This is just my other three reviews repeated here, this is a great collection but only suffers due to missing Valis 4 for whatever reason and some of the in-game manuals are not helpful with controls or explaining anything at points.
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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
I've never actually heard of this series before now, I believe what caught my attention to it was seeing a few screenshots and it reminded me of old SNES side scrollers.
Since this isn't a long or deep game I can only say so much.
I really do like the look of the cutscenes, it has that 80's anime style and the voice acting while in Japanese with English subs really is pretty decent it adds to the charm.
The levels actually look like something out of Castlevania or Super Ghouls and Ghosts at times, very other worldly, but not quite dark and demonic.
The music is probably the best part, it has a sort of synth rock to it, that you'd think would feel off, but no it sounds great.
The gameplay isn't anything special, it's side scrolling with some platforming and hack-n-slash, you find power ups that give you different attack options and magic as well to take down enemies with a boss at the end of each level, see nothing crazy new.
The only issue I have is with the story, to my knowledge this is the first of the Valis series, but some of the dialogue makes it feels like there's a manga or book the prequels some of this stuff and explains it, but that's the only issue I had.
I honestly enjoyed the game despite how short it was and I look forward to the rest.
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Valis II
There's not really too much I can say about the game. It's still a side scrolling like the prior game, I don't know why this one feels like a huge step back from the first one gameplay wise, or I guess it's more like simplified.
While everything looks a bit under what the first game did, the one thing that excelled was the music, that soundtrack is amazing.
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Valis III
Short like the other three games, although this one seems much closer to Castlevania 3 with the ability to switch characters and each having their own abilities as well as weakness and strengths regarding their attacks.
Again, the story is okay, nothing really to get invested in with old 80s anime-like cutscenes.
The best part of the game honestly is the music which is amazing and kinda blows the other two games out the water in that spot.
Reviews are below
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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
I've never actually heard of this series before now, I believe what caught my attention to it was seeing a few screenshots and it reminded me of old SNES side scrollers.
Since this isn't a long or deep game I can only say so much.
I really do like the look of the cutscenes, it has that 80's anime style and the voice acting while in Japanese with English subs really is pretty decent it adds to the charm.
The levels actually look like something out of Castlevania or Super Ghouls and Ghosts at times, very other worldly, but not quite dark and demonic.
The music is probably the best part, it has a sort of synth rock to it, that you'd think would feel off, but no it sounds great.
The gameplay isn't anything special, it's side scrolling with some platforming and hack-n-slash, you find power ups that give you different attack options and magic as well to take down enemies with a boss at the end of each level, see nothing crazy new.
The only issue I have is with the story, to my knowledge this is the first of the Valis series, but some of the dialogue makes it feels like there's a manga or book the prequels some of this stuff and explains it, but that's the only issue I had.
I honestly enjoyed the game despite how short it was and I look forward to the rest.
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Valis II
There's not really too much I can say about the game. It's still a side scrolling like the prior game, I don't know why this one feels like a huge step back from the first one gameplay wise, or I guess it's more like simplified.
While everything looks a bit under what the first game did, the one thing that excelled was the music, that soundtrack is amazing.
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Valis III
Short like the other three games, although this one seems much closer to Castlevania 3 with the ability to switch characters and each having their own abilities as well as weakness and strengths regarding their attacks.
Again, the story is okay, nothing really to get invested in with old 80s anime-like cutscenes.
The best part of the game honestly is the music which is amazing and kinda blows the other two games out the water in that spot.