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Synopsis

Elysion, while being a fairly traditional 8-bit JRPG in many ways (the first thing the player does is talk to the local king for exposition, for example), draws its influences from a lot of very different games within the RPG family: resembles the first Dragon Quest, it allows the player to choose between multiple protagonists at the start of the game as is the case in Final Fantasy, the battle system is real-time combat with no screen transitions like something like Hydlide or Ys and Enemies have a strange habit of only moving when the player does, as is the case in many strategic Roguelike dungeon crawlers like the Mystery Dungeon series.

The goal of the game is to defeat the evil demon Baal. However, the King first tests the player's character by having them enter the dungeon beneath the castle and find a group of important quest items. After completing this large dungeon, the protagonist officially becomes the Hero of God and can go about defeating Baal by exploring the rest of the continent for some needed magic scrolls and, possibly, special God-like equipment.

"Elysion" refers to the Elysian Fields, an ancient Roman underworld for honorable souls who died in battle.

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