Ledgerbound

Stayed on the first actual combat to hear all the vegetables Aubergine had to say in that sultry little voice. Uh. 10/10

Overall I really enjoyed this game, enough to 100% it, which doesn't happen often. Its the first time I can ever recall listening to a story with such a "millennial" form of writing and pronunciation and actually really liking the end result. Most of the characters are likable, and the setting is actually interesting if you care to pay attention. The gameplay is very similar to fire emblem, through its simplified in some areas, more complicated in others. I played on what is essentially normal mode and completed all side objectives after around 20ish hours or so. The ability to replay battles in very nice since in about half of them you wont know what the final side objective is at the start. The downsides right now are the unfortunate bugs that ive encountered, many of which softlocked my game and forced me to restart battles. However the dev team on discord was very helpful and did their best to help me with my problem within an hour of me reporting it. Also the game is very much not in compliance with HR fraternization policies, you've been warned. Overall: Pros: -Mostly Likable characters who start out flawed and have great character growth and banter overtime -Fun gameplay loop with much needed retries built in to the "resturlude time" mechanic -Actual consequences for character interactions and choices -Fun "corpo fantasy" setting that didn't get pedantic -Full voice acting for every line of dialogue -Actually challenging for a strategy game Cons: -Lotsa soft lock and menu bugs right now and some weirdly messed up dialogue recordings -A couple characters I just couldn't stand, didn't like them from start to finish

Quirky, witty, and an interesting twist on long standing game genres. I genuinely look forward to every line of dialogue and found myself chuckling between every battle.

Played the demo and became instantly hooked on the game's characters, art style, dialouge, etc. Now playing the full game I love it even more, the voice acting is phenomenal, the story is good, the characters are all great, the combat is fun, and the mechanics and different things you can do at camp like progress relationships and get cool items just make it even better. Highly advise this underrated game, it doesn't get enough love.

Enjoying this game immensely so far! The writing, voice acting, and artwork all stand out as some of the best I’ve seen — I’ve laughed out loud at least a dozen times in the first couple of hours, and I felt hooked on the story, world, and characters right away. I don’t have much experience with the tactical RPG genre, but at least on normal difficulty, the game has done a good job of making it feel like goals are achievable and teaching me how to play without being overwhelming or frustrating. I’ve seen a few reviews that don’t care for the time management system — it may not be for everyone, but I was personally surprised by how much I enjoyed it. In the few other games I’ve played with “resterludes” (the delightful in-game term for the downtime between battles), they tend to feel a little bland — go through the motions of talking to all the characters to make sure you don’t miss any interesting conversations, maybe mess with some gear, etc. This is the first game I’ve seen to fill that routine with interesting tradeoffs. I’ve really enjoyed the way the system requires some thoughtfulness and interesting decisions for even the non-battle aspects of the game — thinking through those decisions has for me been just as interesting if not more so than the battle strategy. The aggressive auto-save hasn’t bothered me much; I've mostly appreciated the removal of temptation to avoid all consequences...though I did once misclick in a resterlude and take an action I hadn’t intended, and wished I could have undone that. Maybe the devs could add limited single-action undos for misclicks without compromising their vision of choices having cost? That was my only minor quibble though, and it’s certainly more than outweighed by all the good. On the whole, this seems like a great game with an over-the-top wacky yet endearing cast, laugh-out-loud comedy, and some fun strategy mixed in. Would definitely recommend! P.S. Do yourself a favor and spend time reading the newspapers during the resterludes. Some of the best comedy gems are buried in those walls of text!

If you like stories like Baldurs gate and Vox Machina then give this a try. The game could do with a manual save. combat is fun while not ground breaking. everything else is amazing so far. The story is great and unique with how they approach saving the world. the art style is fantastic, every looks so good I only wish it could be fully animated scenes, still great though. The voice acting is top notch some of this which I would think is boring has been interesting the whole time (so far) it makes you want to talk to everyone, that and the fact that its usually beneficial to you, to do so.

Been having a blast with this game! Love the humor it's been great! Only critique I could have is the time management in the camp felt a bit constraining, but they are actually releasing a toggle for it here shortly! In short, romance Jazz, relax and have a good time