Trailer was released about a week ago, but there's something charming I find about this game. It was apparently inspired by Final Fantasy 6, and has classic turn based combat. Powered by UbiArt Framework (Same engine used for recent Rayman games) Ubisoft announced that it releases April 30th as a digital download.
Also it can be played as Co-op! I really like to think this generation will bring back the offline co-op! I love RPGs as well so I'll give it a try!
I'm actually really looking forward to this. It'll be my first experience with a side-scrolling RPG. I'm liking the art style and the huge crafting system it has sounds great. It's also interesting how it uses the same engine as Rayman, which is a seamless platformer, but this has turn-based battles. I wonder- will they also be seamless? Anyway, yeah, hopefully we start seeing more of a rise in indie games, especially when they look as good as this.
Preordered this and have been playing quite religiously (as some people have commented on, lol). The story & gameplay is on the simple side, but that doesn't really detract anything for me, tbh -- it's very much a family oriented game and you can tell the developers kept that in mind throughout the process. The controls for the firefly in particular are something that even a three year old can get used to and perform quite well, yet also still feeling very important to the gameplay. The firefly has the ability to stall enemies & heal you during battle through it's energy meter, and it's been very critical in my wins during some of the harder boss fights. The characters are all likeable, and they also try to give focus into the dynamics between the entire group. While their relationship with Aurora is the most expounded on, they do use asides to have the different party members all talk to one another, which is really important to me in a story with a band of characters coming together. Plot wise, it's very reminiscent of a fairy tale, and I think it's interesting to see that storytelling form mixed with the structure of an RPG game. The rhyme scheme is also very poignant in the fairy talesque atmosphere; it can be kinda cheesy at times, but for the most part I think it's charming and actually really cute, lol. Aurora's character development is also pretty good, and I like how they progressively age her up as she learns and accomplishes more. It helps to hit home how this is a coming of age story for her, and showing her become receptive and more capable mentally & physically as a character. On the whole, while it can be said that this isn't anything "original," I do very much like this game because of its simplicity and positive representation of a young fem. character growing up. The OST is also pretty boss imo. Will definitely have more thoughts after I finish the game, especially since these are really disorganized to me lol, but me gusta.
Playing it so far, I haven't had any regrets buying it. I'd definitely encourage watching a few playthrough videos of it first to get a feel of how it plays/if it's something that you could have fun playing around with. If it were an AAA priced game, I probably wouldn't recommend it too freely (or buy it as quick as I did), but since it's only $15 and relatively short (about 10-15 hours long), it's not too much of a dent in time or your wallet if you buy it and it doesn't jive with you.
