Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown

Great game, concise and obviously a love letter to the old times. If you like old Wizardry games then you'll likely enjoy your time in Amberland.

Nice old school dungeon crawler RPG. Decent customization regarding weapons and armor. Pretty good story. Def not a hand holder you will have to pay attention to people and what they say etc. Definitely recommended 8/10

昔、FM タウンズで初めての1人称ゲームのmight and MAGICをして物凄くハマリ、それからはこの手のゲームを 良くしました。懐かしくあの時代のゲームに似ていたので購入、この不親切さや何をすればいいか分からない所、 チープなグラフィック等々、最高です。

+Challenging & fun on hard difficulty and above +Decently tactical combat (but not overly deep) +enemy sprites are cool +the right length for this kind of game (10-15 hours depending on your playstyle) +dialogue & characters can be funny +some good music at times (but tracks can be repetitive) +sea exploration +takes inspiration from classic RPGs for some things which can be cool and it does show at times. Might & Magic etc -loot pool is weird -character creation feels a little limited to me, characters dont feel different enough outside of the most basic archetypes. For example Knights & Fighters are extremely similar. -portraits lack variety -can feel quite repetitive combat-wise -lacking itemisation for non-fighter types -really lacking in lore/story -also lacking in some kind of special sauce, like something unique or surprising. its pretty predictable overall in all areas

There is full controller support and the combat is snappy. And that exhaust the good things I can tell about this game. It is just too simple. I think the good example is the lack of thief class. It totally makes sense, since it is impossible to backstab opponents, there is no ranged combat, there are no locks to pick and no secrets to find. There are no potions nor other consumables like spell scrolls. Quest completion text feels like Dumbledore awarding points to Gryffindor. Fight with all opponents is exactly the same, the *single* exception being the worms, that are able to kill backline before frontline collapses. Lastly, for the love od gods, I can not understand why resting at inn consumes *your* food supplies.

Don't play the game on Insane I got to about level 35 before the tedium got to me. Couldn't afford any items, 100% of gold for a mid helm upgrade, etc, obviously was never balance tested. I bet if I played on hard would have been a lot more fun though. Maybe I'll do another play-through later.

LoA is a retro party-based RPG reminsicent of the Might & Magic and Gold Box games of my youth. It's pretty starighforward; travel around, talk to people to receive quests, travel around, find quest item, return to quest giver. I played on normal difficulty and it was pretty easy. A character might die here or there but resurrection was pretty easy. I only faced a TPK once, I think, and that was because I stayed in a dungeon too long. It's fun in an uncomplicated and cheesy way. I played on Steam Deck and it worked fine.