Eve of Calamity

There are a lot of amazing ideas in this game. I'm a huge fan of the class mastery system and like the abilities that each of the classes have, my only gripe is that party members have a limited pool of classes to select from but I can imagine that's to give them a bit more identity. This game has been a lot of fun so far, but it feels like it's been shackled by the rpgmaker game engine. I hope the developer uses the experience from this game and it's awesome rpg systems and apply it to a better engine, I've heard that game maker is pretty good and it's very affordable. Godot is completely free but requires a bit more programming knowledge to use. Please move away from this terrible engine in the future and I am certain you will achieve great success.

woof, listen... is the game good? wrong question; irrelevant actually. It's true to form for very old rpgs with all of the good and bad that entails. It has Random encounters, unrewarding; harder than necessary generic fights, long windows of grinding, huge text blocks and uncharacteristic info dumps of exposition. all of these are bad on their own and they wore on me quick. The fights are classic and have a lot of depth and characters and class options and expression, i just won't get to see for a while because i can only play it for 15 minute stints before getting 1 shot by every wolf and goblins makes me wanna commit sudoku while get interrupted every 4 steps on the way to recover. the lack of modern QOL is noticeable. If none of that matters to you, give it a shot, i've heard more than enough from trusted enough sources to know the RPG bits of the game are good.

Ok so obviously I haven't beaten this game at time of review and also obviously this game isn't octopath traveller or triangle strategy AND the cover art is garbage BUTTTTT I love this game. I love Johannes, I love the music and I love all the mechanics. This game was clearly made by someone who loves the genre and you should give the game a shot.

Very cool and fun game. I believe its old school aesthetic is part of its charm. Sure, there are some pretty rough looking sprites. But there are also some really good looking sprites. And the gameplay is really fun. All around, good game. Would recommend.

Usually I am a bit sceptical of RPG Maker games however recently games such as this and Fear and Hunger has changed my opinion on that. Eve of Calamity has a lot of variety in terms of character builds, unique character interactions across the game world and has a lot of replay value. Usually with single player games like this it is a one and done however I keep coming back for multiple playthroughs due these different experiences you find in the different character interactions. I would highly recommend mixing up your companions each time to get the most of the game. The developer is also a mega chad dishing out outdates for bugs very fast. For the price, it's a definite buy even for one playthrough.

Found this game through the YouTuber Humblemud, like many others in the comments, and got it on sale. After playing for a few hours, I regret not buying this at full price. This game is DEEP with how much you can change between playthroughs, and there are a lot of different choices to be made that will drastically change the story, so no two save files are the same. A ton of love and effort was poured into this game, and it doesn't go unnoticed.

This is a game about that everything good and bad may be connected in a great way and that the right thing to do is not always good. This game is a fair, balanced RPG with a great combat system, original ideas and many surprising mechanics. One can definitely see the developer, yes, one guy, clearly not only has talent but also had much fun. Two things I hate is that your character sprite is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ugly and the other is the fight win sound, which is off-key and should be replaced by something you can listen to on loop and not find off-putting. These can luckily be ignored and you can have much fun with all the side content, stories and encounters in the world. This is one of the most underrated classic RPGs out there and I really recommend it.

I will update this review once I finish a playthrough. Here's what I have to say for now: the game is interesting. Yes, the visuals are eclectic, but not always in a bad way. In my opinion, the enemy sprites in combat and the spell animations are very good looking, it's mostly characters and environment that suffer from the art. The gameplay itself is where I've enjoyed the game the most. The classes are diverse and well defined, the levelling is not grindy at all (unless you want it to be, in which case the game reward whatever choice you want) and the difficulty is fair. The most interesting aspect has to be the reactivity. The game offers plenty of choices that can alter your character's class with unique classes or allow you to recruit unique party members. Characters that can be recruited seem to move around sometimes, as i found a few of them in different locations in my first and second playthrough ( i restarted once I got the gist of it to start strong). Quests have multiple endings with different rewards. There's progress in the world, ie, things change based on your actions (or lack thereof). From the start of the game, some events are timed in real time. You're never forced to do anything fast, but there are narrative and gameplay reasons that justify hurrying up a little. I suspect speedrunners would actually really love this game, it seems purpose made to be enjoyable to those who like to challenge themselves out of choice. BTW charisma is a stat that influence your chance to inflict ailments/debuffs (which are VERY strong in this game, worth using) and some dialogues (though the game doesn't tell you, it seems to roll in the background). Just telling you because it's the only stat that isn't self explanatory. My only gripes: encounter rate can be a bit too high, If there was more options to lower it at will, I'd appreciate it. the stealth skill that says it does doesn't seem functional. Also, more distinction between elements. I feel like each element should have at least a debuff on their medium damage single target spell or something... I suggest -speed on water, -defense on fire, -magic defense on lightning, -power on earth and -magic on wind. That way, even with a rebanlancing of enemy resistances, each element would still serve some purpose. Idk, just a suggestion. They could even inflict ailments, anything to make them more interesting than colored damage buttons. Imo, games that distinguish elements with playstyles tend to be more rewarding to play.