The Amber Throne

Finally played it after it sat ion my backlog for the last 7 years and all I can say is "Hell yeah!". Great game for those who love older turn based RPGs but don't want to sink 60 hours into a Final Fantasy. There were a few loose threads story-wise by the end, but may that was just me missing some Easter eggs.

I broke the game by playing normally, and putting in a password into a monument before having the character that gets the reward unlocked.

Decent game with a good soundtrack and story, worth playing if you like trying new stuff

I didn't actually beat this game and I'm unlikely to. The game is slow and methodical in its pacing and requires a mental immersion into the world to fully appreciate - coming back after multiple week or month gaps is hard in most RPGs and completely impossible here. But the art is absolutely gorgeous and the world is inventive and creative. If you're going to play it, take a weekend and just knock it all out.

It's an RPG in the loosest sense. Positives: - Art is great - Music is good - Overarching story and concepts good Negatives: * Not challenging at all for experienced gamers. * Not much content. * Pacing is a through line and there is little to no character building. * Exploration is not rewarding. * Side quests result in nothing of benefit. * Story writing is not fleshed out and often confusing and/or missing plot points. * Characters help with nothing in narration or moving the story along in any meaningful way. Maybe focusing on the art and a solid story would have been a route to go, because all the RPG elements are just that, elements. Overall this is just not a very rewarding RPG and utterly forgetable. Skills feel like a burden and strategies are so basic you can run through this from beginning to end doing nothing but fight what they throw in front of you. After playing you'll feel like you have accomplished nothing but wasted however many hours you've played, which was ~24 hours total play time for me :/ I felt far more annoyed playing this game than any sense of satisfactory outcome or story payoff. After finished playthrough I felt zero emotional connection to any of the characters or any sense of accomplishment, and that pretty much sums it up.

Had issues with the resolution at first, but that was solved quickly. Thanks devs. This game is awsome! Has a great storyline and combat system, and very intuitive.

[b]Highs:[/b] - Amazing graphical design! Played this game on 42inch LED TV, and it shined! - Great world building - Interesting premise - Great story - Interesting battle system ideas. - Atmospheric and fitting soundtrack [b]Room for improvement:[/b] - Dialogue feels strange and unnatural. - Can be confusing where to go next. - Locations on the world map are often not clearly marked, making it easy to miss them. - Battles and walking speed are too slow