Azaran: The Demon Bottle

Short adventure. For 2 bucks American, it is a decent bit of puzzle adventuring. Collect the set amount of Gems hidden in each Dungeon then break some mysterious chain. I don't think the game very effectively tells you what is going on and I kind of glazed over the exposition. The mechanics are The Legend of Zelda but with some ideas in departure to the classic game that are more interesting, if not better in some ways. One change is being able to spear your way through cracking walls instead of needing bombs. Like The Legend of Zelda, walls don't have much detail to say they are bombable but because you can spear your way through walls you won't be burdened with a grind bombs for just testing walls. To say the least, this game is fun. I enjoyed my way through it. If you get stuck on a Puzzle, read the dialogue given to you and even if it sounds cryptic just think about where you have been, room layouts and stuff. You can solve everything by just giving it time to live in your brain. Fully Recommend.

Benji has a philosophy about Zelda game design (perhaps he has more than one, but I'm only talking about the thing that I noticed). As expressed in this game, it boils down to this: Zelda puzzles are about noticing something, and then doing something based on that. This game is a simple but perfected example of that philosophy. Consequently, it feels a lot like three LoZ dungeons with the corners sanded off. Smoother, but smaller. Highly recommended if you love zelda or game design.

This is a very nice game, I am looking forward to Azaran: Islands of the Jinn. Thank you for making these games!

Justs a fun dungeon crawler similar to the dungeons in zelda for the NES.

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Do you like The Legend of Zelda? Specifically, do you like the first game? If so, this short, 3 dungeon romp is going sit right with you. It's full of head-scratchers and the vibes are immaculate. There's 360° movement, which makes the gameplay a lot smoother, but not necessarily better. The music is great. Overall, this short and extremely cheap adventure captures the dungeon part of the original Zelda really well. About the only thing I can bring up as a negative is the length. I definitely would've paid more to play more. But for a 3-week project, this is still mighty impressive and a fantastic deal.