Bound By Flame

I enjoyed playing this game all the way until the end. Fair difficulty (the first boss might challenge you though). BUT this is one of very few games I did not finish because - gameplay spoiler - you do not need your powdermaster skills throughout the whole game. Until the final boss. As far as I understand it, it is not possible to beat him without traps.

The gameplay loop is unsustainable. It features a mediocre combat system that is unresponsive and unintuitive, with rigid controls/mechanics that are repeated over and over again. Now, regarding the RPG progression, it is simply useless. The progression system fails to add anything to the gameplay. Quite the opposite, the game gets progressively more difficult and our character seems to get weaker. I honestly don't know how they managed to do something so unbalanced with such small skill trees. If you're reading this, you have every right to think that I'm bad at this game because I don't understand the right way to play... And you're probably right, I'm bad at this game. However, if I couldn't understand the game's mechanics, that means there's a flaw in the game design. I only don't give this game the lowest score because the story was passable and the possibility of decisions that affected the plot made the narrative quite interesting at a certain point. The big problem with this game is that it proposes a mental challenge instead of a skill challenge. It challenges how long you as a player can put up with these horrible controls/mechanics.

If it looks interesting to you, pick it up.

I have just finished this game on hard mode. The last boss is too difficult, but I had a great fun.

The game's story is entertaining enough but the gamplay feels a little slow at times/ I've abandoned and restarted it a couple of times, currently in the process of finishing it but it has started to feel like a chore.