Heroes of the Seven Islands

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Heroes of the Seven Islands é um RPG indie que parece ter escapado diretamente da era dos jogos Flash e dos navegadores antigos, abraçando com orgulho uma estética simples, desenhada à mão e cheia de personalidade. Em vez de tentar competir com RPGs gigantescos e cinematográficos, o jogo conquista pelo charme artesanal, pela exploração tranquila entre ilhas e pela sensação constante de descoberta, mesmo quando a recompensa é só uma espada enferrujada ou algumas moedas perdidas em um baú escondido. O combate e a progressão são simples, o ritmo pode ser lento e o visual certamente divide opiniões, mas existe tanto coração e autenticidade na experiência que é difícil não se apegar. É aquele tipo de jogo estranho, nostálgico e acolhedor que faz o jogador sentir como se tivesse reencontrado uma velha aventura esquecida em um computador antigo.

Charming graphics, humorous setting, tight gameplay.

Heroes of the Seven Islands is an accessible, exploration-driven RPG where style carries the experience. Reminiscent of old school RPGs, it delivers a fun adventure with colorfully silly art. Travelling across the seven islands, you'll meet a variety of characters that send you on quests, utilising some point & click styled interactions, and many enemies that you need to beat in turn-based combat. You get to customize your own party, with RPG standard classes, such as knight, thief, sorcerer, etc. Level up their stats as you wish, pick which skills to upgrade. Don't expect an in-depth story, it's a light exploration-driven experience, and most of the enjoyment will come from enjoying the art and music with each new location & NPC. It's always delightful when you find something new at the end of a dungeon. There were some challenging battles (the bleed effect can be particularly devastating to your party's health), but with fully customizable difficulty scaling, I would say that it's super accessible to complete newbies to the genre. Dungeons didn't go too deep, so you could heal up at any time. The most frustrating part of this game I found was sometimes needing to run around trying to find the right shop or trainer to help build your skills, as they're spread across all the islands, causing you to waste time/gold. I think this comes from staying true to legacy design choices, but it may create friction for gamers with more modern sensibilities. I will also add that once you get your party set up and you figure out what works, the battles can feel a little repetitive, especially if you take the time to over level. To counteract this, there's a reputation meter that slowly drops if you take too long to finish quests, though the impact was unclear to me. The standout strength, would definitely be for its style/vibe. There simply aren't many other competently put together games that look like this, which is super impressive for a solo dev. I had originally picked this up via the demo, but it only took me 10 mins to fall in love and immediately purchase the full game. This game is for anybody that likes turn based RPGs, especially with more old-school design, but wants a lighter tone or change of pace from the usual high fantasy or anime worlds.

Fun retro-inspired CRPG with colorful art. Systems are in-depth enough for a 10 hour adventure. Had a good time with it.

If you like old school RPG mechanics, but are having doubts about this game because of the graphics - then just go ahead and buy this. You can thank me later. This game is a true labor of love. The static screenshots don't do it justice. There is a lot of effort put in the gameplay experience: sounds, animations, the artstyle and fonts used - it all comes together in a charming, supremely playable, combat, character-building and leveling up fest. This is a point an click game: click on a location, you instantly travel there. This is nice, as it does not waste the player's time at all. Playing an interacting with the game is very snappy and to the point. Keyboard shortcuts make the combat ergonomic. Exploration is not really a part of the game, all environments being static screens. But on those screens, you can find secrets and interact with the world by clicking on objects. This is nice and fun. Combat is a standard turn-based affair of choosing actions per character, with the choices of attacks, special actions, and spells, usually either doing damage, or buffs. It is well done, but nothing special. The core fun of the game is to be had in leveling up and gearing up the party. This is done very well, with good pacing, giving a good sense of progression. Completing quests and leveling up is very satisfying. The (hand-drawn, on paper initially) art, sounds and music, give this gameworld an unique charm. I enjoy the quirky, unusual world its strange denizens. My party looks like a band of buffoons, but then again, so does everyone else...! This game is a masterclass in the sum being bigger than all the parts combined, and in how all the parts fit together in a unified whole, with a consistent and clear style. It is remarkable with how little a real rewarding gaming experience is built, still maintaining the core old school gameplay (and level of fun!) of Might and Magic. Good music! If you like classic RPG gameplay in whatever form - get this now, you won't regret it!

Short but sweet RPG. Movement is based on clicking on map locations which makes for a fun casual experience. The combat system has enough classes for some decent strategy variation making the game worth a few runs.

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