The game opens as an army of intruders invade a small village in search of a game named Riana. Her childhood pal Hein isn’t too happy about this, and after enlisting the help of his friend Elwin, the son of Redin from the first game, to protect her from evil. But what does this army want to do with this girl? How does this tie in with the empire of Rayguard and their quest for the holy sword? And who is that sinister looking doppelganger of Riana? The cast of Langrisser II is quite a bit larger than before, and features a few faces from the original.

Der Langrisser was remade from Langrisser II on Super Famicom (SNES) by Masaya. In addition to the enhanced graphics, the balance was greatly altered so that less characters were on the field at the same time, eliminating much of the clutter. Your characters initial statistics are also determined by answering a series of questions, much like Ogre Battle, - this has since become standard for the series. And while the plot is pretty similar, the maps are entirely different.

However, the biggest addition to Der Langrisser is the ability to choose several paths to the end of the game, allying with different factions or electing to fight against them all. Each results in a different ending, and the number of possible scenarios are huge. The difference is substantial - there are around twenty five or so scenarios in the original Langrisser 2, while the four different paths in Der Langrisser add up to over seventy five. Sometimes they’re just small variations, but it leads to incredible amount of replay value, with different characters and ending.