Myth Bearer

Fun little magic tower like adventure game.

Discovered by accident, Myth Bearer turned out to be a surprisingly good game! It's actually something new to me, never really played anything like that. While it looks like a simplistic rpg from 8-bit era, it is actually a game about exploration and strategy. The mechanics are very simple, which is great, as you can focus on exploration and carefully planned strategy, so you can progress in the game. You're not really punished for dying, as there is no permadeath here, but I personally think the game gets interesting when you're trying to finish it without dying. You need to pick fights, manage the items and spells at your disposal so you can level up and get stronger. Then you can attack stronger foes. It's a bit like in metroidvania games. The game world is complex, interconnected and rich in secret areas to discover. Single save makes things additionaly difficult though, and I'd rather have couple more slots there. All in all, this is very solid, well thought indie game, with nice old-school visuals. For this price, you don't have to think twice.

The developer understands what makes RPGs tick and makes fun music! I'll leave more notes once I play it more.

Really bad game design overall, there's a lot of forced damage setups, and the lack of a practical method to healing basically means you are forced to take deaths in order to progress at snail's pace, as you can only kill one enemy before the next one-shoots your pitiful health.

Toda una experiencia retro muy agradable. Recomendado por el precio que tiene y las posibilidades que ofrece.

Well worth the (rather low) price. It's a short adventure with no hand holding. You gain access to a fairly large area to explore very quickly and you get to explore at your own pace. The way the combat and exploration works together and how you can choose to use finite resources to push through harder areas is interesting. It shares a tiny bit of DNA with Desktop Dungeons. The music drove me nuts, but it can be turned off. I was also not a fan of the slow old school grid-like movement. You can use a mouse to move the character, but since the character is unable to path find around corners I found it mostly awkward and prone to miss clicks and you still have to use the mouse to interact with things if you switch to the keyboard for movement. With that said, I'd definitely recommend this game if you have a few hours to kill.

this game trips me out

I really enjoyed this game! I basically played it in a day. I would say up top that I don't totally agree that it's "open-ended." It's true that you can basically choose which enemies to engage with in what order, but otherwise, as far as I can tell you have a pretty linear path through the stages of the game. The ability to largely wander around the island as you see fit (as long as you can pass the enemies) serves a lot more to create a ton of backtracking, without a ton of discovery or exploration later in the game. (Unless, of course, there were meaningful choices you could make in the narrative—but it definitely didn't seem like it.) I still found the game very engaging, although other players might find the core gameplay loop a bit repetitive; it does come down to a lot of save-scumming to figure out the most efficient series of steps, if you want to get through the game without dying (which is what I did). Despite what at least one other review said, you don't need to die to advance through the game! But pick your steps very carefully, as well as your saves. I also found the magic to be pretty underwhelming: I largely only used the heal spell until I got the barrier spell (barrier spell is just more cost-effective once it's more than 20 damage you're guarding against...for the same reason, the freeze spell was never worth double the mana cost for roughly the same effect as the barrier), with the mana drain equipped passively. I never worked out how to use the magic staff at all. Overall it's worth a shot, especially now that it's free!

Fun game that delivers exactly what it promises. Interesting strategy with a great story.