Artifact Adventure

8bitのFFライクなRPG。 昔をなつかしむおっさんが楽しむゲームであって、今のゲームになれた人にはとうていおすすめできるUIではない。 自分もおっさんですが、楽しさとイライラが半々くらい。 クラスチェンジがないのに、使えないクラスがあるのはいかがなものでしょうか。

crops like ♥♥♥♥ into a small pathetic window were you cant see ♥♥♥♥. i was wondering around and figuring ♥♥♥♥ out when i died which happens so whatever, but right when i started too feel invested and a little exited, it was night and the guards wouldn't let me out side. i couldn't figure out how to make it morning again...... so in conclusion, sense there are only an infinite amount of games ;like these i will say this was not worth my time. too bad.

The main problem with this game is that it is very front loaded. It feels like there is half a game a game here with a good portion of the map lacking points of interest. At the time this game was released there was a lack of official NES style turn based rpg games so it filled a niche. Now though with the NES era Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy games available to play on steam there just isn't much of a reason to play this game. It's a shame really because the bones of a innovative take on the classic rpg experience are here I just think it falls a bit short in the end game. I did like the game enough to check to see if it had been updated since the last time I had played and it doesn't appear that it has so I'm going to give Artifact Adventure a thumbs down. There are better games in this genre on steam to try. Particularly now.

fun 2d JRPG. Lot of choice, quite open world, classic graphic. The game is very chaotic specially at the beginning but is a nice experience overall. It's made to be played without a guide and dealing with the decision you make. Classes could be better balanced.

I love JRPGs and I'm a fan of Final Fantasies 1-6. But Artifact Adventure just didn't work for me. It was difficult to get into, the classes didn't seem exciting or different, and the overall experience made me just want to play Final Fantasy 1 instead. Maybe I'd get more out of it if I played it multiple times, and it seems to do several things well such as decision making, difficulty, and the option to sell off a starting character. But it just isn't for me.

A Decent, slightly unhinged RPG adventure with fairly basic RPG combat, I like the open world design of the game, its a world that is just fun to explore. Something great as well are all the choices, starting with your party make up for the rest of the game as well as whatever boon you pick at the beginning of the adventure and afterwards just about every quest in the game has multiple resolutions, some of which do have some scales gray to them which I like also. On the opposite side the game is somewhat player hostile and doesn't really like to explain things, most notably the artifacts which you collect through the journey, they are what grant you all your special abilities and spells, the character you have at the front is the one who always picks the artifact up and gains its abilities which can easily lead to you wasting a spell artifact on a character with no MP to use them, many of the artifacts don't really do a good job explaining what they do until you do decide to commit, so you might want to have a guide handy for that. And while the open nature of the game is cool, it does also lead to you very easily wandering into something which you have no way of surviving. The dungeons do also unfortunately kinda devolve into just winding mazes especially towards the end. Slight ending spoilers: [spoiler]The true ending requirements are also overtly cryptic in my opinion and doesn't really lead to a satisfying conclusion either.[/spoiler] You could do a whole lot worse than playing this, there are things to enjoy for sure, but I think with just a little bit more effort and thought put into it, it could have been even better.

I got it for 99 cents, about all its worth. It captures the look and feel of a classic famicom jrpg, and if that's all you want, the game is passable. But its not a good time. I get its an indie rpg maker game, but its so boring. There is no main story at all unless you pick the correct starting gift, which the game doesn't explain btw. Not explaining is actually a feature, since not one quest gives you any clue as to its ending, and most every quest has 3+ endings. Not like you'll see any evidence of that until the ending slideshow. It plays like DQ 1 where levels dictate everything, no combat strategies are effective beyond mashing attack. Don't even need to do that, as the auto battler is usually sufficient. Which is fun, yeah? To buy a game to NOT play it. Whats funny, is the AI always auto uses your "ultima" once learned. So, if you liked the autobattler, once you learn any big mana spells it'll just waste all your mana on anything willy-nilly. It also won't re-equip ammo. Magic is bizarrely locked to whatever character talks to the magic giver, and can get equipped to party members who can't use magic too for some dumb reason. The game does have multiple endings, bad, neutral, and true, however has virtually zero clues on how to actually achieve them. Get it for 99 cents like I did, play around for an hour, and see if its worth your time.

Es ist ein klassisches RPG im Stile älterer RPG-Maker-Spiele. Einerseits ist es sehr interessant gestaltet: Es hat eine gute Story, die nicht schwarz-weiß gehalten ist, sondern durchaus schwierige Entscheidungen abverlangt. Kampfsystem, Inventarmanagement und die Auswahl von vier Helden aus einer Reihe von Heldenklassen machen das Spiel sehr gut und erhöhen erheblich den Wiederspielwert. Auch dass gegnerische Mobs mit jedem neuen Gebiet stärker werden, kann ein gutes Element solcher Spiele sein. Jedoch gab es zwei Dinge, die mich daran gehindert haben, es bis zum Ende durchzuspielen. Erstens habe ich so gut wie keine Arznei gefunden, mit der ich mich nach schwierigen Kämpfen heilen konnte, um dann rasch noch bis ins nächste Dorf zu gelangen. Das einzige Heilmittel hat auf höheren Levels praktisch keinen Nutzen mehr, zumal die Inventarkapazität limitiert ist. (Jeder Charakter hat maximal 10 Itemslots. Auch angelegte Ausrüstungsgegenstände belegen den Platz.) Meine Magierin kann zwar Heilzauber, verbraucht dafür aber sehr viel Mana, für das es keine andere Möglichkeit zur Regeneration gibt, als in einem Dorf zu übernachten. Und die Zauber wirken auch nicht viel mehr als die Arznei im Inventar... Ich fand das frustrierend. Möglicherweise habe ich da irgendwas übersehen? Ich meine, ich hätte mich überall gründlich umgesehen... Der andere frustrierende Punkt, wegen dem ich das Spiel vorzeitig beendet habe, ist das Grinding, das am Ende (meines Durchlaufs) nichts gebracht hat. Ich hab wegen Arzneimangels meine Helden mit Grinden hochgelevelt, damit sie in Kämpfen mehr aushalten. Und dann musste man am Ende durch die Sümpfe, um zum bösen Sumpfkönig zu kommen, also zum Finale. Und jeder Schritt durch den Sumpf zieht den Helden Lebenspunkte ab. Keine Chance, mich zu heilen. Keine Chance, mit mehr als einem Lebenspunkt pro Held am Ziel anzukommen. Keine andere Chance, voranzukommen, als aus allen Zufallskämpfen zu fliehen, damit die Helden, die nur noch 1 Lebenspunkt haben, nicht sterben. Habe ich hier vielleicht einen supergeheimen Weg/Tunnel/irgendwas übersehen oder fehlt mir ein spezielles Item, um ohne Schaden durch den Sumpf zu kommen. In den Guides habe ich jedenfalls nichts dazu gefunden... (Hab sie aber auch nicht alle von vorn bis hinten durchgelesen, um Spoiler der Story und besonders des Endes zu vermeiden.) Eigentlich mag ich RPG-Maker-Spiele... Aber das hier fand ich frustrierend... Warum empfehle ich es? Weil ich glaube, dass ich selbst irgendwo was verpasst bzw. verpatzt habe... Das Spiel selbst ist ziemlich gut.