Fates of Ort

Not everything is for the best at any level but all in all a solid "kinda turn based" RPG experience. The UI especially is often failing the player - keyboard shortcut mostly useless (in the game designer's defense, the core of the gameplay is to juggle with 30 spells at all time but this is nothing experienced WOW player can't manage in a much better way than this. Quest markers don't immediately disappear and are somewhat imprecise. Games doesn't tell you if you have line of sight which is how you lost 80% of your HP. Also some balance issue, at least in normal mode flying minions are completely OP. The story is by no means impressive but it's certainly not bad either. Art is pretty weak (as well as music) but it's not grating (well I did lower the music volume pretty quick). Reading this you'd think I mean it's below average but it's rather good. It does what's on the label very well. Big map to explore, cool spells to toy with. I wanted that itch scratched and it certainly scratched at a faire price (on a sale). If you're like me, well, I am happy with buying and playing it.

Was trying to ignore the bad pixel graphics i tend to want more art in my pixel games. Wasn't really for me too blocky. And feel too locked into the story line. I wanted a more open world free from shackles experience so im refunding.

Very deep gameplay, very intricate story. Loved it. Severe technical problems on macos but not unmanageable.

It's a nice little game, I enjoyed exploring and the minimalist pixel art. Enjoyed most of the writing even though it ain't particularly deep, enjoyed the lore. Would like to see a new similar style game from this developer in the future. I like the time mechanic of the game. A little grindy at times, but it's not too bad. I wouldn't pay $20+ AUD but $10 or under is a solid buy. Some QOL improvements would've been appreciated such as; In-Game remapping of certain actions such as "advance time" to the middle-mouse-button so it could be played with a mouse alone would be nice,

Really fun RPG, totally worth its price! Exploration and discovering the world feels very rewarding, as well and unlocking and understanding how to use the different types of spells. I would definitely recommend!

Quite a hidden gem. Interesting mix of real and pause combat. Many paths to explore and chain quests similar to the ones in Zelda games. Really enjoyed it.

I bought this game due to the time-stop mechanic. I thought it would be a cool pseudo turn-based RPG that I could chill-with and rest my hands after working on the computer during the day. Then I realize not only movement is WASD-based but also that clicking doesn't move you to the clicked-tile but instead steps once on the mouse's direction, requiring you to hold the mouse to move any-distance! Not only I gave-up on better-games like Ultima 6 and Xulima because of that asinine control-scheme that is anathema to almost 3-decades of over-whelming isometric-RPG design common-sense (from Diablo to Baldur's Gate to Fallout) but it is also the opposite of what I bought this game for! No, I do not want to hold the mouse and develop carpal-tunnel to move for 20 hours each play-through! You couldn't pay-me a million-dollars to permanently-hurt my hand like that! No, I do not want to play with WASD on a lap-top and touch-pad set-up, are you joking?! No, I did not buy this retro-looking 200 uncompressed mega-bytes game to play on my full gaming-setup, you better believe I'm gonna be playing better-titles if I'm gonna be sinking a couple-hours in a proper gaming-session! Other than that, the text is tiny on a 720-pixels lap-top screen with no scaling-slider that I fully-expect from a game being-sold for 15-euros in 2025 which lists no minimum display-requirements in its store-page! Also I don't often say the music in games is bad, especially because I don't mind muting the music and playing my-own if needs be but the music in this game is actually bad. It has that feeling of "MIDI music being played in a different sound-card than intended" that I have not come-across once since the 90s! You can get a feel for that from the Steam-trailer music: the mixing is off; the sound-fonts don't match; the composition is uninspired. Mean-while Under-tale is being sold for less than half the asking price here! I'd love to give this game an earnest-try at 95%-off for one play-through but this package is so not-worth the asking-price as it stands!