## Description
_Necros no Y ōsai_ is based on the characters from the eponymous Japanese toy
line from the 1980s. The story tells of a world known as Tankirie, which was
conquered by the evil warlock Necros; however, eight heroes (Knight, Mage,
Amazon, Samurai, Elf, Dwarf, Berserker, and Mercenary) defeated him and
restored peace. The game is divided into chapters; in the first one, the
player takes control of the Mercenary, who is separated from his companions
and is looking for a job. A search for a girl’s missing father leads him to
more dangerous discoveries, and eventually he has to reunite with his friends
in order to face the evil once again.
The player controls the Mercenary in the first chapter, but plays as other
heroes as well (up to an active party of three) later in the game. The game is
structured like a traditional top-down Japanese-style RPG, with random enemies
and turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective. Stand-out feature
of the game are animated attacks: every attack in battle is presented as a
short animated sequence, separate from the battle screen.
Unlike most other RPGs of the time, _Necros no Y ōsai_ does not feature a
freely explorable “world map”. Instead, player-controlled characters move in a
strictly linear fashion to icons that represent towns and hostile areas.
Necros no Yōsai