Heroes of Spyria

The Heroes of Spyria is a good game with many hours of enjoyment and a good story to back it up. However a few caveats are warranted. [h3] The good [/h3] * Good story with some great anime art. Lovers of old style rpg’s like Lunar Silver Star Story, Breath of Fire and the original Zelda games will love this game. Very nostalgic! * You can collect Bromides (old school gamers will appreciate this)! * Good soundtrack that fits the genre of the game * Secrets to find and some great side quests. I loved the quest called Crypts & Cultists. That one was really fun and it gives a sweet reward too! * The game has a mix of fun achievements and some challenging ones. Also has some great humour thrown in too! * The game does have some sensitive issues that it deals with and a nice feature is that they tell you ahead of time that upcoming is some sensitive stuff so you can opt out of it or proceed. That was highly appreciated! I watched one scene that did make me upset but I did see the warning ahead of time and chose to proceed. [h3] The not so good…[/h3] * This game has some serious grind. All rpg’s do but this one is pretty bad at times. You are dependent on having the best gear and weapons to defeat harder enemies as you go along. Gold is so slow to grind to have enough to buy better stuff. The best gold is the harder enemies but you can’t defeat them unless you grind the smaller enemies for hours first to level up. * I should mention that some of the pricing on the gear and weapons is ridiculously expensive. I mean a sword for 80,000 gold or a ring for 100, 000. It takes forever to grind for gold for one person let alone all of your party members. * XP is a grind as well. It can take hours to go up levels. I have played a lot of rpg’s in my time and this game has a deep grind compared to many that I have played. For some this might not be a negative and part of the game but it does get tedious after many hours. * Sometimes the enemy density is too much. Your constantly running into them so save often and heal your party up between run-ins. There will be many! [h3] Final Thoughts [/h3] This game is fun for the most part if you do not mind the grind. If you go into the game knowing what to expect then it can be a good experience. The characters, story and art are all exceptionally well done and you will get some serious game play for your money. ⚔️ Otome Lovers wishes to thank Vesper Studios for providing a free review copy for this game. [quote]Please follow our curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/4680120/]Otome Lovers[/url], if you'd like to see more reviews like this one! [/quote]

There has been a plethora of games released throughout the years that have to some extent outshined games released in those years, and many of such games are left in the shelf only to be found in word of mouth or stumbled by accident. I found this hidden gem just by scrolling down the JRPG section on Steam in a random day. The game is not perfect but I do acknowledge the time and effort put into it by giving the game a try and completing everything that there is to discover in the world of Spyria. The game does not try to be ambitious in its storytelling as it is simple to follow. Without going in much detail, the story revolves around the themes of self-doubt, revenge, and forgiveness that characterizes the three main protagonists: Madilyn, Hiro, and Winter, respectively. There are also side characters along with their own side-quests and some of these characters are playable in certain events in the story. In a world as small as the land of Spyria there is so much to uncover that will take over 20 hours of gameplay. This is a setback to modern gaming in the sense that it incorporates old school content such as turn-based combat mechanics, dungeon exploration with puzzles, and an art style that is reminiscent to NES/SNES games to some extent. Each character works differently, and objectively, some are more useful than others. Just like the games from that time, this one too has its cons: gaining levels and gold is a grind considering that battles do not give much rewards and no reward warrants some of the challenging boss battles. Also, endgame weapons and gear are too expensive. This little gem is worth the time to be invested in as you get some quality of life features that is reminiscent to old school RPGs for as little as 5 dollars. I do hope that whoever reads this little review found it helpful as I do not plan to spoil the story, which is the best part in this game. The developer has remained active on Steam to address whatever concerns there are with performance since its release which is a big plus. Play the game and promote it to any friend or family member who enjoys RPGs. 9/10

AI slop art negates any credibility this game could have had.

This is a very fun rpg! The story is engaging, humorous, and rife with character development. Get lost in the world of Spyria!

Fun game with a solid 30 hours of content. Highly recommend.

This is a new gem for classic RPG gamers. Update - After finishing the game, I can positively comment that this game does embody the rich experience of classic RPG games. This story is compelling, full of twists, and character developments.

Sadly seems to crash every time i boot it up. Wish i could give an honest opinion. Looks super fun for 5 bucks.

If you like classic jrpg, then you will like this. There is a ton of work gone into this and it shows. One of the best indie rpg maker games out there.

it is a lot of fun guessing but new players use the cheat. then play again. I love it

What a pleasant surprise this turned out to be. Take elements of FF6, FF4, Chrono Trigger and Lunar and that's what Heroes of Spyria is. Things start off small in the typical JRPG fashion, but escalate pretty fast into problems bigger and badder and our heroes are the ones to stop the world from ending. Sounds like fairly standard stuff, right? Well in some cases it is. The battle system is fast and straightforward, the premise and characters aren't too much of a surprise (at least at first), and everything feels fairly familiar. However, that's where the strengths of this title lay, in working with what's familiar and making it novel and fun again. The characters twist fairly early on in ways you won't expect, the plot diverges into concurrent events, and the depths the story goes to get actually pretty dark and impressive. There were a few cases where I had to stop and absorb what was happening because the tone and concepts did the story justice in a way I wasn't expecting. Kudos to the devs for that. There's a lot of QoL stuff here, between side quests with their own tracker in the menu to a level scaling system that makes grinding an option but not a necessity, an achievement list that can be maxed out in one go, and so on. All small stuff, sure, but there's a lot to be said about small, simple things done right over complex things being done so-so. You'll have a scenario split in a few cases ala FF6, but the experience and gear is carried over for each character so no one falls behind. The decisions you make have impact later on, so nothing's as innocuous as it seems. And there are even 'spare' character to fill the roster so that the story isn't nailed down to the same group and you as the player aren't bottlenecked by losing your healer all of a sudden, for instance. The inspirations for this game are clear, and this is a fitting tribute to those great titles. There are a few shortcomings in this game, however. The tone of the story ramps up pretty fast and borders on melodramatic at times, so if that's not your bag, caveat emptor. The world is well explored but it's rather small for the toys you get later on. What I mean here is that when you get a ship to sail around with, you're only able to get to the next place you were meant to go to, so things haven't really opened up that much. Same with the airship after that, it's there only so you can get to the airship-accessible places, which are few and at the end of the game anyway. Compared to the ship in FF5 or the airship in FF4 and FF6, where you could go to so many new places (often at your own peril) and see how things changed in the locations you'd been to before, and this feels a bit stifling. But the shortcomings are part of the appeal here. Not only is this a title that I think a lot of people will like, it's a title I think a lot of people should pick up and play because the focus and dedication of this team are well on display, and if this is what they can do with the resources they have here, then I'd love to see what they turn out next time. For it being their first release, this is a damn fine offering, and if they can improve on what's already here, then I cannot wait to see it. Buy it. On sale or at full price, it's a steal either way.