Sorcerian

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Sorcerian is the fifth entry of the Dragon Slayer series. Originally released for the personal computers in 1987 in Japan the game was later ported to other gaming systems such as the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 in Japan. The Sega Mega Drive version was later re-released for the Wii Virtual Console. The original PC-8801mkIISR version was rereleased on the Nintendo Switch by D4 Enterprise via EGGCONSOLE.

Gameplay[]

Sorcerian is a side-scrolling action-RPG. The player can create up to ten characters, from whom up to four members can be present in a party at the same time. Each character is highly customizable, with four different classes/races (fighter, wizard, elf, and dwarf) and over 60 possible jobs/occupations (ranging from clown to exorcist) available for them to perform; each has its own strengths and weaknesses, affecting the seven primary attributes (strength, intelligence, protection, magic resistance, vitality, dexterity, and karma) in different ways, as well as different equipment limitations.

Reception[]

In 1990, Famicom Tsūshin (now Famitsu) reviewed Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) version of the game, giving it a generally positive score of 27 out of 40.

In the July 1990 edition of Games International (Issue 16), Theo Clarke was disappointed in this game, calling the animation "rudimentary", and that there was "little realism in the game". He thought it was far more an arcade game than a role-playing game, and awarded it a below average rating of only 6 out of 10, calling it "a well-preserved museum piece".

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External links[]

• Sorcerian at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Sorcerian at GameFAQs
• Sorcerian at Sega's Virtual Console page (Japan)