Bob's Retro Reviews



Lord of the Sword

ロード オブ ソード, Lord of Sword
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Platform Master System Year 1989
Publisher Sega Developer Sega
Region NA Language English
Tags Action, Adventure, Single Player
Platform Master System
Year 1989
Publisher Sega
Developer Sega
Region NA
Language English
Tags Action, Adventure, Single Player

You play as an adventurer who has to pass three tests in order to save his land. You are equipped with a sword and a bow to fight enemies. People will help you in the towns and there are multiple branching paths from many of the areas.
 
Good Bad
  • Feels like an adventure
  • Press up to jump
  • Arrows feel artificially limited
  • It's not obvious what needs to be done
  • Areas all look the same
  • No save system
  • Requires mapping out the world in order to better understand what to do
  • Need to talk to everyone multiple times for paths to open
  • Limited to 10 continues
  • Map is pretty much useless
Good
  • Feels like an adventure
 
Bad
  • Press up to jump
  • Arrows feel artificially limited
  • It's not obvious what needs to be done
  • Areas all look the same
  • No save system
  • Requires mapping out the world in order to better understand what to do
  • Need to talk to everyone multiple times for paths to open
  • Limited to 10 continues
  • Map is pretty much useless
 
2 Lacks the polish needed for a game of this scope, Lord of the Sword is too frustrating to be worth the effort. It's compared to games like Simon's Quest but it's no where near that quality.

Lord of the Sword Screenshot 2 Lord of the Sword Screenshot 3