Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
“I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.”
~T.S. Eliot
I really wonder why they keep re-releasing this game… I mean, OK, PC port makes perfect sense. I’m all in for video game preservation and there’s no better way to save the certain title from being lost in history than releasing it for personal computers. Every single game should be playable on PCs. Just because PCs are the only platform that stays with us no matter what. But seriously, since the very first voiced (and censored) port of this game was released in 2006 (the initial uncensored Windows version came out in 2002), Utawarerumono was released for six different platforms. Six… different… platforms, Carl! It also got both manga and anime adaptations. So, here’s my question again – how in the freakin' world did this game get so much attention? And the answer is… I honestly don’t know.
– Real player with 80.1 hrs in game
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TL;DR: Fun game, would recommend, I will get the sequels. Surprisingly fun game play and an enjoyable story, though not as great a story as the reviews I’ve read here make it out to be.
Long Version:
First, the story, since that is the meat of the game, and also what people rave about. The game is very much a visual novel with tactical combat elements included, rather than being the other way around. The story is engaging, there are enough hooks to keep you interested even during the slower areas, things hinting to the player that a larger game is afoot and your (forgotten) past is almost certainly important to these at first seemingly unrelated events. (The primary character has amnesia, partially for story, partially to let you ask world building questions that any normal in-universe person would know, but that we the player are obviously clueless about.) I will say that for the most part I really enjoyed the story, there were a surprising number of moments that really got to me, where I was right there with characters, feeling their moments of happiness or pain, victory or defeat, anger and sorrow. It is for these reasons and the general story arc itself, which kept my interest, that I will pick up and play the next two games in the near future.
– Real player with 55.0 hrs in game
The Hundred Year Kingdom
Welcome to an untouched new world.
Only you—the Creator—and a mythical young goddess who calls herself an oracle exist here.
Share times of laughter, tears, and joy as you combine your skills and powers to guide the emergence of a brand new civilization.
Behold what becomes of your world after a century of growth.
・Develop a civilization from the ground up over 100 years in this simple turn-based simulation.
・Construct buildings and cultivate land to create and nurture a civilization with the help of a mythical young goddess who calls herself an oracle.
・Your world will be free of complicating elements like diplomacy, war, and calamities. Rest assured, barbarians won’t invade and Gandhi won’t launch a nuclear attack on your beautiful world!
・How you care for your civilization is up to you.
The Hundred Year Kingdom lets you build and care for a civilization in a world of your own making.
Set up and reshape your world with realms covered in mountains, vast seas, thick savanna, or whatever you like!
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Grey Heritage: Faded Vision
Join Leon Beaumont’s journey through the land of Astrea. Despite being of nobility, Leon believes in giving the common people power to make political decisions. Facing against the Estore Empire is a daunting task. He is clearly outnumbered and lacking in resources. Help Leon achieve his vision in freeing his people from oppression.
OBJECTIVES
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Rout (Kill All Enemies)
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Defend (Survive X amount of turns)
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Escape (Reach a destination with all of your soldiers.)
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And much more!
FEATURES
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If you find a Save Orb, you’re allowed to save mid-progress.
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Mount/Dismount based on being Indoor/Outdoor.
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Over 10 unique characters with a wide variety of classes, weapons, and skills
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Created as a passion project from a lover of the genre!
Read More: Best Lore-Rich Tactical RPG Games.
Inanis
Inanis is a story-rich fusion of bullet hell, boss battles, and deck-building! Will you be the pilgrim to successfully reach and slay the king?
Follow us at Kickstarter! Campaign launching October 5th: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inanis/inanis-0
**Over 15 Bosses.
3 traversable world maps, full of secrets
A cast of Unique characters to interact with and learn the games story from
Over 100 cards, 15 spirits, and endless combinations
A full deck building system, so you can prepare your arsenal for each fight
Replay-ability and scaling difficulty, with each boss available to play on a greater difficulty after it’s beaten**
Leylines
I am surprised this game has not gained enough attention as I will have to spread the word out about this game.
Here is what I like about this game:
It has a very interesting Hero System meaning as you gain experience points you can spend experience points to improve a number of skills along with improving your main stats of your Hero like health, defense, attack, resist and moving around on the world map. It has at least 20-30 skills you can spend your experience on .
Other 4x games when you gain a level you get some increases based on that new level but in this game you spend your experience as you see fit so there really are no levels in this game so I think it is actually a better system.
– Real player with 10.4 hrs in game
Game lagging every 2-3 second. Playing is impossible.
– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game
Leak Elite
I will play more soon but I said I would check out the game after I finished my exams and I stuck to it. I really enjoy it. Thank you very much for making this game it is really good. It is definitely worth the money. Also thanks the the untrusted avatar :).
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Wednesday Basketball
Live a year in a small town basketball association. Follow the stories of Fanny, Alex, Remy, Ajiba, Laura, Odile, Benjamin, Amir, Kariem and Meng as the season passes by. Some will join, some will leave. Relax and play some basketball.
Wednesday Basketball is a tactical basketball narrative game. Every week, a group of people of all age and origins decides to gather to play basketball. Every week, stories unfold, and games are played.
In this basketball club, no one is a loser, everybody is welcome to score some hoops and have some fun. But as Fanny’s last year goes by, some friendships will grow and some will break. Who will stay, who will leave, and what will happen to the club? Let’s find out.
Heart of Enya
OH MY GAWWWD!!! This game is PHENOMENAL!!! Wow, I don’t even know where to start. First of all, the representation is just amazing–the party members are predominantly queer and trans people of color, which was so special to me. I loved that the characters came in not knowing one another well and progressed to become such a beautiful family. I genuinely teared up during a lot of their backstories and found them all so relatable and beautifully written. The party was small, which left a lot of space to really flesh everyone out in a wonderful way. So story and characters get a 193/10.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
I really enjoyed this game, I loved the art, especially Raina design. The characters were all likable and it was interesting to discover their story and what caused them to participate in this dangerous adventure.
Gameplay really hooked me, I kept on playing until the final boss, although it took me some time to figure out good strategy, but once I did, the game was much easier.
I had so much fun, I wouldn’t mind if it was longer. I’m definitely going to replay this, as I really want to defeat all of the Frost and I think it’s actually a great challenge.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
Kingsblood
In a medieval world full of political intrigues and mysteries the player joins in on the dark fate of three siblings of extraordinary descent. After dramatic events, the player will start his journey to build up a force to fight the crown’s increasing oppression. In this strategic RPG you assemble many followers, build them a customizable home, send them on missions and individually improve their combat abilities. Skillfull composition of party members unlocks their true potential in the battles and dungeons ahead.
Explore a Medieval Fantasy World
Unlock a network of allied cities to enable trade, access new quests or just listen to the rumors in the local tavern.
Assemble your Fellowship
Encounter unique characters with unique special abilities and synergies. Strategically employ them in battles and pay attention to their morale.
Tactical Combat Preparation
Exploit the elemental weaknesses of enemies by skillful positioning your troops before the autosimulated combat starts.
Random Dungeons
Coming soon… we’re working on it.
Features
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Lots of unique characters
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Character progression
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Turn-based strategic management
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Autosimulated combat
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Group buffs for class, race and elemental synergies
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Pokémon-like elemental system
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Randomly generated dungeons, items
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Coherent dark fantasy world with its own lore
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Story-heavy campaign
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Adaptive difficulty and ranking system
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Research tree
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Base building
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Quests
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Motivation system
About the Developers
We’re a small indie team of three friends who decided to make their dream game become a reality.
Monads
The game is quite entertaining, the content is good enough.
PROS:
Good story, Nice characters. Interesting world. Feels like an Anime fantasy series.
CONS:
The english localization is awful and the skill variety feels ridiculously complex for the simplicity of the battles.
I mean, you got like 985679 skills for each character but you won’t ever need them. Just use “the one that kills stuff” with any character and win the game. Also, many of the battle conditions are either not shown or explained correctly so the “kill stuff " is always a valid path.
– Real player with 10.0 hrs in game
No Reviews? That’s a shame…well It’s a SRPG Puzzle(like) that’s fun to play. So play it. Real good. 8.1/10
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game