Instal the last version for ipod Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited5/5/2024 ![]() ![]() Ol=Ohma’s influence has spread to all but the furthest reaches of the world, and it’s clear that the war cannot be won by brawn alone. ![]() There is a constant unease and tension in the world, appropriate to the century-long imprisonment leading to the start of the player’s tale. It is a theme that is constantly championed throughout the adventure, both in the narrative itself as well as the environments. It isn’t often that games go for the “world has already ended” approach, and Saviors of Sapphire Wings does that exceptionally well. This is exactly what transpired 100 years ago and what the Knights of the Round hope to avoid this time. Instead, they prey on the “bonds” between Xeth and their companions, charming (or enslaving) those without the proper mental strength for all eternity. Ol=Ohma isn’t your typical villain as they aren’t overwhelmingly powerful in a physical sense. Their defeat plunges the world into a century of darkness, which eventually leads to Xeth being reborn in hopes of assembling a new generation of knights that can destroy Ol=Ohma once and for all. It opens up with the main character, Xeth, and his Knights of the Round being utterly defeated by the embodiment of darkness, Ol=Ohma. On the surface, the narrative of Saviors of Sapphire Wings shares similarities with the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, but its story is ultimately different in practice. And truthfully, while this game has some issues, it is well worth its own separate deep-dive. While this game is technically only half of NISA’s DRPG package that also includes Stranger of Sword City Revisited, prioritizes detail and therefore will be covering both games (in detail, of course) separately. ![]() ![]() In that same vein, we have Saviors of Sapphire Wings, a remake of the 2010 Japan-exclusive dungeon-crawler known as Students of the Round. Two examples that immediately come to mind are Romancing SaGa 2 and 3, both of which originally released on the Super Famicom in the ’90s but didn’t receive an official translation until many years later. Since 2017, the Nintendo Switch hasn’t shied away from highlighting obscure titles that have never seen the light of day in the West. ![]()
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