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DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: CHRONICLES OF MYSTARA

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Side-scrolling games, in most cases, are as dim as a binbag in a coal shed. You just walk right and brutalize people. In the rare cases where there is a story, it's usually 'rescue the women', 'avenge your master', or, in sequels, 'avenge the people who died avenging you'.

Chronicles of Mystara displays spiralling levels of depth. The heart of the game is still 'kill all the creatures that enter your zone of terror'—a conceit so direct even