Shallow but charming RPGmaker trilogy where a sort of con artist and his companion (a child, latest in the lineage of the clearly un-draconic things anime-adjacent media has decided to call "dragon") with the power to eat lies. Together, they're a sort of detective-duo as well as a small found family, cutting through a few mysteries with a very classic structure but unfortunately bland execution. As crime fiction, it lacks originality and the sort of information density that makes for effective red herrings, while as an RPG game, it lacks, well, any use for its RPG mechanics and a connection to its theme. None of them are terrible for the game--its core is in the charismatic characters and tone, plus the CGs and general presentation are great--but I'd love to see a new take on the idea with proper sleuthing mechanics, rather than a detective coat of paint for an atmospheric JRPG.

A cute, concise trilogy of detective adventure games that stick around for just as long as they need to. Looks and sounds quite nice, with a cute cast of characters. Combat is completely superfluous, with a lot more extraneous features to it than are ever utilized across the 2? enemy types and 5 different bosses thst might as well be sprite swaps (I imagine most of it is RPG Maker presets). However, the game largely treats combat as a contextual action and it never tangibly affects the pacing.

The trilogy is moreso three chapters of a short story. LiEat 1 & 2 follow the near-identical structure of exploring a small area over the course of several days, which works well for the small scope. 3 doesn’t really increase its scope, but swings for a different, more linear structure. While I preferred the structure of the first 2 overall, 3’s approach was still refreshing it fit well for concluding the trilogy.

The trilogy isn’t anything amazing, but as a small 3 hour experience for $3 (or free on the vgperson website!), I certainly have no complaints.

A very cute and charming game with beautiful sprite work. More VN than actual RPG (the combat is very simple and sparse), I found myself strangely invested despite how short the game is. Over the course of the three ~1 hr chapters, I've grown really attached to this serial liar and his lie-eating daughter. I wish there was more than the three chapters. I would love to play through many more hours of this duo's lives though the third chapter (good ending) did wrap things up satisfactorily.

Plays great on Steam Deck as well.

The LiEat trilogy is a compilation of three short JRPGs that are quite peculiar. Each game tells one self contained story but at the same time they all expand upon the created universe and the main two characters, leading to a sort of conclusion by the third game. It feels like a unique format and I don't regret playing it.

There's almost no grind in the game except for one single moment where your level matters, so you mostly just follow the story. The game also has a very nice and unique art style which I really liked.

If you're a weeb and are fine with bite sized, this world is just super interesting and makes me want to cosplay it (not enough to fully commit cuz it's such a small project, but almost). Dragons are humanoids that have specific powers unique to them that aren't like "i shoot fire, I shoot ice, well I shoot lightning" but even can go onto a conceptual level, mystery, relationship (not romantic) bonding between characters, etc. Miwashiba's fictional worlds have all the charm in the world, this is my favorite in that regard I'd say so far of what I've played.

Interesting, beautiful, clever, and captivating.

You go through the game with a protagonist that changes face and personality, accompanied by a little girl that was born from a dragon egg. Her power is to eat lies, and the mechanic is more or less just like a normal RPG with moves and attacks when fighting the lies. The fun in it is figuring out which enemy is a lie or not. You can roughly figure out which enemy is a lie based on the end screen in order to give you context clues to the 3 chapters to come.

The only reason this game is not 5/5 is the limited soundtrack (though beautiful) and limited playtime (3 chapters, roughly cleared in less than a day). I feel as though a lot of information was pushed into the last chapter in order to conclude the story, and the only other downside is that I assumed the neutral ending was the true ending (I had to look it up). The true end concludes beautifully, but it feels rushed regardless. I assumed we would go through 5 worlds, but I am happy we got such beautiful pixel art for 3.

The characters are loveable, the lore is interesting, every person in each chapter has their motivations and development fleshed out. The most endearing part is the bond between the protagonist and the dragon girl. You switch between them in order to fetch information, and some characters will only ever give information to one of the characters, so it pays off to talk to everyone.

Additionally, exploring every item and clicking on every corner may yield you legendary items that really cheese the game (this becomes necessary later). Grinding is fun, fast, and doesn't take much effort once you get to a very high level or you find the legendary item for the area.

A cheap, clever, and emotional RPG with gorgeous pixel art and mild horror/gore aesthetic. The most interesting part is character development and interaction, but also the world in which the characters live in. We get a limited amount of knowledge, but from what we get, everything we see and hear makes sense and evokes more curiosity. I really wish the game would get a sequel or additional in-between chapters, since I adore the concept, artwork, gameplay, and the ideas used to create a narrative. Like I said, the only sad part and reason this game is not 5/5 is because it was so short, and I was hoping to get to know more.

If you enjoy the classic GBA pixel art, soundtrack, and miss the old school graphics that would classify games as retro games, this is the perfect experience for you. For the first time in years, I got to play a game that took me back to my childhood when the peak of my day was turning on my gameboy and playing pokemon silver or yellow. It's worth it just for the experience to throw you back into a world no longer that present in modern games.