Imperial Arms: Curse of the Conqueror

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First, Esc closes the game (which is VERY bad without a warning confirmation), so if you try this, be aware of that. Use "x" to get out of a menu. Second, there are occasions where it shuts itself down for no apparent reason (this doesn't happen often, but enough that you should definitely save any time you don't want to potentially re-do anything -- and you can only save at the beginning of your turn or in between stages). Weapons have durability, which isn't a problem, but they're a bit on the low side IMO. Then again, you're not supposed to be fighting everything you can (which I do)... You can't repair your weapons, but you will get the opportunity to obtain or buy others if you get far enough. Going to the door of a village (that hasn't already been sacked) will give you a "Village" option, which will give you something (I mention this because unless you've played Fire Emblem or similar, you may not be aware). This is a short game, but done well enough. The 8 hours it says I've played includes some replays to check some stuff, and to full-clear the second level like I wasn't supposed to (apart from the main bad guy that it says not to attack -- really, don't attack him).…

Imperial Arms: Curse of the Conqueror is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel JRPG construction kit flips (this time the SRPG Studio, even worse than RPG Maker) spamming the Steam catalog. Like all JRPG construction kit "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from JRPG construction kit coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. The developer couldn't work out how to use SRPG Studio to make a crappy JRPG (and it's even worse than RPG Maker for doing that) so instead we have an incomplete and abandoned "tactical strategy" game... ugh. As with all JRPG construction kit games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention of JRPG construction kits is to make demos and small games to pass around friends, and shouldn't be used for "professional" game development. Like most JRPG construction kit shovelware and asset flips, the game features extremely low quality copy + pasted 2D retro pixel art, looks awful, and has even worse gameplay. SRPG Studio is an absol…

I rather enjoyed the game. The placement of your units in combat is rather important and quite fun to work with. The main downside is a lack of a tutorial in the game on how to actually play. I had to spend a bit of time just pressing random buttons on my computer in order to see what would happen. The other big complaint is the game instantly closing when you press escape, which made me restart a few levels. Other than that though, I really enjoyed the game and look forward to more.

EA pains such as randomly closing. Not a fan of the durability on weapons. Overall an okay strategy game.

[h1]Before I played Imperial Arms: Curse of the Conqueror, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]