Ultimately, there are bad games, good games, and awesome games. Where do you think I think Terranigma falls under?
Yep, I love this game, but then again the whole series is pretty strong. Even Illusion of Gaia which is the least RPG-like manages to charm me pretty well. But this game is definitely an action-RPG that is worth the time. It does a good job of proving itself as an action-RPG, with the right amount of enemy encounters and things to do, that even A Link to the Past has nothing on it.
But enough of the game's overall meat. Terranigma brings back what Soul Blazer did, restoring a world to what it's supposed to be. Only this time, we are resurrecting our real world, one by one. First the continents, then the wildlife within, starting with plants, then animals (starting with the birds). And then humans. And then after that, the colonization of areas will start to take effect, and soon bustling cities are made. Remarkable.
Surely this game is not without its heartwrenching moments. Crysta, Ark's hometown, is completely secluded from everything. Ark's not the brightest guy in town, and him opening up the box freezes everyone in town except him. This all happens well before Ark is instructed with what to do. Wait, so who's instructing him? This elder guy from his village. He's somehow revealed to be quite the manipulative bastard. How else was world domination gonna happen unless Ark recreates everything? To make matters worse, Ark is actually killed at the end of the third chapter, sure he gets resurrected as a baby in the fourth, but it looks like some of his close allies from before are trying to kill his infant form then. Other little tidbits that are horrifying include the iconic goat devouring scene as well as the town infested with actual zombies. Very remarkable work for an SNES game.
It almost begs the question that if the world was created just to be dominated, what exactly would happen if Ark decided not to do such a mischievous thing that led to all this?
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