In a mysterious world set in a distnt past or maybe in the far future we witness the adventures of Ellydir, a blue haired knight that possess a cursed sword. He lives at the Golgotha Academy with many other identical blonde knights, but no one of them can match his incredible power. The knights of the Academy work for the mysterious Council that opposes demons, dark angels and other foul creatures, and Ellydir will find himself involved in a secret war that seems rooted a forgotten past. Quietus the sorcerer and Capsid the wandered will join him in his quest, where nothing is exactly like it appears.
Tyrant God Saga is a very old game that tried to make something new: while the custom combat system isn't exactly complex, it includes using souls of the defeated enemies to power the special moves of the characters and create consumables. Battles require planning and strategy to find and exploit the opponent's weakness rather than just attacking with the most powerful move. The author himself pops out in some optional cutscenes to explain each character combat style: Ellydir uses a cursed sword, Quietus has dark spells, while Capsid instead doesn't even use the soul system! The setting, story and music are also mysterious and evocative.
Random Fact: the game uses a mix of Rtps and edited assets from Lennus II: Fūin no Shito, known outside Japan as Paladin's Quest. The enemies instead in cases are taken from Phantasy Star. Oh all good except for the colors of the dialogue windows and words, that sometimes makes reading a little difficult, I changed colors to the one on these pics, and uploaded my personally edited version on Rmarchiv.de.
Final Verdict: even if I discovered this game only recently, it became immediately one of my favourites: it has a unique dark, obscure setting and mysterious story that isn't just an opposition between good and evil, and an unusual combat system that really requires some thinking. An underrated game still altering perceptions these days!
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