Rave Heart

Rave Heart

My playtime: 24:01:06 (based on in-game clock, 100% achievement, last save before the final area)

Grindy Achievement(s): No.

Optional Achievement(s): Yes (~19 achievements).

Difficult Achievement(s): No.

Intro

Rave Heart is a turn-based RPG Maker game that offers up to 6 playable party members and a lot of side quests.

Pros:

  • A lot of side quests that lead to boss fights

  • Charming side stories for some characters

  • Quest direction is denoted by arrow marks

Real player with 39.0 hrs in game


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GREAT RPG! The graphics are classic and the music is catchy. The storyline itself is story-rich and the puzzles are just like good old RPG’s I grew up with. Definitely a game I will remember.

Real player with 31.1 hrs in game

Rave Heart on Steam

Augmented Future

Augmented Future

The concept was intriguing, but I didn’t like the pseudo real-time combat. The timers are way too fast: there’s almost no time to click (much less think).

The interface is clunky: lots of waiting for text or buttons to load, for instance. I did play around with the settings and improved the speed as best I could, but waiting for components to load in such a minimalistic interface just feels bad.

There were also some basic bugs, like superimposed buttons.

Bottom line for me: if I’m going to play a game that ditches graphics for the sake of gameplay, I want the interface to be very good, and not something I feel like I’m fighting.

Real player with 0.5 hrs in game


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Augmented Future on Steam

Solenars Edge II: Champions

Solenars Edge II: Champions

Intro

Welcome to the resort! In Solenars Edge II: Champions, you’ll be able to customize your character and explore a resort full of minigames. Looking for fights? We got you covered. A lot of characters with different classes are available to recruit for VR battles. Be warned though, as losing will also mean death. The game seems to have co-op support from a different build branch, but since I didn’t try it, this review will be based on that.

Pros:

  • Freedom to build your party from many characters in the game

Real player with 16.8 hrs in game


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A pretty decent game!

Real player with 0.7 hrs in game

Solenars Edge II: Champions on Steam

Guardians of Lumen

Guardians of Lumen

The land of Lumen is hostile. Monsters, both the Horrors and the Daemons, force the residences to live in 9 strongholds while they prowl the wastelands.

Against the beasts of shadows, two forces strive to keep the people safe:

The Deciphers study and worship the past in hopes of carving a path to the future.

The Guardians fight and serve, ever ready to help even the smallest of citizens.

With the help of ancient spirits, they stand ready against the darkness.

Will you aid them?

Key Features:

  • Classic, turn-based combat with modern twists.

  • 26 Unique Ay, each with their own Ability Tree, Quest and play style

  • 6 Playable characters each with history, emotions and a story of their own

  • An interactive world where your actions are remembered and honoured.

  • A unique progression system, unrelated to experience points or skill point grinding

  • 180 Mini-dungeons

  • A story that moulds to your actions.

I hope you enjoy it.

Guardians of Lumen on Steam

Miasma 2: Freedom Uprising

Miasma 2: Freedom Uprising

Miasma 2, the sequel to the Xbox Live Indie strategy game, was released in 2012 in the “Indie Games” category and on PC. It’s now been rebuilt for modern processors and made available on Steam with support for Cloud Saves, Achievements and Steam Leaderboards. It is presented here, like the original, as a glimpse into XBLIG development at the time.

Original (2012) description:

ESP Games present Miasma 2, the sequel to 2010’s turn-based strategy hit.

Take control of Paul or Lina once more, and command your elite squad of freedom fighters in battle against the oppressive Vilhelm Industries. With an all-new turn-based tactics/real-time battle system, the action runs fast and thick, and with new units to command - and a whole new graphics engine - this is one adventure not to be missed.

Miasma 2: Freedom Uprising on Steam

Star Shift

Star Shift

The year is 2357. Humans have explored the stars and colonized many worlds under the authority of the Earth Systems Alliance (ESA), a government controlled by powerful interstellar organizations. An alliance in name only, it is in reality, a brutal empire.

The Earth Systems Alliance (ESA) is embroiled in a civil war with a faction known as the Novus Federation. They are made up of former ESA colonists, corporations and military personnel who oppose Alliance rule and actively undermine ESA activities.

Both sides have committed war crimes on civilian populations. This has destabilized the balance of power in the region, creating chaos.

FEATURES:

  • Tactical Battle System (Fleet/Army battles)

  • Over 100 playable characters

  • Epic Space Opera Storyline

  • Branching story arcs

  • Over 100 hours of Gameplay

  • Base/Empire building

  • Active Time Battle System

  • Multiple side-quests/short stories

  • Starship and human combat

  • Class/Job System with trainable skills

  • Amazing soundtrack from various independent artists

Inspiration for Star Shift:

Star Shift takes it’s inspiration from many notable games and tv shows, but also tries to keep it fresh with our own style.

Some Examples include:

  • Suikoden 2

  • Mass Effect 1

  • Star Trek

  • Final Fantasy Tactics

  • Xenogears

  • Stargate

  • Chrono Trigger

Join Our Discord to be part of the development process:

https://discord.gg/7ZWa2mx

Star Shift also has partnerships and crossover content with other games. They are listed below.

The Killer Gin:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164480/

Star Shift on Steam

Eternal Dreamers

Eternal Dreamers

This game reminds me of Might & Magic & leasure suit larry play style with Rusty Hearts toon artwork. Thought it would be boring but I liked it. Had to get use to the attacks keys (again) since it does play like M&M of the old 90’s days. hard parts are knowing about the drops and how they will compare to your current stats, as you can only view the 4 in the party of the 9, PLUS you need to remove the runes to compare. I did buy the DLC bonus pack, but you need to look on another page as the price for the bundle is cheaper ($11 vs $14). It lacks a trading post so you can sell drops but cant re-buy if you made a mistake. What I dont know is how to set the attack party so you can select the first one to hit rather the range / ninja toon. by default.

Real player with 57.4 hrs in game

Good and simple nice game for me , player who play rn around 170+ rpg maker games

From popular one and a little gore (Witch house,Mad Father,Towelklet and etc.) ,to game with RPG elements like this.

This game have a Casino – a gambling location.There you can play some minigames like find 2 pair,slot machines, roulette and monster battle ( you need a choice where you wanna a hit monster) also you can get here a good armor item which double your money after battle(you can get from hard battle around 5k gold).

Real player with 26.2 hrs in game

Eternal Dreamers on Steam

Strike Team Gladius

Strike Team Gladius

Strike Team Gladius is a typical Wave Light game, and in my book that’s a good thing. The story serves as the framework for the game campaign’s 40 combat missions, so it’s all about building a team and tactical combat. Finishing the campaign twice took me about 100 hours.

There are 12 different classes, each with a male and a female version. They all have different stats, skills and abilities. You choose 6 of them and off you go. After each mission your units get EXP points and after roughly 5 missions they get an upgrade - if you can keep them alive, that is.

Real player with 145.4 hrs in game

Update:

The game has improved tremendously in early access and a lot of the rough edges have been removed. And the difficulty curve has been mostly smoothed out. A tutorial has also been added that helps quite a bit in getting the player oriented. Two new classes (exo armor troopers) were also added an are a lot of fun! And now it is out of early access!

Definitely recommended for fans of tactical turn based games!

Original Review:

Strike Team Gladius is a solid squad based strategy game by WaveLight games. Your 6 squad members will fight aliens in a variety of outdoor environments, with a large variety of allies and enemies. It is currently in early access and has some rough edges, but progress has been fast on sanding them down. Definitely worth a buy if you are a squad based strategy fan!

Real player with 119.9 hrs in game

Strike Team Gladius on Steam

Terra Alia: The Language Learning RPG

Terra Alia: The Language Learning RPG

A totally cool idea. Quite well executed for what it is but not for everyone.

The game is excellent for people with basic knowledge of a language. It probably won’t work well without having at least worked through some chapters of a text book, where you may get the idea how sentences are structured and perhaps special features of a language. For example, Japanese has a different word order from English, and has the concept of particles and topic. These are concepts that you will not learn in this game. In fact, when you hover over a particle during a conversation challenge it simply says: no English translation exists.

Real player with 18.3 hrs in game

[gameplay]

It’s a point and click adventure game.

There are simple RPG magic battles, which are fun enough, but can be tedious. grinding XP is a slow and somewhat boring process.

you spend most of the game looking for everyday items to collect words in a foreign language. this increases your magic points and abilities. You also want to familiarize yourself with the words because your ultimate battle move depends on your picking the definition for foreign words quickly in order to cast more spells.

Real player with 13.5 hrs in game

Terra Alia: The Language Learning RPG on Steam

Miasma: Citizens of Free Thought

Miasma: Citizens of Free Thought

A great classic strategy game…

Real player with 0.9 hrs in game

I’m really enjoying my time with this game!

It’s hard to believe it came out so many years ago and yet holds up so well today!

I’m still making my way through but can’t wait to see where the story goes!

Real player with 0.5 hrs in game

Miasma: Citizens of Free Thought on Steam