Rise Eterna

With so many games inspired by Fire Emblem on Steam, you need something special to stand out. Whether it's graphics, fancy mechanics or an amazing story, you need a way to draw people in. So it's hard to see what Rise Eterna went for, since the game looks and feels okay, but doesn't try to innovate in any way. The art style is decent. There's nothing visually impressive about the maps that look very rudimentary, like what you'd see in older Fire Emblems, but the 14 characters are varied and well designed. They have different special combat skills, and some of them benefit from standing next to their friends in combat, for added bonuses. The story is rather classic. Themes of betrayal and alliances between kingdoms are common in these kinds of games, but it has enough twists to keep you engaged until the end. That is... If you can put up with low quality dialogues. Between weird sentences, insults being thrown left and right as well as a lot of pointless chit-chat... The game would have benefited from better writing. Scavenging is another neat part of the game, with item drops obtained from certain spots on the map, chests, or enemies. You can then craft potions, bombs, or eve…

[i]A Waste of Good Art Assets[/i] Straight to the bottom line here. The only thing holding this game up is the art, which is what initially drew me in to give it a chance. However, the game play is so barebones that there is virtually no strategic decision making. Damage is vanilla; nothing is strong or weak against anything else. One character stat is borderline broken if you focus on it. There are so many technical failings from the one sided attacker initiated battles, lack of fog of war, massive imbalance between player and enemy power, and enemy AI that barely does anything; its all just a disaster. Avoid this title.

I don't want to kill villagers just to have someone join my party. This sucks. Who thought it would be enjoyable or challenging to kill old limping men? Or ladies with rolling pins? What the heck!!!!! Worst Game Ever!!!

This game kinda blows lol. It has very little feedback on what you do, the maps are all over the place and enemies rush you only once you enter their range, trivializing the encounters. No events during maps, unnecessary randomized crafting, mind numbingly tedious story beats and quite drab presentation to boot. The only saving grace are the portraits.

Honestly I'm kinda torn between giving it the thumbs up or down...for a game that I pretty much got for $1 after 90% discount and bundle discount, ok. No bugs. I guess that in itself gets it almost a pass, sadly, the game isn't a lot of fun. Very flat, but it fits into the genres it advertises. Not a whole lot of excitement, it is bug-free and it sorta tells a story, but very lacking in elements of gameplay. I really have to rag a bit on the writing of this game's story, character, and world-building. It's pretty not-fleshed out. I won't compare it to other games that have much more worthy design for the same price points, but this felt like their storyboard writers forgot everything they planned to make after the opening scene,(dementia maybe?) and just rushed to put out a game because their fop of a boss in a set of neon-yellow colored pants didn't plan out a budget to hire or retain a team for this game. They had a nice history for the opening built. A lot they could have done with it, then they gave us crappy characters with half-baked character bios. A traumatized bandit with no drive, but decent skills, and a potty-mouthed teenaged girl with a potentially mysterious pas…

Rise Eterna, developed by Makee and Forever Entertainment S. A. and published by Forever Entertainment S. A., is a tactical role-playing game that clearly wears its inspirations on its sleeve. It aims to capture the spirit of classic grid-based strategy titles, evoking the structure and presentation of older genre staples while offering a streamlined, more accessible take on the formula. While it succeeds in recreating the look and basic feel of those influences, its design choices ultimately shape it into a more modest experience—one that is easy to approach but lacks the depth and refinement expected from its inspirations. The story centers on Lua, a young woman marked by tragedy and driven by a desire to uncover the truth about her past. As she journeys through a war-torn land alongside her companion Natheal and a growing group of allies, the narrative attempts to balance personal drama with a broader political conflict. There are moments where character interactions hint at emotional depth, particularly in how relationships develop within the group, but the storytelling often struggles with consistency. Dialogue can feel uneven, and the pacing occasionally disrupts the impact …