Scarmonde

Great game!

This is a perfect little game for when you don't want to think too much and you just want to dive into some oldschool, turn-based JRPG action. Very little in the way of hand-holding save for some early advice, and then suddenly there's way more options than you were planning for. A bunch of different classes to put into your party, or you can go it solo -- and oh yeah, there's a random version of the game that it doesn't even tell you exists that you can just... go into, instead of the main quest. This game is simple, effective, and does what it set out to do well.

Really fun campaign and a good class system with some interesting choices (some of which aren't immediately apparent). The game has some flaws (dungeon's lack meaningful puzzle elements, open world is a disappointment), but there are flashes of brilliance and it's short enough that you can see it through to the end.

Great game. The dungeon design is extremely messed up, in a good way. Random battle frequency isn't too bad and battles are fun enough that I didn't mind much, anyway. Also, this game does what most RPG's do not, which is fair MP management. MP restorative items are readily available and don't cost a limb or limit you to an arbitrarily low number. Additionally, the Bard class has a spell for passive MP restoration during battle. A lot of these games pad runtime by making MP scarce, so you can only explore for so long before you have to port back to town and then retrace steps. Scarmonde does NOT do that, which is noteworthy. The job system is fairly well done. You're not free to switch at will so you really do need to think about team composition, but I think it's balanced well enough that just about anything can work. The item and passive system also helps out quite a bit. In fact, your equipment is probably just as, if not more important than your job. It's crazy the depth you have to build your team. The story I didn't think was anything special when I started out, but as the game went on, it actually got incredibly interesting. And by the end, I was fully invested and even had that "stare at the screen" feeling after I got the true ending. Incredible game, especially for the price

A very enjoyable classic dungeon crawler. Buffs, debuffs, and status effects are all useful. There's a good bit of class customization and not all equipment are strict upgrades. Good tunes too! I wish they were available somewhere!

Enjoyed Highly customizable party

The game is bigger than you'd expect. There's a lot of viable combinations with a lot of different classes, but you can't change out of your main classes once you start. The story is a bit of a downer once you figure out what's going on, the game starts to hit you over the head with its own plot and it's a bit unrelenting. Skill Orb system very good and interesting.

Looks like a game I'd enjoy a lot. But Insufferable text lag for every single text box. Great job. Edit: Menu lag. Could we please improve or throw away RPG maker, every single game suffers from the exact same problems. After playing a bit more I feel i nerd to add a bit more. This game is a double edged sword, it's fun but also suffers from ancient problems even some super Nintendo games had solved back in the day. The good: - Fantastic music. Nearly every track is just awesome for what it needs to do. Chilling town theme, sad dungeon theme, energetic boss battle. Maybe it could've used one more random battle song even though it rocks hard you'll be hearing it a lot. - lots of classes and equipment, leaving many of ways to customise your team. (except physical) - smooth battles with an option to speed up. - good progression, exploration and rewards. (I need, more, ORBS!) The bad: - RPG maker so lag everywhere, including menus and sometimes even in the overworld. This is inexcusable as I've played Look outside and that game is buttery smooth in its menus. If you're in a shop menu, trying to scroll down will have the game lag at every item. But don't worry, you can press L or R to skip a page! ... No, both left and right and L and R will switch characters, not skip a page. You're stuck lagging per item, and the lists get bigger. Great job. Speaking of, - The menu/ui Not everything fits in the item description box. This is painfully apparent when important stats are just simply left out. One way to find out is to constantly switch over to the stats screen and see what a happened, if you can remember everything. There are many stats, lots of equipment slots and piles of equipment. This sucks hard. This could've been fixed by allowing an extra screen to show exactly what this item does, or exactly how it affects all stats. Even some games 30 years ago had this option. Sadly, in this game if you like to make sure how your characters are affected, you'll be switching between the equipment screen and stat screen a LOT and probably roll your eyes when there's a new batch of equipment in the shops, that you can scroll through with delicious lag. You might think it's not too bad is it? Well for example I found a piece of armor with high defence and HP. Great for a tank yes? No, it completely destroys your aggro, and this is mentioned nowhere. You'll find out in battle when suddenly everyone except for your tank gets whooped. Stuff like this is just weak, and once again could be fixed easily. - Class balance may be a bit off. Paladin is extremely powerful, and if you want anything physical, you will need a knight, no questions asked. This also feels a bit lame with having 12 classes but only one with all the physical skills. There's warrior but he only has 3 weapon specific multi hit skills and that's it. Paladin, thief, hunter, monk, none of them have even a single physical skill. Just seems like a very strange decision as everyone and their mother has magic. Speaking of magic, why is steal magic? My thief is silenced and now I can't steal anymore. Same for the few physical skills. Sorry but no. This is a fun game held back by archaic limitations that in my opinion should not be a problem in games in the current day. If it's an rpg maker problem, upgrade it or use something else. If this was early release it could slightly understandable. But this game has been out for a while and it doesn't like there's any interest in fixing it. Terrible pity. Conclusion: Fun game, bad design, blame it on RPG maker, fix nothing.

great game