The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Trilogy

It's safe to say that Falcom's approach to video games was to throw everything at the wall, see what sticks and absolutely roll with it. Out of everything they made, nowadays only Ys and The Legend of Heroes series are the ones to still be considered alive. Unlike Ys, where most of the games are …

Xanadu Next – A classic revived

After the last Dragon Slayer game, The Legend of Xanadu II, Falcom kinda just started focusing on their new flagship, The Legend of Heroes and remakes of older titles. For the better part of 7 years, things weren't too exciting. Then at the turn of the millennium, things changed and Falcom started producing other titles …

Drasle Family – Family Business

Still in shock from the cruel joke that is Romancia, I booted up the next game in the Dragon Slayer franchise with a bit less enthusiasm. A metroidvania as the sequel to one of the most cryptic games I've ever played? I was getting ready for the worst. So what we have here is Falcom's …

Romancia – Evil Incarnate

"What were they thinking?!" is the only genuine question I can ask when I think about Romancia. If this was an AVGN episode, the nerd would spend 80% of the episode cursing, 15% beating up a Fan Freddy cosplayer and 5% crying in agony and it would be the last episode because why do more. …

Faxanadu: The Adventure of…

After finishing Falcom's masterpiece, Xanadu, I couldn't help myself but crave a bit more of it before jumping to the next step. Just like with Dragon Slayer, this game has also received its very own spin-off title and I was excited to revisit it after all these years. Faxanadu is Hudson's take at the Xanadu …

Xanadu: A Masterpiece Long Forgotten

Falcom's runaway success, Dragon Slayer did pretty well back when it released in 1984 and the company wasted no time designing the next game in the franchise. Just a year after the original, Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II dropped and it's safe to say that Japan was not ready for this one. A PC game in …

Dragon Slayer Gaiden: The Slumbering Crown

Epoch was responsible, for the 1990 port of Dragon Slayer for the Game Boy, which was a functional, but extremely slow version of the game. PC game ports to the console weren't all that common however, so it was a curious little title. But just two years later, they managed to produce a spinoff that …

A tale of beginnings and Dragon Slaying

After my recent escapades with Sorcerian, I couldn't help but crave more of that sweet, retro Falcom goodness. But really, there's no good way to follow up a game like that. After all, the next logical step would be The Legend of Heroes and I'm not ready to open up that tome quite just yet. …

Sorcerian musings

A long time ago, so long agothat memories did not exist.Love was not wide spread amongthe people and it was magic ormight that ruled the lands. There were men that set out onprecarious adventures in order totest their strength and courage.People called these men… It's been a long while since I've crushed on a game …

Issun Boushi Starring Shinmyoumaru-san

Touhou Project is massive and it would probably be an impossible undertaking to explain what it is, deep dive into its lore and try to understand what is going on in this game and why. So instead of doing that, I'll just treat this as a normal game, but rest assured, there is a reason …