Cosmic Fantasy 2

Cosmic Fantasy 2
Developer(s)	Nippon Telenet
Publisher(s)	Nippon Telenet Working Designs
Platform(s)	Turbo CD
Release date(s)	JP April 5, 1991 NA 1992[1]
Genre(s)	Role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single-player

Cosmic Fantasy 2 is a role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Telenet in Japan, and published by Working Designs in North America for the Turbo CD video game console.

The game is noted for having a great deal of adult content which passed uncensored into the North America release, including a full screen illustration of one of the main characters showering (with only her vaginal region and nipples obscured) and a fantasized scene of the same character engaging in sexual bondage with one of her captors. Since the game was released in North America before the foundation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, it could be purchased for players of all ages with neither the retailer nor the buyer having any idea that the game contained adult content.

Gameplay

The gameplay is dungeon crawling typical of its era, with an overhead viewpoint and turn-based battles. The one distinguishing feature is in the predictability of the battles: All of the enemies, even the bosses, are unable to use spells, items, or special moves of any sort, and are restricted to performing a normal attack each turn. Furthermore, neither enemies nor player characters can miss with attacks, and there are no critical hits aside from certain weapons which unleash spell attacks on random turns. This leaves the enemies' choice of target for each of their attacks as the one element of uncertainty in battles.

Reception

Cosmic Fantasy 2 was awarded Best Role-playing game of 1992 by Electronic Gaming Monthly.^[2]

References

1. ^ Game release data, GameFAQs.
2. ^ Electronic Gaming Monthly's Buyer's Guide. 1993.