I appreciate you for having the patience for all the games I didn't. There's a whole corner of the gaming world I've always been adjacent to but never successfully immersed in. Your channel brings me to places I'd never reach alone.

Time to discover a new game before bed time. It's worth repeating that your volume and tone are easy on the ears.

When I was a kid I had Nintendo, but a friend had Sega. So it was always fun talking about games we came across for our respective systems. One day he got a hold of Landstalker and he was having troubles figuring out the controls. He wasn’t that good with isometric. I was on the other end so it turned into a rare case were I would be playing the game well he watched. We fell in love with it and wished for something more. This game has ended up as iconic to Genesis as Sonic, Phantasy Star or Shining Force! It’s one of the few games I still have now with the box. I think I’ve played it so many times it’s play style is second nature. Although I do have to unlearn after I play 😅

I think the one thing that made my friend and I almost quit was in the second town. We just couldn’t figure out how to proceed until we figured out a kid was behind a building that you couldn’t tell you could go behind there! This is when we learned how to check everything! We left no stone unturned! Cause you never know!

I think they were trying to go for a more humorous approach to the characters and design. Unfortunately they could only do so much with a 16-bit machine. I did like the idea that you aren’t on a quest to save the world! You might at one point save a princess, but that is never the end goal. Our hero is a treasure Hunter! That is why he went to the island and that is his end goal. Sure it does make him a bit shallow but it is a different plot then the usual

If anyone made it this far and has a Switch, there is a great collection of Genesis (Genesis Classics) games that has Landstalker on it! As well as a few other gems when you’re done

Well, that’s it for my post review rant! Love your selection of games! I’ve had a blast going through your reviews 😊

Used to love watching my dad play this back in the day. Pretty sure the guys who developed this went on to create Alundra. If you enjoyed Landstalker, you will LOVE Alundra. It's such an overlooked masterpiece.

I love how the giant oversized boots get their own section in the review! xD

One of the tricks with nigel's big feet is if you hang his toes off an edge and there's a moving platform that connects to the edge, you will automatically be transferred to the moving platform. It helps when you can't tell where the platform is like in the blue room you showcased.
That being said, it's a shame he has such big feet but the color doesn't change to match the boot type like his chest plate and sword do

I Love Landstalker, that game frickin changed me. I love that game

I love how this game just is an Old-School version of Alundra.
It has everything. The Big boots, the swagger walk cycle, the stacking things on top of each other just for fun, the pretty amazing feeling of exploration...
Landstalker is just one of those games that would have been up high on my favourites list if I had it during my childhood.

amazing

Oooo, this one is near the top of my Genesis "really want to play" list! I do own on it on a few platforms.
It reminds me so much of late 80s and early 90s comedy fantasy adventure anime and I can't help but love that vibe xD

This was one of my all time favourite games as a kid. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Like many of the great games on Genesis I think it largely get's forgotten outside of the retro community. I feel a similar way about Beyond Oasis

I really enjoy this aesthetic! Great review. 😁

According to various internet sources (the earliest seems to be one FAQ from David Richey and Victor Trent in 1995), the Lifestock indeed increases both hitpoints and attack strangth. Apparently nobody tested yet if attack strength can overflow.
Swords don't make much of a difference regarding non-magical attacks according to another source.

your observations about Lyle(Nigel)'s boots and the sfx were great. About the sfx, something that devs sometimes do when inserting assets is just record their own voice and pitch them up or down and will use that as placeholder, which I suspect is the case here, or intentionally (Something like Yoshi). The reason I know this is because the little sounds that Lyle makes are actually him speaking japanese. When putting an object down he says 'kore'(this) and the sound when he gets hit 'Itai'(ouch), so the funny chicken noises are just the sound guy doing his best to make death noises and pitching them up as well lol.

I love this review and episode so much. Honestly, it's your best work yet! Thank you for an episode that I will watch over and over again. I'm pretty sure there is a sequel to this game too and then a spiritual successor named Alundra for the PS1 as well. I'm no historian but they are all great games I'm sure you'll love.

Always a pleasure when hungr goryia updates

I was an SNES kid but then I got step brothers and they had a Genesis. They introduced me to this game and we all loved it. It was a treat watching you stream it!

Watching a Hungry Goriya video is a great way to relax at the end of the day!

Boy, oh boy, do I love this game. I am playing through it at present. As I mentioned in a recent video, though, I have been suffering through memory issues due to sepsis. And, quite honestly, this is THE last game I should try playing with memory problems. Took me about three hours to get through that first dungeon alone. Very frustrating!

This was a game I easily aced back in the day, around 1996. Still trying to barrel my way through it.

Awesome, have been wanting this one! Have always been ambivalent about this game, it looks awesome but I've never been able to fully get in to it.