To Light: Ex Umbra

I feel guilty not liking this game, because it's obvious that a lot of love was poured in. The graphics are particularly good. However, the actual gameplay is no fun at all. From the very beginning, fighting is incredibly tedious, and the story moves very, very slowly. For the first hour, you'll be doing nothing but reading and killing the tutorial-level enemies that we normally find at the beginning of these games. The biggest problem as the game moved on was the random encounters. They were absolutely relentless - spaced about 10 seconds apart. The enemies aren't very difficult, so there's no point using any of your special abilities; the quickest thing is just to keep hitting them until they die, or to escape the combat. I was trying to navigate the maze at the end of the desert section, but gave up from pure frustration because I was interrupted every 10 seconds by yet another encounter. I don't want to invest the time to complete the game, because honestly, it feels like work rather than fun. I'd have persevered if not for the random encounters, but have to admit I wasn't particularly enjoying the very slow-paced story either. The combat style is very unoriginal. …

Good game and great message. I cant wait for number two or a new adventure by this author. Blessings to you all at Branch Games!

This is a good well thought out game. The combat has some interesting quirks which I enjoyed. This is a good game and I do recommend it. The story is an old one but a good one and the game is well done. However, I am not a fan of flashing lights in graphics, long involved dramatic pauses in dialogue, or dark screens that are hard to see. And this game had all 3 of these, thankfully not all at the same time. I recommend this game

Awesome adventure with deep meaning to the storyline...

so far i love the story line except the dialog is a little too long winded but sadly the last part to get to the final quest i dont seem to be able to get respond from the developer how to do the champion of the sword.

8 / 10 CAPTIVATING FRANCINE RIVERS TYPE STORY MIXED IN A FAIRLY GOOD RPG Pros + Great emotional and ultimately uplifting story that doesn't sugar coat. A lot of christian media have a vague struggle but here the characters have hectic/complex character arks. Reminded me a lot of the books of author Francine Rivers. + The game has a main mystery of some sorts and the reveal of the truth was really well done. I loved to see how tit bits of foreshadowing has been put in. In my 2nd play through I appreciated the story even more. + Amazing music that can be fun and lighthearted at times, but also melancholy and emotional. It sets each scene perfectly in my opinion. + Decent turn based fighting elements with characters levelling up system. I enjoyed how each character's fighting styles fit with there personalities. The princess for instance had more healing based abilities, while a knight that was escorted to protect the princess had more abilities that is almost self sacrificial to help the party. It made each party member feel unique. + The artwork is great. very varied, from a Castle, forest, to a snow region, desert ect + There are decent amount of side quests.…