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Posted on: June 8, 2021

Ozpium

Games: 11 Reviews: 2

This game is just what I was looking for

I am a big fan of Jrpgs, but the stereotypical characters and writing usually makes me feel like I am watching a sub-par anime. I was hesitant to play this game at first, being a JRPG looking game with English voice actors. As I am one of those snobs that likes to play jrpgs in Japanese. I am so sorry I waited so long to get this game just because of that. This game threw me for a loop, as I was just cringing at the mentioning of someone wielding a giant double bladed sword - but then I realized, holy crap, this is funny. This game is about making fun of the genre, and it does so while at the same time captivating you with a story that hooks you in from the very start. I won't spoil anything here. I want to say I should have bought this game years ago, but I am happy to buy it now that it is DRM free here on GOG. Tired of DRM making my two thousand dollar computer chug like thomas the train.

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Posted on: June 9, 2021

Yeshu

Verified owner

Games: 1347 Reviews: 33

Pleasent Surprise.

I'll admit I bought the game knowing little to nothing about it (Learned about it the day before) and bought it mostly as a sign of support for the developers. I was pleasantly surprised when I got a fun game out of it. The game is semi open world with turn based battles that use a hex system ala Wild Arms 4 (move between hexes to get close to an enemy and attack them, cornering enemies by cutting of escape paths, using special attacks to interrupt the enemies turn etc). At first the system looks stupid simple but eventually you will start making up some crazy, one turn kill strategies (necessary on higher difficulties). The setting is rather unique and if I had to compare it to something it would be the old Phantasy Star games. Sword and Sorcery mixed with hard sci fi. Clerics casting fireballs at heavy mechs with rocket launchers are a common occurrence here. What I found funny is how self aware the story is. The characters tend to poke fun at classic JRPG tropes only to have brutal reality punch you in the gut. It never goes full grim dark though. If I had to criticize something it would be the clear lack of polish at places. The game was clearly made on a budget which is very visible in the character animations and some model designs. Some HUD elements look like place holders sometimes. It's nothing game braking but if you are one of those people paying attention to such things it might hit you on the eyes.

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Posted on: July 1, 2021

Blazemercurio

Verified owner

Games: 179 Reviews: 9

3.5 stars

First of all, it's a decent game, generally worth buying. It has problems, mostly stemming from inexperienced direction, such as a bland prologue environment, confused item categorization and enemy design, and a few other things that an experienced dev would know how to fix. (Camera control is unpolished as well) But! what keeps me playing is the characters, and their dialogue. Whoever made them, and wrote their lines, knew what they were about. The core cast basically carries the game.

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Posted on: August 18, 2022

imranf1

Games: 73 Reviews: 22

Looks great but lacks substance

For a studio of apparently only 9 people, the visuals are good - like what you'd expect of the elusive middle AA-tier between indie and triple-A. Unfortunately that's pretty much it. I'll give the lackluster story and questionable writing a pass - they're serviceable, hold your nose and get through. The characters are okay though I would've liked to see more lore. The problem is the gameplay loop. For a strategy RPG, you run around with just 2 characters for a large part of the game. This throws positioning out the window as enemies will almost always outnumber you. The main meta is the elemental rock-paper-scissors. Element A attacks hit hard against defenses of type element B, weak against element C, neutral towards the rest. DoT effects are useless; they only target one enemy and since you can nuke most enemies in 3-4 hits anyway there's no point wasting time trying to inflict DoTs. Same if it happens to you, don't bother curing, just kill the enemy and end combat. The interface is sorely lacking in many QoL features. Item sorting seems random, crafting recipes don't show how many of an item you already have (nor how many of each ingredient), same goes for buying in shops. WHY. It feels infuriatingly underdeveloped. Gear crafting recipes are dribbled to you at the same linear pace as the game, they might as well throw the tree out. You will never get recipe B before recipe A, so why put them on a tree? Each weapon has its own slot tree so you could optimize elementals for an area, but you can usually slot enough for most elements so this is rarely an issue. I spent over 30 hours, this isn't merely a bad first impression. The game may look decent but it needs a TON of work under the hood. For $30 this is a travesty. This is more of a tech demo or a beta - yet they have the audacity to sequel bait...

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Posted on: October 28, 2023

MarkoH01

Verified owner

Games: 1421 Reviews: 64

Warning. Don't buy. Game is outdated.

Please don't support these scam devs by buying this game. The game is missing two updates since about 2 years and neither dev nor publisher is replying to mails or messages on discord, facebook or twitter. The last update improved the introduction section of the game and added additional features ... but not on GOG. I really hope that these devs will go out of business soon since such practices should never survive. Please don't support them. They have already anounced a sequel to this one (since the game does not have a final end) ... they don't have any shame. GOG is doing absolutely nothing to change this. I asked several times and created countless tickets. PLEASE DON'T BUY.

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