Faxanadu

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Score Breakdown Based on 589 ratings

1. 10 (109)
2. 9 (160)
3. 8 (207)
4. 7 (51)
5. 6 (21)
6. 5 (12)
7. 4 (7)
8. 3 (1)
9. 2 (5)
10. 1 (16)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:9.6

  A highly overlooked masterpiece.

  By UnderHell | Review Date: Jan 11, 2007 | NES

  From the minute I first saw a Nintendo Power article detailing Faxanadu, I knew I had to have it. Part of those feelings undoubtedly came from how The Adventure of Link had proven to me that action-oriented adventure/RPG... Read Full Review

  7 of 7 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Faxanadu

• Rating:10

  A game that messes with your dreams...

  By leapharx | Review Date: Dec 10, 2015 | NES

  Faxanadu was my first NES game (here in Brazil we had the Phantom System, a clone of NES). I didn't had heard a word about it till the box came to my hands. I was a little frustrated, cause I wanted another game (that I... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.5

  One of the best games for the NES. Colors and soundtrack give it a great atmosphere.

  By bahamavoodoo | Review Date: Aug 06, 2008 | NES

  Faxanadu is a great game for the NES. Visually it stands out from the system's more colorful collection of games, and instead uses earthy tones with spots of muted reds and blues to create an amazing dark and gothic atmo... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  Out of the handful of classics for the NES, make sure you play this one.

  By leon41235 | Review Date: Dec 08, 2007 | NES

  In Faxanadu you have lived in some sort of tree, with the elves, dwarves, and humans. However "The evil one" has corrupted the dwarves making them mutate into terrible creatures, and has taken all the life from the tree.... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.8

  In an age where side scrolling was fun, but RPG's were risky, Faxanadu pulls through to make it's mark

  By hellwitlife | Review Date: Jul 16, 2007 | NES

  If you like RPG's you'd like this game, if you liked classic Mario or side scrolling Castlevania, you might like this as well. This was a combination of two elements in a sense, story with fights similar to Zelda II but ... Read Full Review

  2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:6

  Faxanadu: The Adventure of Dink

  By ngb111 | Review Date: Dec 06, 2006 | NES

  This is a game that I had always wanted to play, but I must say it's not as good as i thought it would be. It's just not as good in story or gameplay as the Adventure of Link, from which it appears to be inspired . I j... Read Full Review

  0 of 4 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.5

  Classic in the veins of Zelda or Link.

  By CountElmo | Review Date: Nov 28, 2006 | NES

  This was a fairly good game. Hard at times, very unforgiven for a little 10 year old who can't concentrate that long. My brother took a liking to this game and it was the only one he played for over a year! Ok he wa... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.3

  Faxanadu is a good game in the same breed as Castelvania or Link.

  By ThieveryCo | Review Date: Mar 13, 2006 | NES

  Faxanadu was a great 2D adventure (with some aspects of ROG) game. This game reminds me of the Castlevania series where you travel through one level at a time with a final boss at the end of the critical levels. You need... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.3

  This is a game that, despite what people say, still stands the test of time.

  By MHZero22XX | Review Date: Jan 08, 2006 | NES

  In an era where Castlevania and the Legend of Zelda ruled the game market, platformers were being released left and right. Faxanadu was one of these games, but it is one that stands the test of time. Faxanadu has a v... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.8

  One of the best games ever made for any platform. About as close to perfection as had been achieved.

  By wogitalia | Review Date: Dec 21, 2005 | NES

  This was the first game that I ever fell in love with. I find it hard to find a fault in it, even perhaps its biggest flaw, replayability, is a minor one because there are so many different ways to go about things. Yo... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.5

  The best you can get on the NES.

  By LinkSan | Review Date: Oct 19, 2005 | NES

  Introduction: Faxanadu is a game by Hudson soft under license from Falcon licensed to Nintendo. In 1988 a game called Faxanadu came out for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). As most games of that time, Faxanad... Read Full Review

  5 of 5 users found the following review helpful

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