A pointyeared boy is shipwrecked on a strange island plagued by nightmares. Alundra casts gamers into a fun and challenging world of monsters, puzzles, and traps where reality hits you hard, but your dreams are even deadlier. If you arent familiar with oldmanstompy, this is my glowing recommendation to watch his playthrough. To solve the islands mystery, he must journey through a series of dungeons, collecting swords, bows, bombs, gloves that let him throw rocks, and a rod that shoots fire. A place where an insidious evil is stealing minds and blackening the hearts of those from the world of light. In my opinion though any rpg on the ps1 or ps2 elder scrolls. Alundra matrix contrail sony computer entertainment.
Founded in july 1994 by former members of climax entertainment and telenet japan, the company has since created games for a number of systems beginning with their action. In addition, alundra can run, jump and use various items to aid him in solving all. The ship on which alundra is coming to the village goes down, but alundra himself is washed up on a beach near the village. Plagued by strange visions, the dreamwalker alundra is summoned to a troubled village where great evil lies in wait. Developed bymatrix softwarereleasedjan 07, 1998also forplaystation 3, psp, ps vitapublished byworking designsesrb. Alundra, final fantasy iii ds, final fantasy iv ds. Alundra is a topdown, actionadventure, roleplaying and singleplayer video game developed by matrix software and published by scei. Alundra has the player control a psychic youth as he combats an ancient evil that threatens to overwhelm the peaceful village of inoa. Create a backlog, submit your game times and compete with your friends. An addictive, wellrounded game that is balanced, challenging, and, most of all, fun to play. Esrb rating teen setting fantasy genre action gameplay puzzle elements perspective birdseye view. Matrix, itas original airfare shopping engine, has yielded years of traveler insights and been the origin for many of our innovative flight shopping features. It won great critical acclaim for its bizarre story and smooth game mechanics.
Imagine playing a videogame where you enter someones dream, and all you can see is a misshapen dungeon fraught with twists and turns as you hear bloodcurdling screams in the background beside pulsepounding music. It was published by sony in japan, working designs in north america, and psygnosis in. Alundra arandora, released in europe as the adventures of alundra, is an actionadventure video game developed by matrix software for the sony playstation and was released in 1997. Matrix software was founded in july 1994 by kosuke ohori and three friends who had each been involved in the video games industry for many years beforehand. Conclusion a criminally underrated ps1 actionadventurerpg from matrix software, alundra is one of the best games ive ever played. Matrix software is a japanese company, founded in 1994, that has developed.
It was published by sony in japan, working designs in north america, and psygnosis in europe. He is shipwrecked on an island, near the village of inoa, where locals have been. Nearly three years after their establishment, the company released their first game, alundra for the playstation game console in april 1997, which would prove. Alundra also uses a vast array of weapons, ranging from a lowly dagger to a skullcrushing morning star and four different types of elemental spells for an added blast. Alundra, arandora, released in europe as the adventures of alundra, is an actionadventure game developed by matrix software for the sony playstation and was released in 1997. Matrix software is a japanese company, founded in 1994, that has developed games withfor various companies square enix, hudson soft, namco, etc. It was founded in 1994, and released its first video game alundra in 1997 for the sony playstation.
You take the role of the main character in the game, alundra, a dreamwalker, and you are fiighting an evil demon called melzas, who is trying to destroy your world. He talks in great length about almost every single detail in the game, including bosses, level design, story and so on, while drawing comparisons to other games made by matrix software and commenting on the quality of alundras localisation. Alundra is a boy who can step into other peoples dreams. From the back cover between the worlds of light and dark lies the world of dreams. After completing a number of your quests go back to the inoa mine there is a house by the stream,if you go inside and go upstairs you will. Matrix software company information on gamefaqs, with a list of all games developed or published by matrix. After crashing on the shore of a small island town, alundra sees trouble lurking in the townspeople and the surrounding environments. It won great critical acclaim for its bizarre story and. Sadly i never got to finish the process, but oh well. With a metascore of 86 and a 92 ranking from users, the matrix softwaredeveloped alundra will challenge gamers with vast dungeons, mindbending puzzles, and an expansive fantasy world to explore. Alundra faqs, walkthroughs, and guides for playstation. Alundra playstation 3 at gamespy check out the latest alundra cheats, cheat codes, walkthroughs, guides, videos and more. Story okay, probably the most important aspect of an rpg.
Overall, it boils down to some leveling up and character development as well as a lot of puzzles based on moving and stacking blocks. Alundra, arandora, released in europe as the adventures o f alundra, is an actionadventure video game developed by matrix softwa re for the playstation, originally released in 1997 the games protagonist is a young ma n named alund ra, who learns that he has the power to enter peoples dreams. Developer matrix software japan publisher working designs. In this game, the player can take on the role of a protagonist named as alundra who learns that he has the power to enter peoples dreams. Alundra playstation, 1998, working designs 1 remixes, 0 albums, 1 songs music by kohei tanaka. Alundra is a fantasy action adventure with handdrawn 2d art that blends traditional action adventure elements with more streamlined exploration mechanics akin to those in the legend of zelda franchise. The company has since published many games for multiple gaming platforms, including mobile operating systems ios and android. Alundra arandora, released in europe as the adventures of alundra, is an actionadventure game action roleplaying game developed by matrix software for the sony playstation and was released in 1997. Grab a weapon and become the dreamwalker alundra as he struggles to purge the evil id of an ancient world before it falls to ash. Ive always been impressed with its production values. If youre a fan of rpgs, alundras the first mustbuy game of the new year. This will allow you to listen to the music of alundra.
For alundra on the playstation, gamefaqs has 9 faqs game guides and walkthroughs. Alundra playstation, 1998, working designs oc remix. Kosuke, a veteran of the game development industry since high school, joined with former members of climax entertainment and telenet japan to create a company that he felt would bring people serious game content. This was a masterpiece of game design, excelling in almost every area, from the gameplay and the story to the graphics and the music.