The Legion of Maelstrom

I have played this game for 5 hours straight ( and im still going ) Im writing this to take a small break from it. Most rpg maker games ( im assuming thats what engine this is ) get flack for being bland and boring and re using the same things over and over again. You will find none of that here. What you will get is a unique battle system which forces you to use your turns in battle wisely. You may need to focus up and charge your magic points which take up a turn to charge. Or you may need to heal your hp rather then attack. You may also want to buff which uses spell charges as well. There are special attack for each class which normally cost a lot of mp to use so you may want to store enough mp to deal a lot of damage. No matter what you choose the order of which you do it in will matter so think before you choose. The game also has a pretty unique level system where each class can beat a boss up to 2 times which will level that class up 2 times. There is no exp in this game so it's your only way to get stronger. You need life stones to resurrect bosses to beat them again. Money management is key here you will want to be stocked up on both potions and life stones. Anything else besides that only get if you have the extra cash to do so. This game is absolutely worth your time the sound track is also pretty well done and pretty catchy through out the game.

Great dialogue, fantastic sprite work, and fun battle system! I hopped on board with Andrew R at the last minute and composed the soundtrack for the game, and I'm so glad I was part of the team, as I'm thoroughly enjoying playing it much as I enjoyed writing the music!!!

This game is awesome. If you like smashing boss monsters this is the game for you. i like the way the battle sequence is structured.

Combat is thoughtful, dialogue is witty, soundtrack is fire.

Such a great game! Very fun graphics, always loved that 8-bit style. The soundtrack created such a cool atmosphere with all the different town themes and boss fights that kept me dialed in the whole time. All the animations for your character and boss attacks are insanely cool and extremely well done. In the game you can freely choose between five different classes while you adventure through the map, follow the story and fight boss battles. The boss combat is this super cool turn-based style where you have to prioritize your turns to charge up you stronger attacks with mana or get off a quick attack or use a potion to keep you alive. All while you have this awesome music and cool animations going off. You can level up your character twice on each boss and after you defeat them you get a chance of some loot to drop. Also found it cool that whenever you leveled up one character, all your other classes would get a certain stat buff. I recommend trying to level up all your classes along the way because you'll need as much as help as you can get stat wise for the final fight! The game also has some fun humor in it so I found myself trying to talk with all the NPCs and laughing at what they said. From start to the final boss fight took me about 15 hours and there's a post game I'm looking forward to doing! This game is definitely worth a try and hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

The soundtrack for the game was very well done. the progression of the quests is really good as well. Some quests were really fun with the interesting puzzles involved. For 8-bit graphics, the monsters looked great and the combat system was fun! I hope to see another instalment in this story from the developers of this game.

Charming old school RPG with a twist on battles, bosses and class mastery. The combat is complex despite the one-on-one nature of each boss. Very casual vibe with enough to make you want to collect everything.

I really liked this game for a multitude of reasons nobody cares about and I recommend it wholeheartedly but gushing reviews are useless to other people, so I'm going to instead list potential deal breakers. A few reviews make mention of humor and dialog but there's not much in this game. There's actually only enough story to get you going then the game steps back and lets you do your thing undisturbed. The dialog that does exist is pleasant enough and while a few lines of lore are scattered across some bookshelves, I didn't feel I needed more story than what was given. If you're expecting some sprawling saga, a speaking protagonist, memorable characters, or love exposition, you won't get that here. The game captures the zenlike repetition of something like Monster Hunter where you repeatedly hurl yourself at the same boss which is an advertised feature but everyone is given very few tools to do this. The combat is extremely streamlined. Your attacks can't miss, the boss can't miss, you won't be juggling tons of skills and learning roshambo buffs and debuffs. And unlike Monster Hunter, you will find yourself trekking back to town to change class after fights. The developer provides teleportation between the front of dungeons and the bosses (thank you), but you will still spend a dozen or so seconds doing a meditative walk back and forth. The developer was responsible by putting a warning at the start of the game but there is a great deal of screen flashing during combat. It's not necessarily any more than can be found in your average RPGM game and definitely not gratuitous or deliberately harmful but because all the battles take place in a black void, it's can be fatiguing on the eyes. I found myself blasting my room lights and wearing computer glasses to get through some of my loot farming runs where every single attack was flashing the screen. Since nobody else has mentioned this, not even the store copy, there is fishing in this game and you get to sail a boat around. 👍

Super Fun! A modern take on old-school rpgs. It's like a vintage rpg without feeling like a rehash of *insert title here*. Love the mechanics, retro graphics, and of course the music just slays! Don't be a cheapskate, forgo your latte-grande-whatevers for a couple days and BUY THIS GAME!

Awesome game. I love the music. Everything is hilarious, and it has a great retro feel. Looks a lot like Star Tropics, but with a unique turn based battle system. It's kind of grindy, but I like that, and the shared job skills keeps it fun. No idea how the HP system works. Sometimes you use the Level 5 Heal Spell in another class, and your HP only goes up 100, then it goes up more after you're attacked, or it goes down, or it doesn't change at all. I love how the points mean nothing. It keeps it random and exciting. Yet I still enjoy leveling up.