Athenian Rhapsody

Athenian Rhapsody is a tough one to talk about, and that's probably by deign. Like some others have pointed out, this really feels like it wants to be the next Undertale/Deltarune. Like the parallels are really obvious, it wears its inspiration on its sleeve. But to me, it comes across as an experience that wants to have its cake and eat it too. You'll spend hours slowly walking around and getting into battles with wacky creatures making dog bark and fart noises, but then after 9ish hours they want to have a serious discussion on the merit of your soul and the fate of the universe and such grand topics. There are some attempts at soft humor but it feels like there's a pretty significant tonal shift that does not feel earned by this narrative, and that just rubbed me the wrong way. More than that though, I can't say I really enjoyed playing through the bulk of the game in general. I didn't absolutely hate it, it was tolerable enough for me to play and get the "True" ending, but I did...

A lot of the emotional moments dont land (aside from a lot of true ending content) and is too similar to Undertale in a lot of cases but I still highly recommend just for how damn funny this game is. The humor rarely misses. A playthrough is worth it for the humor alone.

The game is enjoyable and the characters are fun. People are a bit too hard on this developer since this is his first game he ever made and this is ambitious title for a first game. The humor isn't my flavor of tea but it still squeezed a laugh out of me occasionally just by being so over the top dumb sometimes, coming back to this after playing deltarune chapter 3 and 4 I think people using those games are a comparison is unfair and I think there's a cult of personality thing simply because it wasn't made by Toby Fox. I found this to be more enjoyable than the recent installments of Deltarune. I don't understand the who trading card business with the saves however. I'm eager to see what improvements await the next game he makes.

Loved the game all the way through except for one part. The one pain point in the game i had [spoiler]At the end before fighting the hero you have to go back to finish encounters with all 20 side characters, made no sense and was the first time i stopped having fun. All i had to do was enter richards house and talk to him then i could go fight the hero. I dont really see the point of this in my rhapsody im supposed to make decisions not have the game make them for me.[/spoiler] Rest of the game is phenomenal though been looking for an entertaining and challenging game this hit the spot will go do my other 2 runs.

Honestly, I wasn't even too sure where this game was going in the beginning because at first glance it seem like Undertale with memes. However, after finishing my first playthrough I actually think it really becomes it's own thing that fixes a lot of the annoying gameplay issues I have with Undertale-likes (is that a thing?). I had a great time with it and my only issue was the sidequest of having to cure the curse from a certain wizard.

good gameplay good writing loved the game

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