The battles take place on a flat terrain. Most of the time you fight on land and other times you fight in temples or caves. Your job is to command your army to defeat the enemy army. You start out with 5 soldiers and by the end of the game you end up with 18. When a character fights an enemy, it's shown in a really cool looking cinematic sequence. Well, at least it's good for the little that Game Gear is capable of doing. The soldiers are made up of knights, wizards, warriors, and archers. Not all of them are human; there are centaurs, birdmen, and half-breeds. Each character has their strengths and weaknesses. And most of the characters are able to be promoted making them able to wield stronger weapons and have stronger attacks. Also when they are promoted, they look different and attack in different ways. It takes lots of strategy to guide your army successfully through battle without having any of them fall.

Once you get used to the game it gets quite addictive. The beginning may seem a bit boring, but it gets better after around the middle of the game. Several kick ass characters eventually join up with you. My memories of this game aren't too happy because my actual copy of it had a bad battery; it didn't hold my saved games for long. That REALLY sucked!! Yet I was persistent and played it over and over and over until one time I managed to actually make it to the last battle and experienced the ending. My overall opinion of this game is that it's GREAT. The battles are fun and full of excitement. As for the soundtrack, I think it's pretty good for what Game Gear is capable of.