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Sand Land review - a fitting tribute to a wonderful author

Our review of Sand Land - a fitting tribute to Akira Toriyama.

Sand Land's story was barely long enough for a film adaptation, let alone a video game, and a couple of fight scenes and a few tank battles couldn't provide enough inspiration for an in-depth combat system. You play as Beelzebub, the Prince of Demons, as he attempts to locate a water source for the barren wasteland that is Sand Land, alongside his old friend Thief and his new human compatriot Rao. The opportunity to write a follow-up to the main story clearly came with the added benefit of allowing developer ILCA a lot more freedom to design missions that aren't constricted by the original manga's plot, and it really shows.

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