Lamia Must Die

If you're bored, I suppose this could be... fun...... if you're really bored. The voice acting put a smile on my smile.

Exactly what it says on the tin. 20 minutes of JRPG from start to end credits. Some setup, some voiced dialogue (Charming amateur work.), some nice art, and one boss fight. It's all quite easy. Just turn off active time battle. You don't know these characters so you'll have to check their skills. You can change two party members, so you might want to replay to see what different plot there is. Still, the whole thing is incredibly trivial. A lot of effort went into the art, voice work, etc, and everything is certainly workmanlike, but there's nothing all that interesting here. Fun enough for a freebie though. In reflection, though, I think that is actually something profound. Look how rare it is for a game to have the monster ACTUALLY BE A MONSTER that must die. How rare it is for the heroes to actually save the day from a monster. There's no twist where you were the monster all along. No stupid navel gazing about two so gray so grimdark factions and having to pick blah blah. When you get down to that, a game that promises heroes slaying a monster and saving the day and delivers exactly that... that is kinda rare these days, isn't it?

A great game, considering what it is advertising. The voice acting is great, and it gives personality to each character. The story is simple and clear, nothing much to it. The endings are as good. The fight is not that hard, really. It could be a bit more difficult. There are also a few errors, but nothing that prevents gameplay. Overall, I can't wait for both the prequel and the sequel for this short entry!

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(Originally, I wrote a super negative review for this title. Probably one of the worst reviews I've ever written. Due to its offensive nature, it has been removed long ago. About a year later, I've gotten up the nerve to replay it with a calmer mind and see it in a new light) [h1]Must this naga really die?[/h1] [i]Lamia Must Die[/i] is a short 10-15 minute game involving a single battle created in RPG Maker. It starts off with 2 constant characters that don't change (your healer and a thief), but get a choice between two heroes (Defense or Offense) and a support unit (an OP archer that attacks single units or a mage capable of attacking multiple units). The difficulty is personally easy if you choose the archer due to her ability to greatly nerf the boss's attack, defense, and speed...meaning I wouldn't be able to do much with the mage, whose multi-attack is pretty worthless anyway. Word of the wise? Stick with the archer. I personally find it strange for a battle intended to be a final battle to not be stocked with tons of health items and without any revival items in reserve. Most of the items I didn't even end up using and some of the skills required more technical points than I could manage to get my hands on. In addition to this, I found that regular attacks actually worked more effectively than using skills, something you would think to be counter-productive. There are also various graphical issues that I cannot ignore. Upon booting up this game, there is a resolution issue making the visual part in the bottom right part of the screen and stretching beyond the screen's field of view. In the smallest resolution, you won't see the entirety of the boss and will find the screen to be far too busy and cluttered. In the largest setting, you at least get to see everything, but you'll still have an issue as everything is not centered. The game has voice acting, which is a good thing, but it seems a bit picky as to when it plays the audio file and when it doesn't. There are text lines where the character doesn't have the voice-acted line play, which is a jarring discrepency. The voice actors do a good job, but the lines come off as generic and cheesy. Trust me, the plot isn't something to look forward to. (Hero, holy servant, a famous actress mage, a nature/spirit loving archer, and a vengeful thief) Essentially, [i]Lamia Must Die[/i] serves as an example of a final battle game, but with a crippled inventory (when you'd normally be well-stocked), skills weaker than your base attacks (unbalanced), and with a subpar plot. If there's anything positive I can say about it is that the battle sequence and battle presentation aesthetically looks well done and that the usage of the voice actors is a good call to breathe life into characters. Sadly, they're still characters straight out of a cookie-cutter press. I only recommend this game if you want a short fix for your RPG needs, but are not looking for substance. 2/10 Some nagas need to die, but I don't really see why this one had to...

I really like the idea of 150+ hours of gameplay being compressed down to a single boss fight. But you're at a significant disadvantage from the start by not knowing the characters and skills. After a few tries though the battle is pretty straight forward. It took me 3 tries to beat Lamia and I have to admit I was a little disappointed that she didn't have multiple forms. Some cons: I hate the button input sequences for the spells; I was using a controller and had to keep switching back and forth between that and my keyboard. It's also pretty devestating when you miss a input and waste your turn. I also experienced a significant amount of slow down even with the lower resolution. I have a pretty powerful setup so I know that wasn't what the problem is. My last nitpick is that I wish the meters and status effects for the characters where displayed more clearly and the turn reticle/circle thing was bigger. Definitely worth a try if you're an old school rpg veteran, I mean you have nothing to lose (except time I guess) because it's free. I hope there's a sequel.

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