:
CHAPTER ONE: THE MOUNTAIN ENCOUNTER!!!!!!!
So, uh, Cloud starts out on top of some kind of... mountain? The ground is shaking, and everything is terribly confusing. A weird old man is floating on what might be a small cloud or a very large fuzzy ball of his pubic hair not far from us. Let's see if he knows what's going on.
OLD MAN: This place is going to sink any second! Let's climb up quick!
The old guy floats away on his cloud/pubic hair collection and we swiftly follow!
OH NO! How could Cloud possibly pass beyond this deep chasm?
INTENSE!
Cloud follows the old man further up the mountain.
OLD GUY: Look over there. That's the focus tower, once the heart of the world. An old prophecy says, "The vile 4 will steal the power, and divide the world between 4 doors. At that time the knight will appear!" The prophecy has now come true. 4 (since this is a beginner's RPG, they wanted to decrease the amount of difficult letters by writing numbers instead whenever they could) monsters have locked the doors of the focus tower and escaped with the keys. They're draining the light from the 4 crystals of the Earth, and the world is in chaos. The people are in desperate need of help. Cloud. only you can save the crystals and the world.
CLOUD: Me?
Cloud is overwhelmed by something... a sense of purpose.
I guess.
But SUDDENLY, out of NOWHERE
A MONSTER APPEARS
Will Cloud's heroic destiny be smothered in its cradle by the terrible BEHEMOTH? How will he go about to unlock the doors of the FOCUS TOWER? Who are the 4 EVILS? How did the old guy know what the B-BUTTON was? Stay tuned, for more... MYSTIC QUEST
Oh, and this game is bad. Really bad. But kind of fun! According to Wikipedia,
, and considering its competition for that title (http://www.publiblanes.net/Fondos/Juego ... asy_x2.jpg) that really is a pretty impressive accomplishment.Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is widely regarded as the black sheep of the franchise.
So anyway, we start out by seeing the TITLE SCREEN:
Oh, and those crystals are all happily bouncing around, BTW. Adding to the epic feel of the game, no doubt!
Then we go on with naming our protagonist:
CHAPTER ONE: THE MOUNTAIN ENCOUNTER!!!!!!!
So, uh, Cloud starts out on top of some kind of... mountain? The ground is shaking, and everything is terribly confusing. A weird old man is floating on what might be a small cloud or a very large fuzzy ball of his pubic hair not far from us. Let's see if he knows what's going on.
OLD MAN: This place is going to sink any second! Let's climb up quick!
The old guy floats away on his cloud/pubic hair collection and we swiftly follow!
OH NO! How could Cloud possibly pass beyond this deep chasm?
INTENSE!
Cloud follows the old man further up the mountain.
OLD GUY: Look over there. That's the focus tower, once the heart of the world. An old prophecy says, "The vile 4 will steal the power, and divide the world between 4 doors. At that time the knight will appear!" The prophecy has now come true. 4 (since this is a beginner's RPG, they wanted to decrease the amount of difficult letters by writing numbers instead whenever they could) monsters have locked the doors of the focus tower and escaped with the keys. They're draining the light from the 4 crystals of the Earth, and the world is in chaos. The people are in desperate need of help. Cloud. only you can save the crystals and the world.
CLOUD: Me?
Cloud is overwhelmed by something... a sense of purpose.
I guess.
But SUDDENLY, out of NOWHERE
A MONSTER APPEARS
Will Cloud's heroic destiny be smothered in its cradle by the terrible BEHEMOTH? How will he go about to unlock the doors of the FOCUS TOWER? Who are the 4 EVILS? How did the old guy know what the B-BUTTON was? Stay tuned, for more... MYSTIC QUEST