This isn’t your average garden-variety RPG where you have several chances to live on and fight another day. As you’ll see in FDG’s descriptive blurb, once you die in a mission, it is effectively over, or, in the company’s words, you’re “gone for good” once your hero gets killed.
The Dragon Scale costs 5,000 FP, and having said that, this will allow you to keep fighting, even if you did get killed earlier on. This will give you one extra life, and if you consider the big caveat to this game, you’ll be glad you got yourself one. You can also end up bringing more “Fame” home if you try this neat little trick.
With just one life (provided you don’t have the Dragon Scale), you can extend your life substantially by upgrading armor. But aside from armor upgrades, there are other ways that are very helpful – for one, you can keep yourself alive by looking for more meat. It will be more expensive as you go from serving to serving, which makes it less worthwhile to prioritize.
Once your character gets ganged up on, it would become difficult to get yourself going in Slayin. But while this is a difficult task, it isn’t impossible. Once this happens, you’ll be better off picking one specific side of the screen. It may result in levels taking longer to complete, but then again, this is the safest way to go. You may also want to build up some rhythm for a circular attack, as flying is the best way to deal with airborne enemies or avoiding obstacles and challenges in the game.
Those gold coins may seem mighty tempting, but you wouldn’t want to go for them if your health will be compromised. As treasure vanishes rather fast, we completely understand where you’re coming from – might as well get that booty while it’s still available! But since gold helps you stay alive in the game, it would be best to get it through treasure chests, as opposed to risking your life by going for the out-in-the-open loot.