Mystic Defender is a game that only classic Genesis gamers could appreciate.

User Rating: 6.5 | Kujaku Ou 2: Geneishiro GEN
By TheSerafen | Review Date:
Genesis games fall into two categories: games before Sonic and games after Sonic. I separate the Genesis library like this because there is a difference with games that came out before Sonic and ones after Sonic. This difference is how the games look and feel. Most of the games on the Genesis before Sonic were relatively obscure with the same style of box art, ect. Games after Sonic were produced by more familiar names like Konami and were more mainstream. Mystic Defender falls into the pre-Sonic era. It is obscure and was around before the Genesis became a popular system. Most people who bought a Genesis got one long after this and other games fell into obscurity.

Graphically, Mystic Defender is average. There are some decent effects, but overall nothing that will blow your mind away. Many pre-Sonic games suffered from average graphics. Since most of these games came out in the late 80’s and early 90’s, the graphics are good for their time, but lack the polish of later games. Sound and music also suffered the same issues. The music and sounds don’t stand out, but aren’t terrible. Game play for pre-Sonic games is hit or miss. Some are better than others, while some are more difficult because of bad controls or bad level design. Mystic Defender’s game play is adequate, but I found the controls to be too loose, making some of the platforming elements harder than they needed to be. It game play is pretty simple overall, but Mystic Defender does tend to cause me to suffer from game fatigue. What I mean by this is that Mystic Defender tends to bore me after playing for awhile. Sometimes I would have to force myself to play just so I could chalk it up as a game I have beaten.

Mystic Defender is not a bad good by any means. I got it after it had been out for a few years, but I am sure that it had been decent around the time it was released. If you are into the classic Genesis games, you would definitely enjoy Mystic Defender. Since I would be considered part of that cult-like group, I do enjoy Mystic Defender as a classic Genesis game. I wouldn’t recommend it to most of the gaming community, though

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