
In this turn-based RPG, wield powerful legendary instruments, gather mighty riff attacks and save the land from Rick Riffson's devilish goons and musical hybrid monsters!
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Play as Rob, a friendly musician trying to restore harmony in an off-tuned world where wacky villains are corrupting music.
Rick Riffson, boss of the evil Super Metal Records company, is using the Battle of the Bands contest to extend his hold on every last note, chord, and song by trapping the best musicians with deceptive soul-binding contracts.
Embark on an adventure with Rob and his zany rock-loving friend to end SMR's plans. Stay alert during your journey: Riffson’s devilish goons, monster-instrument hybrids, and legendary musical animals will try to get in your way!
Explore this musical land to add sick riffs to your deck, and wield your mighty guitar to unleash powerful crescendo attacks in epic music battles!
Carefully composed by Ritual Studios, Fretless is a pixel-art adventure set in Rob Scallon and his friends' diverse musical rock world.
- Explore a musical world: discover whimsical biomes where flowers jingle, rocks really rock and beach waves have their own melody. Watch out for the percushrooms: they'll beat you up.
- Engage in rhythmic turn-based combat: orchestrate melodies of mighty musical riffs to bit crush your foes. Time attacks and blocks to the beat of the soundtrack, build your Crescendo, and unleash powerful rhythm-based special attacks!
- Fine-tune your strategy: Collect mighty riffs, add them to your deck, and compose the perfect bars to create unbeatable solos. Follow the beat of your own drum, whether it is high damage build, devastating musical effects, life-stealing combos, or even random chaos!
- Spice up your musical abilities with physical add-ons: Are you a metal-rock shredder or an indie-folk lover? Choose the best instrument and add bridges, strings, and more to match your own play styles.
- Band together for a wholesome ballad: embark on a story full of musical puns, zany characters, and Rob Scallon's coterie of music-loving friends
- Enjoy a hand-crafted Pixel Art symphony: progress through a visually enchanting world filled with gorgeous punchy animations and alluring scenery.
- Music is for everyone: from "simple" music enthusiasts to guitar gods, everyone can hit the right note at the right time! Whether you are already a fan of Rob or just looking for a fun lighthearted adventure, this game is made for you.
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História - 7/10 Gráficos - 8/10 Jogabilidade - 10/10 Som - 9/10 Nota Final - 8.5/10
Jeu vraiment sympa, esthétique charmante, gameplay intéressant on a 4 armes mais elles sont toutes varier dans leur style de jeu et on te laisse la liberté de faire ce que tu veux, plutôt court une dizaine d'heures pour le 100% mais l'attention au détail notamment dans les combat ou tes attaques et celles des ennemis transitionne dans la musique sans aucun problème est super
Very chill, JRPG in Mario RPG style, especially fun for music enthusiasts.
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Languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian
Hours played at review time, across 84 reviews with recorded playtime.
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На самом деле очень прикольная ритм-рпг. Собираете колоду из карт с разными эффектами, в бою карточки вытягиваются, для одного хода можно выбрать 3 на выбор, у каждой карточки своя прикольная анимация, свой музыкальный запил, ну и тайминг прожатия. Да тут, нужно вовремя прожимать кнопки во время своих действий, и во время действий врагов, чтобы блокировать больше урона или усиливать атаки. На этом вся боевая система и строится, есть 4 различных музыкальных инструмента, у каждого свои карточки, и каждый играется по своему. Одна пушка просто урон и оборона, другая работает с дебафами и баффами, третья накапливает особые стаки и с ними нужно играться по ходу боя, а последняя работает от здоровья. Играть можно вполне спокойно чем тебе нравится, все можно усиливать и улучшать и тд. Я удивлен, как эта игра умудряется быть очень камерной и с виду небольшой, но в то же время иметь такую уйму вполне лаконичных механик, это я вам ещё не рассказал про местные ультимейты, где вам нужно играть в гитар хиро, про простенькие пазлы, про кучу врагов с прикольными анимациями и тд. Ну и тематика игры это музыка, в основном это рок, но хватает и инди, фолка и в целом прикольно намешали. Деретесь вы тут в виде музыкальных батлов, враги это либо другие музыканты, либо всякие существа, сделанные под музыкальные инструменты. Круто, прикольно, очень приятно звучит и выглядит. А учитывая, что игра на самом деле довольно короткая, в среднем за 8-10 часов проходится и стоит копейки, могу вполне советовать к покупку, на каком-нибудь стим деке залипнуть самое то.
Real hidden gem with incredible soundtrack, actually interesting turn-based mechanics and a lot of musical easter eggs. Highly recommend.
This ish rules
A really solid and fun pixel art game with a lot of goodies for fans of Rob Scallon's youtube channel. While there are some limited bugs in interactions with overworld items and small technical nits, they don't get in the way of solid 6-8 hour RPG experience.
rob scallon :steamhappy:
One of the best experiences in indie games I've ever had. The game is really amazing: the history is simple, but full of emotion; the gameplay mechanics are amazing; the progression feels really good; all characters have some kind of personality and are really charismatic. I loved every minute playing it and I recommend to everyone to enjoy this masterpiece.
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