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The editors liked
Beautiful artwork
Interesting twists on old mechanics
Cool character building system
Two beautiful and selectable art styles
Ambush system
Great OST
Choices between two distinct art styles
Uncompromising game design that's satisfying to overcome
Unique setting
Strategic combat
Non-typical classes and races
The editors didn't like
Story wastes a wonderful setup
Permadeath system is poorly implemented
Spikes in difficulty make for tiresome combat
Too reliant on grinding
Lack of proper animations cheapen the experience
Localization that leaves storytelling lacking
Unforgivingly hard with cheap deaths
Permadeath if not careful
Cheap deaths
Character class customization that's too grindy to fully take advantage of
Published: 2017-05-02, Author: Matthew , review by: gaming-age.com
Abstract: I honestly can't figure out why Stranger of Sword City Revisited exists.I'm not saying that it's a bad game. I'm not trying to insult the hard work that the folks at Experience Inc. did in making it. I'm not even suggesting that it's inconceivable anyone...
Published: 2016-05-13, Author: Matthew , review by: gaming-age.com
Abstract: There's a simple test to determine whether you're going to like Stranger of Sword City: do you like dungeon crawling? I mean, do you really, really, really like dungeon crawling? If you do, then odds are very good that you're going to love this too.After...
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Published: 2016-04-27, Author: Jada , review by: nerdreactor.com
Stranger of Sword City sets out to do exactly what it has hoped for. It is a successful culmination of character creation and dungeon crawling and conquering, all with a solid narrative that keeps the player interested from start to finish. It makes a few...
While it succeeds in making a challenge for the player, Stranger of Sword City feels aesthetically bland, and lacks the intelligent dungeon design that fans of the genre have come to expect...
Published: 2016-04-15, Author: Charlie , review by: gotgame.com
Stranger of Sword City does have some flaws, including a poorer than you would expect translation (some places are simply a literal transfer of Japanese into English, making some sentences obtuse, complex, or even clunky), especially from a title publishe...
Beautiful artwork, Interesting twists on old mechanics
Story wastes a wonderful setup, Permadeath system is poorly implemented, Spikes in difficulty make for tiresome combat, Too reliant on grinding, Lack of proper animations cheapen the experience
Abstract: In theory, Experience Inc is a company I can easily see myself appreciating in the long term; I've been openly effusive toward the dungeon crawler genre in the past, and by and large they make dungeon crawlers almost exclusively, so you'd think that would...
Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth most people's time and cash. How we score: The Destructoid Reviews Guide...
