Stardander Revenant

Great story would recommend to anyone

Apparently Steam didn't track my playtime correctly, but it took me 2.2 hours to finish the game. I wasn't expecting this to be so good! The writing in particular was fantastic, but I loved everything. Really cute story, too. For the RPG parts, there are a bunch of different build options when it comes to what magic to specialize in. I just maxed out the magic you start with, which left me unable to do a bunch of other cool things, so I'm definitely going to replay at least one more time to try out some of what I missed. Combat's pretty interesting. There are a ton of options available each turn, though a lot of them are slight variants of the same effect. I think all of the spells I had available were useful at least once during my run. After playing this, I think I'm a huge fan of visual novel/RPG hybrids, at least when they're done as well as Stardander Revenant. It took the best elements of each genre and mashed them together in a way that worked incredibly well. Awesome stuff.

Very short side quest for an in-development game. This is a cross between a turn based RPG and a visual novel, with heavy emphasis on the setting and the yuri. The VN is fine, reasonable choices if a bit railroaded. The turn based combat, of which there are 5 total in the game, is decent and strategic (especially on hard mode, that hard mode achievement was tough) but the UI and information view isn't as good as I like. It's hard to tell how many attacks an enemy is going to use to optimally use shields, and on controller (SteamDeck) I wan't able to see what buffs the enemies had were doing without recasting the scanning spell. Storywise I didn't like it as much, the protagonist Griselda is a bit of a creep, especially in the romance route. At least toward the end she did improve, but by that point I didn't really want to play as her. I hope the full game gives you better choices. I played on the SteamDeck and it worked, though some UI elements in the battles were a bit hard to access, and there isn't much contrast between what's selected and what's not so be careful when playing on controller/Deck. It's free, so if you want a quick play give it a try.

I was browsing through steam’s free section (as one does), and I found this game. This short little free game has me playing it IN MY DREAMS! The amount of replayability that this short, hour-long game has is crazy! - STORY The story is great, despite how short it is, and I hate having to tear myself away from this game. I’ve replayed it several times, it has yet to get old. - SOUND DESIGN The soundtracks sound amazing, and they really bring out the vibe of the game! Hearing a track loop isn’t repetitive, it’s just more of the same great music! All the SFX are crisp, and don’t get annoying after hearing it again for the twentieth time. - LENGTH If you’re a story person: 1-1.5 hours If you’re a combat person: 30-40 minutes - COMBAT Normal Mode - Requires a basic understanding of the mechanics. Hard Mode - Actual strategy is needed, so no charging in here thinking that you can brute-force it! - THE SEQUEL Oi! Heads up, I only played the demo, so I don’t know if it improves after the demo’s allowed timeframe. The sequel’s demo is straight trash. I know you may search for it anyways to try and find that same spark you may have found from this game, but it’s truly horrible. Combat …

Good BGM Has many skill tree branches, some are OP Can spam spells Can spam potions Characters has aura color match with skill Has auto save and many save slots Has crafting Story is ok if you don't think too much Hard mode is hard, it becomes strategy game Too short Good Game

great game with good graphics would recommend