Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Haven't been hooked like this in a very longtime, highly recommend.

EPIC GAME

Maybe it depends on how much you engage with the story and characters, but for me personally, I had an absolute 10/10 experience playing this game. That's not to say the game necessarily is a 10/10 game, but I had an incredible amount of fun playing this game and think anyone who loves jrpgs will love this. Especially fans of persona or deltarune who know what it's like to engage with a fun young cast and really connect to the story. Now, I do have quite a bit to say about this game, so lets start with [h3]the characters[/h3]. I really liked them. I know many people might see this game or the people who play it as weird because all the characters are dogs and cats, but all that really does is give the game a nice, unique charm (and maybe make it slightly less resembling of ww2, because maybe some would see that as insensitive as racism and persecution can be found as themes in game.) All of the characters felt at least a little bit likable, making it ever more emotional to even consider sacrificing one of their lives to decimate an enemy. Another thing I liked is that there wasn't necessarily a "main character" in the sense that the game followed all the children as a unit rather than telling the story from the perspective of a single person. This does ironically lead to a few minor annoyances I ended up having, but in general I think it was really cool to not focus a single character, because it kind of allows you to have your own main character if you play most of the intermission time with a specific person (which in my case, was Kyle) However, I didn't write this review to mindlessly glaze the game, so I will share a few slight nitpicks I had with the characters. Now I do acknowledge that with 12 unique characters with no "main character", it was hard to divide screen time equally. But I couldn't help but feel that some characters felt like they were on screen a bit more than others, which I've boiled down to 2 reasons: 1. Certain characters were just featured more, and some less. Simple. The solution would just be to include the characters with less screen time more in scenes where it didn't really matter who was speaking, as long as the same thing was being said. 2. There just weren't enough main story events. Even if the first possibility is true, I still feel this is true regardless. The characters didn't really interact much outside of link events, which I guess could be because "that's the whole point of the link events" but I don't really agree with that. I think in games with these mechanics, the purpose of link events is to dive in to the connection of 2 specific characters. This doesn't mean the main story should ignore the connection of the group as a whole, though. For example, persona makes sure to have mandatory story events that involve the whole group interacting and having fun with each other, increasing the whole connection, and generally making the message of friendship that most of these games have a lot more powerful. That's my biggest issue with the characters though, which is pretty good considering the whole thing basically is I wanted a bit more. I know the section of my negatives may seem longer than the positives, but I assure you that was a really small nitpicky detail and the characters are still amazing. [h3]The gameplay[/h3] Is something I see a lot of people in the reviews criticizing for being repetitive. I do see where they're coming from, but I just simply loved the battle system. It felt really satisfying all the time for me, constantly swapping out formations every couple of turns for the sake of playing optimally, considering who should be charging/using link attacks, who has and should maybe save hero mode, who should go behind the active gunner for the best passive for them, it really did feel like I really was commanding a huge tank and a crew. There is a point where entirely new do enemies stop appearing, the game playing more off the new combinations of enemies instead of introducing new ones, but I found myself adapting formations so often that I didn't really notice all that much. The soul cannon mechanic is a very interesting mechanic, giving you a free boss win in exchange for you being forced to suffer emotionally, including locking you out of the true ending, meaning you'll never have the true satisfaction of saving "everyone" (because one of your party members has DIED, PERMANENTLY) , which is the entire purpose of your journey to begin with. On the other hand, I was also slightly dissatisfied with the soul cannon purely because of the game's difficulty. There is no fight in the game that will ever pressure you into actually feeling the soul cannon is necessary, which I found a bit disappointing. It's a last resort for a situation that never comes, meaning most of its purpose is just to intimidate you by just being there, a symbol of the consequences that could come should you be too weak to be able to complete a boss. Speaking of difficulty, the game would surely benefit by some form of it. I get that you kind of choose it by choosing safe/normal/dangerous routes, but I think those would do better as situational routes that may change depending on your hp/sp/whether someone is knocked out, rather than acting as the whole difficulty setting by itself also actually what fast mode just why Finally, [h1] The Music [/h1] is so incredible, it makes me want to compose fantasy. That's not a joke. I do music, and I actually love analysing the small aspects of the ost, even the names of the tracks are all connected for crying out loud. There's not much else to say apart from the soundtrack being great and fitting the theme of the game incredibly. (seriously listen for the suspension at 0:47 in the strings of flower on the trails it's genuinely the most beautiful thing I've ever heard) In other news, grass is green, the sky is blue, Kyle has a crush on Hanna, and Malt is very much the oldest. 10/10 experience will be getting fuga 2 and 3.

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Habiéndolo pasado al 100% tanto en steam cómo en el juego estoy listo para dar mi opinión del juego. Es un buen juego de estrategia por turno que destaca en banda sonora, historia y gráficos. La jugabilidad no es gran cosa y es MUY repetitivo. Es fácil de jugar y entender; en dificultad normal (qué es la más alta) no tuve ningún problema más que con 2 peleas las cuales me hicieron entender que la composición del equipo es la base y clave en todo el juego (Hasta el punto en el que por no saber que un personaje puede hacer X o Y acción te puede dificultar demasiado las peleas o hacer que gastes demasiados recursos en tú aventura.) Los puntos de vida (PV) son la clave entre saber si puedes realizar combates largos y difíciles mientras que los puntos de habilidad (PH) son el combustible de tus ataques y el saber manejarlas adecuadamente en todo el trayecto son la clave para disfrutar el juego al 100%... o jugar en dificultad rápida... quién sabe JAJA Me pareció extremadamente divertido en especial porque me gustan los juegos de estrategia hasta el punto que en mi primera sesión estuve 4 horas seguidas ininterrumpidas... el problema del porque dejé de jugar después de esas 4 horas es que también cómo he comentado con esas 2 peleas tiene momentos que directamente frustran mucho. 1- Por lo repetitivo que es. 2- Porque las acciones que se pueden hacer en los intermedios te penalizan demasiado si no sabes lo que haces (o si tratas de cumplirle los deseos a la mayor cantidad de niños). El RNG de los deseos de los niños puede llegar a hacerte crear hasta 5 comidas diferentes al mismo tiempo que explorar ruinas y dormir. Directamente hay veces que no te da para hacer todo y debes aguantarte o jalar cable y volver al punto de guardado. 3- Hay algunas pocas peleas que no están bien balanceadas respecto a las "debilidades" de los enemigos que piden muchos requerimientos para poderlos retrasar. Que suelen pedir muchos ataques de un solo tipo al mismo tiempo que las emparejan con unidades igual de fuertes que a la misma vez te piden más ataques de otro tipo que nada que ver con los de la inicial lo que termina haciendo que la tripulación reciba muchas heridas al mismo tiempo que miedo sin tener la vida baja. No es normal que pueda abatir con facilidad peleas tipo pesadilla con rango S y jefes fácilmente mientras que al mismo tiempo voy saliendo de una pelea random con rango C en una ruta segura o normal. Por el punto anterior directamente me terminé frustrando al inicio porque si voy con excelentes habilidades, buenas sinergias del equipo, potenciado por bufos de comida, amistades entre los personajes altas y mejoras más que elevadas para el momento de la historia en el que voy ¿Entonces porque me va costando esta pelea que nada que ver al caso, que de hecho debería ser una pelea fácil? Literal quería borrar todo mi progreso para repetir todo lo que había hecho y empezar desde 0 porque pensaba que aunque fuese excelente que aún no era lo suficientemente bueno y me alegro de no haberlo hecho porque solo pasó en muy pocas ocasiones. Dicho eso para los que quieran el 100% en el juego y desbloquear una recompensa especial deberán hacer lo siguiente: -Terminar el juego -Jugar por 25 horas -Atravesar 800 puntos en el camino -Completar 50 intermedios -Pelear 250 veces -Ganar 30 batallas de élite -Derrotar a 1200 enemigos -Ganar 250 batallas (XD) -Hacer 2000 ataques normales (Este fue el ultimo que me faltaba y cuando me enteré sobre que tenía que hacer para desbloquear la recompensa me dio algo...) JAJA -Usar 1500 habilidades -Usar 100 ataques en pareja -Consigue un daño máximo de más de 5000 -Obtener todas las páginas de comics (se consigue en los mercados hablando) -Desbloquear todos los archivos Jeanne -Conseguir el final verdadero (Para el 100% en steam necesitas [spoiler] hacerlo con todos vivos [/spoiler]) Recomendado hasta la muerte y orgulloso de tener el 100%... Mi respuesta al contenido del jardín secreto sería la de sweet del GTA:SA diciendo: ¡Negro pero que carajos!

What a gem, have a good storyline and graphicss.

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