Terrain of Magical Expertise

Seems cute. Like a cartoon isometric .hack// with a more turn based, FF style combat. Seems really fun, but I struggled to get it to work. Mouse did very little. it seemed wasd and the arrow buttons did stuff, but I couldn't access an esc menu or get a controller to work despite combat artwork depicting what looks like controller buttons. Seems like stuff that will most likely be fleshed out so I'm not worried. seemed interesting. Ill have to check back in and see how it develops.

There's a lot of good in this game. I'm a big fan of the creator, the characters, and the fact most missions have built in 'if you lose' conditions. It has a LOT of good. I just don't really like how grindy it is to get items, or that you have to fight online with other people to earn money.

全英文配音加上有中文值得推薦 但是戰鬥有點冗長 一開始的頁面很有心 主角不能客製化外觀但可以選擇技能 但是升級又要半小時後都還沒遇到 有點可惜 感覺在優化一些設定就可以玩了

I became a fan of TOME back when the latest episode of the web series was #13. I had no idea there was a game until recently, but I'm really glad I played it. Though it's a different canon, I'm perfectly fine with just about all of the changes. The story is the best part, which is par for the course in this genre. The gameplay itself is reminiscent of Super Mario RPG, and it shows in the little references here and there. Plus, every single line of dialogue was voiced and sounds great! That's something not even modern AAA devs can regularly accomplish. The voice direction knocked it out of the park! I highly, highly recommend this game for that alone. That said, there are a couple points to note that may turn people off the title. -There is a bug with the Flower status where both character models appear at once and confuses the game, and if a battle drags on long enough it can softlock. It's been reported (and will probably only appear a few times in a playthrough anyway), so if there's an update that fixes it since the time of writing, disregard this. -The original web series aired beginning in 2011 and was set in 2020. This game does the same, though now with tiny references to the pandemic sprinkled in. Allusions to real-world events might be a pass for some people, but I feel like they'd be missing out on the rest of the story. -The combat VERY NEARLY reaches modern Paper Mario levels of pointless: fight for money to use on items for more fights. Character progression is tied to finding equipment and learning skills in dojos, neither of which come from random encounters. The only reason the combat doesn't cross that line is because you can also purchase certain equipment plus key items for a side quest. But once you unlock gambling it's all over for voluntary battles: save-scum 'til you have max cash and skip away. So yeah, those are my thoughts. Also Nylocke is the best character hands down.

I cannot recommend this game. It has some elements that are pretty good, but they are vastly outweighed by the bad. Good: -art -narrative/writing -soundtrack -voice acting Bad: -gameplay -controls are not designed for PC, some of the moves are unusable because of this -UI -presence of some bugs -the combat system is a bad facsimile of Paper Mario's. I truly cannot emphasize enough just how bad the combat in this game is which is a huge negative when its a combat game -can't bring party members with you when exploring the world outside of missions -stats hardly seem to matter. It takes a lot just to increase your base damage by 1 meanwhile your enemies hit you for 30 damage. I would be willing to overlook all of the negative if this game were a small solo product, but not for a studio of this size. Save yourself the frustration. (Took me about 24 hours)

Ich würde das spiel nicht nochmal kaufen!

If you like the classic tome then you probably won't like this as all the characters are back but completely different. However if you like rpg's, megaman battle network style fights, and returning bosses like the virus. Then you will love this. For me it's a 10/10

Very solid in design, the lack of a leveling system does make the learning curve a little weird but when you think about it like paper mario, it is pretty fun, so many voices and well thought out. I hope it is doing alright. Though the way that it feels like sometimes there is a great deal of power balance issues if you choose not to use the hacker system during a playthrough, call it a challenge mode like a nuzlock, I think paper mario fans, particularly older ones can get a kick out of it.

The game is a bugged out mess, not to mention there's tons of broken mechanics, useless to fight enemies, annoying characters on top of worse writing and lack luster voice direction.

Great game, hidden gem.