To go against the flow of experienced players, as someone who had never heard of the game until it came up on GOG, I just spent the past seven hours straight playing it and it's Brilliant! The animation is beautiful, on attacking and being attacked, the game has a really unique style, more from just the subject matter and cultural inspirations than anything artsy or weird, and it looks really great. The battle mechanics are simple but with the maps and characters brining in little spins on it so you don't get bored and always have something new to think about, as the tactic that worked on the last battles won't at all this time, but without every becoming stressful or confusing. The story is really cool and seems to calling up both every rebel story ever as well as current events, and through the dialogue you get these tiny glimpses into this interesting world and its history. And so far the characters have all been likeable and without falling too much into their tropes. Also I'm running it on a computer that does not quite meet minimum requirements and without running into any noticeable problems, so it seems like its a good game for slow computers. Anyway, am totally loving it and would completely recommend.
Basically, its Princess Maker, only shorter, with some improvements and more obscuration. Theres a good pick-your-adventure politics plot and the world its set in is interesting and has some unique ideas going for it. It's fun but probably not very replayable after the second go.
By far out of all RPG games TOEE has the best battle mechanics. Clear and easy turned based and the game looks pretty good too. But its a straight adaptation of one of the classic, but not so long campaigns so it doesnt take long to get the end of it. Just keep in mind that the mods put out by the Circle of Eight group are required for stable play.
Great game, controls and most of the quests are pretty standard but the setting stays with. Animal Kingdoms on the ruins of humanity. Few good twists in the story as well. The biggest problem with the old one was an inability to complete the game if you lost the manual as it tests you to quote the manual at one point, but with everything being digital that shouldnt be a problem any more.
