Wigmund

A perfect game. I didn't expect much, but I was amazed. It's totally worth the money and time. A very pleasant experience for lovers of isometric RPGs.

I love this game. I often get overwhelmed with fighting mechanics along with crafting in RPGs, but this one was just straightforward and direct enough for me to navigate the world and its story. I'm simple liddat, babes. Give me a flavor of old school, cool fancy armor (and tons of them around too!) and the Big Bad, I'm ready to save the worldddddd. Thank you for the game <3 If y'all put out new chapters and storyline, I'll be back on this in a heartbeatttttt.

would recommend the game, but none of the elements of it are particularly good. This review will read as harsh criticism, but you will probably have a good time playing. [h2]Presentation[/h2] The environment is pretty; the character art is serviceable. [h2]Combat Feel[/h2] Swinging the sword with mouse flicks is somewhat entertaining (I enjoy innovations in game interaction mechanics even if they don't quite pan out), and it feels better than the similar Mount & Blade model. However, melee is very underpowered, at least on hard difficulty. It deals about the same damage per hit as ranged while requiring you to dodge/block and wait for openings, which results in fairly terrible DPS against the somewhat bullet-spongy enemies. In theory, the AOE of weapon cleave could compensate, but the pathing of the enemies is such that getting more than two in the swing AOE without getting severely hurt is unlikely. Walking backwards and spamming the bow makes the game a lot swifter, so you will most likely respec into it. It's possible that magic is the best option (there is a cleric tree), but I never found an offensive spellbook I could use. I found upgrades but not the necessary base one—somehow I missed it—so I can't comment. [h2]RPG Elements[/h2] The RPG system is pretty shallow. You get a couple of talent points and stat points per level-up. The optimal stat spread is something like: enough stamina to spam bow attacks without running out of it (about 13 points total), then put everything into strength until crit becomes more viable. You won't actually reach that high a level, so: everything into strength. The talent point choices are mostly +5% damage, etc., with a few meaningful value points. [spoiler]Weirdly, the last mission requires the use of a heavy piece of equipment, so you might have to respec into more constitution or fight the last boss without pants, like I did, to avoid getting overencumbered.[/spoiler] [h2]Enemies[/h2] The game has a couple of trash-mob archetypes (archer/mage/sword guy/spear guy), with archers being the most difficult to fight due to difficult-to-dodge arrows and high damage. There are a couple of bosses to fight. They aren't amazing, but they're serviceable. [h2]Crafting[/h2] It feels like shortened WoW crafting with somewhat bad progression (you will almost certainly have to backtrack for herbs to get it levelled up enough to get the new-area herbs, etc.). It isn't very useful, so I just skipped it. [h2]Story[/h2] The writing is a bit all over the place. It's a fantasy game with a sort of Arthurian-Viking aesthetic that constantly makes Greek mythology references in the dialogue. There is an Indy and the Holy Grail joke quest that, for some reason, requires you to fight a random-ass Teutonic knight thrown in and rewards a semi-mandatory quality-of-life relic: the Holy Grail. The storyline is a series of linear MacGuffin fetch quests. None of the characters are that interesting. But it doesn't fall into the 2010s "due to threats both real and imagined through social media, society feels threatened and therefore critiques art only through the lens of putting the correct ideas into people's heads" trap. The writing is terrible, but the author somehow hasn't even seen Reddit or Twitter (teach me, master), which, after a decade of writing written by artists shoehorned into the role of ineffective propagandists, will likely feel refreshing regardless of your alignment with North American political tribes. [h2]Summary[/h2] I am unsure why I enjoyed the entire 10-hour game. Somehow, it manages to be slightly better than the sum of its mediocre parts? I'm not exactly sure why, as the gameplay loop doesn't really intertwine the various aspects of gameplay (and should therefore let them fail individually). Also, ♥♥♥♥ Adobe, so it's a feel-good purchase.

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Fun little RPG. Controls are a lot janky, UI could use some help. Thumbs up for the devs.

Tidy little game, looking forward to the sequel.