Soul Scar

This was my first game from Wolf's Moon Studios and they have made me a huge fan. I can't wait to try some of the studio's other titles. This game is a classic old-school JRPG with some Rogue-Lite features. The game has retro looking graphics. A nice change from the normal RPG Maker graphics. The game also has 100% acoustic music. I found the music very enjoyable and relaxing. I can't think of many games that have done this and fits the game well. You pick four different classes out of nine choices for your party. Each class is fun and has different skills and spells to use. The cool thing is each time the game starts it randomly picks one Main Boss and one Mini Boss. Each from three choices. This can cause locations to change as well. The game will also randomly place items in chest. Each play thru is different. There is a NewGame+ option. Once you kill the Main Boss you have the choice of starting a New Game or continuing you current game. Using NewGame+ will restart the game but now there will be better items in the chests and new locations to explore. After that run you can choose NewGame+ again. The game is designed and meant to played multiple times. You will not see everything with one play thru. I really love this and was one of the main reasons I got the game. I can't wait to try other classes and trying to kill all the Main and Mini bosses. The game has a Hunger System. Everything you do takes food. If you run out you start to lose health and can die. It's kind of like Mana has been replaced with Hunger but overall I really love this system. You can use lots of skills and magic in combat without worrying about Mana. It just feels better and makes the combat very enjoyable for me. Some skills and spells are instant use and it's nice to be able to do those without having to wait. You are not allowed to use skills/spells outside combat. All the items you collect are meant to be used instead. I liked this since it forces you to use your items and not horde them. There tons of items and loot to collect in the game. It's all random you never know what you will get. My Mage didn't find a new weapon she could use until after NewGame+. She was using the basic staff she started with for my first play thru. After NewGame+ some of the chests change into Epic ones. Now there are even better items to get. I loved trying to find new and more powerful items. After awhile you will have more loot than you need. At some point an NPC appears in town that sells expensive potions to make your party even stronger. Good thing you have all those extra items to sell for gold. The max level for each character is 10. After that you can use Veteran Experience to buy more powerful skill/spells and stat upgrades. More reason to explore the world and do some grinding. After NewGame+ there are a few very tough locations that get unlocked. I'm still grinding trying to get powerful enough to enter these areas. Otherwise I didn't find the game that hard overall. There are a handful of quests to do in the main town. These don't seem to change with the NewGame+. It's a shame they don't and I would have liked more quests but considering how replayable it's not really a negative. There is enough content here to keep you busy for a long time. This is an enjoyable game to me and I love it. I see myself putting a tone of hours into this game. Killing all the Main and Mini bosses and trying different classes. If you are looking for an old-school JRPG with some Rogue-Lite features give this game a try. It's made to be replayed many times I think you will get a good amount of playtime for you money. Thanks Wolf's Moon Studios for an awesome game!!!