Book of Eos

The combat system is simplistic and a little unbalanced at times, but the characters are likeable, the story is unique and engaging, and the dungeons are well-designed with some cool puzzles. Definitely a lot more good than bad here. Tip: When at the fairy lake, hold off on collecting the flower closest to the entrance for last, and leave the area, heal, and save before getting it so you don't get completely destroyed by a surprise boss fight.

I've played a lot of RPGMaker games, and this is one of my favorites

Great little hidden gem which i thoroughly enjoyed. Loved the characters, the plot and the novel items and skills. I highly recommend.

What other game lets you chug vinegar for 5 hours? Thank you for validating my terrible life choices. That alone is worth the price of admission, but also the whole plot involving Arthur made me Extremely Emotions and he is absolutely the democratically elected Best Boy Appreciate robot wizard today!

Though it comes with the usual technical annoyances that you get with the older RPG Maker engines, this is a great little game with a likeable cast that flows pretty smoothly through most of its run time. Combat resolves fairly quickly, the encounter rate is just right most of the time, and dungeons have some intricacy to them without devolving into tedious puzzle boxes. It's perfect for a shorter RPG to play between longer ones, and is easily worth the small asking price. There are some issues that come up later in the game. The optimal late-game strategy most of the time ends up being to spam powerful magic while one character just serves as a mana battery, which makes encounters start to feel repetitive. You can also take on two of the later areas out of order, and in fact the game signposts you towards doing so - but if you do, you'll be missing a crucial clue, and that will really mess you up in a way that is probably difficult to recover from. I just reloaded an earlier save when I realized what I had done wrong.

I enjoyed this game, it's not a perfect game, but it's a good one.