Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun

[h2]Borderline on buying? Don't be.[/h2] [b]TL;DR[/b] This is a detailed experience. It communicates an intriguing, somewhat complex story with nuanced characters in a way that is very approachable, engaging, and rewarding. It is easily worth its full price. [b]Longer review:[/b] The store page had me (incorrectly) worried that things might be a little generic; I have seen my fair share of fantasy stories that make similar promises and fail to meet their potential. But, this game delivers. There are so, so many unique endings and those endings [i]also[/i] have meaningful variations. Many of these endings involve choices that other games would simply give you a boring "game over" for. Here, these choices feel more alive; they become explorations of the characters and world that conclude in a consistent and natural way. For example: I sincerely rejected a scheme earlier on, only to successfully rejoin its efforts much later through a twisting series of events. [b]The game allows you to waffle a bit and explore your options while also giving you meaningful consequences for your actions.[/b] Different paths (be they good or bad, converging or not) often reveal or hint things abou…

Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun is a narrative-focused fantasy adventure that blends visual novel storytelling with role-playing choices, giving players substantial control over the personality and eventual fate of its protagonist. Developed and published by ST Sinovar, it takes place in the unusual world of Savvarah, where magic, ancient history, strange creatures, and divine forces are part of everyday existence. Rather than building its experience around combat, the game concentrates on dialogue, relationships, exploration of its lore, and decisions that can reshape the direction of the story. At the center of the tale is Nuelli, a young woman born into a society where magical ability is considered ordinary. Unfortunately for her, she possesses very little conventional magical talent. What initially seems like a simple weakness becomes far more complicated because Nuelli can perceive the fundamental threads from which magic is created. She has also spent much of her life seeing mysterious shadowy entities covered in eyes that apparently remain invisible to everyone else. This gives the protagonist an intriguing position within the world. She may appear deficient accord…

Really great and quite surprising game! Absolutely loved the complexity of the characters. Noone is perfect. Actually, pretty much everybody are quite bad but we are given the opportunity to understand why is everyone the way they are, what brought them to be what they are and we are given a choice of interaction in that regard (looking at you DA4). Loved the music, the story, the characters, the unforgiving universe. Cons: Story is so short, left me wanting so much more Thank you, Author! Already wishlisted your next project!

Interesting worldbuilding, lovely art.

The depth of the characters is amazing. Beautiful art and story too. 10/10 would buy again

A beautiful game with unique world and good storytelling. It definitely isn't romance heavy like I expected from a visual novel that got promoted in otome circles, it actually has almost none of it. However, storywise and visually, it's a great game and I keep thinking about it even a month later after I reached a few endings. I'll definitely come back to it to discover all endings. It has a good replay value to discover all nooks of the world.