Landstalker on the Genesis yɛ saa agodie a ɛbata wo ho no mu baako —part Zelda-like adventure, part isometric platformer, a ɛwɔ jank a ɛdɔɔso ara kwa a ɛbɛma ayɛ fɛ. Wo di agorɔ sɛ Nigel, cocky akoradeɛ hwehwɛfoɔ a ɔhuri te sɛ nea ɔwɔ springs wɔ ne boots mu, ɔde ne nkranteɛ wosow ne ho wɔ bats ne nnompe so berɛ a ɔrehwehwɛ ɔhempɔn no ademudeɛ.

Adwene no gye sɛ ɛyɛ wo su bi —wobɛbu atɛnkyea a wohuruw mfiase no efisɛ emu dɔ yɛ nwonwa wɔ saa pseudo-3d view no mu —nanso sɛ ɛkyere pɛ a, dungeons ne puzzles no yɛ anifere ma ɛyɛ nwonwa. Ɛwɔ hɔ a ton bi a ahintaw asade a wɔde ahyɛ atoro afasu akyi anaasɛ nnua a ɛyɛ hu ase, na NPC ahorow no wɔ saa classic '90s RPG suban (one guy literally charges wo ma hints).

Ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ — platforming no betumi ate nka sɛ ɛnteɛ, na nkyerɛase no yɛ mmerɛw kakra —nanso vibe no yɛ nea wontumi nni so nkonim. Saa nnyigyei no? Sega nkonyaayi a ɛho tew. Sɛ wowɔ retro action-RPGs ne nipasu mu a, eyi yɛ bere capsule a ɛfata sɛ wopaapae mu.