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| World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope | ドラゴンクエスト・キャラクターズ トルネコの大冒険2 不思議のダンジョン Doragon Kuesuto Kyarakutāzu Toruneko no Daibōken 2 Fushigi no Danjon |
Ratings: Releases:  : September 15, 1999 : November 16, 2000PlayStation |
World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope is the second main game in the Torneko's Great Adventure series, and the first to be officially translated and released in English.
Gameplay is from a top-down perspective, where the player controls Torneko, a merchant who delves into randomly generated Mystery Dungeons. Players have to collect items from the ground and use them to battle Monsters to survive, and escape the dungeons with as much loot as they can carry. All gameplay, including combat, is turn-based, allowing players to carefully think out their next actions.
When Torneko is defeated in a dungeon, he's sent back to the starting point, and his stats are all reset. All money and items are lost on defeat as well. The gameplay loop requires players to treat each defeat as a learning experience, using their knowledge to succeed, and not a "grind to win" experience like other games.
New to the game is a longer plot, new monsters and items from the Dragon Quest series, three classes available after completing the main story, and many core game elements sourced from the Shiren the Wanderer series, including cameos from that series.
The game was later rereleased on the Game Boy Advance with balance changes despite the technical limitations of the hardware.
