Illusion is a game which was developed over about eight years, since the developer was ten years old. It is a project of passion, of love and fun. It's a story driven old-school-style rpg-lite, with a lot of personality and humor. The game has its rough edges, not least of which is its translation; but if you have good reading comprehension and half a brain, you should be able to follow it just fine for the most part. And if you approach the game with an open mind; you may very well find yourself falling for its charm, which is considerable and probably its greatest selling point. It also instills a sense of magic which is rare to find in any medium. And on that point; the game is a great success. It's not a game which will be for everyone but, if you're curious about it, why not give it a chance? It only takes about six hours to complete.

TL;DR: Recommended for anyone looking for a unique gaming experience

Pros:

Nice art style

It's fun

Cheap

The game is very "trippy", if you've ever played Nier Automata then you can compare it to that

No grinding or other dumb mechanics that you often see in indie RPGs

Cons:

The story is kind of confusing/hard to follow

The final boss has way too much health

Comments:

This game is a breath of fresh air in a sea of generic RPGMaker trash. It's not perfect, but it has a lot of charm and sense of humor that makes it really stand out. Easily one of the best indie games I've bought.

I have to say I'm loving this game so far, it has a lot of charm and a shamelessness to it I admire, such as the corny sense of humor. Sometimes the jokes make groan but more often they make me burst out laughing at the absurdity and clever deliveries. It's visually interesting and I have to give props to the obvious amount of effort put into this, especially impressive from a 16 year old who's first language isn't even English.

BUT! As impressive as this all is.... pleeeeeease give the option to turn off the music ^^; I know I could mute the game itself but I'd like to still be able to hear the sound effects while playing my own music over it. I'm sorry, I'm sure you did your best with the music but... a lot of it is hard to listen to at times. It'd be better if the noticeable gaps between the music's looping could be fixed, but I'd settle for a simple music volume option. Still doesn't effect how I'm enjoying it so far though so I think that says something! (plus a lot of the game is quiet with minimal music anyways)

Overall, I'm very impressed but that comes with the asterisk of being given some of slack, but not a lot of slack, just a little, that's an important distinction. I'm still going to judge this as a product reguardless of the age of the creator, it's just noteworthy to acknolage it and adjust some expectations. Now all that aside, is it worth five dollars? Well given what I've seen so far, I'd say yeah! The passion and effort on screen makes it easy to look over the flaws, there wasn't anything too bad in the English translations (yet) and even the ones I saw were easy to overlook.

It's games like this that make me so fascinated with RPG Maker games, it's a simple yet complex tool and when in the right hands it can make something wholly unique, especially the ones designed by just one person.

I will update this review in the future when I finish this game. So far I'd recommend it, it's trippy, it's funny and it's very original. Plus it's five bucks, the game is a very promising first game by a new talent, so I'd say give it a shot... just be prepared to provide your own soundtrack (sorry, just keeping it 100%)

This game was made by someone that was really passionate about making games. He worked so hard on this project all alone for 8 years and started just when he was a kid. I'm writing this review to support the developer and to send him a message to keep making games and keep doing what he loves. A lot of hard work, dedication and love went into this game. And all of this for only the price of 2$? definitely buy this, support the developer that made this awesome nice game.

Hey, the dev has asked for a link to let's plays of their game, so here it is. I will be doing a multi-part video on this game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ0g0A-Gyf4

the first minutes already showed how promising this game is.

Came here for the goth gf, but stayed for the catchy story, unusual gameplay experience and "specific" humor (and for the goth gf, of course).

Totally recommend it!

P.S. Oh, did I mention the goth gf already? :|

Sometimes I enjoy buying random games from underdog developers that go on sale for $1 and I'm rarely disappointed with what I get.
Illusion is hard to recommend to anyone, but it's not a bad game. The story is intriguing and I really like the pixel goth artwork. The humor is juvenille at best but I enjoyed it.
My only real complaint is that combat is literally just punch the enemy and heal when necessary, and boss battles drag on needlessly. If combat were removed from the game the only thing that would be lost would be the great battle phrases ("FIGHT ME YOU ♥♥♥♥!" "PARTY WITH ME M8!")
Ultimately Illusion feels like a game that wasn't made for anyone in particular. It's a labor of love from the game's developer just making something they love and wanted to share with the world in hopes that others would find something in it to love as well.
And personally, I quite enjoyed it and am glad to have shared in the experience.

An indie hidden gem made with a ton of personality and love from the dev. <3

A unique and original story.

PROS
Made by one person
Unique story
Unique art
Cheap game
Kind of easy because of the amount of hp items that you can find
There was a surprisingly a lot of art, like pictures that you can find and look at

CONS
Not so great music but it was made by the same person who made the game so you cant get mad at it
HP items in end game are weird. You can buy 400 HP for 180g or Full HP for 200g????? Of course the full HP one is the better option so why even include 400 HP in the shop in two areas of the game during end game???
The battle system isn't so great, if you don't tap "Z" on the battle screen the enemy will get keep getting free hits. Auto fighting is not recommended during the end game bosses.
Doing math in a game, I just don't like doing math, especially not in a video game
Puzzles that require some thought, I know most are simple but I don't like it.
Black screen, the screen will fade to black and wait there for a couple of seconds during cutscenes, feels like wasted time.

I dunno, I felt like overall the game has a charm to it and it was truly original in it's story telling so I can't get mad it. I did however find that the end game making me really angry playing it lol.

There's a boss battle with cards in the bg and the music hurt my ears and the screen was shaking and I didn't like it then the battle would be normal again. And, throughout this fight, the boss damage towards you is in basically hurting you for 100 hp. When you're fighting, you cant auto fight because your character will try to use a gun or something and I swear I saw 0 damage when using it so I didn't use it and you need to pay extremely close attention to your health or you'll go back to the title screen and walk and rewatch stuff again.

The end game boss battles are just frustrating because they hit you so much and your hits feel like nothing because you're missing a lot. Getting like 2 hit's every full HP usage sucks because if you don't tap "Z" on the battle screen the boss will keep hitting you and you'll lose the battle and you'll go to the title screen and have to do stuff and rewatch everything. !?!!?! Even with the huge amount of full HP restorables, it just wasn't very fun.

Now that it's all over, I feel better. I can only say that the game is unique in it's story telling and it's different than other games out there and that's good. Play it for a unique story.