Apparently I wrote notes on this game but never got around to writing a review. I plan to write a review for the sequel so figure I will leave something here. Ultimately, I decided Not Recommend on Dark Deity 1. There are not a lot of alternatives to Fire Emblem on Steam but this one was a frustrating experience. However, there was enough there to make me think the developer could do better on a sequel and thus why I still gave Dark Deity 2 a shot. So I recommend skip this and just go straight to 2 which improves on all its flaws. There is no reason to play 1. I don't remember a single thing about the story and the couple of characters I do remember return in Dark Deity 2 and drop some references but nothing crucial.

What put me off from Dark Deity 1? It was not player friendly at all. Extremely long load times for such a simple game. Crashes causing me to restart not just the chapter but my entire PC. Weird/misleading text and lack of explanations while trying too hard with complex systems, etc.

I did really like the graphics and the critical/battle animations reminiscent of Fire Emblem - the whole reason I got the game. Thankfully you can just get that in 2 now! So go play that one instead if you're interested in a GBA Fire Emblem Like.

Even though I like strategy RPG's such as Shining Force and Fire Emblem, this feels a bit too light on mechanics. No exciting gear or really unique characters and way too many enemies to slog through in each battle. I won't be finishing this one.

Geez the last thing I wanted to do is not recommend this game. I bought this because it kinda reminded me of Shining Force. It's somewhat like SF but many times worse. Music/sounds/animations all terrible/bland. Writing is extremely boring. The most annoying thing to me though is the lack of sound normalization. Some things are WAY too loud, others way too quiet. Hard pass/10.