Angel Made

So now after finishing the game I can write my thoughts about it: It is an OK game without anything special. And it is like playing with an old friend....because well some maps are standard RPGMaker ones, the dev even uses the same city in another game. What's more...you must love grinding!!! And...well the dev doesn't believe in good inventories...your main one if packed with every item..potions and alchemy...very confusing. Have I said that you must love grinding? Because halveway through the game you must play with a complete new set of characters (and grind them of course). Can I recommend this game? I would never have bought it at full price!!!

The fourth game by Wolfs Moon Studios, and probably the best one yet. This game has same fast, fun turn-based combat from previous games, with some new additions. Spells are still there but now each character has rituals, which are similar to spells but instead of using mana they have individual cooldown times. They’re pretty fun but they almost render spells obsolete; other than the mass cure spell I barely used any spells/mana. This game goes back to the multiple party format where you have two separate groups that eventually get together for the end game. It worked a little better this time since there weren’t as many total characters to manage. One big improvement was the loot system. It was basically the same but gear comes in different font colors, indicating relevant power tiers. I was pretty excited the first time I found a yellow item! There was actually almost too much loot, it was a little overwhelming getting SO MUCH loot to manage. The crafting is back like in previous games but with so much loot dropping you don’t really need to worry about it too much. You could probably ignore it completely this time with no issues. I took my time with it (for me) and ended up with about 20 hours of game time, all on Steam Deck. I did have a lot of freezing issues while playing. Eventually I noticed when the game was slowing down and quit then restarted, that seemed to help. Still loving these games, but I know the next one is not exactly his most popular. I’m still super interested In trying it though!

So far very enjoyable. Will add more once i progress further ! So after finishing the game, i must say im very impressed with how much there was to do, but at the same time, the amount of "empty" areas in the world felt a bit discouraging to try and explore. Many island have nothing on it , nor does it have encounters. All the npc's say very generic things,there are so many areas that i felt like could of had way more done to it, a Lot of interesting looking characters that look like they should have a side story / questline, yet they have 0 input to the game, a lot of potential to make this game absolutely amazing, but as it is , its def worth at least trying. I got about 40+ hours of actual gameplay towards the end, will say i was a bit disappointed in how it ended, felt kinda abrupt and once i beat the last boss i was kinda expecting a little more then walk to a portal and games over, also noticed a lot of improtant text * text that explains ur next goal or whatnot" after u read it once is gone forever, you go back to talk to the person and normally its just a generic " u can do it " or vagulely say a few words relative to your quest but with 0 direction of what to do after reading it the first time, this is extremely annoying with my memory being super bad and there being no quest list either.

I really wanted to like this game after purchasing another game from Shane but there were several issues with the game play: 1) The game keeps freezing up and I have to close the window and restart from the last save point. 2) Enemies are very tanky and take a while to grind down and if you put too much into strength, they can kill you too quickly for you to heal and stay alive. This has lead me to spend approximately half the time playing just trying to grind more levels in a very slow fight. 3) A lot of the ritual/magic spells have a long animation which makes the already tanky fighting take even longer. 4) was not as open world as it looked, at least not to the point I stopped playing out of being frustrated that I couldn't run from most fights even after maxing speed. Pros: Pretty interesting story Very interesting concept on ritual skills with cooldowns vs magic and MP. I can see why all of the feedback for this game was so positive but it's just not what I'm up for. -----------------------Edit/Update------------------------ Ok, just wanted to be fair, I do recommend this game to quite a few of my friends that enjoy it...so I don't think its a bad game and definitely not poorly made, just not a 100% fit for me. I did decide to delete my original review since even after updating it to recommend the game, it still showed as a negative review for me. The biggest upside is that the developer actually cares about the game and about the players. That's even more important then a good game since the game can always be updated.

Fun game for rpg players. Many hours of gameplay that does not get boring or grindy. The crafting here has the most powerful armors and weapons. I ended up with way more money than I needed. Good for those who need to buy elixers near the end, but I did not need them, plus you can craft those.

As you might be able to tell from my playtime: I played this game a LOT more than the advertised amount of playtime hours. (Partly because I suck and had to grind a lot to do the last bosses, but once I did, it was WORTH IT.) This game is full of fun characters, hilarious dialogue (there's something about dignified Final Fantasy-esque-looking characters...casually SWEARING THEIR HEADS OFF at each other from to time to time XD), good plot twists, really pretty castles and landscapes, and best of all, not all the gameplay is just walking around and fighting. You can also craft, gather/farm, and fish! The levelling system is unusually complex and interesting, since you can invest into active skills, passive buff skills, and also sometimes you get a new special battle skill, which can be used for only that character and doesn't require any mana--but those have cooldowns. Did I use them ALL THE TIME anyway? Of course I did! All said, "Angel Made" is a solid oldschool JRPG style game, and take that from someone who still has her 1990 copy of the original "Final Fantasy" including the instruction booklet and map. :)