Unhappy Ever After

[url=https://youtu.be/oKccD71vP8Y]Click here for video review[/url] [u]Story Background[/u] This game is about a fantastical world where your main character (Sophia) is a librarian's daughter who lives in London. After some magical event, Sophia is teleported to another world and quickly encounters Hansel and Gretel. Things get much darker very quickly. In this world, everyone (except Sophia) has lost the ability to read but instead have special magical powers called Affinities. There is an evil cannibal Witch, an emperor who kidnaps children to serve in his army, drug dealers who take advantage of the common folk, monsters roaming around in the wild, and much more. Sophia has to find a way to get back to London to escape this dark and scary world as soon as possible before something terrible happens. [u]What I like about this game:[/u] [list] [*]Right off the bat the graphics and art style are very nice and immersive. [*]The music compliments the visuals and is very nice to listen to. I find myself humming along to the victory song after a battle. [*]The combat system is quick turn-based RPG with just enough depth to make it interesting but still simple to learn. [*]Difficulty level is manageable but not what I would call easy. The challenge in this game is maintaining a good ammount of HP/MP regeneration. You are basically on a timer when you explore a dungeon in this game and the more potions you have the more you can explore before returning to town to restock. [*]One of your main characters is an awesome super powerful talking cat! [*]The story and world is very interesting exploring many themes. This game happily (or unhappily) lives in the grey area where good and bad blend together and aren’t so clear cut. Your main character is just trying to help, but the decisions you are asked to make may unintentionally get someone killed or end up hurting some NPC. [*]Game is just $5.99 US! [/list] [u]What I don’t like about this game:[/u] [list] [*]The pacing seems just a bit off. I’ve played about 8 hours and I’m still in the starting area. I purchased some really powerful weapons/armor very early on and nothing I’ve come across since has been any better. [*]There isn’t a map of the surrounding area that I have discovered yet. You are told to go to a particular forest and then told its “West and South” of the town. It works okay but if you put the game down for a few days you’ll probably want to ask your quest giver for directions again. Even then you’re never sure if you’re heading in the right direction. [*]Very occasional frame drops may have something to do with the rain animation. Had to restart the game to get the framerate back up to a playable level. [*]Very occasional crashes. It’s happened twice in my 8 hours of playing. Thankfully the game autosaves frequently and I didn’t lose more than 3-5 minutes of progress when it happened. [/list] [u]Conclusions:[/u] I am completely sucked into the world and story of this game. The negatives are very quickly overshadowed by the great graphics, music, story, and world. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a great and affordable RPG experience. For around $6.00, I think this one deserves a spot in any RPG fan’s library.

This game is made in RPG Maker. I know a lot of people dislike that but I play a lot of RPG Maker games, usually free ones but sometimes I will purchase if they seem good. This one is definitely worth the money! But if you hate RPG Maker titles don't buy this. GOOD: - Lighting. I like how it gets dark and the worl looks beautiful bathed i the red glow of dawn and dusk! - Music. Ominuos and chilling. - Graphics. Obvs not AAA , but for this style of game they are top notch. - Story. I'm only 30 minutes in but so far it's unique and has interesting characters. - Length. People say its over 20 hours long. NOT SO GOOD: - Battles are a bit boring. I'd like more enemies but it could be because I'm not far in. - SFX are generic. I've lowered them right down. - Menus. Item, skills, and options could all do with a makeover. They are quite close to generic. - A bit creepy. I wouldn't let my eight year old niece play it. So far I'd give this game, as an RPG Maker Game, 9/10 - compared with a wider range I'd give it 7/10. I will update, probbaly, as I play more!

It's a one time day game i recomand it

I honestly have nothing to complain about. The game is beautiful to look at, and the music creates a chilling atmosphere that suits the world perfectly. I was initially conflicted with how fast the game starts (we only see Sophia in London for about a minute), but I now love the choice; just like Sophia, we are thrown into this world, and the story quickly becomes dark. What I did not anticipate was how open-ended the game was. Choices range from simple conversation options, to whether someone is killed. It encourages a replay, especially because I genuinely regret how I did some things. As far as combat goes, it starts off simple, but quickly becomes challenging. Early enemies drop plenty of healing items, but they have a low chance to actually do anything. It's quite unique, and forces even the most frugal player to spend money on reliable recovery. The only problems I have found are that some item collectables are blocked and cannot be picked up (such as one in the Middle Terrace in Driftburgh). That and rain seriously started to lag the game, but after refreshing, it ran perfectly smoothly. Overall, Unhappy Ever After is amazing. Everything about it makes me want to find out how it ends, and in particular, I can't wait to find the Emperor. I am so happy to have found this on Kickstarter.

It was fun for about a half hour, until I got to the first city and then it started to jump frames like crazy. I dont know why, everything else runs fine, fallout 4 runs perfectly, but this game makes my computer freak out. I was really looking forward to diving into this game, and will try again in the future after I've scoured forums trying to see if I can get it to work, and hopefully I wont be left Unhappy Ever After...

Poorly optimized, leading to lagginess that gets worse as the game runs. [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/552350/discussions/0/143388132203117840/]This is a known issue,[/url] and while it might not affect you if your computer is less of a potato than mine (although I should note that it does meet the minimum specs listed on the store page), I find it kind of ridiculous that one would need a state of the art gaming PC to run an RPGMaker game. To add insult to injury, after struggling through the choppy graphics for about half an hour, I discovered that at least on Linux, save files are deleted when you exit the game, so you'd have to be able to complete it all in one sitting. I've attempted to contact the developers in order to fix the issue, but received no reply either on the forums or via email. It's a shame because this seems like a genuinely well-written game with some intriguing twists on classic fairy tales -- but that's meaningless when the technical issues render it basically unplayable. ~ [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/31589634-Kimchi-Tea-Reviews/]Kimchi Tea Reviews[/url] ~

Only have an hour into this game but I gotta say it really is cool. The devs really put some time into this game and has been enjoyable so far. Worth the 5$ for sure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIJIqj_KKdE

A very well made RPG, no question about that.

This is a fun game. It has problems. If you like rpg's like this one, go for it. If you do not like games with annoying problems (like, auto-deleting one-of-a-kind, high-power items that you had a hard time obtaining, or impossible to reach chests) do not play this game. I will also be making a bug report.

I really like RPG games, I have played this game for 63.5 hrs and still continue, and yes, I really enjoy this game, maybe the beginning of playing this game feels heavy when I have to raise the level and make money, but over time it becomes easy and fixed challenging, my advice for those who like RPG games by playing casually you can buy this game