Iris Covenant –Song of the Forgotten Heroes–

Iris Covenant is an unusually pretty JRPG for its quality - by which I mean, the character and monster art is all quite good, but the story is intentionally vague and also poorly translated from Japanese to English, and the mechanics are very simplistic and lacking, between character classes which are only defined by their names and skills generally not doing much except having 100% hit rate or hitting all enemies, but generally for less than your basic attack. Its unique gimmick, being able to recruit almost any enemy in the game to join your party, is likewise set back by most enemies being mechanically terrible and thus not worth using even if you recruit them. Likewise, while it has NG+ and multiple endings, the two endings (at least, if there's more, I don't have any idea how I could reach them!) are very similar and also intentionally vague. Weakly not recommended, but I could see the developer making a very good game in the future if they focused on more interesting gameplay.

For one you get fucked if you buy this here. not only do you not get all the content. nor did the maker add the content as a patch for free because of copy right content. but you now have to goto their patreon and buy the hole game again for the same price. IF YOU WANT THIS GAME DO NOT GET IT ON STEAM!!!!!! Now thats out of the way on to the game. fundamentally its not that bad of a game. moving is kinda fucked would feel better with a controller. but the combat is pretty good FOR THE PC NOT FOR THE FOLLOWERS. every other person you add to your party feels NO WERE NEAR THE POWER OF THE PC. They have shit scaling on everything from damg to health, and you cant change anything about them.

The game looks nice enough, I expected adult content but its surprisingly R15. It reminds me a lot of "The Vagrant" and menus as well as stat mechanics are well implemented. However, theres as of now no controller support and the game is basically point & click, which takes a lot of the fun imo. If you dont mind that, then its a solid game though.

I think this game has potential to become a pretty good game but the point n' click controls and no gamepad support really do hold it back a lot. I love the art and the gameplay but the controls are a problem. I write this review in the hopes that the developers will fix its problems.

This game is surprisingly atmospheric and immersive, considering its lewd premise. The game's environment looks very gloomy and decadent. The Dark Souls inspiration seems very obvious. However, the developer managed to keep that in harmony with the vulgar appearance of some characters and enemies. Studying art has really helped me appreciate the developer's artistic style even more. The gameplay is quite simple but enjoyable because the design of the levels and enemies arouses curiosity about further maps and the story. Playing the game during holidays has left a very pleasant aftertaste even though it was a very short game.