Edge Of Eternity

A classic example of why Western devs should stay far away from JRPGs. This is nothing but regurgitated slop that the creator of this game puked back up after playing them. Never start your game off with an entire screen dedicated to "We're a small developer team" - please no bully. So now we all go into it expecting less, great thought process there, I'm primed for a disaster, or was that the plan all along? Who did the DeviantArt commissions for the art in this game? This game is a weeaboo emulation. I'd rather play Kingdom Hearts with a mod that makes Donald's voice 50% louder. I feel so bad for people who downvoted this game after 40 hours. You don't need a workweek to understand how terrible this game is going to be based on how it starts. A 7/11 slurpie is worth more than this on sale.

I guess it would be weird If I played the game for 97hrs and do not recommend it. That being said this game has lots of flaws that developers did not fix and moved and that itself may be a turn off for many people. In the off-chance that you are seeing this and wondering what this game is about, I will just try to explain what I liked, and did not like about it. First of all, story is mainly about the journey of Daryon and his sister Selene. A few join them a long the way while you are supposedly trying to find a cure for a fatal disease your mother caught: corrosion. You are looking for answers and I won't spoil the ending on whether you get answers or not, but I would just say le grand finale is a bit of a dud! The genre is something I never play: turn-based combat. Yet, to my surprise, it was OK. Time to time, I found the whole thing quite boring, when for example I have to kill 6 of this, 7 of that for a hunt, but luckily there is sped-up 'auto' play, that worked fine maybe b/c I played in normal difficulty. I increased difficulty later on to see if nightmare is doable, and yes it is. Needs a bit more patience, which I did not have. Now, this could be controversial but I actually like how jaded Daryon was. At one point, one of his comrades say "Oh, Daryon, always glass half empty". That's his view of things. He is a soldier who has seen horrors and is very disillusioned. He helps people but is reluctant doing so, and derides the people most of them even though he is helping them, most of the time b/c his sister pushes him to do so. Some of the exchanges actually cracked me up. So, in general, I found the writing pretty good and fun...except the last couple of hours. Well, lots of cliche there. There are 8 skills for each character and it is kinda difficult near the end to put the ones you want there out of 12 total skills you unlock. See, your weapon has crystal slots that you need to unlock by levelling. Crystals give you stats and skills. Crystals themselves can be merged to produce stronger versions and you gain them through quests, from enemies, doing missions in each fight etc. Weapons for each character have separate trees. Usually you have to find, unlock and craft a weapon to upgrade to the next level. Once you reach to the top tier of the first weapons you unlock, you will have to wait until you unlock the top weapon in the next type. It's a weird system, I would say not hashed out well, and sometimes there is some searching involved or weapon chest that you need to find does not appear until you hit certain chapter and suddenly appear in an area which you had combed before. Other than that, it is mostly about going from one region to another and then backtracking. There is a frustrating mechanic that at some point you lose all travel points and script forces you to keep going until you can go back, so it is probably best to do all 'side' missions and hunts you come across before moving to a new area. Is this a great game? No, I would say middle of the road but at least for me did have a gripping gameplay, so still marking as recommended.