Kitaria Fables - Digital Deluxe Edition

Kitaria Fables is an RPG with extremely sympathetic and vibrant harvest elements, from the same creators of the highly praised and excellent "Cat Quest" and "Cat Quest 2", both available here on GOG. The aesthetics and gameplay are very reminiscent of MMOs of the genre, especially those from the 2000s. That's a positive point. It pleases me. The world, although not so big, has its sympathy and is nice to be explored. The game has a clock that computes the 24 hours a day. This is important as services close at night and only reopen in the morning; monsters also have this cycle, some can only be found at night or day. At this point, what I didn't like is that the 24-hour clock is = 24 minutes. That is: 1 minute = 1 hour. This can be annoying because sometimes you need to be in a place at night, but until you get there it becomes day, or while you're there it's dawn and you need to wait another 16 minutes to be able to defeat certain monsters. The harvest also depends on the cycle to grow. From a battle standpoint, it's very accessible and quiet. The combats work well, however, the same cannot be said for the equipment, as the game is very linear in this sense. The variety of equipment is very low, basically it's a linear line of upgrades for the same equipment, except for some that you can drop from bosses. However, the biggest problem is the grind system. If you don't like grind, skip this game. Whether collecting or dropping items from monsters, the repetitions are very intense, whether to upgrade your equipment and buy items, or to complete quests. It's far from being a game that has any kind of complex mechanics, and this can be frustrating if you like managing attributes or the like. The lack of a level system is also something that bothers me. In the end, Kitaria Fables is a simple, fun but repetitive game. It's far from bad, and it has great potential. I would rate it with 3 stars, but I will rely on future updates.