Lightning Warrior Raidy

Lightning Warrior Raidy

Cover art of the English version.
Developer(s) ZyX
Publisher(s)
Distributor(s) G-Collections
Series Lightning Warrior Raidy
Platform(s) MS-DOS, FM Towns, PC-9821, Windows
Release date(s)
  • JP September 20, 1994
  • NA May 13, 2008
Genre(s) Role-playing game, Dungeon crawler, Bishōjo game, Visual novel

Lightning Warrior Raidy is an adult game developed by ZyX, and later translated to English by G-Collections.

Gameplay

The game combines traditional turn-based battle with elements of visual novels. At various times throughout the game, the player can view hentai scenes, mostly lesbian-themed.[1]

Plot

Women are being abducted from a village and imprisoned in a tower nearby. Raidy investigates the tower to rescue the women.

Characters

Development and release

The game was first released in Japan under the title Ikazuchi no Senshi Raidy (雷の戦士ライディ) on September 20, 1994 for MS-DOS. A version for FM Towns and PC-9821 was released on October 7 of the same year, and a Windows 95 edition came out on August 23, 1996.[2]

The game was remade for Windows XP with the title Ikazuchi no Senshi Raidy ~Haja no Raikō~ (雷の戦士ライディ ～破邪の雷光～ Lightning Warrior Raidy ~Lightning that Defeats Evil~) on August 12, 2005.[2]

On October 26, 2012, a bundle for containing all three games in the series on DVD-ROM for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 was released, entitled Ikazuchi no Senshi Raidy ~Complete Pack~ (雷の戦士ライディ ～コンプリートパック～).[3]

On May 14, 2007, G-Collections, an affiliate brand of JAST USA, announced that it had acquired the rights to release Lightning Warrior Raidy in English, and that development had begun. (They announced the rights to Snow Sakura at the same time.) At that time, the release was planned for "mid- to late 2007".[1][4] However, production did not finish until May 13, 2008, when G-Collections announced that the game had hit "golden master" status.[5] Even before Lightning Warrior Raidy was available for sale, G-Collections had already revealed their plans to translate the sequel, Lightning Warrior Raidy II: ~Temple Of Desire~.[6]

Reception

The English version was poorly received by critics. In a blog review for Destructoid, Karen Gellender (a.k.a. "Gaming Goddess") wrote:

So I'm probably not a good judge of this sort of thing, but my guess is that LWR is neither good hentai, or a particularly good dungeon crawler.... However, I couldn't in good conscience say that the title isn't entertaining. While it's very basic (think Etrian Odyssey without the mapping features), the actual gameplay is solid enough, and the artwork is attractive.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jursudakul, James (2007-05-14). "G-Collections Acquires ZyX's Erotic-Bishoujo RPG/Adventure Lightning Warrior Raidy". Advanced Media, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Japanese Wikipedia". Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  3. ↑ ZyX. 雷の戦士ライディ～コンプリートパック～ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  4. ↑ Jursudakul, James (2007-05-14). "G-Collections Announces Acquisition, Development, and Preorder". Advanced Media, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  5. ↑ Jursudakul, James (2008-05-13). "G-Collections Adult PC RPG Lightning Warrior Raidy Goes Gold, Sequel Announced". Advanced Media, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  6. ↑ Rossignol, Jim (2008-05-19). "Sex If You Win, Sex If You Lose". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  7. ↑ Gellender, Karen (2009-03-17). "Lightning Warrior Raidy: Yeah, it's Kinda Porn". Retrieved 2013-03-05.

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