Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals

SCORE: 60

Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals on the Nintendo DS is a port from the Super NES Lufia II Rise of the Sinistrals home console game. Porting old games to newer systems can present a wealth of problems. These are put on display for everyone to see in Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals. It is enough to make a reviewer cringe. The game play is one of the best examples. Keep it tuned here for more on it.

Gamers hack and slash their way through the same looking enemies over and over again. Grinding is very important in Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals. We do run across new enemies along the way, but the boring violent content drags this Nintendo DS game down. Certain female characters could have learned about modesty.

Areas contain levels that range from crazy insane to awesomely easy. There are areas where it is not apparent where the player needs to go. Dropping down can lead to death or where the player needs to go. This trial and error is irritating. Maybe it was accepted back in the 16-bit era.

Oh look another role playing game with bad language. My genre has a horrible image and characters speaking with such filth only hurts the image even more. Why can’t my genre clean itself up? Will it take government intervention? I hope not, but it just might take that.

If you like grinding then you will find hours of replay in Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals. Staying mentally engaged during the storyline can the another challenge. The Sinistrals come down every so often to wipe out civilizations. We go on a quest to stop them as the latest one appears with its ultimatum. Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals is another role playing game with goddess worship in it. Another black eye in my genre that it can not seem to progress away from.

Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals includes a wide array of items to collect, characters to interact with, and dungeons to defeat. Moving between areas is a mere screen where we select where we want to go next. We also save on this screen. Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals is behind the times in so many ways.

You will not miss anything by passing on Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals. You will probably be happier for never playing this hand held video game. I wish I had. Please learn from my experience, and take a better path.

Lovers of old school role playing games that can stomach all the spiritual teachings are the only ones who may have an interest in Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals.
- RPG Master

Graphics: 61%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 50%
Family Friendly Factor: 50%

System: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Natsume
Rating: ‘E10+’ - Everyone 10+
{Fantasy Violence, Mild Language}

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