Beyond Oasis
It's time again for Action RPGs, so we'll be focusing on Beyond Oasis, AKA The Story of Thor: A Successor of The Light, AKA The Story of Thor: Hikari wo Tsugu Mono. It's available on the Genesis/Mega Drive as well as the Virtual Console in all regions. For those who would rather play on the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, it can also be found in the Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection or the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, depending upon your region.
In Beyond Oasis, a young prince named Ali finds a gold bracelet that will give him the ability to summon elemental spirits. Unfortunately a silver bracelet has also been discovered, and it holds dominion over chaos and destruction. Ali must now race against the forces of darkness to save the isle of Oasis from certain doom.
Gameplay is more reminiscent of The Legend of Zelda and beat 'em ups such as Streets of Rage than the likes of Secret of Mana. That's because the game was developed by game developer Ancient, which also worked on such games as ActRaiser 2 and Robotrek(in conjunction with Quintet), Streets of Rage 2(with Sega AM7), and Car Battler Joe. Over time, Ali will gather bigger and better weapons as well as acquire the ability to summon spirits to aid him in combat.
Beyond Oasis is one of a series of games intentionally designed by Sega to fight against the console RPG powerhouse that was the Super Famicom under the title "Mega RPG Project", which includes the likes of Shining Force CD and Ragnacenty, AKA Crusader of Centy or Soleil. It was followed by a prequel on the Sega Saturn, The Legend of Oasis.
Please let us know which version you intend to play and share your progress in this thread!
