A nice trip trying to break a millennial jaunt

Review for lazy guys

PROS:

• Enjoyable
  
• Funny
  
• Long-lived
  
• Nice story
  
• Beautiful soundtracks!

CONS:

• It can be repetitive
  
• Some puzzles difficult to understand

End of lazy guys' review


This review is for people like me who have never stumbled upon an old-school RPG. So maybe they are undecided if this HoTB is really worth it.

The answer that I can give you right now is: "Yes, but with caution" because the genre may not like it to everyone.

Let's analyze together these following parameters, in this way I can make you understand what I considered during the game to make a judgment despite I'm a neophyte of the genre, and whether the game could be a potential purchase for you:

1. - Plot
   
2. - Longevity
   
3. - Map
   
4. - OST
   
5. - Gameplay
   
6. - Sensations (you'll understand what I mean ...)

Almost every parameter will have its pros and cons.

-Plot:
Roy and Elizabeth are two Terrans that suddenly find themselves in a strange world called "Harmony", without knowing why or how they ended up there.
But don't worry, soon a part of your questions will be answered thanks to Magnolia, a fairy who will explain them why they were chosen to enter in Harmony and what to do to back home.
Unfortunately, it won't be easy to return home because Roy and Elizabeth have been chosen to defeat a threat through a millennial prophecy.

The plot as a whole I found it's simple but effective, with interesting and not so obvious plot implications. Sometimes, however, it seems that the plot drag out it happened to the end thinking: "No, stop bosses please, I haven't stuff to cure me!"

- Longevity:

The longevity is excellent (it took me more than 20 hours as a beginner), but I would have shortened it a bit 'cause you notice a repetitiveness that could bore for the recruits of the genre.

-Map:

The map, having almost never played other "old school" RPGs, I found it of modest size, very varied (snowy woods, beaches, deserts, forests and plains) and fun to explore.

-OST:

I want to spend a few words for the OST because I really liked the music of the game. The choices based on the biome/ dungeon/city that we are exploring are more than appropriate. If I had to say which captured me the most I would say without a doubt the music of "Etruntia", the village of the first island of the map. Very very nice.

-Gameplay:

The Gameplay certainly is king in this title, let's see how it is composed:

• Combat:
  The fight is in turns, after a few hours of play we will have
  the ability to choose and find the right balance between the classes (5 each charaters) of our 4 characters. The classes are well differentiated and each character has his unique abilities that are indispensable for winning the fight. Personally, the "balance" that has allowed me for much of the experience of moving forward is this:
  
  -Astrologer
  -Banned
  -Archer
  -evoker
  
  
• Random combats:
  It depends on the areas, some of them are almost desert, but
  in general the random combats are too present and, since the game
  has the merit of not requiring farming hours, me
  they were quite annoying, especially while
  maybe I looked around to solve a puzzle and
  doing 4 steps I came across 3 fights.
  So you'll often find yourself pressing the button
  "Escape" almost compulsively. But (and ther's a
  but) it is not the developer's fault: in fact,
  he said this is a predisposition of RPG maker, in fact
  the developer has set the number of steps required
  before a fight at the most.
  
  
• Quest and puzzles:
  The quests are well differentiated despite the visible
  background repetition present for the most part
  experience (go to a guy to ask for something, he is there,
  he has it but he wants your help, you solve his problem, you come back from
  him) and also funny thanks to the dialogues.
  The puzzles are various and most intuitive (one I have
  done totally by chance, another asking for help
  to the developer) even if it is difficult to get there for two of them.

-Sensations:

Ok, this could be the "strangest" part of the review, but like everyone else
gamers, while playing a title, it transmits us more or less precise sensations.
Here are mine (I say quickly because I have already written too much XD):
commitment and care from the developer.


P.s. : Sorry for any errors, but Italians are not famous for their mastery of English :P