Syd of Valis

"HEY! It's Yuko's clone! I'll call her...mini me."

Very well, this is a game of well different the Valis series of the other versions for Mega Drive and PC-Engine. This game is the version of Valis II of the PC-Engine for the Mega Drive. Why the Telenet decided to launch a version SD? I do not make the minimum idea! For who it does not know, SD means "Super Deformed", that it would be an infantile version of personages of anime/manga. The American version received the name from Syd Valis, that is perhaps the acronym for Super Yuko Deformed.

Story

One more time, you it is Yuko Ahso, a chosen young to fight the forces of the evil in another dimension, with the aid of a magical sword called Valis. Version SD basically follows the same history that of its brother in the PC-Engine. It has a war in the worlds of Vecanti and Dark World, Megas is the responsible tyrant for this war. It has participation of other personages of the Valis world, as the friend of Yuko, Reiko, that already is dead but it appears in the dreams of the young warrior. It is here that Yuko knows its sister twin, Valna, as well as is knowing who is its true mother.

Graphics

Although not to all use to advantage the graphical potential of the Mega Drive, the graphs are not of all bad. They are simple, is truth, but they follow the standard of the series, what it is good. The Yuko very is well drawn, the enemies and the heads, the same ones of version PC-Engine, also are gifts with its versions SD. The game possess some well backgrounds facts, as in the phase where it appears the castle of Value to the deep one, or still in the last phase where Yuko is fighting against Megas. It possess a good variety of enemies, what it does not become the obnoxious game very. Yuko still counts on some types of armors, that vary its power of defense and attack, very similar the MSX version. Yuko starts with its classic pertaining to school uniform, passing for its famous golden armor going until the last armor that is the same one of the PCE version. It still can use a dress and one even though bikini! :) The scenes of liven up are registered mark of the Valis series, and same in this version SD they appear, same that in one she forms shy. Between the phases, we will be able to see dialogues and to better understand the history of the game.

Musics and sounds

One of the high points of the Valis series is with certainty its soundtrack. Although not to have best musics of the series, the game counts on excellent musics, as the subject of opening (based of the version compact disc) and closing, that are valid the penalty to death. The sound effect are well simple, but they function well with the game.

Difficulty

As already it was said, although its infantile appearance, the difficulty of the game does not have balance, is pure quarry! With a difficulty above of the average, in part due to its sensible control, it goes to give frustration to some people. Some heads are well difficult of if killing, what she goes to cost some hours until discovering to it as kills them. The enemies of the phases shoot and advance in top of Yuko, if you not to give attention go to exactly die before to start the phase. You possess a bar of energy that goes growing the measure that will be advancing in the game, believes, you goes to need it, therefore the difficulty also increases. He uses the different attacks of Yuko where to find better, and he catches items special that they are a species of bombs.

Finishing

SD Valis is a game not very known, if you already some game of the series played, with certainty this is obligator! If you like challenges, then this game can amuse you for some time, tries.

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 07/11/05