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.
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.