NES Longplay [006] The Immortal (US)

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Played by: RickyC
The Immortal is an isometric action-adventure game.
Your old mentor Mordamir has disappeared. Probably kidnapped. You're not too sure where he might be, but a dungeon is always a good place to look, so you seek out the nearest one and plunge into its depths. Beware: 8 levels of isometric death await.
The Immortal is the prototype of a trial-and-error game. Progress is made by encountering a hazard, dying, solving the problem, encountering the next hazard. To solve a level, you have to know its traps and their patterns by heart. As frustrating as this may sound (it is), The Immortal quite cleverly balances annoyance with curiosity and graphical rewards. In short: You want to see what challenge lies in the next room.
The puzzles range from simple avoidance of traps to the correct use of items; you collect objects in an inventory. Every now and then, The Immortal surprises with a special challenge. For example, you've got to ride a magic carpet through a hallway full of fire traps, or ride a barrel on an underground river. The dungeon isn't empty: some friedlies may have valuable information or trade items, the nasty sort of guys will attack. Combat is fought man-to-man on a special screen. Your adversary indicates his next attack a few seconds before he executes it, so you've got time to react appropriately. You can dodge to the left or the right, as well as attack from these two directions. There is no save option in the game, of course, but you may restart each level as often as you like.
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[@Dynaman21]

Before the Souls games, this was the game that decided the best way to play was have the player learn by dying. A lot.

[@DemienC.]

Funny you mentioned Dark Souls. This is must be first game with stamina management duels like Dark Souls.

[@oked99]

sierra games all did this

[@starshipchris4518]

I hate-love this game. There are some very cool moments and aesthetics. The Genesis version is even more brutal, and has an extra level.

[@DemienC.]

We ALL shot Goblins and Trolls with staff before engagement in fight, thinking it "softens up" enemy by knocking of few HPs.
Now after so many years I think: Did it, though?🤔

[@lancelnce]

I didn't knew this game existed.

[@proboz]

This game was impossible as a child. It's probably still impossible as an adult. Always loved the banger combat OST though lol

[@danc3488]

The single hardest game I have ever played in my life. Even with Game Genie lol. Yes, I think it's harder than the newer Ninja Gaiden games. I hated this game but looking back on it now, I think it was amazing.

[@MoltoRubato88]

I have a really hard time liking this game because it's so difficult.
Could you upload Nightshade on the NES next?

[@plume...]

They uploaded NES Nightshade to the longplays website, it just hasn't made it to UA-cam yet (link in the video description).

[@BrehndanLoberg]

💛💙💛💙

[@sakib8667]

Can you help me by telling the game that i forgot.......i m telling you the description... The game type is arcade(basically car games).... The game start in a hill place... you need to collect fuel from many places.... the road has many holes.... if yoy go on it the car and fuel are gone

[@sakib8667]

it has many underground.... when you finish the lecel they will give you 4 digit code

[@tjthewizard2002]

@@sakib8667 Was it 3D or 2D? And if it was 2D was it top-down or like a side-scroller?

[@VahanNisanian]

AVGN did a one shot episode of this for Halloween 2019. Although not well-liked, it was an ambitious effort on his part.