Shadows of Adam

Shadows of Adam é um RPG indie criado pela Something Classic Games. A história é bem simples e homenageia vários RPGs clássicos da era dos 16 bits. O jogo é bem balanceado e usa um sistema de combate por turnos com visão frontal, similar a Lufia e Final fantasy: Mystic Quest; ao invés de encontros aleatórios, os Inimigos são visíveis no mapa e podem ser evitados. Os gráficos em pixel art são muito bem feitos e as dungeons, apesar de usar os clichê dos quatro templos elementais, são bem elaboradas e contém vários puzzles e segredos. O jogo é relativamente curto e pode ser completado em cerca de 10 horas, ou um pouco mais se fizer as sidequests. Recomendo.

The story is simple but wholesome and interconnected. Mechanics are quite oldschool, although there is active in-fight mana restoration, that is occasionally annoying because some fight tend to end before the replensih happens. A lot of box pushing puzzles, maybe a bit too much in the later dungeons, that drag for quite some time. The game also felt too linear until the flying ship point and DLC content, DLC was really good btw. Some actually challenging fights and world openness were great additions, relquary system was a big imrpovement for the very limited accessory slots. Generally peformed well but I stumbled on a hardlock during one of minecart sections, it should be a good idea to save often.

A dainty JRPG that desires to be a blast to the past. Shadows of Adam is a manufactured revival of the classic turn based combat games of the NES and SNES era, featuring a polished gameplay, cleaned from the most annoying aspects of previous generation entries such as: grinding, slow combat and random encounters. Here there is a precise number of enemies per area, blocking treasures and ways to progress a dungeon. Story and characters imitate that classic JRPG narration, (you can expect elemental crystals here too) albeit this time, it doesn’t shy away from being playfully unserious. It’s not even lengthy, requiring you less than 20 hours to reach the endgame. It’s a small adventure that doesn’t want to be complicated in the gear or combat system but just brims with blunt fun. (Although it could not be your cup of tea if you are searching for something more challenging). Pixel art as well is colorful and detailed enough to be pleasing to the eye. A must for anyone nostalgic or not, who craves to replay JRPG of decades ago, but with a new breath of fresh air.

This game gets what classic jrpgs were about. No combat gimmicks, short dialogues, silly sometimes serious, dungeons with more than just walkin' n' fightin'. What it improves over classic games: You actually gotta think during combat Encounters visible on field Pretty much every ability has its use Where it drops the ball: In the very end of the game you've had enough block pushing puzzles and the normal encounters you kinds figured them out already so they don't offer much. But that's like 15 minutes away from the end of the game so it's no big deal. My favorite thing about the game is a small one but small things matter. When you revisit places you've been to before and you discover new side quests and items.

What a great little game. It's short, and breezy, and never feels like a slog. Combat is reasonably challenging and some bosses (looking at you, possessed andidote kid) are legit tough. The music is hit or miss but some tracks are stellar. It's a lot like FF Mystic Quest - which is a good thing!

decent battlesystem requires some strategy, not push a to proceed in most cases no random battles (this could be a negative if you like random battles, I'm indifferent) story is okay, nothing crazy, saw the twist a mile away Worth it if you can pick up on a sale I'd say its a decent game

Shadows of Adam is a memorable JRPG experience. It's so good it made me finish New Game Plus mode right after beating the game.