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An entertaining game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You play as a hero from the past brought to life again thanks to Wart, one of the six legendary heroes of Lodoss. He warns that Wagnard, an evil wizard, plans on resurrecting the evil goddess Kardice. Your mission is to find and help different characters from the anime, such as Parn and Deedlit. You will notice that the story line is much different from the anime series, being that Karla is actually helping Wagnard in the resurrection of Kardice. After you briefing from Wart, you will soon capture a goblin fortress and become its ruler. Before entering into the fortress you will meet a dwarven blacksmith, whom you can name. Which leads us to the weapon system. It is excellent and unique. You will find ancient inscriptions all across Marmo, then you will be able to inscribe them into your sword, shield, helmet, and armor. Some inscriptions can give you resistance to spells and others might give you an advantage against golems. Your dwarven blacksmith will inscribe them for you, being that you have enough mithril. There are two sub-plots along with the main plot that will keep you busy for some time. The endings are also based upon your replies to the different characters that you meet. It is defiantly a Diablo styled game, but with a rich story and a unique weapon system. A must have game for Lodoss fans and Diablo fans!

... the boot’s item description warns they are loud. In fact the monsters will be drawn by the sound of your boots, unless you’re wearing softer boots. Also it is possible to sneak past monsters while wearing softer boots.

Addicting...extremely addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: May 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Record of Lodoss War is a lot like Diablo...owning only Diablo 1, I got bored with it after about a month and never picked up Diablo 2. So, after a while I decided to get a copy of Record of Lodoss War, which in my view is much better than Diablo. Since Diablo is on PC, the controls can get really annoying really fast...the mouse thing always annoyed me. So, with a DC controller the main chacter of Lodoss War can move much more freely. Furthermore, the game play is much more appealing and the ease of teleporting from "home" to "adventure" is much easiar. This game is a definte purchuse for Diablo fans, as well as those fans that choose not to jump themseleves into the Diablo infatuation, yet still play a similar theme'd game.

A plethora of delights!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is probably my favorite game that I ever played on the Dreamcast. It is a very hard game at times(It took me forever to beat Wagnard the first time. Exploring every inch of the sixth level of the cold cave was also a doozy.)It also is a very long game for an action rpg. There are so many items that you can find. I have played it for a while and I still haven't found every one. It is definitely worth the time it takes to play through it though because it is a very fun game. I highly recommend it.

Great game, but VERY DIFFICULT

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: July 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun, it really lets you customize yourself and has a great system. Graphics and CG animations are terrific. Now the downside: It's nearly impossible. I have never heard of and RPG where a level 99 character still dies in the outworld. But you will in this. About 3000 enemies ambush you from all sides and stand around you just pounding. Forget the fact that you can do 2000 hit points of damage, you can barely attack. The game is beatable, but if you are easily frustrated...well, you may end up breaking it.

I'll take the good with the bad...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: April 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Record of Lodoss War looks and plays similar to Diablo I/II and Blood Omen. This means no annoying random encounters like most RPGs. There are two VERY cool aspects to this game. For starters, you are given your own castle from which you can explore the island of Lodoss. Using a spell, you can return to this castle at any time (similar to the Town Portals used in Diablo II). By activating portals, you can transport to different locations throughout the island without having to walk the whole way every time you want to traverse Marmo. The second great aspect of this game is the weapons/armor system. After rescuing Wart, a blacksmith, you can have him forge weapons for you and emboss magic runes onto your weapons and armor that will become NECESSARY for completing the game. My only complaints about this game are the graphics and sound. The sound of your boots clanking againt the floor can get repetitive at best and aggravating at worst. The graphics and sound are what keep this otherwise great game from earning 5 stars, in my estimation.

An Lodoss adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game only because of the anime series, I did not know what to expect at the bargin... So let's get to the point, I never played a game with so much depth and freedom to roam around.To me what was really cool is that you can put inscriptions on your weapons and armor. I liked the fact when your in an area, like most games and you kill anything and everything in sight and you leave and come back the enimes are not there and you can walk around and say to your self that's it,but in this game they were back ten times fold.To all my fellow gamers you should take up the the challenge of this great highly forgotten and wonderful game.

Hmmm rare game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: June 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was very boring. I mean really boring. The graphics were bad. But I heard this was a good game and rare, yes rae. The only good thing about having this game is that its one of those hard to find games that make people say "ooooo" because it hasnt bin seen in stores for decades (well actually years but....) The gameplay was that of diablo (ack I hate tht game) quit slow. I never cared to beat it because it just got so da#@ (Am I alound to swear in review?) boring the 1st hour, yes in the first hour. Theres nothing in this game that stood out. The characters from the series never showed up either (well as far as I got )-not very far. I didnt recognize really anything from the series. I was a joke I was expecting more. For those thinking of buying it I say trade in your dreamcast and get another, better game station! And just don't get this game its a waste of time and money.

Don't get too excited

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love the anime, so i figured I'd get the game. It started off promising. Though the graphics were weak for the DC, it had some nice strategic gameplay elements and the way some of the characters from the anime were brought into the game was quite nice (at least the two I got to). Unfortunately, it's very easy to get stuck partway through the game, and that's what happened to me. As a result I can't give this game a very good score. If more effort had been put into it it would have been great, but sadly it falls short.

This is the "BEST" Dreamcast Game ever released !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a rare & overlooked when released Dreamcast game ...which I believe was mainly due to it's Title name "Record of Lodoss War" ...however, it is the "BEST" game of it's type that was ever released on the Dreamcast !

You really should disregard some of the other negative posters here ...if you like "AWESOME" Diablo 2 type gameplay/great Graphics and a long challenging Quest for your money then you really should buy this game.

I bought the game when it was originally released & have finished (My copy is still mint condition) it several times ...it's "REALLY" that good.

If you own a Dreamcast ...then you should own this game ! ! !

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