Atlas Wept

I picked this game up on a whim when it was on sale because it looked interesting, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. The story is heartfelt and the ending was incredibly satisfying and the ending left me close to tears. As for the gameplay, it is quite good. It feels like a the overworld gameplay is simple to understand, and the battle system feels like a combination of the Final Fantasy ATB system with the Undertale minigames to deal with attacks. I recomend this game very strongly.

好动人的故事……柔软，朦胧，又有种淡淡的怅然若失如影随形，虽然主角团都是小孩但并没有走皆大欢喜童话路线，有在好好地直面更尖锐更鲜血淋漓的议题。最终决战[spoiler]帮Atlas挡伤[/spoiler]的时候我一直哭T T 另外这么好的游戏却只有这么点评论这合理吗……！

I'm going to give this game a thumbs up despite not being able to finish it. This game is a really nice hommage to the Mother series (the most popular / well known of which, in the Western world, is Mother 2 aka Earthbound). It has a lot of qualities of those games and other games that seek to emulate them, like Undertale. As examples of their success: The dialogue is solid and believable, the characters are robust and unique, the world is quirky and uncanny but also feels lived-in and immersive. The combat systems keep the turn-based tropes of their source inspirations but have evolved and abstracted out from them to create different experiences and less tedium and frustration. So why am I not finishing it? They miss on just one (for me, more vital than I realized) key piece. Music. The music in this game is just not on the level of the Mother 2 or 3, or Undertale. It has a bit of the sense of what those games had, but it falls short. I genuinely found myself having to take breaks because the music was so gratingly boring and repetitive that I couldn't handle it. In the other games I've mentioned that Atlas Wept bears similarity to, their music was extremely unique and compelling, to the point that I listen to the Mother 2, Undertale and Mother 3 soundtracks in my spare time fairly often. I would never choose to do this with Atlas Wept's soundtrack; I couldn't even tolerate it enough to get through the game. But playing a game like this without a proper soundtrack is also not really an option, at least for me. So, if you were fan of the Mother series or Undertale, this game is absolutely worth trying. But for me, the music kills it. That's not enough cause for me to give it a thumbs down, because a lot of care and love was clearly put into it and there are many improvements compared to its inspirations. So, a near miss in my books but not deserving of discredit as a whole. 7 / 10

Short Version: Atlas Wept is an incredible game I'll be thinking about for a while. I wish more people knew about this game and highly recommend it. Long version: Atlas wept is a game that clearly wears its inspirations on its sleeve (Primarily Mother 3), but still feels unique and can stand up on its own. The game is split into two parallel stories and I loved both of them and the way they ended up connecting. There were some moments where I connected some points in one story or the other where I actually gasped. I had a slight preference for Dezi's story, but I was never disappointed when the game switched from one story to the other. I also loved the little bits of world building that came out and added some texture to everything. I have so many good things to say about this game so as a short Pros and Cons List: Pros: [list] [*]Music is incredible and I wish i could get a copy of the soundtrack. [*]Enemy Design is great and I always looked forward to seeing new ones. [*]Minigames, both in and out of battle, were well done and broke things up a bit. [*]Story was great and made me really emotional at points. [*]Characters were great and I enjoyed getting to know all of them. [*]Funny in a way a lot of games struggle with. There was one point where I was worried I might have woken my neighbors because I laughed so loud while playing at night. [*]Mechanics are great and unique. The idea of your hitbox shrinking after taking damage, making it easier to dodge, is genius and I don't think I've seen it like this anywhere else. The Stamps and Stun systems are also great. [*]Some genuinely beautiful moments that I won't spoil. [/list] Cons: [list] [*]The game crashed three times during my play through, but I never lost more than a couple minutes of progress. [*]I found the game to be a little easy, even on the higher difficulty level. [*]Some systems are a bit under-utilized. [/list] With all that said, I 100% recommend this game. It's clear that this project has so much love and care into it. The fact this game isn't more well known is a travesty and I am going to go out of my way to get more people to play it. It made me emotional in a way few games do and I, like Atlas, have Wept.

Really fun game; an interesting expression of a coming-of-age tale I fell in love with the characters and their struggles, always anticipating their next steps into the unknown. It unfortunately comes into a bit of a dragging drought around the end, both narratively and gameplay-wise, but the core of this game is done with a lot of love and ambition. I wish nothing but love and good tidings for the developer, because I can see the experience obtained from this game building into something even greater.

I just finished my play through of Atlas Wept and although there have been individuals who have reviewed it and compared it to a lesser Earthbound or not good i'm grateful that I was able to play this game of my own accord and form my own opinion with no pre concieved notions or comparisons I throughly enjoyed my time with this game with it being a short but decent length, I enjoyed all of the characters but especially Dezi, Charlie and Gi, and most of all the story and the thematics that lay within the words and narrative , I also enjoyed the gameplay even if the battles at times may have dragged on a bit more than needed the overall mechanics and interactivity of the individual battles such as the timing, shoot em up elements, buffing and de buffing and the switching of physical and magic attacks to weaken and exploit enemy defenses was all well incorporated, I also enjoyed the overworld maps and exploration and their unique design and enviroments overall this game was well worth the price and I advise anyone who has any interest to play this game to give it a try with nothing else to could their judgement and to make that ultimatum themselves I cant wait to see what game the developers have in store next especially if they expand upon the ideas used in Atlas Wept

I don't often write reviews, I often forget to do so, but this game is entirely deserving of it, and deserving of however much full price is. More, honestly. This game has such a wonderful story, such a wonderful meaning and message to say, I 100% recommend literally anyone play this. No matter what kind of games you're usually into this game is good enough and has enough in the way of accessibility to be playable, no matter your skill level. The message and story is so good and something more people should hear and experience. My literal only complaint is that there's no quit to desktop button on the main menu screen, and maybe the odd misspelling here or there. But seriously, go play this game. It's worth every penny and every second. 10/10