A port of Valis IV

Once upon a time, there was a prince named Gallagher. He was entrusted with a magical ring that granted him great powers. But he was too weak to control the power of the ring, and became possessed by it. The mad prince was sealed into a crystal, but many years later managed to break out, planning to wreak havoc on the Dream World and to conquer it! Yuko, the heroine of the three previous Valis games, is no longer a sacred Valis warrior - she has become a goddess. Lena, a young girl who wants to become a Valis warrior, is the new main character, who must prove to Yuko she is worthy to wield the sword of Valis, that will eventually stop the evil plans of Gallagher. Like the previous games in the series, this is an action platform game. You can fight enemies with melee weapons or use magic. In order to cast magic spells, you must gather special items while fighting off regular enemies. At the end of a level, a boss enemy battle awaits you. The game features cut scenes with animé-style graphics to advance the story.


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Syd of Valis
Valis
Valis
Valis IV
Valis IV

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A serviceable side-scroller action game, the SNES version is undercooked compared to the PC Engine originals but hey graphically it looks cool and is very aesthetically pleasing to look at with a good soundtrack.

The game has decent hooks in that bosses life bars build as time accumulates and special attacks, armour and hearts are often a little out of the way. This is very much Castlevania but not as good.

I found prioritising a stock of armour and hearts for the end of the game to be the necessary strategy, the bosses are built with repetition in mind, learn the patterns to take them down - especially the last boss who is not particularly hard he just has a lot of health and requires close combat to take down.

It’s another average side-scroller that aesthetically looks cool with the bikini warrior look to her. I hear the Valis collection is now available, I’m unsure if I’ll give it a look.

Very cool action from what I've played. I hate how hard they tried to make it look american on covers and all when by the immediate it's anime af.

Not a bad game, but incredibly hard, boring and frustrating

To be honest, go straight to the PCE version, this one deserves a lot more your time, and this version has the double of the content of SNES Version

The first level was bad. Not a good sign.

Not as good as the first three, but enjoyable. I suppose it might also be due to changing main characters.

Ah, damn. It's more Valis.

At least the cover is fun, because nothing else about this is. Almost reminds me of The Art of the Deal with its black borders and big bold gold letters. Its ostentatious art is more suited to some trashy pulp novel than the game it so flagrantly misrepresents and might trick some poor kid into thinking they're actually going to play something cool. Wrong, bozo, it's Valis.

You do have a run button and the sprite art is more fluid and expressive than the last few games, but it's really more of the same. After three utterly joyless forays into this series, my takeaway is that I'm not surprised they followed this up by cranking out a porno.

"Say no to the porno Valis." - Kim Kitsuragi