Full Game Reviews
Rating of
4/5
1997, October 1, The END DAY
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 04/14/2013
Presentation
“Crystalis’” graphics actually hold up surprisingly well for a NES game. The most questionable design decision is why the main character (a man) has hot-pink hair and wears a hot-pink shirt… but it was the 1990s… hot-pink was in. The environments and non-player characters suffer from the limited color pallet of the NES. Most characters only have one or two colors on their sprites, and each environment is limited to a small number of similar colors. While this is okay in forest and swamp environments where vivid greens and browns complement each other, certain areas, like the volcano that is dominated by hot-pink and maroon, are just blatant eyesores. Character animation is also a bit of a sticking point, as the main character doesn’t actually have different …
