Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
A slow-burn, dialogue-heavy classic JRPG with superb worldbuilding, charming characters and a big payoff ending. Skip it if you dislike heavy reading, slow pacing or dated systems.
Great for
Patient story-driven JRPG fans who enjoy reading, worldbuilding and charming characters
Main risk
Very slow pacing and huge amounts of dialogue can feel like a padded, boring extended prologue
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the dialogue update feature. Hats off to the amount of work the Devs put in because changing the dialogue of EVERY NPC after the story BARLEY moves is dedication.”
Steam review · 83.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Extremely charming characters,i can tell why this became such a long running beloved franchise.”
Steam review · 58.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Music: Well, banger. It hits you when you don't see it coming.”
Steam review · 42 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The combat is fun and offers a lot of customisation through the orbal arts system.”
Steam review · 68.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it really shines in setting up characters and story for the next game and the rest of the series.”
Steam review · 29.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The ending made me cry. Can't wait to spend a few hundred hours playing through the rest of this amazing series.”
Steam review · 52.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“There's slow-paced and then there's just boring. This is the latter.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the plot and characters are just awful. Every single chapter follows the same formula.”
Steam review · 32.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the combat is too tedious to occupy as much space as it does.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the dialogues are insanely long for no reason, every thing is said intead of shown/implied”
Steam review · 16.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The frame rate starts to drop as you keep playing the game and crashed at the end.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Not only does this game contain missables, they are also super easy to miss.”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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Recommended
Other games we’ve read the reviews for
+ Engaging story and likable characters
− Generic RPG Maker feel and repetitive combat
analyzed 21 h ago
+ Emotional story and memorable cast
− Bugs, crashes and softlocks
analyzed 1 d ago
+ Beautiful pixel art and charming creature designs
− Mandatory puzzles and timing minigames
analyzed 1 d ago
+ Funny fourth-wall-breaking writing and references
− Excessive grinding
analyzed 1 d ago
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