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chuckroThe country of Ixtona is at peace following a long war…or would be if Prince Erbax hadn’t just killed the king in a frankly absurd coup. The other prince, Kyle, is put in charge of a frontier settlement to get him out of the way. With the help of his beastman fencing coach and a random mermaid who falls in love with him at first sight, can he win back his kingdom?
Shockingly, this isn’t a cookie-cutter jrpg! It’s an isometric tactical rpg!
And it runs upsettingly slowly on my Galaxy Tab 4.
The controls are good, touchpad-based but smooth and not too bogged down with excess button-presses. The systems look interesting: Character classes are on a limited tree but have numerous options. There is an IAP point shop and you earn points after every battle, which makes it useful. There’s a social aspect where you can upload your character and download other peoples’ to use instead of generic mooks in your party. There’s even variable difficulty levels that determine how much damage you deal and take.
While the party banter seems a bit silly—the rivalry between the beastman and the mermaid gets goofy really quickly, for one—it looks like there’s at least an attempt at character development and story.
But none of this changes the fact that the game just drags during battles. Which might even be acceptable in a console game where I’d be sitting down to play for an hour, but really grates on me for a tablet game I want to pick up and play for ten minutes at a time.
Overall: This just ran too slowly for me to enjoy playing it; I’ll keep the file and try again if/when I upgrade my tablet. It has potential otherwise. This was also the last game of this bundle, and all told I got 46+ hours of gaming for my $6, which is an excellent deal.
Shockingly, this isn’t a cookie-cutter jrpg! It’s an isometric tactical rpg!
And it runs upsettingly slowly on my Galaxy Tab 4.
The controls are good, touchpad-based but smooth and not too bogged down with excess button-presses. The systems look interesting: Character classes are on a limited tree but have numerous options. There is an IAP point shop and you earn points after every battle, which makes it useful. There’s a social aspect where you can upload your character and download other peoples’ to use instead of generic mooks in your party. There’s even variable difficulty levels that determine how much damage you deal and take.
While the party banter seems a bit silly—the rivalry between the beastman and the mermaid gets goofy really quickly, for one—it looks like there’s at least an attempt at character development and story.
But none of this changes the fact that the game just drags during battles. Which might even be acceptable in a console game where I’d be sitting down to play for an hour, but really grates on me for a tablet game I want to pick up and play for ten minutes at a time.
Overall: This just ran too slowly for me to enjoy playing it; I’ll keep the file and try again if/when I upgrade my tablet. It has potential otherwise. This was also the last game of this bundle, and all told I got 46+ hours of gaming for my $6, which is an excellent deal.
