Kalin no Tsurugi

a.k.a. カリーンの剣 / Sword of Kalin

published by Square in 1987-10-02, developed by Xtalsoft, running on Famicom Disk System

type: action/reflex, role-play
genre: Fantasy
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: jpn

4/5

Personal review

"Kalin no Tsurugi" looks similar to the first Dragon Quest game, but instead of a classic turn-based battle system the battle screen switches to an action scene where you have to kill every enemy by just running into them, similar to the Y's games. The battle system feels too much based on luck and once a battle starts you can not run away. Either you or the monsters will die. The rest is standard early RPG stuff. Upgrading weapons via shops, two overworlds, some dungeons and the trouble with grinding more xp and gold.