Divided Reigns

I had a great time playing this game. Did everything besides play on hard mode and very hard mode. Was able to do a smooth run even finished Choicemakers's Tomb and beyond til the point where I was not able to complete Choicemaker's Bastion since its 2025 and the script said it will be out sometime after 2022...Even with all that said..what an incredible game I enjoyed. I hope more can come from this game in the future.

Ein Spiel mit einer schönen durchlaufenden Story; für Fans der RPG-Maker von damals echt zu empfehlen. An die ungewöhnlichen Kampfmechanismen wie die verschiedenen Arten der Waffenschaden muss man sich erst genügend eingewöhnen; jedoch sind diese im späteren Zeitraum mit mehr und mehr Arten gut zu meistern. Die Charaktere sind (bis jetzt) auch sehr liebevoll und lebend beschrieben und handeln nicht wie Puppen, sondern wie Personen mit eigenen Hintergründen und Angewohnheiten. Freue mich auf die nächsten Stunden!

While I like the premise of redemption rather than your usual heroes, several major issues prevents me from recommending this. I have played roughly 11 hours and in that time, there has been at least 3 major plot twists. That is not good writing. Plot twists works when used sparingly and at the right moment. Also, there has already been 3 separate segments where you are forced to play without certain characters. Wildly subjective but I hate when games do this. What's worse though is the combat. You can see a timeline for each round but you give orders for all your characters at the beginning of the round. According to the developer, this leans more towards strategy which might be case if the game did not cheat. Here is how. You start a round with a character KOed so you have someone else either raise or use a potion to wake him up only to have an enemy instantly attack him. This should not be possible if the enemies followed the same rules as you because they would not have selected a KOed party member in favor of one the remaining threats which means the enemies decide their move on the given enemy's turn. That's a terrible way to handle combat. Everyone should play by the same rules but it is clear that the enemies play by different, more favorable, rules than the player. Also, there are way too many status effects which will often result in one of your characters being instantly KOed from 100% hp or rendered helpless and wasting their turn. It is often the only thing making enemies a threat. The game has an aggro system but what is the point when your 'tank' can get one shotted by a random encounter enemy? There is also a heavy political slant on the setting and story, which would be fine if written properly. This however, feels more like it was written by a teenager who spends his time on Reddit. I will refrain from going into specifics to avoid spoilers but it is there and it is obnoxious

After finishing "Rise of the third Power" I was very much hoping for a similar game that could compete but unfortunately Divided Reigns cannot hold up in any aspect, I think, except maybe with regard to its lenghts. The battle system is said to be especially strategic but I experience it rather as artificially complicated and I find that its UI is not designd well.

Excellent game for any old school Final Fantasy fan.

I have to say that the games is actually better than expected. I have to praise the combat and the enemy design as they're quite varied and demanded you as a player to fully maximize the capability of your party to properly counter them. I played at hard difficulty and I have to say that you definitely need to properly equip and setup your characters in order not to outright lose the combat. Even ordinary enemy might proves to be difficult if not countered properly. The story is just there and I feel like the developer might want to develop more of it but had to cut it somewhere due to time constraint. Nonetheless, the game is definitely great for players interested in the gameplay.