Genmu no Tou: pretty however you play it

Posted May 1st 2008 8:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Screens

You can choose to play Success Corp.'s forthcoming Genmu no Tou to Tsurugi no Okite with either stylized, cel-shaded visuals, or have its dungeons depicted in a black-and-white 8-bit wireframe mode. While each graphical style contrasts sharply with the other, they do share at least one thing in common: they're both absolutely gorgeous.

Indeed, compared to many of the murkier dungeon crawlers on the DS, both are a genuine breath of fresh air, though we do narrowly prefer the retro 8-bit look right now -- those white, angular lines on jet black backgrounds are just so ... clean.

Hop into our new Genmu no Tou gallery to make your own mind up.

Gallery: Genmu no Tou to Tsurugi no Okite

Tags: dungeon, genmu-no-tou, rpg, success, tower-of-mist

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

5-01-2008 @ 10:33PM

Jody Anthony (cookingrebels.com) said...

i LOVE the wireframe view.

5-02-2008 @ 8:45AM

Flint said...

I love retro styled games like this!

5-03-2008 @ 10:47PM

2dere said...

Yeah this look has me hooked too.

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