Divided Reigns

Классическая JRPG в духе старых Final Fantasy. Игра вышла недавно, и есть небольшие баги (несколько раз персонажи застревали или не включались сюжетные диалоги, пока не перезагрузишься). Однако, впечатления очень даже положительные. Итак: + Достаточно долгая игра, но не наскучивает до самого конца + Хороший баланс сложности и интереса играть + Достаточно хороший баланс между персонажами (за исключением некоторых моментов) + Приятная графика (относительно движка RPG Maker и большинства игр, которые выпускаются на нем) - Несмотря на то, что я говорил про хороший баланс, две вещи его несколько портят, а именно: игру сложности пройти без заклинания group barrier, так что один из героев обязательно нужен в пати (против боссов уж точно), а также тот факт, что во второй половине игры роль танка не так актуальна, потому что большинство противников бьют АоЕ атаками - Нет большой радости от нахождения волшебных предметов, даже меч, который получаешь за сильнейшего босса - в общем-то не так уж силен +- Хотя и игра достаточно долгая, и в общем-то интересная, хотелось бы больше квестов и локаций, которые можно исследовать именно к концу игры (подобное очень удачно реализовано в серии final fantasy, но в общем-то не только там) Игру рекомендую тем, кто именно любит жанр JRPG

While I like the premise of redemption rather than your usual heroes, several major issues prevents me from recommending this. I have played roughly 11 hours and in that time, there has been at least 3 major plot twists. That is not good writing. Plot twists works when used sparingly and at the right moment. Also, there has already been 3 separate segments where you are forced to play without certain characters. Wildly subjective but I hate when games do this. What's worse though is the combat. You can see a timeline for each round but you give orders for all your characters at the beginning of the round. According to the developer, this leans more towards strategy which might be case if the game did not cheat. Here is how. You start a round with a character KOed so you have someone else either raise or use a potion to wake him up only to have an enemy instantly attack him. This should not be possible if the enemies followed the same rules as you because they would not have selected a KOed party member in favor of one the remaining threats which means the enemies decide their move on the given enemy's turn. That's a terrible way to handle combat. Everyone should play by the same rules but it is clear that the enemies play by different, more favorable, rules than the player. Also, there are way too many status effects which will often result in one of your characters being instantly KOed from 100% hp or rendered helpless and wasting their turn. It is often the only thing making enemies a threat. The game has an aggro system but what is the point when your 'tank' can get one shotted by a random encounter enemy? There is also a heavy political slant on the setting and story, which would be fine if written properly. This however, feels more like it was written by a teenager who spends his time on Reddit. I will refrain from going into specifics to avoid spoilers but it is there and it is obnoxious

It would have been a good 40 hours game. Instead it is full of filler content 70 hours epic. Random encounters slowly but surely killed it for me. Constantly interrupting player never was a good idea.