Knight Bewitched

I found this saga through the last game Absinthia and it made me rediscover the love for RPGs that I had lost years ago. The game is excellent, good story, lovable characters, some comedy, a map with plenty things to explore and above all some twists in the combat system that brings a lot of freshness to the already achieved nostalgia. Price is also cheap. ESP: Encontré esta saga por el ultimo juego que salió Absinthia y me hizo reencontrar el amor a los RPG que había perdido hace años. Respecto al juego es excelente, buena historia, personajes entrañables, algo de humor, un mapa con bastantes cosas por explorar y sobretodo algunas vueltas de tuerca en el sistema de combate que aporta mucha frescura a la ya lograda nostalgia. El precio es barato.

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Yes yes yes and yes. The game play isn't anything too special. Its def more enjoyable than other rpgs, but its really just the classic. What i love most is every character (besides uno, we don't talk about uno) has a way to recover mp. That move doesn't feel nearly as efficient as their normal moves, but its a way to recover mp without resting or drinking a potion which other classic rpgs don't have which my stingy ass loves as I am someone who refuses to use a potion unless its the final super secret hidden boss. And if it was only for that, I wouldn't recommend this game, but the dialogue is honestly so charming. Whoever is the writer, I love you. At least so far. I'm only the first quest in so that might all change, but I love the writing enough that I felt like I had to write a review. Anyways, gonna play this some more tommarow

I have a complete playthrough I am posting on my Youtube. You can find the current episodes on my playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuVHSXI0XDqiAJmpq9P-RjKgqdn7ymmrK (This review is based on the original Legacy Edition, which is playable with the current version.) This game has a solid story and starts out with a relative bang. Following Ruth's journey is a fun experience and a majority of the pacing in this game is done well enough that you need minimal grinding for experience. There's plenty of little gags and humor sprinkled in to offset the downtimes searching towns. Being a JRPG-style game, you expect bonuses battles that'll test your ability, and the game doesn't disappoint in that regards. The secret bosses offer a solid challenge and I met with the game over screen fighting a couple of them due to their sheer power or their uniquenesses. The game is far from perfect as this is an early work from this developer. The typical mistake of giving too much equipment exists in this game due to trying to provide secondary effects; you will run into far more options than you will probably realistically use especially with the weapons. I have not played the newer Enhanced Edition, but from what I can tell parts of it are almost a different game so playing through both is recommended, which is a great bang for your buck (considering off discounts it is $4.99 USD). And if you decide to play all of the games, this series shares history so later games will reference this one (which gives the entire Saga an amazing interconnected feel even though they are standalone games). Do recommend.

JRPG GOTY 1993 right here boyos. But in all seriousness, there's a remarkable amount of depth and easily swappable 'build' decisions for all the characters, and while it's not totally freeform, the amount of variety in skills and equipment means you end up devising team-wide openers for combat depending on enemy group makeup and needs. It's a lot more sophisticated and nuanced than the simple presentation suggests, and while the writing isn't winning any awards, it's charming and perfect for the vibes.

TL;DR rating: 7.5/10. Good for the price its asking, wish the story was longer and had more time to flesh out the relationship. Highly recommend that you play on Hard in Enhanced Edition. Full review: Knight Bewitched follows the story of an Alchemist and Knight attempting to save the world. Ruth is a heroic warrior on the run from the king's law under the presumption that she has been bewitched by the witch Gwendolyn, whom she was tasked to kill. The story quickly becomes a race against time to prove both Ruth and Gwen's innocence as well as to resolve a larger conflict: the impending end of humanity brought on by an ancient force. [spoilers start] What of the story? Knight Bewitched, unfortunately, runs into the issue of feeling rushed. Gwen and Ruth's relationship hardly has time to navigate the overarching conflict in the story. There is a point at the halfway mark in the game where Gwen starts to act apprehensive around Ruth, which the latter points out only to have the discussion brushed off with the fact that the two have greater things to worry about. Eventually, it comes to light that Gwen has bewitched Ruth. This is something that was suspected since the start of the game. The bewitchment is minor, and only requires that Ruth agree with anything Gwen says as long as she uses a specific phrase. How would Ruth react to this? Presumably, this would be a major conflict in their relationship, however since the game is pressed for time to resolve the overarching story line... Ruth is only upset for a single cut scene, until Gwen's sister approaches her and informs her whatever romantic feelings the knight feels for the alchemist are hers alone. At that point, when the two talk again it is established that they're now in a relationship. It's an RPG, so the relationship isn't the main plot of the story. No, the major plot point is the evil dragon trying to destroy all humans. That being said, Ruth and Gwen are 1/2 of the main cast (Stray and Uno both have character turning points that I feel are better handled.) I had been hoping that their story would be better fleshed out. In fact, it kind of made me wish the game was longer. [end spoilers] I beat the game at ~25hrs, some of that time is from me being afk, so that being said I would wager this game is about 16-18hrs long. Additionally, I played on the hardest difficulty in enhanced edition which meant I spent more time grinding so I could 100% the game. The combat is classic turn based, the difficulty creep on hard felt a bit odd. There were times I was struggling with side bosses, and other times where I just completely obliterated them. There was even a moment in the endgame where a side boss (Strife) achievement popped and I hadn't even fought it yet, damn I guess I'm just that strong. Over all, I give this game a 7.5/10. It isn't bad, its not great, but it scratches the classic RPG itch and provides hours of content for the price it's asking. I will definitely be buying Knight Bewitched 2 to see if Ruth and gwen develop more alongside the additional cast.

Super Spielmechanik, wirklich tolle Geschichte, ein genialer Humor und Charaktere mit denen man gerne Zeit verbringt. Kann das Spiel wirklich nur empfehlen!

Дуже непогана інді JRPG. Приємні персонажі, цікава бойова система, не без глибини, та при цьому не мозголомна, є випадкові зустрічі, але вони не дратують, так як з кожної можна втекти з 100% шансом. Ну і, як то прийнято в "великих" JRPG, тут ж великий відкритий світ, який можна досліджувати, багато секретів, опціональних боссів (які сильніші за фінального), ультимативної зброї тощо. Сюжет простий, але все одно цікавий. завдяки яскравим персонажам та романтичній лінії. В цілому гра вийшла точно не гірша більш серйозних коллег по жанру (а в деяких випадках і краща), тому однозначно увірвуся у сиквел та інші ігри серії.

I was both pleasantly surprised and somewhat disappointed by Knight Bewitched, though all in all I consider it a pretty good game. I genuinely recommend it to JRPG fans as a short, engaging experience. I'll get into more detail now, granted this is the first installment in a greater saga of games that undoubtedly evolved and changed with later entries (I'll get to those soon too), so I'm not gonna harp on too much, I'll just keep it brief. Gameplay itself doesn't seem too different from the usual RPG Maker stuff at a first glance, though the combat and progression are handled really well in my opinion. Lots of variety in gear, and each character's abilities have meaningful uses in combat; getting a particularly powerful skill upon leveling up or by equipping a trinket doesn't mean you're gonna break the game, it means you're going to NEED it. Buffs and debuffs are powerful and the game fully expects you to use them all the time and build a solid turn rotation, because enemies can be quite threatening, especially on Hard where each random encounter requires proper strategy... though it can be inconsistent and somewhat frustrating at times, I don't exactly recommend starting on that difficulty like I did. Still, managing MP is also not much of a pain in the ass unlike most other JRPGs, most characters are given consistent tools to replenish them (either theirs or another character's in some cases), which further encourages liberal use of skills; easy access to MP restoratives is also a big help, and leveling up means a full heal as well so it's fun to plan around that when needed. Exploration felt alright, the world opens up pretty early and it's fun to just go around and explore the big but not too big world map, and there's a lot to be done when it comes to side content. Smaller scale maps are well constructed for the most part and no dungeon feels like a slog or overstays its welcome; the puzzles are mostly alright, some pretty fun. I was about to cry when I found out there was going to be a teleporter-based dungeon, but it was actually not too bad, no complicated mazes there. There's a clear understanding from the dev of just how frustrating some gimmicks can be, so they handled them pretty well! The story is something I'm mixed about. It's serviceable and can be engaging at times, there's some fun writing in there, and it's a pretty classic plot about fighting off the return of an ancient evil, kinda cool stuff. It just feels quite rushed and a lot of things are pretty vague, though what really disappointed me was the romantic subplot... it's really rushed and I just wish there was more of it. I love yuri, damn it! Aside from a few scenes, Ruth and Gwen's relationship isn't very well explored and some of those scenes are optional too; don't expect too much on that front. The characters in general were fine, pretty entertaining at times, especially Uno. Not a lot to say on that front. On the topic of writing, the game's got a decent amount of humor, and it was kinda hit or miss for me. Some of the in-character jokes were pretty funny! But some of the more "real-world reference" kinda stuff didn't age well for me. It's all taste at the end of the day but I genuinely hated having to exist in a town called Gabenport. The Enhanced version of the game uses a different resource pack compared to the base MZ assets, so it looks a bit more vibrant albeit still blocky; character illustrations are pretty great though, they really cooked when they made RPGM Fes. I also did enjoy the presence of some custom art, albeit sparse; it's not incredible artwork but still absolutely competent and it has soul. Knight Bewitched was made FAR before AI slop became a thing so it should be a given, but somehow it still comforts me in a way. Oh also, the music has some pretty great pieces. The track used for most mid-bosses is so catchy, I still hear it in my head right now. All in all, cool stuff. I'm gonna play the rest of the series now

Turn-based rpg with a charming story. I love that the knights of Ambrose games always have lgbt characters.