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Tecmo's Deception

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I found Tecmo's Deception in a sale rack two years ago. Seemed interesting... and the price was right. I didn't realize at the time what I had gotten myself into.

The game's concept is totally unique: You are guardian of the castle of the damned, and you are constantly invaded upon. What do you do? Trap the invaders, suck their souls dry and give them over to your dark master.

The gameplay is fun, and there are a myriad of traps at your disposal. There are only a few flaws that may have fatally killed the success of this game.

First, the load times are horrendous. That is to be expected of a four year old game, though. Second, the graphics really aren't that impressive. The one that really hurts, however is the nine blocks of memory card space required to save the game.

Overlooking those flaws (which were all fixed or at least improved upon in the sequel), this is no doubt one of the finest examples of strategy/action gaming I have ever seen.

... But not for children. It is suprising that the game ever was -released- in the US, with the climate of the time being a much more restrictive and censored one. This was the era which mandated Resident Evil's introduction be chopped because the demonic dog puppets were too silly or scary.

Deception is the tale of you, the rightful prince of Zemkia, betrayed by your brother Yurias and the palace magician for the murder of your father. About to be hanged, you are spared by the dark powers of Astarte, a demoness. In addition to your life and an opportunity to seek revenge on the world, she grants you the power to set devious traps and such inside the Castle of the Damned. But what does she ask in return? Why, the enchanted items which, when gathered, can break the seal on the Devil himself and free him from his prison. What will you do?

Thankfully if you don't -want- to be freeing him, you don't have to. By virtue of the game's multiple endings, you're allowed to do what you believe is 'right'. Albeit containing dated graphics, a massive amount of space required to save (almost an entire card) and loading times comperable to a presidential term, it's a really good game. It does allow you a few choices in regard to storyline, but its real gem is trap upgrading, a castle building system and the ability to create various creatures to serve you. If only it had more plot flexibility... I would've had no qualms donating some of my funds gotten off of squashing merchants to fund a family's operation to save their ailing daughter, but no, I have to kill them -too-. Such is the price of undynamic scripting.

This is one of the best that I"ve every played. You're the head of the haunted-household, setting trapps and making monsters to take out your enemies. An unknown classic!

Tecmo's Deception is a game where you're trying to ressurect the Devil by stealing the lives and souls of anyone who wanders into your trap-laden house. No game to my knowledge before or since has attempted what is done here. You build rooms onto your house, lay down traps, harvest souls or burn them for magic, and smite friends and enemies alike. Buy stuff from the wandering merchants, then transform their bodies into monsters.

This game is unique in many ways besides the basic premise. Playing like an old-style RPG, you have to decide how to dispatch your enemies in ways to build mana, power, monsters, etc. Build up your stats, change the shape of your house, place your own traps, and generally create a nightmare for any adventurers who might happen to wander in.

If you haven't guessed, the game is a little bit unbalanced. You spend a lot of time waiting for someone to stumble into a wall fist or other trap, without a whole lot of ways to lose. Building more additions onto your house of horrors gives you a little more time to dispatch your foes, but they can mostly be destroyed in the front room. The look and feel of the game is similarly very simple, utilizing flat, rectangluar, wolfenstein-like layouts for every room.

But for it's faults, this is still one of the most unique games released for the playstation. It is highly recommended to anyone interested in unique gaming experiences.

I've never been a religious kind of guy, so I have no problem playing Tecmo's Deception. Basically you get to be the bad gut...not THE Prince of Badness, because he's your boss and he tells you who to do, and how to do them in. Satan even give you lessons on how to take their body parts and piece them into new creatures to send out and kill more would-be heroes of 'THE GOOD SIDE'! Yeh, I don't think the people's prayers are gonna save them in this game. Me an' Satan are an unstoppable team! Thank's Sony!

Tecmo's Deception: Playstion 1996

Hey Little Nemo, F' You.
Tecmo's mutha f'in Deception comes to mind when you want the very opposite of cute and cuddly.

"As a innocent man wrongly executed. the blade of the guillotine embraces the hairs on the back of your neck. a strange voice awakes you.
Behold: the castle of the damned..
Upon your dying lips, you beg your hopeless plea to an almighty power in order to spare your life... As the Angel of Death descends upon you, a power, an evil power, snatches your life by the clutches of its own demonic hand... You have been saved... But at what price?"

The price is hours of being morally pulled from right and wrong. you are now the manifested persona of Satan in which the dark power has you defend his unholy pimp castle and collect souls in order to resurrect him.

How do you collect souls you ask? muhahaha easy answer pig tails you murder the intruders that enter your pimp castle. Some looking for a cure, some looking to end you. You decide you lives and who dies by setting up traps everywhere in your place of internal jams. Collect their bodies after squeezing the holy juice to hem together a were wolf of your own to rip the flesh off anyone who questions "who's the master?" as if impaling a traveling merchant with 8 ft wall spikes wasn't enough.

Crank some Vital Remains, slug your Mt. Dew and destroy all those who doesn't qualify to live

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I liked this game alot and I am trying to find it again. You start out being betrayed by your brother and are being burned at the stake. While on the stake you cry out for help by anyone, anything!! The point of this game is to avenge your own death... as a spirit. You set traps in a castle (in which you can add on rooms and chambers) to get peoples souls where you trade them in for money or use them to create monsters and stuff. I loved this game it was dark, scary and fun!!

As always you have provided impeccable service. Next time I will look to see if you have it first. Keep up the good work.