Herta's Chess Game

Highly recommend: the gameplay is fun, the maps are well designed, and really my only complaint would be the speed of combat animations but aside from that it's great.

7/10 JRPG with turn-based combat. TLDR: There is a functional combat system here and a well-developed RPG system. The main downside is the poor controls scheme and the clumsy, controller-optimized UI system. Good: + free + combat system is good, with various attack types that have rock-paper-scissors relationships, several abilities and skills per character, inventory etc So-so: +/- okay-ish music +/- modest pixelated graphics str okay for a free indie game, though the abundance of stock content (RPGMaker-targeted tiles?) gives it a low-budged look +/- missions are too scripted. Enemies can appear from nowhere, then move and attack in the same turn. While the game is still easy at start, this decreases the strategic feel +/- mistranslations and typos Bad: - UI operation requires frequent right-clicks to exit menus and generally too many clicks - this probably comes from the controller-centric design and the terrible traditions of RPGMaker engine - unit control requires too many clicks and lacks fluidity. I kept struggling with the left and right mouse clicks even after several battles. Again, this comes from the controller-centric design and the ugly traces of RPGMaker traditions - illustrations in the tutorial are in Chinese. Given that most players on Steam (>70%) understand English at least to some extent and only the Chinese (<30%) understand Chinese, that's a wrong developer's choice. Unless gfx are localized, they should be in English. The instructions are still kinda okay to understand, given that the combat system is familiar here [table][tr][th][i]I'm a Steam curator, you can [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43946907-Friendly-Nerd/]follow me[/url][/i][/th][/tr][/table]

Honkai Starrail if it was peak

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Let's make a serious review for this. On one hand, this is a nice hsr fangame with cute visuals, great chibi character designs, and great animations. On the other, the difficulty ramps up way too fast. The Herta Space Station section that the game opens with feels really easy compared to the stuff you face later on, whether it's the swam on the Astral Express or the stuff in Belobog (and I don't know what happens after this because I haven't beaten the second Belobog level). You could say that "You're not 83rd in the Genius Society, this isn't for you" and while you'd be right, just because it's made for number 83 of the Genius Society, doesn't mean it should feel this difficult. Like to put into perspective the difficulty, the first Belobog level has you fight an Ice Out of Space (miniboss) that's hard to kill and then Gepard who has two phases. Like it's just kicking you while you're down. The Silvermane Guards are built incredibly strong in general, it often feels like the game is just trying to screw you over with how some characters start off really great but get absolutely demolished later on (Stelle is a perfect example of this, she seems like an amazing tank but is actually just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in the later parts), and that's just a few of the problems with the game's difficulty. What truly ads insult to injury though is just how there's no guides on youtube to help players figure things out.

В общем и целом довольно прикольная игрушка с сочными локациями и пошаговой стратегией. Плохо то, что анимации медленные и долгие, из-за чего игровой процесс довольно сильно растягивается

Nenhuma análise em português BR, então vou dar uma moral aqui. Adorei o jogo, ótimo para quem gosta de RPG de turnos no estilo de Fire Emblem. No início é meio complicado de aprender os controles, mas quando pega o jeito fica divertido! Para os fãs de Honkai Star Rail, a experiencia é ainda melhor, os desenhos são fofos e a música do próprio jogo faz você sentir uma ótima nostalgia, recomendo bastante! As minhas únicas reclamações acredito que serão ajustadas aos poucos; que no caso seria traduzir para o inglês algumas coisas que ainda estão em chinês (porque acho difícil já ter tradução BR em um jogo meio desconhecido e novo), além de otimizar um pouco o jogo, principalmente na hora das ults, que acabam saindo todas travadas. Como uma fã de sangue de Fire Emblem e Star Rail, recomendo você dar uma olhada, ótimo para passar o tempo! (Difícil de platinar, tho...)