The Protagonist: EX-1

A potentially great game, with lots of love put into its system, which makes the fact of it being abandoned so much more frustrating. I got into another soft lock that will not allow me to progress and can't seemingly be fixed by reloading, so I am giving it up. Don't play this game if you are not into huge disappointments, it starts out great, makes you love it, then cuts it when you have just started enjoying.

Recommended to fans of turn-based tactics RPGs who don't mind a budget title. Held back by some bugs and clunkiness but combat and leveling skills are fun. Definitely worthwhile on sale. +Content for the price +Key rebinding +Some voice acting +Manual & auto saves +Turn-based tactics battles +Exploration/adventure +Music +Variety of weapons/items to craft +Discover new craft recipes/schematics +Martial arts/combos +Special moves/finishers +Choices on level up stats/skills +Variety of skills +Heal after battle +Buddy is a good boi -Slow menu/delays -Dated visuals/animations -Click to move only -Can't name saves -No graphics options/vsync, etc -Most dialogue is not voiced -Some obscure/poorly explained systems/info -No mini/map -Awkward click to advance dialogue (use spacebar) -Clunky, buggy, lacks polish -No quicksaves, buggy save UI -Esc doesn't always work/back out menu -Slow tooltips/animations -Cluttered portraits/ battle info box -Some important keys cannot rebind -Free camera only in combat -Box puzzles can bug out/ stop progression -Awkward click/drag only for crafting -Floating enemies can be hard to select -Chance to hit is not displayed -Stats don't display how much/when…

Abandonware.

The game developers think totalitarian governments can be a utopia. Weird class traitor nonsense

if this was still being worked on it'd be a promising early access but that doesn't seem to be the case. Missing too much info when considering actions in combat, like percentage chance to hit, line of sight, what move will put you in range, etc. Then got stuck on quest I couldn't progress in section 3 :[

This review is from an actual playthrough. I feel like I had to start with that because the review section for this game is quite...strange. Anyway, Protag EX-1 is a good TBS. It can crash, softlock you (but there are tons of autosaves that literally can save you), and lagg after turns, but other than that it's pretty okay. There are 7 surprisingly big map in a space station, a decent story, and a very-very unique hand to hand combat IN the turn based combat itself. I never seen anything like this before, and I seriously think this could have been something special. But it's unfortunately not. The whole game feels like an alpha version of a someday great title, but at this point it's just abandoned. When the combat really starts going it's already over, like the game itself. The first few levels are slow paced, even for a TBS, and when you could just start to enjoy it with your build up team, then it's over. But hey, it's 10-12 hours and for a price I could barely buy a kilo bread at the bakery, who complains? Well, seeing the reviews many people, and considering it's not a one man project that I somehow believed during gameplay, it's ridiculously unpolished, …