File:Revengers of Vengeance (Sega CD) Playthrough - NintendoComplete-2

A playthrough of Extreme Entertainment Group's 1994 RPG/shooter/fighting game for the Sega CD, Revengers of Vengeance.

Played through the entire story mode, "The Quest to Destroy Venum," with Algos.

Revengers of Vengeance - how did anyone ever think that that was a good title? It's certainly memorable, but does it strike anyone else as not being far off of about the stupidest title possible? The Japanese version was named Battle Fantasy - that probably would have been a much better title for the west, too.

Unfortunate naming aside, Revengers of Vengeance is, at its core, a one-on-one fighting game. There's a fairly diverse cast of characters all rocking the standard variety of charge/quarter-circle moves, and the setting is established pretty nicely.

The real attraction here, though, is the Frankensteining of three different genres into the game. The story mode has three primary types through which "The Quest to Destroy Venum" plays out: it begins in the generic RPG town, where you can buy items to power up your character, drink at the pub to hear gossip and advice, see a psychic to level up, hit the gym to improve specific skills, and finally, a guild where you can take on quests to earn money and experience.

When you visit the guild and take on a quest, the game shifts to a top-down shooter style, somewhat like King's Knight on the NES or Knightmare on the MSX. If survive the stage, there's usually a nice pile of gold to collect so that you can further upgrade your character.

Finally, when you leave town, you are presented with a map. From here, you can travel to any of the spots on the main continent to challenge someone to a fight. This kicks the game into its primary mode - the fighting game. It obviously derives a good deal of its play from the likes of Street Fighter II, and while it is not as good as SF2 due to it's fairly limited selection of moves and choppy animation, it plays far better than you might expect from just watching it. There is a definite rhythm behind the fights, and if you find yourself getting beaten too badly, you can always level up somewhere else and try again when you get stronger (this has a HUGE impact on the difficulty level). It really doesn't take so long to get so overpowered that you can destroy anything with little effort.

I really like Revengers of Vengeance, overall. It doesn't quite strike gold on any one thing that it tries, but together, all of the elements do come together to form something that is far better than any individual one taken in isolation. It's so corny and tacky in how it takes itself so seriously that I couldn't help but to enjoy laughing at it every so often - in a good way, like you would a cheesy horror movie. If you want something that's engrossing and cheesy and doesn't take an eternity to play through, you might like to give this a shot. I was glad that I did.

___ No cheats were used during the recording of this video.

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