I actually had to do some research when getting ready for this review. I had heard of Xanadu, which was an old game on the NES, but Xanadu Next I had never heard of before.

Xanadu Next’s story is high-fantasy silliness full of worn tropes, common motifs and very rudimentary storytelling. XANADU NEXT Review. Xanadu Next (ザナドゥ・ネクスト, Zanadu Nekusuto) is an action role-playing game developed and published by Nihon Falcom for Microsoft Windows on 27 October 2005. Posted by: Robert Allen in Featured, PC November 6, 2016 16 Comments 22,319 Views. Xanadu Next 's gameplay revolves around the idea of mastering weapons, reading spellbooks, and more. Xanadu Next’s narrative economy is evidenced across the game’s prologue. Xanadu Next was originally released in Japan back in 2005 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Xanadu role-playing game series by the legendary developer Nihon Falcom. Xanadu Next Review Taking an 11-year-old JRPG originally developed by Nihon Falcom, XSEED has brought Xanadu Next back, localized for North America.

Xanadu Next takes influence from Coleridge's intense and mystical poem Kubla Khan, and rises to similar heights of greatness. Xanadu Next was one of those games, seeing a worldwide release on the N-Gage, but only making it onto PC in Japan. Well, that and PC. Share Tweet Email reddit . Xanadu Next's overall tone, including its fantastic musical score, is especially appropriate. While investigating some ancient ruins, he is struck down by a mysterious soldier. XANADU NEXT, the return of a classic RPG franchise from the makers of YS, is finally here! Now, XSEED has brought the game to …

Xanadu Next Review Taking an 11-year-old JRPG originally developed by Nihon Falcom, XSEED has brought Xanadu Next back, localized for North America. Inspired by hardcore dungeon RPGs of the '80s and created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Xanadu, one of Japan's action RPG forefathers, ... Filter reviews by the user's playtime when the review was written: No Minimum Over 1 …

This action-RPG has strategic swordplay, dozens of skills, and the best music this side of Final Fantasy IX. Even so, as a Windows PC Japanese action-RPG, Xanadu Next manages to come across as fairly unique given a confluence of great inspirations.

Neither Dragon Slayer or Xanadu ended up making their way outside of Japan but, much like with the Final Fantasy series, the games had little to do with one another. Xanadu Next has many callbacks and direct ties to previous games in the DragonSlayer lineage, making it feel well vested in its franchise.

Before that, on 20 June 2005, Nokia published ScriptArts' two-player-capable adaptation of the game for the Nokia N-Gage.The game is a spin-off of the 1985 action role-playing game Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu. I found the game's finale - from a story perspective specifically - also to be quite compelling. Xanadu Next (PC) Review. Check out our review and see if it measures up! Xanadu Next was created for the Nokia N-Gage back in 2005 and has been revived on Steam for a new audience.