I like the cartoonesque graphics and humorous dialogs (although many cliché's). This review focuses on some issues, even though in general I enjoyed the game. It is good that the combat is turn-based (party of 8!). The downside of such a large party is that every combat also has a similar number of opponents, so they take time, with combats lasting usually between 4 and 12 rounds, and in each round you choose an action 8 times, and see an action performed 16 times. (There is a setting to increase combat speed.) The game is challenging at first. Even on normal diff. it is hard work, until you find the best skills/stats. In some cases the humor can get annoying; some remarks you can turn off, but e.g.every time you open the map one of the characters makes a remark (1 per char); some irritating. Stability had a few issues. Regularly I had the game freeze on me several seconds (while not loading). It always resumed though. The game crashes reproducibly if you start it without GOG galaxy active. OK, but it should give an error message instead of just dumping you back to the desktop. And I also had regular crashes when using the elevator between floors, esp. when I tried to go to the tavern floor. Duration is pretty short; might take about 40 hours (1st time). It is only 1 dungeon with about 14 levels. It is suitable for casual players, since it is easy to learn and has few extra complexities. Replayability is low: there is nothing random in encounters, treasures, etc. Of the party 7 members are fixed, and for the 8th you have 3 choices. With leveling up you can assign points to the different stats, and choose 1 new active and 1 new passive skill. You can vary a bit with that, but in the end you can choose most skills, and some are obviously inferior. Most of the time you are following the predefined path of the main quest, with only occasional side quests available.
Let me say that the type of this game is not one I really prefer in an RPG, so that will colour my review. In the end I did have a fair bit of enjoyment from it, but I got tired of it during my second playthrough, while e.g. Divinity O.S. 2 I played 7 times through. Then again it is a lot cheaper than a full F-RPG, so that compensates. pros: - stable (as long as you don't have the 64-bit version of Nikon ViewNX2 installed) - balanced choices for characters and equipment - pretty good story, although with some gaps - equipment variation and customisation - good variation between levels cons: - no relevant story choices - very linear maps - no free exploration - non-rotating isometric view - no 'highlight interactibles' option - combat is more about not making mistakes than e.g. brilliant combo's
