Illusion City
Gameplay features a growing party led by Tianren navigating the city, talking with non-playable characters, exploring complex areas, and taking part in turn-based battles against enemies.Illusion City proved popular among Japanese players and garnered favorable reception from critics, but the Mega-CD version received mixed response and sold over 2,164 copies in its first week on the market.It features a growing party led by Tianren navigating the city, talking with non-playable characters, exploring complex areas, and taking part in turn-based battles against enemies.[4][8][11] Nakakita and Jinnai also contributed as a co-graphic artists alongside Fumihide Aoki, map designer Hitoshi Suenaga (who also worked on Fray), Kenzo Furuya, Yasuaki Kubo, and Yoichiro Kawaguchi.[1][29] Both the FM Towns and X68000 versions were distributed by Takeru physically and through Takeru-branded software vending machines, which allowed users to download games by inserting a blank floppy disk.They praised the game's stereo music, fluid graphical animations for taking advantage of the MSX Turbo R hardware, and overall quality, proclaiming that "Illusion City is big, extensive and above all very beautiful".[46] David Borrachero of Spanish gaming magazine RetroManiac called it the best RPG created by the creators of the Xak series, but criticized the abrupt character movement in the FM Towns version.[25] MeriStation's Francisco Alberto Serrano labelled the original MSX Turbo R version as "a true masterpiece", lauding its atmosphere, soundtrack, and futuristic visual work.[30] In a retrospective analysis of the PC-98 version, a writer for Dengeki Online praised the game's detailed pixel art, unique atmosphere, intertwining storyline, characters, and battle system.