Xanadu Next
- JP: Nihon Falcom
- WW: Xseed Games
- Hayato Sonoda
- Wataru Ishibashi
- Takahide Murayama
- Takahiro Unisuga
- NA: 20 June 2005[1]
- JP: 27 October 2005
- WW: 3 November 2016
Xanadu Next[2] is a 2005 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom for Windows. The game is a spin-off of the 1985 action role-playing game Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu. Xanadu Next was released worldwide in English by Xseed Games in 2016. An N-Gage version was developed by ScriptArts and published by Nokia a few months prior to original Japanese release.
Premise
The player character is a dishonored knight hired by a scholar named Charlotte L. Wells to investigate the ruins of Harlech Island on her behalf. Almost as soon as he begins, however, he is mortally wounded by a mysterious warrior named Dvorak and must undergo a life-saving process which binds him to Harlech. He will now die if he ever leaves – unless he can find the fabled Dragon Slayer sword, which is the only item capable of severing his ties with Harlech and giving him his life back.
In the N-Gage version, the player character is instead a hunter who has been hired by a small town named Marion Berck to find a missing girl named Momo who disappeared after King-Dragon attacked. Since King-Dragon's attack, the villagers have been plagued by mysterious deaths, dying crops, and monster attacks, and the players must guide the hunter in the journey to find Momo.
Reception
Aggregator | Score | |
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N-Gage | PC | |
GameRankings | 65%[3] | 78%[4] |
Metacritic | 78/100[5] |
Publication | Score | |
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N-Gage | PC | |
GameSpot | 6.6/10[6] | |
GameSpy | 3.5/5 | |
RPGamer | 3/5[7] |
The N-Gage version got mixed reviews, but the Windows version got generally favourable reviews.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Adams, David (20 June 2005). "Xanadu Next Hits Stores". IGN. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ ザナドゥ・ネクスト, Zanadu Nekusuto
- ^ a b "Xanadu Next for N-Gage". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Xanadu Next for PC". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Xanadu Next for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Xanadu Next Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "RPGamer > Review > Xanadu Next". archive.rpgamer.com. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
External links
- Official website
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