I'm *really* mixed on this one, I hate to say. Personally, I love the look/feel/style, but there's a few things that hold it back for my personal tastes.
First off, I *can't stand* the "all your units go" and "all the enemies go" style of "tactical" game. It's just a bunch of back and forth dogpiling and removes the potential for so many mechanics.
I also was surprised to see only 6 or so classes, each of which only has 5 or so skills. The game doesn't have any controller support, which isn't a big deal (but would flow nicely for the style of the game), and is weirdly lacking in full screen.. alt-enter doesn't work either, you just get the options of "small window" and "big window."
That said, it runs well, has a cute little soundtrack, quests and stuff right out the gate, intuitive map/UI, and plenty that makes me *curious* despite my preferences and such. I'm not even sure if I'll keep it personally but like enough of what I see to still feel like the game deserves a positive rating if only for someone to give it a good look and decide if it's really "for them" or not. It's a tough call for me, sadly.
Edit: Well, I decided to stick with it and hang onto it despite my personal tastes, and it's pretty cute. It seems like it'll be relatively short, which maybe is why there isn't a ton of skill/class depth.
A few nitpicks that would REALLY be nice for the game.
* Full screen mode of some kind, please!
* The ability to "end turn" without having to click on every unit one by one every turn, many times I want to just position a few units and wait, and it's needlessly tedious.
* The ability to position the party/rearrange order, you start many combats squeezed into a corridor with no ability to pick who gets placed where order-wise, which almost always means your tankier characters, especially if you play hoplite as your character, the farthest back.
* The end turn icon is really not intuitive, an open hand says "skills" as much as "I am done" to me, and it's weird that every units attack is an axe, even for ranged characters and all, so several times I've been clicking around and clicked the wrong thing. End turn would make more sense as an X or something like that, I feel. Hands often denote skills or skill lists in similar games.
Edit: Beat it and it was pretty okay. If this is a relatively early project in the dev's career, kinda getting the feet beneath, I could see it as a pretty solid "start." Lots of little things - NPCs rescued in a dungeon don't show up elsewhere/have the same text. When liberating a town from undead there's an item shop and an inn already there, neither of whom seem to realize they had been under siege or that they've been rescued. Mostly just details like that. Also some general balance stuff - the only healing spell you have heals for awful amounts and the mana cost goes up fast, making it really tedious to use outside combat, and not useful to use in combat either.
Overall it was decent and I like the look/feel, can't say I was blown away, but I've seen a lot worse on Steam for sure and it seems like a genuine effort. Hope to see more in time from the dev!
