Game of the Month: September 2025 - Faussete Amour

[geise]

FAUSSETE AMOUR

I know it's super late this month but still wanted to do a game of the month. Life has been kinda insane. Thought it was going to slow down. So, my apologies. Anyways this month is Faussete Amour. It is the year 1162, "Lilijian" time (instead of AD or BC, setting this in an alternate world). A dark cult called "Holy Cask" has taken hold in the Northern kingdom of Belia. Lead by a mysterious figure known only as "Goat Bone", they practice devil-worship and have been summoning terrible beasts to ravage and destroy any towns who don't submit to the cult. In one such village lived a girl named Corque, with her sister Meriya. Corque burns for revenge... then she encounters a mysterious old man who knew her father. Equiped with magical armor and armed with her father's chain sword and combat knowledge, she sets out for revenge and to rescue her sister! The gameplay is slightly similar to Bionic Commando. It takes a bit of getting used to, but once it clicks it's a pretty fun game.

[Mathius]

I need to break this out and play it again. It's been ten years probably.

[majors]

Can't wait to lose my armor...again and again!

[seieienbu]

After accidentally turning off the power the while I was halfway through the game other day, I took a second stab at the game and finished it tonight.  I think the same thing that I've always thought about Faussete Amour.  The game is almost good and that's very disappointing.  There's so many interesting things going on; it's like a cross between Ghosts n Goblins and Bionic Commando.  it's got theoretical challenge while also having fun movement options.  But in the end, the protagonist moves too slowly and neither the enemies nor the stage designs are interesting enough to warrant doing much more than just slogging forward sloooowly.  Top it off with one of my least favorite Turbo soundtracks and it's a recipe for a game that I just didn't really enjoy. 

It's certainly not a bad game.  If it was merely bad I'd just not care and move on.  My problem with Faussete Amour is that it's trying hard to be something.  It's punching above it's weight class.  I can see a bunch of potential that's just unrealized.  I definitely think it's worth at least trying out.  I don't think it's worth the asking price of a copy on ebay and, honestly, if you're not having fun by the end of the first level you've probably seen all that you need to see in the game.