Zeliard

Zeliard description

– Do not try, Duke, to go from the yard,
Treat nerves – scream doctor
Monsters killing – serious stress...
– Then who will rescue the princesses?

Zeliard is a pretty famous game about the events that unfolded long ago in some kind of fairy fairy Kingdom, located far away from any country we know of.

When you start you will be greeted by a really long movie with a story about how Evil came 2,000 years before the events of the game in the Kingdom with a strange name of Felisita (Felishika) from the dark depths of another galaxy (Yes, that's right!), it was defeated by using the sacred crystals, known as Esmesanti Tears (Tears of Esmesanti). However, an Evil which, by the way, personifies a demon with an interesting name (surname?) Asian (Jashiin), promised to return and, of course, lied.

It all began with a terrible storm of such duration that "I do not recall a one-timer". On the seventh day of weather on the balcony of the Royal Palace came a girl of incredible beauty, angelic voices and the beautiful name, Felicia La Felisia (Felicia la Felishika), Princess of a doomed Kingdom. As soon as she complained about the incessant storm, the raindrops turned into grains of sand. Beautiful land Zeliard (Zeliard) every minute was becoming more like a desert. Insidious Acheinu this was not enough, and he turned the Princess to stone...It was a mistake. Everyone knows that if in some fairy Kingdom Princess gets in trouble, she immediately run to save the crowd of volunteers. Alas, the volunteers in the land of Zeliard was not so much (and those who decided to compete with the demon vanished in underground tunnels inhabited by various monsters). Sandstorm lasted 108 days. And when the people have probably thought about breeding of giant worms and the extraction of spice, at the Royal palaces became a wanderer. Not a boy, but her husband (although because of the peculiarities of the Japanese style of animation is not so obvious), Duke garland (Garland duke) volunteered to save the Kingdom with a funny name and the eponymous Princess. And since we brought the citizen in Zeliard the Holy Spirit, then you are going to play for him.

In General, Zeliard can be called a game of the genre Dungeon Crawl. You will level by level to break through a resurgent crowd of monsters, killing at the end of each dungeon is a unique monster of great strength. Each of these Royal beasts has one of the Tears Esmesanti needed Garland for victory over Asianam. Over each of the caves is one of the cities of the Kingdom of Helisika. In them the hero is not in danger. There you can talk to the townspeople, to rest or buy new equipment (swords, shields, potions). But be prepared for the fact that the “Kingdom of decaying capitalism” even during the wars with the demons to pay for everything (and sometimes money is not enough). What? Fortunately, the social structure of monsters very close to our, otherwise, why would they carry diamonds? Here is their something and need to collect in caves and exchanging in banks Velesici.

The game has a mechanism of recruitment experience (not very explicitly). Every time the elders of the fortune-tellers (there are characters in the cities that help you, among other things, to save the game) decide that you have advanced sufficiently, you will increase the level of health and even teach new spells. What Zeliard really pleasing is its combat system. Your character is able to strike with a sword from any position, to hide behind the shield (all shields in the game differ in size and strength), use a variety of combat magic and wondrous magical items (which, incidentally, is very diverse). “Bestiary” is also pleasing assortment. If you do not have time to fight or, on the contrary, believe that the monsters die too slow, you can always change the game speed.

Graphically Zeliard was made carefully. The lack of colors (MCGA – 64 color) does not affect the clarity of the picture and not blind excessive contrast. The music in the game is excellent.

Recommend reading all you can. I would even say that Zeliard – a kind of platform, the forerunner of the famous Diablo.

Enjoy playing Zeliard online, it can be played on your browser and is free.

Source: Archive.org, Mobygames.com