Crossed Swords (Arcade) CO-OP Playthrough / A unique game and experience that we suck at....Hard :(
3Crossed Swords (1990) by Alpha Denshi is unique approach to the action RPG genre, as it is hard to find a game similar to it. It is such a mix of rpg, rail shooter and combat chattel. The gameplay more or less looks like this: We have no control over moving around a given area, we just move automatically when we fight or when we knock out all the enemies on the screen. We see the characters from behind our backs like in the boxing game Punchout or in the shooter The Punisher for Nesa or Predator 2 for Amiga. Our characters are generally transparent, but you can see their main outlines so we can distinguish what we are actually looking at. Combat is divided into attacking, blocking, using magic and special attacks. Any potential attack can be blocked with a shield. We have 3 basic positions to attack and defend - from the top, middle and bottom. Depending on our position we can block a blow coming in our direction and then make a powerful counter attack, taking away many health points. Magic is limited by the weapons we have, depending on what we are using at the moment we have more or less spells of various types. There is shield, fire strike, lightning, turning into a training dummy, etc. Weapons can only be purchased in stores, which you can visit mainly before or after certain areas. The combat is interesting because even though up to 3 enemies are present on the screen, we only fight the one that is right in front of us. He can, of course, at any time change with another enemy present on the battlefield to knock us out of the fighting trance, which often forces us to adapt to the new situation. Each opponent is slightly different..... there are classic good at everything, often blocking, berserkers attacking fast and hard, etc. The game is really unique, on top of that beautiful and great sounding. But it is fucking hard ...... Jesus christ..... is a really long experience for an arcade game because the whole thing takes about 1 hour ( in our case much more) and the experience is just very demanding. This is one of the most unfair games we have played.... It sucked more than 110-20 credits out of our pockets to complete it..... it's an overwhelming amount and I'm not afraid to show it because it awaits those who will have their first contact with this game. It is one big massacre of the sheep and their wallets. I do not recommend playing without preparation. Just want to confirm that we suck at this game hard so be prepared for a massacre of noobs....... The game is interesting but knows no mercy.
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