The Dragons' Twilight

Just replayed this enjoyable game again. Not to easy, not to hard, only minimal grinding, hero story with a twist, the characters are likeable, nice goodies and magic.... what not to love? Will replay again after some time for sure. This game (and its successor) are two of my all time favorites. And the new one Legacy of Vane of course ;)

Excellent classic JRPG. Made with standard RPG Maker stock material (I certainly don't mind that, it's what you do with it and how you tell the story that matters) and the mapping (interiors are rather sparse as well) could have been better but it's clearly a game made with passion. The character interaction could have been more dynamic though but that's a minor complaint that doesn't really bother me.. Balance is excellent and there was no grinding necessary except for the end bosses who can be quite hard. Quirky characters with decent dialogue line, a rather standard cliché fantasy plot about saving the world against an attack of dragons but the game did have some plot twists. Each character feels very different and as your team grows bigger (until 7 members, in the final battle even 8) you need to choose whom to use since you can only use 4 in battle, that's an aspect I like in these kind of games. Really enjoyed the game though and looking forward to part two. Recommended, the designer is dedicated to the genre and deserves a thumbs up. Length of the game was just fine for me: no as epic in length as some other games in the genre but I found this one not too short and not too long. If you love classic JRPG's from the golden era of the '90s and early 2000s then you should check this out, if you're new to the genre this is also a good one to start with and if you love RPG Maker Games you for sure should play it. There are for sure better ones available but I would still rate it amongst the better once. It's a fun game that never gets boring, only donwside for me is that I had to grind to beat the end bosses (I'm also not a fan of three end bosses in a row, keep it to one the next time please, did manage to beat them in a row though). 7/10

It's so hard to find a good rpg maker game these days. Loved the story and the characters. I can't wait to play the sequel!

I would give this short but mostly sweet RPGmaker game an 8/10, while keeping in mind this is not a professional studio offering and was largely made by 1 person who may or may not have any formal training. I think the asking price is fair and strongly recommend it on sale. The good: No forced filler content, the story moves at a brisk pace and there's no real grind unless you want to do some grinding Characters and events are mostly pretty interesting The perfect sized cast to choose from for party composition, once you unlock everyone Very simple controls A fairly easy to understand gear/stat system It's fun enough that you may not notice the time passing, I would frequently intend to play for 20-30 minutes and only exit the game hours later The okay: Fairly generic story with what felt like a predictable ending Somewhat underveloped characters, a few of them feel pretty complete by the very end but most don't. Some needed just a bit more development and plot relevance, others a lot more in order to have satisfying arcs. There's an optional but recommended grindy section near the end of the game where you gather some of the best gear available through very difficult boss fights. It is implied that you need much of what is available for the final quest. This should have come with more plot and character development delivered naturally, rather than it largely being a checklist of items to get with the occasional little bit of extra dialogue. Only a few character designs are nice to look at, I would have loved to have been able to grab a few screenshots at times but couldn't get it to work. Maybe a me issue. The bad: Absolutely obscene difficulty spikes at times. I'd played Dark Souls remastered for the first time in May of this year, and there were parts of this game that were every bit as frustrating. To build onto that, lots of the frustration came from awful RNG with enemy attacks applying debuffs, mostly ones that cause your character to skip a turn or multiple turns, sometimes even attacking your own party in the process. Additionally, some enemies have moves that straight up kill a character. Everyone can be revived or cured, but if the party member who can do those things without wasting items is the one who is affected you might just be screwed. There was one point where I had my party at nearly full health, then all of them got hit by such debuffs and I could only watch while they were all brought down to about 10% health. Sometimes you can be doing great then just lose because the enemy repeatedly targeted the one character you needed them to not attack. I almost quit a few times because of this kind of thing. That doesn't just happen in the late game either. Spelling errors everywhere Overall I did really like this game, and for what it is I'm pretty impressed. It fell just short of greatness in a number of areas. I suppose the biggest compliment I can give it is that I played Dragons' Twilight while I was looking for games in my library to uninstall and free up hard drive space, and not only did I finish this one instead of banishing it to the "idle for trading cards" or "not for me" collections within half an hour, I decided it's one I want to keep installed as I can see myself wanting to replay it in the future.

A great game, a good length, no sense of grinding, the progress was mostly good to keep up with the story. For those who enjoy FF and similar JRPG you'll love this.

Awesome 90's JRPG vibes made a bit more friendly for the common player! and for 1.50$ its a steal'

A pretty good rpg that has an amusing enough story and gameplay. Worth the time invested

Excellent Game!