Grimshade

It's a cute setting and kept seeming like something that I should be enjoying, but the combat is simply a drag. I had to keep forcing myself to go back to it, and could never stick with it long.

Buggy crap , garbled video, hangs at the end of tutorial - which maybe just outside the 2hr limit.

This game grows on you. At first, it appears that it is going to be somewhat of a dumbed down version of a TBC game, but that is not true at all (so keep playing passed the first 20 minutes!). While your movement is more limited in combat than the typical TBC game, the depth of combat is fairly complex, making battles pretty satisfying. The enemy abilities vary quite a bit and require constant review in order to prepare for battle accordingly. The character abilities are just as nuanced, making for a strategic-heavy combat system. The graphics are really nicely done. The story is interesting, but not terribly rich. Things can get a little repetitive after awhile. I think this is a much better game than the MetaCritic score implies. That said, it's not on par with top games of the genre. I recommend picking it up on sale.

I really wanted to give this game a chance, but after almost 15 hours of game play, i am just bored and frustrated. The game is well done, good graphics, it appears to be bug free. But, it lacks any of the elements of a true RPG. I am not even sure that you can call this an RPG, because it is completely linear, and there is no coustomization or choices to be made. Everything is scripted, including combat. I've seen some other reviews complaining about how hard combat, but if you understand how scripted combat works, all you have to do is replay the same combat scenario over and over again until you memorize the exact order of actions you need to win. It's absolutely tedious, and more than a bit boring. (think of Darkest Dungeon, no RNG, just a script deciding if you will win or lose) I personally am not a fan of scripted combat games, it really takes all the strategy out of a game if there is only one way to defeat an enemy. As for quests, they are just mail man quests, running back and forth talking to people and clicking on things until it completes. Most of the time without a reward. All the best weapons are the starting weapons, they do give you new weapons, but their delays an…

Difficulty to fun ratio is makes it not worth it.

For those who like a story with strat games, you'll enjoy this. There were several fights were you had to have a strat besides the bosses which were fun. The only warning I have is that this game was made with the intention of having a part II so the game abruptly ends. Other than that there are several fights towards the end, in the swamp, where the battle is mostly bright fuchsia making some fights difficult. And the typos killed me -.-