Legacy of Flan 4: Flan Rising

By: Derek Yu

On: February 1st, 2008

Apparently 3 Flan games came out without my even knowing… ah well. The fourth installment of this series, by the developer of The Desolate Room, is one heck of a strange RPG. The star here is the unique leveling system, which lets you upgrade your party of four flans by collecting random drops during the battle. How often the drops appear and how good they are is determined entirely by your party’s “Loot Drop” stat, which is higher when you fight more difficult monsters (especially Boss Monsters), but can also be raised manually during battle by certain Flans. Each type of Flan has its strengths and weaknesses, of course, and finding the right combination is crucial.

The biggest problem with the game is that it can get repetitive pretty quickly. Traveling in the overworld is mostly uninteresting, and completing the various quests involves traveling back and forth and getting lost. The story is also mostly non-sequitur, and fairly “fluffy” compared to The Desolate Room. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since I appreciate the humor, but it’s not quite enough to compel me just yet.

Granted, I’m currently trapped in “Dead Flan’s Pit,” so perhaps it gets more exciting further on out. Anyone want to help me out? I’ve started a page on IndieFAQs for it, already. Get me out of here!

Posted in Freeware, RPG, Unique / Bizarre, Windows | Tags: scottgames

Radix

Coincidence: I was just thinking about the first (or maybe second) Flan game today. I never played it, but I remember the guy posting some of the art on a forum somewhere.
Chris

I’d say the biggest problem with this game is downloading 71 mb at less than 100 kb/s from the official site. Of course, I’m still waiting to play it, so hopefully I’ll run into some other problems… eventually.

But I guess I’ll cut him some slack as I really enjoyed The Desolate Room.
Chris

Apparently, nobody loves the flan. At least judging by the number of comments.

I’m really enjoying it, though I can’t find Flonster. Great battle/level system. However, I liked the story telling in The Desolate Room better.
Chris

Duh, forgot about the boss radar. On to Dead Flan’s Pit!
Gio

the craziest thing happened today, i’ve beaten a boss with the strawberry flan. It was the longest battle.
Larry Martin

Exploring the quirky world of Flan 4 is a rollercoaster of unique RPG mechanics with its intriguing Loot Drop system, though the repetitive nature of quests and fluffy storyline leaves room for improvement.
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