Game Master Plus
Story
The first half of the game doesn’t have much plot beyond clearing game boards because of the protagonist’s curiosity, though there is some lore about the previous heroine. The second half has more lore and more stakes, as well as several plot bombshells. While I did like the story of the second half, I can see the lack of real conflict in the first half turning new players off before they can get to the better half.
Gameplay
The first few parts of the game make it hard to gather any resources. Enemies don’t drop money and they aren’t guaranteed to drop sellable items, meaning the player is stuck in a resource drought situation if they try to do traditional grinding. This can be intimidating because in the beginning, the only way to fully recover the robot is to pay 10 cents, which means inefficient gameplay can result in waste of limited money. The resource situation does get better in the later parts of the game, since the player can find free healing/save statues and an accessory that increases the drop rate.
– Real player with 30.5 hrs in game
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An easy but very nice RPG game. Its style really attracts me, and maybe anyone who loves ‘nostalgia’.
And if you love collecting things, or riddling, this game can be unexpectedly a little hard for you.
BTW bugs are seen too often, and the scene called ‘Sesame Hideout’ even disappears! Hope it can be fixed sooner.
– Real player with 28.4 hrs in game
LV99: Final Fortress
You start on the balcony of a fortress, outside of the fortress a fierce battle ensues held back by a magical barrier. The Final Fortress is where two evil gods of ancient times reside, sealed away for all time. However, there are those who seek to release this evil upon the world. Before they are awakened three heroines arrive at the fortress to stop the evil from being released. Ariel, the chosen one, Billie, a dragon slaying princess from the north and Celsia, a witch turned magician with stellar talents.
– Real player with 5.1 hrs in game
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This game has got it.
Awesome gameplay and challenging battles.
Clever and well scripted dialogues.
Lots of stuff to collect.
Lovely characters.
And much more that´s worth exploring.
I´m only 2.5 hours in the game but already amazed that i´m having this much fun with a JRPG :D
Kudos to Great Potion Games!
– Real player with 5.0 hrs in game
Pixel Noir
it has a interesting story and game play
– Real player with 15.3 hrs in game
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Been following this game since early development, tried the beta, and have watched the dev work streams. This game is amazing great story telling and the retro graphics sells the RPG element hard. The battle mechanics are very well done, absolutely loved what I have gotten to play.
– Real player with 7.5 hrs in game
Journey On
Playing status: 100% achievements
Grindy Achievement(s): Yes (~2 achievement).
Optional Achievement(s): Yes (10 achievements).
Difficult Achievement(s): No.
Guide: Click here
Intro
Journey On is an RPG Maker game that focuses on choice with adjustable difficulty. The difficulty will vary depending on how you limit yourself in using a character’s skill, which will affect a certain part of the game.
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
Story
Selena and Shirley must journey to the fallen Kingdom of Askhar to defeat the source of the Darkness, or demons will eventually become too much for their village to handle. While Selena can receive blessings from the Goddess of Light, Shirley is a practitioner of dark magic and is disallowed from entering holy places. However, she can increase her powers by corrupting in soul in the Dark Sanctuary, a place that functions as a sort of shared spiritual world for all dark magic users.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
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
A pretty decent game!
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Cassette Beasts
Adventure. Battle. Transform.
Collect awesome monsters to use during turn-based battles in this open-world RPG. Combine any two monster forms using Cassette Beasts’ Fusion System to create unique and powerful new ones!
Welcome to New Wirral, a remote island inhabited by strange creatures you’ve only dreamed of, nightmares you hopefully haven’t, and a cast of brave folks who use cassette tapes to transform for battle. To find a way home you’ll need to explore every inch of the island, and record monsters to your trusty cassette tapes to gain their abilities!
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Transform into monsters…using retro cassette tapes?!
Faced with the constant threat of monster attacks, the residents of Harbourtown, New Wirral choose to fight fire with fire. Record a monster to tape, then play it back to take on its form for battle!
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Fuse monster forms!
Getting close to your companion has benefits–while transformed you can combine your strengths to gain the upper hand in battle! Any two monster forms can be fused to produce unique, fully-animated new fusion forms.
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Explore a rich open world
Certain monster abilities can be used in human form. You’ll need these to help you get around, solve puzzles, and locate dungeons. Glide, fly, swim, climb, dash, or turn magnetic!
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Travel alongside a diverse cast of human companions
Never fight alone! Form bonds, spend time together, and help your selected partner complete personal goals to become a better team. The strength of your relationship determines how well you’re able to fuse!
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Master a deep battle system
Take advantage of elemental chemistry to apply extra buffs or debuffs alongside your attack, or even alter your opponent’s elemental type!
Pixelot
My son is having a blast!
The story is simple and doesn’t get in the way of the light exploration and puzzles coupled with a static turn-based combat system emphasising combo skills and elemental attacks.
Add in cute 8bit visuals and an engaging soundtrack for a great casual RPG.
Gear management and crafting are both easy to understand and use.
Only negatives are (being picky here):
-“Save and exit” option, right now the game auto-saves and you have to alt+tab to shut the game down.
- Full keyboard control and/or full mouse control would be handy for azerty users and anyone suffering accessibility issues.
– Real player with 33.0 hrs in game
The Premise
This review contains no spoilers.
Pixelot is a top-down, turn-based RPG set in a fantasy world. Players impersonate a mysterious hero, awakened from a timeless slumber, and tasked with stopping the resurrection of evil which looms all over the land. Initially alone, but soon surrounded by valiant companions from all paths of life, players will have to overcome armies, dungeons and enigmas in order to find the six Crystals of legend.
Quick Sum-Up
– Real player with 25.2 hrs in game
Time Break Chronicles
Greetings one and All,
For those interested in this game here is my review on it.
Time Break Chronicles plays like an old school rpg game. Those who have played older rpgs would enjoy it but it’s not your typically rpg. Those fans of Final Fantasy VII or VII New Threat mods or Final Fantasy VI Brave New world would find great enjoyment in the challenges of this game. Most fights are about thinking. The balance of the game is rather well done despite how many characters you can choose from. As writing this review we are at 48 characters available. My highest loop on my best save is loop 20. This game is about planning stuff out. Learning enemies and bosses strategy and how they react to certain attacks.
– Real player with 194.0 hrs in game
Excellent game even in early access
It’s basically a JRPG meets rogue lite. You’re stuck in an endless dimensional loop and travel from node to node towards the end boss. Think Slay the spire map layout except horizontal instead of vertical. Entering a node drains stamina from each character in your party and lower stamina equals lower character stats
Your main character Claire is stuck in an endless loop in a strange dimension. From her own little pocket in this dimension, she travels the map, rescuing characters to strengthen her party while fighting a nefarious cult. There are 24 characters at present with more to come. While there is some overlap between characters, each offers unique abilities and you’re free to form your party in any way you like with the only requirement being that Claire is present. Claire has 3 forms, tank, dps and healer and while she is not as good in each role as more specialized characters, her jack of all trades and her ability to switch form at will even during combat, makes her very valuable
– Real player with 114.1 hrs in game
Bravery Network Online
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“Ok, I have the advantage here. My Digital Attack is strong against the fighter they have out right now…”
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“If they notice this, they will probably tag out into their other fighter with a high Digital Defense stat, meaning I won’t do much damage and they will have the advantage again…”
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“If I predict their switch, and switch to my other fighter in the back with the high Physical Attack stat, I’ll keep my advantage and then be able to set up the win”
If you like this sort of turn based, mind games type combat, then you’ll love Bravery Network Online (BNO) !! It has a good selection of available fighters (with more on the way) - all with their own pools of possible attacks and tricks they can use. You can build up your team of 5 fighters and fight online against other people in both casual and ranked matchmaking. There are some story and single player elements, but BNO is mostly designed around PvP and playing online - at least at this point in early access.
– Real player with 254.8 hrs in game
I wrote my first review when I only played 5.8 hours of the game, and even then, I had a blast with the game. Now, with 195 hours in and getting 3rd place in a community run tournament, and running a tournament myself, I came back to revise my review.
The gameplay is much like competitive pokemon, you and your opponent bring in a fighter, and you select a move without knowing the opponent’s selected move. However, what I find most interesting in this game is that it does not have the random effects that can happen in pokemon. Statuses are not applied by chance, a critical hit is not random, and neither are misses, which are parries in this game. However, other reviews will talk about this at length, so I’d like to focus on another side of the game.
– Real player with 248.7 hrs in game
CODE VEIN
The character customization alone makes this game worth the price of admission. But, if you don’t like souls-likes and the honestly pretty generic story and characters don’t entice you, this game is a hard sell. The game is honestly very pretty and the costumes are sick, though. Plus, if you don’t like souls-like games because of the difficulty, this one’s relatively easy when you have an ai companion with you. But real gamers play without a companion after the first playthrough. Anyway, i recommend this game while its on sale for anything above, say, %25.
– Real player with 65.2 hrs in game
Pretty nice anime Soulslike. I just finished the main story, played all the depths maps which are some lite equivalent of the Chalices in Bloodborne (except one i guess) and even beat the first of the 3 DLC’s called Hellfire Knight ( i was/am level 159 and it was still F’ing hard).
Apart from the difficulty of the DLC the rest of the game was not really as hard as i expected it to be based on what i read about this game, but very pleasant and fun to play anyway. Pretty similar to Nioh when it comes to enemy placement/ambushes.
– Real player with 43.6 hrs in game