Soul Blazer (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
740A playthrough of Enix's 1992 action-RPG for the Super Nintendo, Soul Blazer.
Soul Blazer, Quintet's second SNES game, is an action-RPG that closely follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, ActRaiser. You again take on the role of an angel, sent to Earth to free the spirits of the those that have been sealed away by the monsters that have swept the land.
You can find my video of ActRaiser here: https://youtu.be/iJTnHa9aWiA
In each of the six lands you visit as the blazer, you'll explore dungeons and fight demons while sealing the monster lairs. Each lair you seal will free a trapped spirit, who will then reappear in the real world where you may interact directly with them for items, information, or plot threads. Once you've liberated all six lands, you can then move on to the World of Evil to take down Deathtoll.
The structure of the game is very close to that of ActRaiser, so much so that Soul Blazer feels like an alternate version of the same design. The platforming stages have been changed to resemble the traditional 2.5D Zelda-style gameplay, and the simulation elements have been refactored into "town scenes" that you'd find in any traditional JRPG of the time.
(We also get to see Teddy once again!)
The graphics, though a bit small, have tons of detail, and each of the six areas have a very distinct look and feel. From a misty mountain village to a scale-model of a town populated with toy soldiers, no two areas look or feel alike, and they're all pretty memorable, if not charming. The monsters are unique to each area, too, and some of those bosses are impressive lookers. The soundtrack is also a real stand out. It's not as consistently excellent as Koshiro's work in ActRaiser was, but it's outstanding, nonetheless. I think my favorite music from this one has to be the different variations on the town theme. It's so catchy!
Soul Blazer doesn't do anything revolutionary, but everything about it is brilliantly polished, and it easily outclasses the SNES ARPGs that came before it.
Sorry, Lagoon.
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