Isometric View Games: 1995 (Bioforge, Lufia II, MechWarrior 2, Tails Adventure, Rayman and The Dig are released)
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Light Crusader (MD, 1995)
Subgenre: Action Adventure
Perspective: Isometric view
Other: Platforming (jump shadow)
Playthrough - Video Review - Mini Review
Ladystalker/Lady Stalker (SNES, 1995)(WIP fan translation)
Subgenre: Action RPG, Separate battle encounters (random)
Perspective: Isometric
Other: Minor platforming (mine cart segments, can fall down in some spots, some moving platforms), Party-based (control only the main char though - the others stand back during battle), Overworld & Dungeons split, Can use an item to escape from encounters and one to lure monsters to you
Minor ability/tool gating (monster disguise, thrown rocks to check for weak floors; key gating otherwise)
Puzzles (item manipulation such as using pre-placed blocks to reach further - see Knight Lore or Landstalker)
Teleport to previous locations using Spring items
Some puzzles
Playthrough w/ commentary
Light Crusader (MD, 1995)
Subgenre: Action Adventure
Perspective: Isometric view
Other: Platforming (jump shadow)
- Some interesting physics-based puzzles, one musical puzzle
- Interactive environment (you can even push people around in their chairs/along with whatever they're interacting with without slowing down or them reacting which is a bit weird)
- Solid map system (shows known layout and regular room connections)
- Large item inventory with sorting feature
- Simply touching enemies generally won't hurt you (similar to Shinobi but here you can even stand on them) and you can often push them around as well
- Town portals (also lets you teleport back to a previous floor)
- Spell combos (similar to Gunstar Heroes)
- Some interesting items and spells (goblin costume, tap handle (flood and drain some rooms, invisibility potion (enemies ignore you and you can steal from shops))
- Enemies can accidentally hit each other with projectiles
- Fast resting at the inn
- Fairly frequent save points (only one slot per game though)
Playthrough - Video Review - Mini Review
Ladystalker/Lady Stalker (SNES, 1995)(WIP fan translation)
Subgenre: Action RPG, Separate battle encounters (random)
Perspective: Isometric
Other: Minor platforming (mine cart segments, can fall down in some spots, some moving platforms), Party-based (control only the main char though - the others stand back during battle), Overworld & Dungeons split, Can use an item to escape from encounters and one to lure monsters to you
Minor ability/tool gating (monster disguise, thrown rocks to check for weak floors; key gating otherwise)
Puzzles (item manipulation such as using pre-placed blocks to reach further - see Knight Lore or Landstalker)
Teleport to previous locations using Spring items
Some puzzles
Playthrough w/ commentary