Wolf’s Gang
Wolf’s Gang is the RPG Maker MZ Game that I first played. And also first completed. Wolfgang’s story has an amazing story tell. Instead of playing and learning the usual heroes in the game I get to learn the monsters and the villains of the story too. But turns out the monsters are misunderstood villains. The combat in this game is pretty good actually but I almost feel little confused on who is the enemies turn. The soundtrack in the game is very soothing and very amazing to listen to in the game. The maps maybe a little small, But it is very beautiful too look at. The characters almost have a major role but the thing is that the chosen party members did not come appear in the cut scenes like the heroes did not answer why Badger joined the Wolf’s Gang And in the ending? (spoilers)
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
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It’s nice enough. Graphically I love it, the story is short but okay. Max 2hours of gameplay total. I wish the army was some more sophisticated system than “add people and stats”, but I get that it was just a sample. 7 locations and 4 recruitable characters (+Wolf you), unless I missed some ;) Fights are boring, and a timer in battle VERY annoying, especially with your actions happening at the same time as the opponents (sometimes it was hard to figure what was going on, and if you wait, they attack again like you missed turn). Worth trying to check if RPG Maker games are for you.
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
Atlas Wept
A Humanist retro-style RPG game about sincerity and empathy, featuring friendly robot dogs and evil smiley faces.
Explore the worlds of two separate casts of characters embarked upon their own unique quests, alternating back and forth as their seemingly unrelated stories creep closer and closer together.
Engage with a wide variety of unique and unusual enemies in turn based combat mixed with bullet hell style dodge mechanics.
Fight to unconver the mystery of he whom holds the ground up to our feet!
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Gael’s Quest
A fun little RPG Romp, nice and simple if you’re not in the mood for something complicated.
Problem is, it can be completed in about 3 hours, not really worth the 4 dollars I got it on sale for, and definitely not almost 9 dollars. At a lower price I’d recommend it. I’ve gotten more content from free games.
– Real player with 4.7 hrs in game
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A short but fun 16 bit style RPG with a nice set of lore.
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
Iris Covenant –Song of the Forgotten Heroes–
Iris Covenant is an unusually pretty JRPG for its quality - by which I mean, the character and monster art is all quite good, but the story is intentionally vague and also poorly translated from Japanese to English, and the mechanics are very simplistic and lacking, between character classes which are only defined by their names and skills generally not doing much except having 100% hit rate or hitting all enemies, but generally for less than your basic attack.
Its unique gimmick, being able to recruit almost any enemy in the game to join your party, is likewise set back by most enemies being mechanically terrible and thus not worth using even if you recruit them. Likewise, while it has NG+ and multiple endings, the two endings (at least, if there’s more, I don’t have any idea how I could reach them!) are very similar and also intentionally vague.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
The game looks nice enough, I expected adult content but its surprisingly R15.
It reminds me a lot of “The Vagrant” and menus as well as stat mechanics are well implemented.
However, theres as of now no controller support and the game is basically point & click, which takes a lot of the fun imo. If you dont mind that, then its a solid game though.
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
Luminous Plume
Story:
The plot is more about the main character’s personal growth than any grand adventure about saving the world. In fact, the protagonist already technically got involved in saving the country, but couldn’t handle the mistakes he made in the process and basically stagnated. The concept is nice, but I feel like there’s not enough closure for the main antagonist or late game interactions with the only village. Instead, the postgame is mainly closure for the secondary antagonist, who turns out to be similar to Raven in many ways.
– Real player with 18.3 hrs in game
Luminous Plume is quite possibly one of my favourite action games to date. Mixing the classic art based combat of Tales with something faster and more fluid in the vein of Ys, the game delivers fast, satisfying, responsive combat which makes it an absolute joy to hack and slash through. With challenging boss fights and a fairly brutal difficulty, which may start to relent near the end, the game offers players a chance to test their skills, especially on the nightmare mode. It also features beautiful art and environments that make the game just as good to watch as play, and an electrifying and unforgettable soundtrack by Aoki Katsumata, Luminous Plume delivers an outstanding experience, and is well worth it’s price.
– Real player with 12.3 hrs in game
Mainframe Defenders: Meltdown - Prologue
this only the demo and ive already put 12 hours into this game. i really like it and am looking forward to buying the whole game. the only annoying part of the game that stands out to me is the crappy vision, but thats very minor and a personal peeve XD.
– Real player with 27.7 hrs in game
A good strategy game with an interesting interface, I’ll think about buying the full version.
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
RealityMinds
Story
The underlying story is pretty good, since it shows the pros and cons of being motivated or dismotivated. It also hits close to home with the concept of falling into a spiral of pessimism. The translation is readable and does a decent job of getting everyone’s characterization across, but it still has some errors and is rough compared to a lot of other translated games.
Gameplay
The combat features no item usage and instead relies entirely on skills to maintain HP, MP, and TP. It seems tricky at first, but not having to worry about stockpiling items does significantly remove a lot of anxiety that comes with exploring long dungeons.
– Real player with 20.9 hrs in game
SaGa Frontier Remastered
This is a little bit late but I wanted to wait till I had more time in the game so I could give as good a review I can.
I’ll start with the cons first:
- The biggest problem with this game imo, is the lack of story. Everything feels super rushed and half baked, it feels like they were speed running when they wrote the stories. What’s there is good and the premises are cool, but it definitely is just not as good story wise as a lot of other rpgs out there (such as persona and ff games). The lack of dialogue works to the games favor in a way cause big text walls can be very boring, especially when you’re not super invested in the story anyway. If you only like games with good story I would skip this game for sure.
– Real player with 184.3 hrs in game
This game should really be the standard by which remasters are judged. I got the original on the PS1 ages ago and thoroughly enjoyed it despite its flaws. The remastered version does a lot to iron out the original flaws (the inclusion of the new journal helps immensely in keeping on track with stories and events, which was likely the biggest flaw in the original), restores tons of cut or unfinished content (big-yay here), and gives a new character to play. It also has an in-game artbook, and the ability to change the gamespeed between x1 and x3 (and tracks overworld and combat speeds separately, so if you prefer exploration at x1 and combat at x2-3, it’s got your back).
– Real player with 82.0 hrs in game
The Benza RPG
For fans of the television show, The Benza RPG is a dream come true. Literally every character in The Benza and Benza English can be found in the game.
The battle system reminds me of Final Fantasy 10 as you can switch characters in and out of combat if you have more than four. Each weapon has different skills attached to it which allows you to customize your team a bit. Party members each have their own set role in combat. Each character is really useful, and there is no character that I just left on the bench. My favorite part about this is that even characters not in combat gain experience. It was really fun that the main cast of the television show voiced their characters, but I wished they had subtitles. Maybe a future update?
– Real player with 67.2 hrs in game
A bit of backstory. The Benza is a Japanese web tv show about a couple guys wanting to replace their broken toilet seat and end up getting dragged into a crazy supernatural quest to save the world. The Benza RPG is a nice companion to the show, trapping the whole cast of characters in a video game universe. If you’re familiar with the show, the humor sticks, so I recommend watching a few episodes first. Otherwise, I don’t know if anything would make sense.
Pros
-surprisingly deep story
-witty dialogue
– Real player with 14.7 hrs in game
The Village
The art direction is beautiful.
On the other hand the difficulty is not well proportioned… The mazes are very hard, the shadows are too strong compared to the number of life points, the objects are too well hidden. And the game does not give much information about what to do.
(I don’t see any solution on internet…)
Nevertheless I recommend the game for the atmosphere !
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
The game is really beautiful: the maps, the music and the texts. On the other hand, we are a bit lost in the main story. And the dark areas are very very difficult.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game