Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

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Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Record of Lodoss War - Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth cover art.jpg
Developer(s)Team Ladybug
Publisher(s)Playism
Why so serious?
SeriesRecord of Lodoss War
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseMarch 27, 2021
Genre(s)Action role-playing, platform-adventure, Metroidvania
Mode(s)Single-player

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth[a] is a 2021 action role-playing video game developed by Team Ladybug and co-published by Playism and Why so serious? for Microsoft Windows. It is based on Ryo Mizuno's Record of Lodoss War series, taking place before the events of Diadem of the Covenant.

The idea for Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth came up when Playism was approached by an editor of the eponymous novels and review the source material. Under supervision of Mizuno, Playism decided to go with the project after seeing that both the material and artwork of Team Ladybug went together. The game is inspired by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Ikaruga, while both levels and gameplay were designed to reflect its story concept around exploration. The title was first launched via Steam Early Access in March 2020 prior to the full version and received several updates through 2020 and 2021, which introduced new stages, gameplay adjustments and game modes.

Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth garnered mixed reception from critics; praise was given to the retro-style visual presentation, sprite-based 2D animations, art direction faithful to the source material, puzzle-based gameplay and styling but criticism was geared towards its short length, low difficulty, linear design, sparse exploration and plot for not honoring the series it is based on, while others felt mixed in regards to the soundtrack and elemental spirit-swapping mechanic. The game reportedly sold 100,000 copies as of April 2021.

Gameplay[]

Gameplay screenshot.

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is an action role-playing game similar to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Touhou Luna Nights, taking place before the events of Diadem of the Covenant.[1][2][3][4][5]

Development and release[]

Record of Lodoss War author Ryo Mizuno supervised production of Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth over the course of a year.

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth was developed over the course of a year by Team Ladybug, a division of Japanese online magazine DenfaminicoGamer who previously worked on Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue and Touhou Luna Nights, under supervision of series creator Ryo Mizuno.[6][7][8][9] According to publisher Playism in a 2021 interview, they were approached by an editor of the Record of Lodoss War novels, which led them to reviewing the source material and decided to go with the idea after seeing that both the material and Team Ladybug's artwork went together.[7] Playism stated that Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth was inspired by both Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Ikaruga.[7] Playism also stated that both levels and gameplay were designed to reflect the game's story concept around exploration.[7] The title was built using the Mogura Engine 2, previously used in Luna Nights.[10][11]

Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth was first announced in 2018 during the series' 30th anniversary for PC via Steam.[6] It was later announced that the game would be coming to Steam Early Access in fall 2019, with a full release following in spring 2020.[12] Publisher Playism revealed that the title would launch via Early Access on March 13, 2020, but was released a day earlier instead.[13][14] An update which introduced a second stage for the Early Access version of Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth was released in June 2020.[15] Another update for the Early Access version, which added the third and fourth stages as well as the hero Parn, was originally slated to be launched on November 2020 but was delayed to January 19, 2021, in order to introduce features such as menu settings and a higher resolution.[1][16][17]

The full version of Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, which added the fifth and sixth stages as well as various gameplay adjustments in response to player feedback, was released on March 27, 2021.[3][8][18] The game's soundtrack was also distributed as an album during the same time period as well.[9] A final update was released on July 13, 2021, which introduced boss rush and new game+ modes, as well as achievements.[19][20]

Reception[]

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth garnered "mixed or average reviews" reviews, according to review aggregator site Metacritic.[21] As of April 30, 2021, the game reportedly sold 100,000 copies.[30]

Destructoid's Zoey Handley felt that Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth was slightly more linear than Symphony of the Night and criticized the environments for being monotonous and lacking in variety. Nevertheless, Handley praised the pixel art visuals and animations, boss encounters, weapons, energetic soundtrack and plot progression.[22] Eurogamer's Álvaro Arbonés also commended its simplistic story and art direction for being faithful to the source material, music, presentation and Ikaruga-esque elemental spirit mechanic. However, Arbonés criticized aspects of Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth such as the aforementioned spirit mechanic for being complicated and introduction of underutilized ideas.[23] PC Gamer's Eric Watson criticized the game's short length, low difficulty level and linear nature but gave positive remarks to the element-swapping mechanic and boss fights, noting the retro-style audiovisual presentation.[24] PCMag's Gabriel Zamora gave positive commentary as well in regards to the sprite work, controls, puzzles, action-RPG and spirit-swapping mechanics but noted the title's short length, map design and frequent visual distraction as negative points.[25]

RPGFan's Mark Tjan gave high praise to the 2D pixel art and puzzle-based gameplay. However, Tjan felt mixed about the soundtrack and criticized the scenario for being light on details and uninspired enemy designs.[26] Alejandro Pascual of Spanish gaming website 3DJuegos commended Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth for its styling, pixel art graphics, elemental spirit mechanics and boss sequences but criticized the game for being sparse in terms of exploration, power-up items and the story for not honoring the series its based on.[27] Gianni Molinaro of French gaming publication Gameblog felt that Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth was very basic, criticizing the easy difficulty level. Nevertheless, Molinaro regarded it to be a fun Metroidvania, giving positive remarks to the pixel-based presentation and bosses.[28] RPG Site's James Galizio gave positive remarks to the Ikaruga-style color-shifting mechanics, weapon variety and sprite animations, though he found the game's map locations lacking in visual variety and felt that some of the gameplay mechanics were underutilized due to the short length, which was also criticized as well as its difficulty.[10] Vandal's Carlos Leiva regarded it as a "terrific metroidvania-style action-platformer adventure that entertains from start to finish", praising the visuals, element gameplay system and boss battles but noted that the linear progression, unoriginal magic skills and short duration were some of the title's negative points.[29]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Japanese: ロードス島戦記ーディードリット・イン・ワンダーラビリンスー, Hepburn: Rōdosu-tō Senki: Dīdoritto in Wandā Rabirinsū, lit. "Lodoss Island War Chronicle: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth"

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