Well, I've played the demo a bit (1 hour and 20 minutes) and I'm having mixed feelings about it, to be honest.
First, I don't like that you can't save whenever you want and that you have to return to the Inn. I can understand
why, but I'm so used to being able to save and quit my other games whenever I want to finish playing, that here I feel that I
have to keep playing, because otherwise I'll lose my progress.
I don't know if it makes a difference what option you choose when the game presents you with a question? I got asked if I wanted to reveal the information I had and I wasn't sure what to answer (I decided to do so and apparently that was the 'correct' choice?
). But, given that this is Story-mode, I'm guessing there isn't a whole lot you can do 'wrong', so to speak.
As for the battle mechanics, I'm not sure I'm really understanding them. Well, I get that you can attack, defend, use skills, heal or what not, but there were several times that a battle began, a character attacked and just like that, the battle was over. Maybe that's only in the very beginning when those two high-level characters accompany you, but I was kinda '
Give me a chance to fight myself, okay?!'. For the battles, I've been spamming the Attack-button, though. I'm guessing more strategy will be required later into the game (it's somewhat reminding me of
Fire Emblem: Awakening in a way, though that's my first strategy game ever and I really should continue playing that one... but I digress).
Mapping the first floor was quite fun, though.
But exploring the second one got rather repetitive and well... I hesitate in saying 'boring', but it was probably a good thing I found Frederica so quickly, because I'd probably have lost interest quite rapidly (that and I wanted to stop playing, but I couldn't because no save-option at that point).
When I think about it, I'm pretty sure that this is a game I cannot play for long periods of time because it will hurt my eyes and give me a headache. That is NOT saying anything about the graphics, because those are actually very good! Just that because the images are well... repetitive (for lack of a better word), it causes me to have a headache (that would be a minor one, by the way, I'm not taking about a migraine or anything here).
There's also the fact that the game seems to be talking to you with the whole "You hear a sound" and "What will you do?" and what not. Not something I'm used to, that's for sure.
But, despite all that, somehow I find this game to be rather... fascinating. It's definitely unique (well, it's a niche game, of course) and I think I'll continue playing the demo for a while (30 uses for the demo is very nice, by the way). I'll see how things go and if I start liking this game better/more, but at this point I don't see myself buying it.
Even so, I'm actually glad I downloaded the demo and tried the game. I like discovering new things and while this game might not be my cup of tea, it's definitely
different.
).
