Astrune Academy

edit: 06-18-24 Good it is finished...so my final review for this (my 43th Kemco game on Steam): The game is one of the better ones from Exe. Not only does it have none of the usual teen romances...the whole plot is something different....but it would destroy the fun if I told you about THAT!!! What I can tell you is: there are no ships or planes. You walk and than can warp to already visited locations. In addition to the main goal there are simple side-quests....don't worry you can't miss them. On the map each city with available quests is marked...and if you finish a quest you can warp direct to the questgiver. There is a map for the overworld and each dungeon. There are hidden paths in dungeons but if you look at the map you'll find all of them. You can merge weapons of the same type to level them up. Armor can also merged with other parts. Or you use armor/weapon shards. There is an level cap for characters and weapons/armor. During the game you can rise these caps (starting from level 30). For characters you must fight in the arena. No, not bronce, silver and gold cups...only a few fights to raise your caps. After you finished the game you can save and start before the last …

typical kemco trash. this time they left the P2W features in AND gave you a way to constantly get said premium currency. unfortunately, the game throws end game gear at you for using said premium currency which quickly turns the game into you 1 shotting everything. dont use it, and everything 1 shots you. there is no in between. story/writing is garbage and unreadable. each character is a single peronality trope, and you see the ending coming from about 2 hours in because they keep hammering home the obvious fact that the MC girl is "the choosen one" type character and you know where this goes. i figured, hey, cute magical girls, how could it go wrong? well because its published by kemco, thats how it went wrong.

One of the best stories Exe Create has penned yet. You'll have to play a while until it really kicks in, but by then you are fully immersed in this world and it's people. Game play and everything else is pretty standard for these games, but that is in no way a bad thing. For me it's a selling point. I know the Devs aren't big on direct sequels, but it would be a real shame to leave us where this story ends.