Venaitura

Editing my review now that I went back and beat the game proper, but initially I got about halfway or so through this game then got distracted by Look Outside and forgot about it. Tried coming back on my old save but I was so lost and confused so I just made a fresh save and played it from scratch. This game is just a really good, really solid retro RPG. If it has any kind of major hook or gimmick, I'd say it's how awesome the equipment is. Even within a limited scope of an RPG maker game that usually boils down to resist or weak, a ton of the equipment is super interesting and super fun. Not only do lots of weapons have special modifiers and interesting stat trade offs, but a lot of them also have lore behind them. It's like mixing the cool weight of finding secret weapons in something like final fantasy with the itemization of an ARPG like diablo. Past that, the story is engaging exploration is fun and there's tons of interconnected secrets. I thought beating the game might've been the key to unlock half of the secrets I couldn't crack but it doesn't seem so. If you're hungering for an old fashioned RPG with lots to do and find , can't go wrong with this one. Heavily recommend.

https://youtu.be/t83viRFtFoI Surpassed by future games this is more of a proof of concept than a strong enough title to stand on it's own.

The average of the classes, that's really cool, every class is very unique and the game kind of give you lot of options for how you want to fight I also really liked the enemy illustrations, the artist was really amazing here! And talking about the enemies, I like how diversified they are, I mean almost all the enemies have a kind of spell/skill who will ♥♥♥♥ you if you don't have how to heal(poison, blind, paralise)

Great experience. Recommended for anyone thats a fan of classic Dragon Quest games.

gotta say the artist for this game is incredibly talented and cool

solo wizard or bad player

I'm sad 10/10

This game is playable on the Steam Deck. I just had to create some simple custom control layout. The only other problem is that the screen size is locked to a low resolution, so it's just a little box in the center of your screen, but you can still play it. The game feels like an NES RPG, but it's less obtuse and much more forgiving. It gets exhausting talking to every NPC to figure out where to go next because there are sometimes a ton of NPCs in a town, and many have quite a bit of dialogue. However, there's a basic walkthrough on the Steam forums if you'd like to avoid all of the talking. The combat is fun, but I found myself avoiding battles at times because otherwise, I would end up overpowered for bosses just from the random battles in a dungeon.

Had a good time with this NES-style RPG. I kinda want to play it again with a different party setup.