Just a Cleric

I've had an absolute blast playing this game so far. Witty humor, entertaining stories. Absolutely worth the 4 bucks and I'm not even half way through it

Just a brief rundown of Just a Cleric as I need to sink more time in. First impressions, though, are good! The game has a lot of heart and an endearing sense of humour; there's a definite self-awareness to the proceedings and nothing here takes itself too seriously. The pixel art is decidedly a bit crude yet thoroughly charming and consistent. Clearly the work of one artist, which contributes a great deal to Just a Cleric's world feeling cohesive. While the game is built for a diminutive resolution (160x112), it means you won't find any unevenly scaled pixels knocking against each other as tends to happen, for instance, when a game aims to merely [i]approximate[/i] a low-res presentation. For me, the only real drawback to the pint-sized resolution is the readability of the game's sprite font in lower case, something I gather to be a common gripe. This is an extra shame as the dialogue and description text is generally pretty hilarious. Mechanically, Just a Cleric isn't the most polished action platformer on the planet but it plays more than competently enough. The RPG elements are well executed and there's real fun to be had taking on quests one-by-one from the rotating cast of snarky characters populating the pub. These bite-sized missions present a wide variety of locales to blunder through and the soundtrack is equally diverse, offering an eclectic mix of self-produced Primus-flavoured tunes with lyrics that often break the 4th wall. On the technical side, there are some rough edges to Just a Cleric but nothing I'd call dealbreaking. Controller support is a little iffy (an Xbox 360 gamepad wasn't detected at all on a Windows 7 machine but no issues under XP), the instant drop to desktop upon hitting escape is a touch rude and the complete lack of configurability is certainly not ideal, but the [i]game[/i] is good. For those seeking a lo-fi platformer with RPG accoutrements and a whack of personality, Just a Cleric fits the bill. Based on my experiences thus far, definitely recommended :)

[h1]I enjoyed this game![/h1] It has a bunch of content for a low price point. It just has one major flaw that could turn you off from it. The music is [u]HORRIBLE!!![/u] Actually, let me clearify. The instrumentals are ok and sound decent but the lyrics are what make you want to mute the game. It's SO bad I spam the B button on the start up, as if my life depends on it, trying desprately to avoid listening to the ear bleeding intro music. Not only that but many other areas in the game have terrible music too. And again it's not the instrumentals, it's the lyrics. When you're in the town, the lyrics go "TOOOOWWWNNNN... IN TOOOOOWWWWNNNN!!!" When you're in the shop the lyrics go "Buy the stuff... buy the stuff..." When you're fighting a boss the lyrics go "Big boss!... Big boss!..." When you're on a certain quest the lyrics go "M, I, L, K, that's what we drink all day!" By the sixth playthrough I ended up muting the game completely. I couldn't handle it anymore. [u]Everything else with the game is good, it just needs some more tweaking.[/u] Like collecting the eyes for special equipment. The dungeon isn't much fun when you can't use the items you found in the game and are forced to get lucky with the random drops. Also the rewards for demon eyes are all useless. I never used a single item from that shop; they are just so bad. I never used the set armour guy either. I think the only set I got was the resist magic one and at the time I didn't have storage so I sold it all. After five more playthroughs I only ever got a piece of a set I think. One or two of the quests got annoying after several playthroughs. All of the dark areas were not very fun to play but the one that takes the cake is that quest with the wealthy guy. I think it's completely random but you have to choose four doors correctly and if you pick the wrong one you lose and do not get a special item. I end up reseting the game over and over because he gives you a really good item. So it'll take 15 - 30 minutes to complete this quest and it just seems like you need to get lucky. Finally, I found some glitches by accident. I somehow duplicated my weapon when I put it in storage and took it out. It was a special weapon and fully upgraded so when I sold it I was rich. I also killed the secret boss once with the stunness gloves. As he flys to a different corner and you have those gloves and a fast enough weapon you can hit him for all his life and he'll barely move. Everything else with the game is really good. I loved the Sprite and item graphics, and all the little unique items you find. The sound effects are really nice. Most of the levels are fun and filled with variety. I like the fact there's a demon eye shop even though I didn't use it. The secret boss was fun too. I also loved that there is a hardcore mode! And even the music, when it was lacking lyrics, it was good. For example the church sounded like a church. [u]I recommend getting this game. It'll be a fun 10 hours for a very cheap price.[/u]

Just a Cleric is a platformer with rpg elements where you can level up, upgrade your stats, and get to collect and equip different gear with a pretty fair difficulty curve, being a mission based game it starts off on the easier ones allowing you to get the hang of the controls and mechanics but as you get further in, it gets progressively harder, at the end of the day you get a nice challenging yet fair experience. And while every mission has a set number of enemies and you can't grind any exp. or money, I haven't gotten to a point where a mission becomes impossible, mostly because there's a lot of options to work with. There are 4 stats you can upgrade as you level up, strength to deal more damage, faith to power up your spells and recharge your spell meter faster, constitution to upgrade your defense and hit points, and luck to get better loot from chests and drops from enemies meaning there's a lot of room for strategy, say you are not getting any good armor? you can focus on leveling up CON so you can resist more damage or FAI to heal faster, or you've gotten so far and still haven't gotten a new weapon? you can upgrade your starting weapon with the blacksmith using materials and money you find lying around, and in case you suddenly get a great piece of armor and feel like you can redeem some of your CON points in favor of STR, well you can do so at anytime as long as you have $25 to spare for a stat reset potion at the wizard store. Controls are really smooth and responsive, although there's a couple of minor issues with the fighting mechanic, mostly enemies with patterns that can overpower you depending on the weapon you are using, such as trying to poke a fast flying bird with your spear or fighting a boss with a powerful yet slow weapon like an axe or a short ranged weapon makes you really prone to get hit in the process, this however is only an issue if are not carrying more than one weapon type in your inventory. Speaking of inventory that's another downside I have with the game, on the plus side there's TONS of gear and weapons you can get, yet you have so little space in your inventory to keep most of them, you'll end up selling or on the worst case scenario dropping great equipment you get might get in the middle of a mission because you won't have enough room, kinda wish there was a way to store some equipment. The game has a lot of humor, mostly crude which I understand could be not everyone's cup of tea, I myself find it appealing and think it goes along really well with the cutesy 8-bit graphics, the humor can be appreciated in the soundtrack as well. which in contrast to the 8-bit graphics, it's actually instrumental and even lyrical, mostly on the comical side. Just a Cleric is a clear example of a game you can pick up at anytime and have a blast, the replayability is high with the new game+ and if you are the kind that enjoys self-imposed challenges this game is great for it, or you can try the hardest in-game challenge "hardcore mode" which is bound to give achievement hunters a run for their money.

I didn't even start playing this game when I decided I did not like it. First of all I cannot make it full screen. not that big of a deal but also I could not figure out how to get into the options so I could change the key bindings if it was even possible that was enough to ruin the game for me no full screen and weird controls that I could not figure out how to change

What is this I don't even

EDIT: After 51.2 hours on record I can say that this is a "piece of art" starting from pixel art to soundtrack. This game is FANTASTIC! if you like pixel games then I really RECOMMEND this game, main advantages: 1- Nice pixel design. 2- Numerous number (really lots) of weapons along with the game. 3- It has a lot of levels. 4- No bugs even while it's indie game. 5- A lot of unexpected and funny things happen. 6- Very Nice and lovely Soundtrack. The only "small negative thing" about this game is that you can't turn it to full screen from in-game settings, but you can easily do it using free software called "Borderless Gaming" so it's not a problem at all.

This is a fun goofy game. It's challenging, but not unfair. You play as a healer out for revenge after his party is killed by a dragon. It has a unique soundtrack. I like it, but I've always liked weird indy music and weird indy games. Unlike many indy games, a controller works very well. I haven't even tried the keyboard controls. The hitboxes are perfect. The game itself is simple but challenging. Most of the time your objective is to reach a certain spot on the map, collect a certain item, destroy a certain item, find a certain NPC or protect a certain NPC Once you get past the difficulty curve, the game is a joy to play.