Thread: [SNES] Illusion of Time

Illusion of Gaia, known in Europe as Illusion of Time and in the USA, Australia and New Zealand as Illusion of Gaia is an action-RPG video game that was released on September 1, 1994 for the Super NES (SNES). It was developed by Quintet. Enix published the game in Japan, and Nintendo published it worldwide. Illusion of Gaia was scored by Yasuhiro Kawasaki. Moto Hagiomanga artist is credited with the character designs. Novelist the influential Mariko Ohara worked on the story.

Illusion of Gaia is set in a partially historical but mostly fantasy-based version of Earth. The game contains several real-world sites, such as IncanNazca lines, Angkor Wat, the Great Wall of China, and Egyptian pyramids. Each of these ruins hold a piece to the final puzzle, unveiled at the top of the infamous Tower of Babel. ruins, the
It is firstly believed to be the age of exploration (a period roughly corresponding to the 16th century; Christopher Columbus is mentioned at least once), and explorers have begun scouring the world in search of ancient ruins and the lost treasures and secrets within. Many return with nothing, and some are simply never seen again. Will, the protagonist of the game, is a survivor of one such ill-fated expedition. He accompanied his father, a famed explorer, on a sea journey to uncover the secrets of the Tower of Babel, but the explorers met with a mysterious disaster. Somehow Will managed to make it back to his home town, but he doesn't remember how.


Chiyu's comments: Great (but underrated) Zelda-like RPG for the Super Nintendo. Try it out.

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