Rolan's Curse - Game Boy (1990)

Channel:

The GamesBay

Subscribers:

942

Published on August 18, 2023 4:08:32 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDvkmswSi4

Game:

Rolan's Curse (1990)

Duration: 8:23

84 views

1

It feels like some mix between Ys and Zelda, and I have mixed feelings about it. I can see where the appeal is, but it takes a while to find it and the gameplay does not help you get there. It's a blocky game that really should have been designed around tile-shifting rather than free movement. It takes a while to get used to the fact that you can't turn to face something without stepping forward, and attacking things with no range really hurts things. When you pick up long range items, it gets better.

Thankfully, the game is forgiving if you mess up. It allows you to keep most of what you picked up, if not everything, able to pick up from the area of the game you died at.