Well, apparantly I wasn’t as close to being finished as I had thought. The last three levels of this one are some of the most inventive and challenging levels I’ve ever played. I think my calling it a “strategy game” was a bit deceiving as it’s more of a puzzle game - i.e. there’s really only one way to beat each level.

One thing that elevates this puzzle game over others are it’s action gaming elements. You have to dodge and kill various baddies from skeletons to knights to aliens. I had to defeat this guy (called “Tomator”) about 7 times in various ways with various characters. At the end of this particular battle after doing several tricky moves to unlock the platform at the bottom, I had to ride a geyser, grab on to the jewel with my bionic arm, swing over Tomator and drop a bomb on him at the precise moment that he was hovering over the electric barrier. It took about 5 tries and each time I needed a new bomb, I had to hit Tomator once with my arm to stun him and once with my lightsaber to get him to drop one. One of many unique and complex big boss fights.

But at last, I was victorious! I wish I understood what the ending meant, but oh well. I highly recommend Lost Vikings 2 to anyone who wants to game outside the FPS genre. The level design is amazing.