Dragon Fantasy: Heroes of Tsufana (COMPLETED GAME)

[Ephiam]

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Genre:
Fantasy.

Engine:
RPG Maker 2003.

Download
http://rpgmaker.net/games/4220/

Story
This entry within the Dragon Fantasy series takes us into the magical world of Tsufana--a place where wizards and dragons reign supreme. These lands, however, face a grave crisis: Vlad, a famed Wizard hailing from the prosperous lands of Lispen, has defected, and now wields his magics with a dark purpose. In his quest for an unfathomable dark power, he has cursed the world and its inhabitants, transforming them into monsters and various other forms of demonic entities.

You take control of two siblings from the town of Ziazu. Mysteriously surviving their hometown's collapse under Vlad's curse, they set out with help from a brave knight and a well-renowned sage to end the evil wizard's vile curse and restore peace to the land.


Characters
Falcon
"The hero of the tale. He and his sister were the only survivors when Vlad's curse overcame their hometown."


Ludia
"The Hero's sister. Well-versed in the art of black magic, and very intelligent. Her hometown was destroyed by Vlad's curse when she was a child."


Torkus
"A great Sage hailing from the town of Borez. He wields potent healing magics, and knows much about the world and its inhabitants."


Armak
"Great warrior born and raised within the fishing village of Orul. His physical power is amazing, but he lacks the know-how to cast magic."


Credits
-Ephiam (Myself) for mapping, story creation, dialogue, etc.
-Various game series' such as Breath of Fire, Final Fantasy, etc. But namely Dragon Warrior.
-Enterbrain

Screen Shots

Discovering a very remote village in the mountains.


Battle against a group of monsters.


Exploring a cave.


Conversing with villagers.


Traveling the World.


World Map!

Progress
100% complete.

[Archem]

Well, the NES-vibe has my stamp of approval.

[ellie-is]

Very nice.

How many games in this series so far? You're always posting them.

[Ephiam]

There's 7? 8? Somewhere along there. Though most of them aren't REALLY connected. They just sorta (kinda) take place in the same universe. That's why I'm doing a remake of the very first game in the series. I can actually set up some kid of solid storyline this time around instead of going all over the place like I did in the past.

[fruckert]

Anthologies are interesting, though.
That's what I'm doing for Myrdia.
Same universe, different stories (sometimes not even in the same time period).

[Ephiam]

Well, I'm glad to announce that progress on this has increased quite a bit! And so the game is being developed at a much faster rate than it had been in the past.
My reason? The project I was directing MOST of my attention on has been placed on hiatus until I get some motivation back to work on it. My main mapper had to
leave the team, so that left me pretty bummed. Nothing that could be helped, of course, but it shot my motivation. Anyway, because of that I can now focus all my
attention on this project instead! HURRAH! Isn't that exciting? I bet it is. You KNOW you're pumped.

Anyway, I leave you with a preview video I made quite a while back. It still holds up nicely, but lacks a few new things that the current version has (like naming your characters, etc.)
Regardless it conveys the feels quite nicely.

Enjoy!


Dragon Fantasy: Heroes of Tsufana (PREVIEW)

[drenrin2120]

I dig it. I diiiiig it!

[Ephiam]

Good, good, gooooood! The more that dig it, the better. Haha. And now I'm gonna add a few more screenshots to the collection.


Exploring the world for hidden treasures. They're everywhere. Literally. There's going to be so much to do and find, and a TON of exploration to be done. I want to make it a real adventure, so the world will have much more to offer other than the main quest.


Stumbling across a hidden village tucked away in the mountains.


It was pointed out to me already that Serpent was spelled wrong. For some reason the proper spelling of that always eludes me! Gah. Anyway, this is the only shop in the game that sells relics/accessories that resist status ailments, etc.


GREAT AND HELPFUL NPCS. Where would we be without them?


Full-party battle against a group of wild monsters out in the desert! Phew. They'll certainly need a drink or two after this skirmish.


Tiny little village. Though then again, almost all of the villages and towns in this games are small. This is due to the walking speed. Also, I based the town and dungeon sizes off of those found in Dragon Warrior II.

[Archem]

Ok, gonna say it again, I am floored by how true to the NES 8-bit style this looks. It's great. I am curious about the music, though. How much of it is original? It sounds almost too good. I noticed the Final Fantasy fanfare (henceforth referred to as FFFF), but most of the rest sounds unfamiliar. Any chance of replacing something as iconic as that FFFF to be as passably unfamiliar-yet-great as the rest of the songs demoed?

[Meiscool]

Screenies look nice. Love the graphics

[Ephiam]

None of the music is original, sadly. I wanted to make this game as authentic FEELING and SOUNDING as I could, so even the music is ripped directly from the Dragon Warrior games (2-4) on the NES (as are the graphics.) Not only that, but I find that it is extraordinarily hard to find a good composer for free online, so rips are my best bet. I can also go through tons and tons of songs and eventually pull together a list of songs that I like, so there's also that. Maybe in the future I may look in to getting original music for one of my projects, but I don't see that happening anytime soon! Thanks for the comment regardless, 'cause judging by your thoughts on this game I'm going down the right path!

[drenrin2120]

Idk why put this has got me giddy. i feel the need to play dw and dq again.

[Ephiam]

I'm glad to announce that this project has finally been completed! Updating the main post after I finish writing this. You can check out the link I gave above to find the full game, 'cause the location didn't change!

[Ephiam]

"Arandomgamemaker" of RMN was kind enough to dedicate some of time towards writing a review for Heroes of Tsufana, and he gave it a whopping 4-out-of-5 stars! Awesome. Here's the link:

Heroes of Tsufana REVIEW


However I will also post it here for convenience's sake.

Heroes of Tsufana is a game created by Ephiam. (You probably already know that )
It attempts to emulate the oldschool Dragon Warrior games, and I must say it does a pretty darn good job about it.

Story: 3/5
You and you sister's town was destroyed by Vlad. The whole point of the game is to, well, defeat Vlad and bring peace back to the world.

Now, I don't really have much of a problem with these kinds of plots, but I do feel it could have been a bit more original. Still, it keeps you playing.


Graphics:5/5
They are NES Dragon Quest sprites. How could you possibly go wrong with that?

Mapping: 4/5
The way Ephiam made the mapping was to mimic the minimalistic style of Dragon Quest 1. Bearing that in mind, I think it is pretty accurate. None of the maps look ugly at all! I think the minimalist style actually compliments with this game very well.


Music:5/5
The music is also taken from Dragon Quests 1-4, which in my opinion automatically makes it awesome. However, this is the first time I've heard the soundtrack in MP3 format. That may not sound like a big deal, but MP3 format allows it to sound exactly like the original version.

Gameplay: 4/5
The battles are the traditional 2K3 ATB system. Depending on the game, this is either a good thing, or a bad thing. In this game, I think it is a good thing. The battles aren't long, boring, or slow, and they always seem enjoyable to me. I do wish that you could target multiple enemies at a time, though. It's not that big of an issue, but it does get annoying with large groups of enemies.

Gameplay outside of battle follow a pretty basic formula for the first two towns - get to town, go to dungeon, get treasure, fight boss, get out. However, as soon as you get the ship, the game opens up tremendously. In fact, it's very hard to figure out where to go next! It can be irritating, but I do like the freedom you have. Not to mention, all he treasure chests everywhere.

Replayability: 3/5
While there is a lot of stuff to do, I feel that there doesn't seem to be much of a point in replaying this game that much. Although, it does stay fun!


Pros:
-Fun, engaging battles.
-Awesome graphics and music
-Plenty to do.

Cons:
-It is a bit hard to figure out where to go.
-The story could be a bit better, but it's not that big of an issue.

Overall: 4/5

[Moosetroop11]

Wooow!

Man, I want to play this as soon as possible, but my full time job is currently games testing and I dunno if I can face it today XD It looks amazing, though. I'll try and play it this week.