Record of Lodoss War - Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

[DCurrent]

Man - talk about being late to the party. I guess this has been out several years now. I've never been able to read Lodos War or watch the OVA end to end, but always loved the parts I did see. This release is basically a SOTN clone, but that's hardly a bad thing. The artwork, level design, mechanics, and music are just... wow. I don't even have the adjectives. At first I thought the VS style HUD was odd, but that grows on you too.

Outside of the HUD, I am totally impressed and amazed. You guys know I don't ladle praise easy.

The story is kind of sparse, but IMO the ending is still haunting.

Spoiler: Ending

It's all a dream, implied to be triggered by a "Spirit of Loneliness". Set just before Legend of Crystania, Deedlit is still trying to come to terms with outliving Pahn and the others. Simple in concept, but executed brilliantly. You (or I at least) actually feel her loss.

Wish I'd known of it much sooner.

 

[danno]

This is a really good game, it's one of those that have managed to stay on my hard drive, also have a look at

Made by the same guys just a different setting.

 

[DCurrent]

I'm still gushing over the sprite work in this. Deedlit was always a beautiful design IMO, and fit perfectly into the SOTN style. It's funny how she's accused of being an Alucard trace, and she obviously is, but in fairness, if you go back and watch the OVA, she moved like that WAY before SOTN was ever a thing.

Anyway, I tried to find sprite sheets to learn from, but no go. Just some fuzzy screenshots here and there. So, as a tiny little break from other stuff I'm working on, I took at shot at reproducing one of her frames by hand. Here you are...