Atlas Wept

I can honestly say I love this game. The game play is familiar and not to challenging and it wears its inspirations on its sleeve. The story feels intensely personal, like the devs were bursting at the seams to tell it, and I feel all the better for having experienced it.

The game's got a fun combat system with a unique and fun art style with a lot to offer.

Absolutely a joy to play. I really like it!

no game has convinced me to buy it as quickly as this one has, not even at the middle of the demo i was 100% sure i was gonna buy it and i do not regret it. this is a great game with a beautiful story, had me on the verge of tears on moments. amazing storytelling and gorgeous writing. 10/10 would recommend

If you're like me and have been thinking a lot about the failings of humanity lately. Now's the perfect time to play Atlas Wept. The story's so good I can't talk about it without dumping hundreds of words and just listing out a bunch of themes. Gameplay was admittedly a mixed bag, I have never played a real touhou game so I ate it on every new attack, but It was strangely easy even though I sucked at dodging, I eventually upped the difficulty after both parties got four members, I think my problem was that I could carry too many healing items. I admit I'm not happy with an RPG unless it kicks my face in a few times. Difficulty aside it's a cool battle system. I know you've all seen bullet dodging in a certain turn-based AltRPG before but there's a cool twist in that your hitbox shrinks every time you get hit. I'll talk about unique parts: The Stun Bar and Songs, every enemy has a stun bar, magic attacks fill it faster than physicals and when it's full said enemy can't act and takes more damage until it drains. It's cool if you're a little tired of elemental systems and just want to start blasting. Most party members of the second party know a song as part of their being, extra-diegetically it's the character's motif. Singing is an option in battle and each has an effect, costing no resources, just the action, and singing the same song in consecutive actions boosts the effects. I loved the music a lot, there was a Jazz battle track, there was one moment where the title track played over a fight that got me teary. There's just something moving to me about eight-bit notes that extend exactly long enough.

Beautiful story, fun combat, terrible soundtrack. Still enjoyed. Definite recommend if you like Undertale/Mother style games.