Bastard!! was a manga that was made in the
late 1980s and still in the making right now. The first part of
the manga has been made into an anime show, but the rest of the
manga just remained a manga. Bastard was one of my favorite
manga, but due to its mature subject matter and extreme violence,
it wasn't translated into any other languages except chinese. The
story revolves around a great magician named Dark Schenider, and
the angel that was trapped inside him. There has been another
game previously release for the SNES called Bastard!! as well,
but the game was a fighter. However, Bastard finally went to the
psx as an RPG around 3 years ago. The game was divided into
several chapters in which you must lead D.S into battle with his
companions to regain his memory. D.S lost his memory after his
evil side was trapped by Yoko. To regain his memory, he sets out
to find Yoko, his long lost love. The gameplay is fun, in the
sense that you get to use almost every character that is in the
manga. And there are tons of magic move and even combined moves
done by 2 or more characters that the magic skill system is fun.
The exploration is kinda like DOOM, first person based. The one
thing that is disappointing about the game is the lack of story
line. You basically just take your characters thru stages and
fight bosses and little enemies. There are a few anime cut scenes
in the game, but not enough. The humor and the dirty jokes in the
manga is now gone from the game. So it doesn't really feel like
bastard!!. But nevertheless, a bastard fan should not miss this
game, and play to the end. I only recommend this game to a
bastard fan, because otherwise, you would be bored to death
because you would know nothing about the characters, which
basically takes the fun out of the game.
