The Amber Throne

This one is definitely a 'Maybe', but I would not recommend for most people. A quick summary: The story is pretty good, the characters are ok, the mechanics are trash. If you really want to play a JRPG and don't mind a lot of jank then this is an decent option. Some major pain points: -New characters start at awkward levels and with just 2 skills. You get basically half a skill point every level, so the characters you get later on are basically useless unless you want to grind for no real reason. -A lot of skills are completely useless, and it's hard to determine which are bad until you've already invested points in them. This is made awful as you cannot respec so you are stuck with any bad choices, some which are not immediately apparent to savescum through. -SP(magic) based skills are extremely under powered. There is no way to effectively get your SP stat high enough to be useful. This means you should only spec into skills with ATK based scaling and use ATK boosting gear -AGI is OP. You get way more turns when you have more AGI. AGI+ATK based characters are inherently stronger. Other characters are only good for buffs and status effects. -The only method to effectively heal is by a character that has the passive to double item effectiveness, and use items during combat. Some skills heal % based HP on hit which is 'ok' for sustain. -Items are horribly balanced, many being useless and some being extremely OP. -There are a good amount of bugs. Was able to get past the ones I ran into, one by googling one by reloading. -Some areas of the game it's unclear or misdirects where you need to go next. Especially annoying since it's hard to find guides. There's a lot of other jank in the game as well, but overall I moderately enjoyed it, since the setting is cool, the story was interesting and there was some mildly challenging combat. It would be a very good game if there was some re-balancing and QOL changes, like re-speccing and having new characters start with the correct amount of skill points. I'd say if you're on the fence about buying it, don't bother.

Great RPG! Beautiful artwork, interesting world and lore. Decent challenge, hard enough to actually have to use items.

I've had this game in my library for years and I just got around to play it. I am very saddened that I haven't experienced this gem of a game any sooner. I really adored this passion project and I hope you would get to experience it too. Also artwork shows main character holding a rifle but she only uses a sword so that was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lie

A true hidden gem as far as turn-based JRPG-style RPG Maker games go. Some of the best art of an indie game I've seen, even from games with much greater budgets, with an extremely interesting world. Is this a masterpiece? Unfortunately not. The combat is fun and fairly engaging, but rather simple and not too difficult. The story is grand and the broad strokes are interesting, but the characters are largely a bit one-note, and there were a few instances where I found myself coming across plot beats out of order and getting confused. A bit of tightening up with the world map and the skill system (especially for the final party member, who becomes sort of obsolete with how late they join) would have made this even better. As it stands, though, I would put this as a very fun and charming game with a world and atmosphere I fell in love with. An easy recommend for the price, even with its flaws.

Как же я долблюсь в глаза в этой игре, мне нравится.

Honesty didn't expect to like this title as much as I did. I thought the world building was interesting. You have several different species each going through trials hoping the Amber Throne will solve all their problems. The main character gathers a number of unique comrades to make sure the Amber Throne doesn't fall into the wrong hands. The art style is reminiscent of 90s jrpgs. The overall feel over a dying world was well done. The combat difficult is average and shouldn't pose trouble to anyone familiar with these types of games. While its not on the tier of a Final Fantasy I think its worth checking out for the price. (I don't really write reviews so forgive mistakes please)

[strike]Эта игра хороший пример того как сделать среднюю во всех смыслах этого слова игру. Чисто технически она функционирует, даже багов не то чтоб много. Однако все слишком усредненное, персонажи, история, боевка с полтора гиммика. Не чувствуется какой-то киллер фичи. Я наверное буду оправдывать инвестиции своего времени в этот проект как изучение дизайнерских приемов при создании игры и того как не надо делать некоторые аспекты игры.[/strike] Наxуй я это прошел?

Decent game with a good soundtrack and story, worth playing if you like trying new stuff