Monday, July 09, 2007
Prologue
Gods existed.
However, it was not what humans wished for.
The Sinistrals of Chaos, Destruction, Terror and Death
controlled mankind from Doom Island in the sky.
A hero was born.
Maxim stood up against the gods with "The Dual Blade":
a sword that amplifies the Spiritual Force.
The Sinistrals were gone.
They were banished from the earth by Maxim.
Mankind recovered from the despair and prospered once more.
This is what was known as the First Doom Island War.
100 years later.
People had forgotten about the First Doom Island War, and prospered.
However, a descendant of Maxim stood on guard for the Sinistrals.
There was a girl.
Lufia, with cerulean hair.
She, who lost everything,
opened her heart to the hero's descendant.
The Sinistrals were resurrected
before Lufia, the fated girl.
The nightmare isle Doom Island once again cast its shadow of despair upon mankind.
The boy drew his sword.
The "Dual Blade" was pointed at Lufia.
Humankind could only be savedby the sacrifice of the girl he loved.
The Sinistrals disappeared.
Humans were once again saved.
This is what is known as the 2nd Doom Island War.
A hundred years have passsed.
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Hahaha. That's the Prologue from the game Lufia III: The Legend Returns. The game takes place 100 years after the events of Lufia I, which takes place 100 years after the events of Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals. This makes Lufia II a prequel and Lufia III a sequel.
I only played Lufia II, btw. I don't have the rest. And yes, I do play computer games.
But I like the story. It's really good. I first played Lufia II on the SNES at my cousin's house back when I was primary.... 3 I think. And recently I downloaded this SNES emulator onto my com and decided to relive the game-days. Hahaha. But playing SNES nowadays is seriously outdated.
SNES stands for Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Yes it's very old. It produced the first colour Mario game and connects to the TV through the old-school V/A cable.
Those who find the extremely-cut-shorter-than-short story above should try playing the game. It's quite challenging and strategic. And I was quite touched by some parts of the story.
Pixel-graphics(SNES, please, not PS3) and MIDI audio(hey the soundtrack was pretty good for MIDI), I think it's the best game I've finished in a while. But the end report states that I spent 24 hours and 37 minutes on it. Not at one shot though. Hmmm.... Didn't realise it took that long. hahah.
Anyway. I'm quite done with that game now. Maybe I'll dig it up from my folder next year to replay it again or something.
