Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal (TAO魔物の塔と魔法卵, Tao: Mamono no Tō to Mahō no Tamago, Tao: The Goblin's Tower and the Magical Egg) is a Nintendo DSvideo game developed by Konami.
The game revolves around a boy named Tao from the island of Bente, who must travel to Mondominio to get a rare monster egg from the monster tower. The seal from the tower has been broken, and monsters have turned all the people of his village into stone. Tao meets a creature named Petcho, who calls himself an "Elite Monster" and follows the main character throughout the game.
The game is a sequel to Azure Dreams, which was released 8 years earlier.
Gameplay
Tao's Adventure follows a very straightforward dungeon-combat system. The majority of the game is spent in the Monster Tower, which consists of 40 floors. Tao ventures through these floors, finding monster eggs and monsters as he goes. While Tao can move free range normally, once an enemy is in sight the game changes its movement system. From here, every action uses 1 turn. For every step that Tao takes or spell that he casts, the enemy is allowed one move also. Players are able to cast spells using the DS touch screen, by drawing runes. This concept was put to similar use in a later DS game titled LostMagic. As Tao progresses through the tower he is able to find Monster Eggs. He must then return to the town to hatch the eggs and the monster inside will join his party. Partner monsters are not directly controlled by the player but are instead controlled by the artificial intelligence. Up to two monsters can be in Tao's party at any time. There is also a Coliseum mode, accessed through the game's main town in which the player uses any of Tao's hatched monsters to fight other monsters. This mode can be used over the DS's wireless multiplayer option. Tao and all creatures obtained in the tower can reach a max level of 50, but their stats can only reach 99. The exception is Straitser, the Bird Demon.
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for a total of 29 out of 40.[3]
The majority of critical comments lie in the poorly designed mechanics and hackneyed ideas, as well as its failure to produce creative, original use of the Nintendo DS touch screen.
References
^ ab"Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal". Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
^EGM staff (May 2006). "Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 203. p. 108.
^ ab"Latest Famitsu Scores 14/12/05". Green Hill Zone. December 15, 2005. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
^"Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal". Game Informer. No. 158. June 2006. p. 118.
^Long Haired Offender (March 21, 2006). . GamePro. Archived from the original on July 3, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
^Mueller, Greg (March 27, 2006). "Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal Review". GameSpot. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
^Chapman, David (March 31, 2006). "GameSpy: Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal". GameSpy. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
^Hollingshead, Anise (April 5, 2006). "Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal - NDS - Review". GameZone. from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
^Bozon, Mark (March 21, 2006). "Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal". IGN. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
^"Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal". Nintendo Power. Vol. 203. May 2006. p. 91.
^. X-Play. May 9, 2006. Archived from the original on July 3, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
^Campbell, Craig (May 21, 2006). . Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
External links
Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal at MobyGames
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal TAO魔物の塔と魔法卵 Tao Mamono no Tō to Mahō no Tamago Tao The Goblin s Tower and the Magical Egg is a Nintendo DS video game developed by Konami Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon SealDeveloper s Konami Software ShanghaiPublisher s KonamiDesigner s Masashi UgajinPlatform s Nintendo DSReleaseJP December 22 2005NA March 21 2006EU May 26 2006Genre s Role playingMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Story 2 Gameplay 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksStory EditThe game revolves around a boy named Tao from the island of Bente who must travel to Mondominio to get a rare monster egg from the monster tower The seal from the tower has been broken and monsters have turned all the people of his village into stone Tao meets a creature named Petcho who calls himself an Elite Monster and follows the main character throughout the game The game is a sequel to Azure Dreams which was released 8 years earlier Gameplay EditTao s Adventure follows a very straightforward dungeon combat system The majority of the game is spent in the Monster Tower which consists of 40 floors Tao ventures through these floors finding monster eggs and monsters as he goes While Tao can move free range normally once an enemy is in sight the game changes its movement system From here every action uses 1 turn For every step that Tao takes or spell that he casts the enemy is allowed one move also Players are able to cast spells using the DS touch screen by drawing runes This concept was put to similar use in a later DS game titled LostMagic As Tao progresses through the tower he is able to find Monster Eggs He must then return to the town to hatch the eggs and the monster inside will join his party Partner monsters are not directly controlled by the player but are instead controlled by the artificial intelligence Up to two monsters can be in Tao s party at any time There is also a Coliseum mode accessed through the game s main town in which the player uses any of Tao s hatched monsters to fight other monsters This mode can be used over the DS s wireless multiplayer option Tao and all creatures obtained in the tower can reach a max level of 50 but their stats can only reach 99 The exception is Straitser the Bird Demon Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic50 100 1 Review scoresPublicationScoreElectronic Gaming Monthly4 33 10 2 Famitsu29 40 3 Game Informer2 10 4 GamePro 5 GameSpot6 1 10 6 GameSpy 7 GameZone6 5 10 8 IGN4 10 9 Nintendo Power6 10 10 X Play 11 Detroit Free Press 12 The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 1 In Japan Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for a total of 29 out of 40 3 The majority of critical comments lie in the poorly designed mechanics and hackneyed ideas as well as its failure to produce creative original use of the Nintendo DS touch screen References Edit a b Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal Metacritic Retrieved June 1 2016 EGM staff May 2006 Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal Electronic Gaming Monthly No 203 p 108 a b Latest Famitsu Scores 14 12 05 Green Hill Zone December 15 2005 Retrieved June 1 2016 Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal Game Informer No 158 June 2006 p 118 Long Haired Offender March 21 2006 Review Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal GamePro Archived from the original on July 3 2006 Retrieved June 1 2016 Mueller Greg March 27 2006 Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal Review GameSpot Retrieved June 1 2016 Chapman David March 31 2006 GameSpy Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal GameSpy Retrieved June 1 2016 Hollingshead Anise April 5 2006 Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal NDS Review GameZone Archived from the original on September 28 2008 Retrieved June 1 2016 Bozon Mark March 21 2006 Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal IGN Retrieved June 1 2016 Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal Nintendo Power Vol 203 May 2006 p 91 Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal X Play May 9 2006 Archived from the original on July 3 2006 Retrieved June 1 2016 Campbell Craig May 21 2006 Tao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal Detroit Free Press Archived from the original on June 1 2006 Retrieved June 1 2016 External links EditTao s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tao 27s Adventure Curse of the Demon Seal amp oldid 1161394135, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
