Wantless : Solace at World’s End

Fun game with an interesting skill crafting system

The setting is interesting and atmospheric while the gameplay is good. It's basically going into small mini-dungeons, playing a capable tactical game inside, getting loot, upgrading, then repeat.

As a turn based tactical game the design is solid. There are a large variety of enemies with difficult to overcome abilities. The player has the ability to overcome this and create synergies by combining components to create and upgrade custom abilities. The custom abilities make sense and give the player a lot of options. The mechanics are complex but the game does a very good job of gradually introducing the player to these over time. Boss fights are interesting too. My chief complaint is in games with strange themes, like this one, the game needs to make clear what the core resources and terms are. For example, what is grief vs. pain damage? Even after almost 8 hours I still don't know. There's a large upgrade tree, but it similarly references a lot of terms that are basically indecipherable to me, and I just picked at random. Because I don't have a good understanding of these things the game has become impossibly hard and I can't / don't want to progress further. It was fun for the 7.6 hours I put in though.

It's good until endgame at which point it becomes an unituitive buggy mess of random effects and stupid damage checks

Loved the tactical depth of the game. And the artwork. Story was okay. The post-game options were neat, too! Had fun for 40 hours, no time-padding or anything. No grinding needed. Once you get stuck, you re-think your strategy and create new skills. Amazing concept!

Absolutely brilliant game. Honestly one of the best I played in a long time. Definitely recommend it to anybody who is into tactical RPGs. I love it! In this unique tactical RPG, you can craft your skills by combining shape of skill, up to five effects and relating costs. Each of the different components can have up to 4 additional bonus 'nodes' which allow you further customisation / powering up of your skills. By investing some time, you can create extremely overpowered skills. On the flip side, this does make the start seem a bit overwhelming, which, to me, explains the reviews where people complain they can't see their progression. I disagree with this since it means they didn't choose the right strategy on their skills, however, understanding how to develop the skills will take time. Only real bad thing I can say about this game is that I wish there was more to do. After 60 hours, I beat all bosses in the game and got all achievements. I would love to put more hours in the game but there's nothing left to achieve.

Games with skill trees with tons of options have been very hit and miss for me. Complicated isn't an issue (love Path of Exile), but somehow most of the time they feel lifeless. This one is one of the good ones! Had fun, didn't end up wanting to replay it immediately with different builds, but is in my "replay later" category so I can forget the details and discover them again next time. Also a fan of games like this being at this price so they don't languish on my wishlist.

I like tactical games and this one scratched an itch for me real hard. it has one of the more unique systems to allow for creating your own attacks which was a lot of fun to play around with but also lots of character growth options to make the combat strategies varied and unique. There is also a system of how the the enemies only get to do as many moves/action points as you use. this system was both unique and added lots of tactical options which just made the game an absolute joy to play. cant wait to see what else you guys come up with