Mystica
Clecota Games · 2023 · 2D, Pixel Graphics, RPG, Top-Down, Nonlinear
PC
Positive100% · 10
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About Mystica
Mystica is a dark fantasy set in a world of politics, grimness, and magic heavily inspired by works such as Game of Thrones, Final Fantasy, and Attack on Titan.
Play as Vyral, a far-from-perfect mercenary who initially shuns his dormant magic abilities. With a hostile brother and mysterious family past, discovering who he is and where he stands is part of the early adventure.
Note: this game is something of a sequel to my first published game, Empire; however, it is not at all necessary to have played Empire in order to enjoy or become immersed in the world of Mystica
STORY
- Set thirty years after a near-apocalyptic incident caused by powerful magic, the world has turned against the mysterious natural force and instead embraced manmade technology.
- In turn, this has led to widespread Persecution of anyone with magic abilities, something people are born with and have no control over.
- With the powerful always clamoring for more power, it could only take a single elected emperor to begin the genocide of all magic people…
CHARACTERS
Play as Vyral, a far-from-perfect mercenary who initially shuns his dormant magic abilities. With a hostile brother and mysterious family past, discovering who he is and where he stands is part of the early adventure.
- Aided by Evie, a budding knight from the allied kingdom of Falm in the North, and Bailey, a childhood friend of Vyral with ties to Falm’s higher ranks as well. Rounding out the playable characters includes outsider Poppy, a hostile foreigner with little trust, and several guest party members as situations evolve.
- Bismarck, Vyral’s brother, who leads a mysterious faction of soldiers in black. His organization targets areas of powerful magic, but their exact motives and goals are unclear.
- Drake and Frey, two powerful rulers who lead the efforts in attacking magic across the Empire. Determined to see magic wiped out entirely before another disaster can occur, they’ll stop at nothing to eradicate the rights and lives of any and all that can use it.
- Other forces rooted deep in the world’s history… still looming and plotting in the dark as the world descends into chaos and war…
GAMEPLAY
- Easy-to-learn.
- Skills matter a lot! Every skill unlocked can effect a battle’s pacing and outcome.
- Combos can be chained together using powerful skills with early-acquired, weaker ones to further enhance damage and so that every skill will always have a use.
- Row-based combat adds to the different potential strategies.
- Can approach battles in a variety of ways with greatly differing strategies.
- Charge up finishers over several battles to unleash when you see fit, whether on a tough enemy or to turn the tide against a difficult boss.
- Understand elements, ailments, status boosts, and more to gain the upper hand in ever-harder battles, easing you in at first as the real challenges loom ahead.
FEATURES
- Normal Mode and Story Mode difficulties. Story Mode is for players wishing to turn off random encounters entirely.
- Skill Tree learning system. Choose how to develop each character, such as focusing on a specific strategy or improving parameters.
- Peaceful and Ruthless dialogue choices. Influence how Vyral responds to certain situations. Other characters will form opinions based on how he behaves.
- Plenty of optional sidequests! From monster hunting, testing combat mechs, filling a library with books, or recanting tales to an orphan boy, there's always lots of extra content to take on at any point in the game.
- Money and items matter! Sell loot and old equipment, search the environment, or complete sidequests to earn money and purchase supplies. Items may make or break a battle for you.
- A detailed database full of information on characters, places, story events, monsters encountered, and more!
Note: this game is something of a sequel to my first published game, Empire; however, it is not at all necessary to have played Empire in order to enjoy or become immersed in the world of Mystica
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Mystica is a well-made JRPG with solid storytelling, likable characters, and good music that serves as a successful sequel to Empire. However, players find the late-game content problematic, with enemy stats ballooning into tedious, unrewarding combat encounters, and some criticize the plot for being predictable and tropey, though most still find it competently written. The game appeals most to classic JRPG fans who enjoy grinding and exploration, though those prioritizing engaging combat may find the endgame frustrating.
Hello there Mystica overall is a decent game. I will start with this. I do not recommend the optional stuff late game though. The grind is real and that's from someone that usually likes grinding. The enemies just balloon in health and damage. Its just not a fun rewarding endgame content with combat in mind. (Meaning fights are tedious in several optional cases.) Compared to Empire there is some balancing, which falls off late game. Sad days. Music however is pretty good, the story is pretty decent, the visual effects are better than in Empire. Overall it's an improvement and a success as a sequel. If combat is your main focus in a game than i wouldn’t recommend it late game as its pretty dang annoying. I for one would recommend it… albeit barely for me.3 found this helpful
The game's plot borders on brain-dead and lost my suspension of disbelief after a boardroom of a handful of people elected the equivalent of "magic Hitler", who was completely transparent about his desire to basically murder half the population just for having magic potential. It feels like it was written by a 5-year-old. Other than that, it's a decent enough Final Fantasy clone.1 found this helpful
It's good. More JRPG than western RPG. Abilities unlock as you buy them and you'll probably buy them all. Abilities are purchased using a separate accumulative than exp though both are earned from killing. Map has some 'secrets' and if you miss them, you will miss ability unlocks. Hard to miss though. The story is well tread territory. I've played 3 or 4 games with the same general conflict/ persecution in the last year alone. If you read the description of the game in the 'About This Game' section of the steam page, you've probably already realized this. The characters are well written and distinct tropes, with some exceptions. The dialogue is coherent. It does a good job of getting you invested without being too off-color or too bland. Some of your dialogue options have consequences. It is grindy but you can turn it on story mode if you dislike grind. As someone who tends to like grind, I was pleasantly surprised that the combat system rewards you for active play instead of just holding down the enter key til it's over. My only criticism of the grind is that the encounter rate cannot be turned up enough to avoid pacing back and forth, looking for a fight. The …1 found this helpful
Great game, if you are a fan of classic JRPGs I would recommend trying it out. Definitely worth the price point.1 found this helpful
Definitely a well made game, perfect for the RPG enthusiast. This is a successor to the game Empire, and while you don't have to play that to understand this, it would really help a lot, esp with the backstory. Also, Empire is an excellent game as well, so it's worth the play through first. Mystica has a great story, and the characters are all unique, with all their attributes, as well as character flaws. The game play is good as well, with challenging enemies, and lots of skills you can unlock. Highly recommend!
Enjoyed it. I wish more games like this allowed you to turn off random encounters, letting you chose when to grind or letting you explore without having to fight every 10 steps. Do recommend playing Empire first though.
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