Mandinga - A Tale of Banzo

Mandinga is amazing! I was impressed by the art and music and the overall atmosphere of the game. The cultural aspects in the history are nice and the characters are captivating and unique. All of these elements together create a game different from anything I've seen so far. Definitely recommended.

Excelente indie, poderia facilmente virar filme ou série. A história é envolvente, com personagens marcantes, constante sensação de perseguição e limitação, espiritualidade e ensina muito sobre História da escravidão brasileira. O sistema de dados é muito bom, eu que sou ruim em RPG em turno. ò_ó' // Excellent indie, it could easily become a film or show. The story is involving, with memorable characters, constant feeling of persecution and limitation, spirituality and it teaches a lot about Brazilian slavery History. The dice system is very good, I just suck at turn based RPGs. ò_ó'

EDIT: This game runs well on Steam Deck. Some minor UI issues but all functions are nice playable in default Steam Deck configuration. This game is great. A classic jRPG (like FF for SNES) with a very unique story. I was able to play this game for 5 hours in a roll and I've even reached mid-game (i guess). I like the dice rolling battle and the dice combos also. 10/10 EDIT: I've able to finish the story with 9 hours of gameplay, I really enjoy this one.

For those who love turn based RPG and are searching for a true story, this is the kind of game that you need.

Very enjoyable game, some grammatical errors here and there but that's fine. The story told here is one that touches my soul I tend to look for games with black mc's since there are so few (It helps with immersion) So far I'm loving the experience. I usually judge Rpg's on the their story and battle systems and this game has a really neat combat system. The dice rolls can sometimes suck but they're fair on both sides, I've won several boss battles because the bosses rolled critical failures. The only thing I wish this game had was a quest log, I accidentally grind-ed because I was stuck in the cave and didn't know where to go.

I'm really enjoying it so far. Story is good, captivating and based on a real Brazilian history. Characters are relatable, you can easily understand their motivations given the context and the way they develop with the story is excellent. Combat got me a bit bamboozled by a couple rounds, but once i figured it out it was quit enjoyable. Some enemies can be quite a handful and asymmetrical battles are quite common. Some puzzles' cues felt a bit confusing at first, but i guess that's what a puzzle is all about. :P I just have one criticism up to the moment: please add a dialog 'log' (latest 10 dialog boxes) or a 'current objective' on menu, I lost the count of how many times i simply got distracted and forgot what to do and had no way of getting to the dialogs or objectives. Simple, yet captivating, congrats to the devs!

Very unique bite sized JRPG! Both the story themes and the dice combat are fresh and creative--haven't seen anything like them anywhere. Music is quite nice too. English language version is shaky in places, but easy to understand. Worth a look for any player open to something different.

This game, it tells an awesome story, with utterly relatable characters. You can really understand their cause and their motivation. All of that with some amazing art work and a great soundtrack. The combat system is really cool, too. Some minor issues I had: It does have one or two bugs that don't really matter too much (nothing game breaking or anything like that). Some of the combat moves take a bit long to execute, (but they do look really cool, so it\s ok) Some of the translation into english isn't quite on point (everything is understandable, though, so you'll probably be fine understanding what's going on and where to go and what to do). So, totally worth the experience to play this game.

Buying to support the developer.

What a unique experience. I was very impressed with the mature and insightful look into the history and culture around slavery in Brazil, as well as the Mandinga and Yoruba peoples represented by the main characters. The overall narrative was strong and the characters were well written. I really enjoyed the exploration of religion (Islam and Isese), psychology, and clashing cultures between the main characters. These factors alone make the game well worth the time. That said, I feel that I should mention that the game takes an rather unflinching look at slavery -- physical and sexual abuse are both present in the game. I believe they were used appropriately, but it's something to be aware of. The moment to moment gameplay is serviceable. The battle system revolves around building sets of dice for each character and choosing the right one to use each turn. It offers a good amount of customizability given the scope of the game, and I found it to be more engaging than straight up menu ba...