Prelude Dark Pain

Very good game, the future should hold well if they keep working on it. Art style very reminiscent of Darkest Dungeon, Don't Starve Together and a few other steam games. But is still very unique. Gameplay is similar to FF Tactics, but looks way better and more modern. If you like turned based tactics you'll like this game

The Art style is great but other than that it seems to be a very flawed and badly designed game, the controls feel clunky, even for controller which it was clearly designed for. You can go back to old school games from the PS1 era like final fantasy tactics or front mission series and those controls will feel superior. Example being elevated areas can only be reached by following a path to it, even to simply check if you can aim a ranged character at the elevated target. The map is way too zoomed in which forces alot of steering the camera to look around, the UI takes up too much of the screen. Now lets get to the actual mechanics, basic combat seems fine, skills costing points, beyond doing a basic attack, you can choose to save a point to defend, which defending is almost always necessary during early game, The UI for crafting is abysmal, you cannot examine your parties current loadout whilst at the forge, forcing you to leave the town just to check something, so it expect to do a lot of exiting and entering town, a simple compare option or a tab to view should be standard is not. The world map also suffers from being too zoomed in, making it awkward to navigate, found myself back tracking a lot, its early access so will be interesting to see what they do with it, unfortunately we live in an age now of early access being a dice roll whether the devs dedicate much time to quality of life instead of just adding more content, time will tell.

给好评仅仅是因为不希望这游戏暴死，但是我求求你们了，学学别人战棋怎么做的吧，指令界面固定在UI上能死吗？一排指令贴在小人身上像EXCEL一样又难看又难点还没有快捷键，结束回合选朝向的判定也是非常奇怪，很难选到你想要的面向，而且极度拖延游戏节奏。还有一款2D游戏为啥能卡成这样，几乎做任何事情都会掉帧，点个指令会掉帧，人物移动会掉帧，人物攻击会掉帧，这还是开了二倍速的情况，不开二倍速整个游戏完全就是PPT，一群身经百战的战士动作却跟蜗牛一样缓慢，而且二倍速无法常驻，打开任何界面都会取消。最后就是游戏难度的问题，还没出序章我就感受到这游戏是真的很想尽可能地硬核，但做出来的效果就全是在恶心人，敌人高得离谱的数值，毫无征兆突然刷新的援军，BOSS完全不吃任何减益和位移，以及夸张的打击射程和AOE范围使得BOSS只要打中就必定死人，离谱的挑战系统更是火上浇油，像什么要求你先打死BOSS再打小兵然后还要你不治疗全员生存之类的折磨玩家的要求在游戏中比比皆是，战斗中途还无法回溯更是让时间成本进一步拉长，战斗过了之后也没有重新挑战的机会，没获取到的挑战奖励会永久消失，这让强迫症玩家难以接受。最后我建议取消这种按照造成伤害或治疗来分配经验值的设计，这注定了某些角色永远无法获得经验值。

Acabo de empezar y la historia atrapa desde el primer momento, además de lo maravilloso de su arte. Creía que sería un juego más lineal, pero creo que estará lleno de sorpresas narrativas, además de poder tomar decisiones que modifiquen la historia. Las mecánicas de combate te obligan a pensar cada movimiento y, por lo que llevo visto, hay que ser muy cuidadoso a la hora de elegir a quién atacar, dónde disponer a cada personaje o qué habilidad seleccionar. Por último, el progreso tras cada subida de nivel permite una gran especialización de cada miembro del grupo. ¡Muy recomendable y muy disfrutón!

注意到一个事：地牢开发是红钩，一根红色的触手。黄昏发行是火鱿鱼，八根红色触手。哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。

这是人类能做出来的操作方式和UI吗？太逆天了吧，玩了10几分钟就受不了，强烈不推荐！！！

This game completely exceeded my expectations. From the very beginning, it's clear that this isn't just another tactical RPG, it has a real identity and a vision behind it. The narrative is easily one of its strongest aspects. The world feels rich, the characters are compelling, and the story unfolds at a satisfying pace, constantly making you want to see what comes next. It avoids feeling generic and instead builds an atmosphere that is both dark and captivating. The art direction deserves special praise. Every environment, portrait, and illustration is crafted with incredible attention to detail. The visual style perfectly complements the tone of the game, creating a world that is beautiful, melancholic, and memorable. It's one of those games where you often stop just to appreciate the artwork. The combat is engaging and rewarding, but what truly elevates the experience is how well every element: story, music, gameplay, and visuals, works together to create a cohesive whole. It's always exciting to discover an indie title made with so much passion and care. CONGRATULATIONS. Highly recommended.

I really tried to enjoy the game. The artwork is great, and the world and story seemed interesting, but the UI is terrible. At some point I caught myself realizing that I was spending 70% of my time fighting the clunky UI and only 30% actually planning the fight and executing my decisions. The UI is clearly designed for controllers, but it's just as bad with a keyboard and mouse. The only thing worse than the combat UI is the inventory management. Comparing and changing equipment is a nightmare. I expected the additional mission goals to be a way to challenge your skill, but they're often RNG-based, which completely ruins the idea for me. The character leveling and MVP systems also seem weird. They make leveling uneven, and I almost never agreed with the game's MVP decisions. I think the game has great potential, and I'd love to jump back in once the developers rebalance it and fix the UI. But in its current state, I can't recommend it.