GAIA NO MONSHÔ
( The Crest Of Gaia )
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NCS Entertainment Software Group
Release : 1988-9-23 (¥5500)
HuCard (2 Mbits) NCS63001
Simulation / War game
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Gaia No Monshou is a simple round based strategy game by NCS.
The light and dark forces are at war and at the beginning of the game,
players have to choose between the side of the light, supposedly good, and
the dark side, supposedly bad. Each units of troops are distributed around
a battlefield and following round-based maneuvers, players move one unit
at the time and attack nearby enemies. An Auto Battle mode is also
available and give players the possibility to let the PC Engine figure out
their next move. The game offers a first scenario mode where
players battle predefined battles, with 'ready to go' armies and
battlefields. A second construction mode allows them to buy units
(using unit points) and build their own armies. The last option is a
Campaign mode where players also build their own army from scratch
but battle following the game's story and starts in the siege town of
Dirl where King Jikuharuto (Sieghart) from the light fights
King Bozeru (Böser) from the dark side. Unlike other modes,
the player's progression can be saved using a password system. The game
offers a rich variation of fantasy creatures to choose from such as
knights, griffins, sea monsters but also all sort of catapults and modern
vehicles like helicopters or tanks.
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Gaia No Monshou is related to another game released by NCS in 1987.
Elthlead came out for NEC's PC-8801 and MSX computers. Gaia No Monshou
is a sort of remix of the original game with a new campaign (scenario) mode.
Guyframe followed the same year and is set in the future. But, most importantly,
the above titles are in fact related to a more popular strategy RPG series of games,
at least in Japan, called Langrisser and created by Masaya (NCS).
Langrisser counts several episodes (at least five) and came out on many systems :
Sega's Megadrive, PC Engine CDRom, PC-FX, Super Famicom, Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation
and PC Computers. The only 'officially' translated version I know of is Langrisser 1
(Megadrive) released for the US Genesis console as Warsong.
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Gaia No Monshou is an extremely simple strategy war-game.
The game is not bad in itself, but it looks and feels aged. Graphics
are average and not too exciting. The construction mode is fun,
especially when you get the PC Engine to play against itself. The game
becomes a sort of experimentation lab, where you can launch armies of
giant squids against poorly armed human troops, just to see what happen.
Anyway, there is not much else to say about Gaia No Monshou...
an interesting but sadly old-styled (and looking) strategy game.
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