Lareissa Everbright

"Lareissa Everbright" is an old school 2D retro pixel JRPG styled narrative driven RPG that, while somewhat charmingish, doesn't quite capture with authenticity the feeling of old school RPGs from the era... this is no Bard's Tale, more of an attempt to match western styles with shallow 8-bit console-eqsue JRPG gameplay and it fails to excel at either. This features really godawful, lazy pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks bad because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 2 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Not this time. This isn't worth downloading. While this won't cost you any money, you get what you pay for, and sometimes, even when the game is free, it's still not enough.

Игра 'Lareissa Everbright' оказалась приятным сюрпризом. Сначала может показаться, что это просто еще одна "roguelike" с пиксельной графикой, но у нее есть свое очарование. Боевая система ощущается достаточно плавной и отзывчивой, а разнообразие оружия и способностей позволяет экспериментировать с разными стилями игры. Что действительно выделяет 'Lareissa Everbright', так это ее система прогрессии. Она ощущается щедрой, и даже после неудачного забега вы чувствуете, что стали сильнее и узнали что-то новое. История, хотя и не является основным фокусом игры, подается небольшими порциями через диалоги и описания предметов, подталкивая к исследованию мира. Некоторые уровни могут показаться немного однообразными, и иногда случаются раздражающие столкновения с врагами, но в целом это не портит впечатление. Если вам нравятся подобные игры и вы ищете что-то относительно новое, 'Lareissa Everbright' – неплохой вариант для ознакомления. Игра затягивает и вызывает желание пройти ее до конца.

I enjoyed it.

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