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Soleil (European name) / Crusader of Centy (American name) - Megadrive
This was a great RPG/adventure game that was a bit similar to the Legend of Zelda series, although instead of collected equipment as you go along you collect a series of animals that join your troupe and give you various abilities. For instance, you get a cheatah that doubles your running and jumping abilities and a lion that gives you fire powers. The story at first seems very childish. There are monsters, they are evil, you go hit them with your sword. There's also the whole talking animals thing, but the plot is far from black and white. As the game progresses you start seeing things that make you question everything you've been doing for the entire game.
The game contains various fairytale and biblical references too, and, like in many Sega games, Sonic the Hedgehog makes an utterly pointless appearance.
Ristar - Megadrive
Action platformer centred around the quest of an anthromorphic star. Your main method of attack is by shooting out your elastic hands, grabbing something and letting your body shoot back at it in a powerful headbutt. You can also use this to climb and grabbing things plays a role in many of the puzzles. The environments are very varied and each level has a mini-boss and a main boss. This all sounds pretty standard but I think it's one of the best heavy-combat platformers ever.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Megadrive
IMO the best Sonic game ever made (and it also gets some points for being one of the first, if not the first, episodic games). The music is great, the pace is spot-on, the levels are really good, both gameplay-wise and graphics-wise, and it was the only one of the Sonic games on the Megadrive that featured storytelling other than "read the manual." I think it's also rather atmospheric, especially everything from Lava Reef Zone boss onwards.
This was a great RPG/adventure game that was a bit similar to the Legend of Zelda series, although instead of collected equipment as you go along you collect a series of animals that join your troupe and give you various abilities. For instance, you get a cheatah that doubles your running and jumping abilities and a lion that gives you fire powers. The story at first seems very childish. There are monsters, they are evil, you go hit them with your sword. There's also the whole talking animals thing, but the plot is far from black and white. As the game progresses you start seeing things that make you question everything you've been doing for the entire game.
The game contains various fairytale and biblical references too, and, like in many Sega games, Sonic the Hedgehog makes an utterly pointless appearance.
Ristar - Megadrive
Action platformer centred around the quest of an anthromorphic star. Your main method of attack is by shooting out your elastic hands, grabbing something and letting your body shoot back at it in a powerful headbutt. You can also use this to climb and grabbing things plays a role in many of the puzzles. The environments are very varied and each level has a mini-boss and a main boss. This all sounds pretty standard but I think it's one of the best heavy-combat platformers ever.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Megadrive
IMO the best Sonic game ever made (and it also gets some points for being one of the first, if not the first, episodic games). The music is great, the pace is spot-on, the levels are really good, both gameplay-wise and graphics-wise, and it was the only one of the Sonic games on the Megadrive that featured storytelling other than "read the manual." I think it's also rather atmospheric, especially everything from Lava Reef Zone boss onwards.
