I needed to upgrade my Agility as soon as possible, while maintaining a steady increase in Attack as well. This was the summer before coming to CMU so with some free time on my hands, I gave the game another shot, and after various failed attempts at progressing past four or five tournaments, I figured out a winning strategy: The version online that I found only went up through three tournaments, so I typically would have some short fun with the game and then be done with it.Ī few years ago, I found the game again, only this time a new free version had been released online, allowing you to play through the game in its entirety with one small catch: the “save” feature didn’t work, so if you died, all your progress was lost in an instant. I became interested in this game due to its strategic turn-based gameplay as well as the choices I needed to make in terms of which stats to level up and how this affected my chances.

The goal of the game is to progress through tournaments and level up until you eventually fight the evil Emperor Antares. You also can choose to purchase various boosting magic spells and potions that restore health, armor, and stamina. The majority of the strategy is choosing your moves in the Arena. There is some minor strategy in maximizing your money in terms of when to buy things to give you the best advantage over your opponent, as well as choosing which opponents to duel with in the non-tournament mode to minimize risk of losing in order to earn the most money and therefore the best armor and weaponry. You unlock a new weapon for every 3 Agility and 3 Strength, respectively. Swords and Ranged Weapons are unlocked in correspondence to your Agility, while Axes and Bashing Weapons correspond to your Strength. You also have the option of purchasing advanced weaponry, either as Swords, Axes, Bashing Weapons like hammers, or Ranged Weapons. You can use them to purchase Armor from the armory to build up your armor, and you unlock more armor as you level up in EXP.

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