Oath

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Small RPG with a big heart. Boss battles only, with story, so no grinding required, just the ability to "solve" each battle. The guide is available in the community page if needed. If you just need a little diversion from mainstream things, and appreciate decent writing, this may be of interest. Battles start off too easy, and then get pretty tough. There are a few bugs, make sure to save before entering new areas so you can load if it bugs out. (Cemetery 2nd visit, only look at the 2nd grave from the left not the others, it will black screen)

RPG Maker strikes again! Oath is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. This RPG Maker asset flip is square in the middle of the pack for RPG Maker games. What does that mean? It's a godawful train wreck of a game with flipped RPG Maker stock assets, terrible map and level design, sloppy understanding of basic RPG mechanisms, and the usual cringefest high school anime club dropout fan-fiction writing that's so bad it's guaranteed to make you throw up in your mouth a little. As with all RPG Maker 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 RPG Maker is to make demos and small games to pass around friends, and shouldn't be used for "pro…

Игра 'Oath' - это уникальный опыт, сочетающий в себе стратегию, политику и элемент повествования. Каждая партия ощущается как глава в истории угасающего мира. Механики блестяще реализованы, позволяя игрокам плести интриги, сражаться за власть и влиять на судьбу земель. Партии сильно отличаются друг от друга, как в плане стратегий, так и в плане визуального оформления, благодаря постоянно меняющейся колоде и выбору карт. Однако, сложность правил может отпугнуть новичков. Кривая обучения довольно крутая, и требуется несколько партий, чтобы освоить все нюансы игрового процесса и понять, как эффективно использовать доступные ресурсы и возможности. Кроме того, 'Oath' – игра для тех, кто готов к непредсказуемости и влиянию случайности, поскольку судьба мира может измениться в любой момент. В целом, 'Oath' - это глубокая и захватывающая игра, которая вознаграждает терпеливых игроков богатым и запоминающимся опытом, но требует времени и усилий для полного освоения. Это не просто настольная игра, а скорее интерактивная история, которую вы создаете вместе с другими участниками.

This game is extremely well written and the characters are so likeable and interesting! Oath's music is also excellent and matches the mood of the story. Its soundtrack is incredible and definitely worth listening to over and over again. The game is about tarot, but you don't need to believe in tarot (or have in depth knowledge about tarot) to enjoy this game. The characters all have powers and skills that match their personality, which I thought was pretty cool. I like how each character has their own emotional journey and obstacles they needed to overcome. I would recommend this for anyone who likes role playing games, games with old school graphics, games with magical elements, solid characterisation and great storytelling. This was a fun and smart Role Playing Game, and I liked it very much. Thank you so much for creating this game!

The game is decent and unique. I did find a bug though in the Hermit trial where you can quite literally walk through him and skip that combat part of the story. As such....this also skips a level up potential....and may or may not make you underpowered for the rest of the game....as I see some have complained about asking for some bosses to be nerfed. I noticed a additional bug where if you go back to the graveyard after the death trial and reexamine any of the graves but Chris' (since its connected to a sidequest)....the game tries to reload the cutscene from the trial....only to end up crashing with a blank screen. You can pull up the menu and end game from there to reload....but the only other way out is to close and reopen the game itself. If one accidentally saves on this blank screen without backup saves....they'll likely have to start over. This is to the point I am now...I look forward to continuing....but wanted to report any bugs found in some way and couldn't find any other way of doing so other than through a review. If it gets fixed....I'll edit the review accordingly.