Terrain of Magical Expertise

ALRIGHT, so. finally thought it was time to write a proper review for the tomerpg, and this is coming from a hardcore tome fan YES i actually DONT recommend that you PLAY the game or even buy it. the gameplay on youtube is very much enough, especially if you dont have a controller to use, your fingers can save themselves from the genuine warzone that is playing the tomerpg. this game is very NOT optimized for pc, i dont have a controller so i have to wear a protective glove at all times when playing it. i have gotten burns on my fingers from raw dogging it, i still have yet to complete the game in its entirety (yet to get the TRUE ending) but when i DO get the true ending i am putting it up on youtube because theres no reason you should have to buy this extremely ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game in order to get the true ending, it genuinely baffles me how chris didnt put the true ending in the gameplay playlist HIMSELF for this reason when the game is THIS ASS. as a tome fan who prefers the STORY of the rpg over the webseries, it is just not worth it. i will finish this game and upload the true ending to youtube. and by all means, im masochistic. ---- [b] original review: [/b] [spoiler] its all over the screen [/spoiler]

To be perfectly honest, I went in expecting Terrain of Magical Expertise to play like Megaman Battle Network and instead got Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Fortunately, I also really enjoyed the latter, so I felt right at home. The story made me feel like I was part of a quaint indie MMO private server. I would say the thing that this game really shines with is the voice acting, as it was extremely charming and expansive. (Literally half of the games file size is just the sound files of dialogue, as there is a lot which I really appreciated) The art style is unique and is also really well done. It is minimalist enough that it has a timeless quality to it. Overall it was an experience I was happy to have. I originally went in with the mindset of traditional RPGs where grinding is key, but I quickly learned that it was completely unnecessary and it made darting around the map to get to the next story beat much less tedious than I would have expected considering the genre and theme. That said, it is not without its problems. The game still has its quirks, some bugs (both major and minor) and there was one area in particular that I got soft locked a couple times. It definitely leans on a couple of tropes that I am less of a fan of, like the "scripted battle with the antagonist in which the game forces you to lose despite being perfectly capable of beating them", being locked into your skill choice before really getting a feel for what you need or should prioritize, and alluding to game mechanics in the story that you can't actually interact with (breaker beam - I am looking at you). While there are some things I would have liked to see done a bit differently, this game was really quite the gem and I would highly recommend giving it a try if it strikes your fancy.

I adore this game deeply. While I DO have a long-standing personal connection to the TOME series, I also genuinely believe this game is well worth it. The aspect in which it shines the most are it's story and it's writing. We're given a colorful cast of well-written characters to go on an adventure with, and basically every cut scene made me feel as if I was in the game world with them. This game manages to portray the complexities of online friendships from a variety different angles. In terms of gameplay, I find it very engaging. I'm not normally a fan of anything turn-based outside of Pokemon, but the battle system in this game is super cool. Most attacks have a little quick-time event that CAN be hard to get the hang of at first, but the more you play, the more you'll get the hang of it. The menus and equip screens are a bit awkward with how they control. Mainly, with how precise it is. Along with that, there are several glitches that happen along the way. Most of them are simply graphical glitches, but on occasion it can be a big problem. Mainly with the "flower" status effect causing the battle system to get confused as to who's turn it is. and basically softlocking the game. That minor complaint aside, this game is an absolute joy to experience. It's a shame that it took me so long to actually play it myself, but now that I am, I couldn't be happier. I'm still not finished, but I'm more then halfway through, and I can't wait to see what lies ahead! Battle on!

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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.

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 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)

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.

Battle system's fun. Lots of room to improve on. I like it for the most part, but have a lot of nitpicks. I wish the text scroll would sync with the voice acting. Either it takes too long to catch up, or you skip the scrolling but miss the little portrait animation The battle system's fun, (I grinded for a while even though there's no EXP--) but there has to be a better way to explain the moves, other than a wall of text. A visual of the button inputs would be better. In storytelling there's Show Don't Tell, in video games there's Do Don't Show. This game tells you what to do. Past the tutorial cut-scenes, I do like how customizable the characters' stats are. Being able to use different strategies depending on the badges you equip. Overall I had a good time. Recommended