Not too far along yet, but so far the story is extremely basic but certainly servicable, the fights are ok, the dungeons are quite good, and the animation, character models, item designs, menus, writing, and acting are all fully doo-doo garbage

More fun than playing D&D 5E on a tabletop, by a long way. 5E is a kinda crappy system, but the way Solasta's world is laid out on a grid, the emphasis on cover, and the way it foregrounds readying actions makes it play kiiinda like Fantasy XCOM. Pair the decent fights with interesting dungeons, and this seems like it's gonna be a reasonably good time

Also the environmental art is incongruously good - the dungeons, cities, etc. all look anywhere from totally competent to Actually Nice, which is weird because all the characters in them look like 3d printed dog turds

Anyway, definitely gonna dig into this more, and probably see it thru. Its many flaws are outweighed by its few strengths!

Reviewed on Feb 04, 2024


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2 months ago

i think you can only review at the point of completion. this site isn't meant to be like ongoing thoughts while playing, although i wish it was, that'd be better. i've taken to just posting on cohost for that stuff.