Valkyrie Nemesis

*** Asterix stands for first impression. After about 15 minutes, I think I have the jist of this game. Even at budget level (approx 3 dollars), I would stay away from this one. Does not appear to be a reasonable story (I made games at 12 years old that had much more of a plot and narrative than this). What you are left with is a paltry map, if you can even call it that, with a series of encounters and rewards. So, imagine a very budget final fantasy that is only random encounters, with poor graphics, obnoxious sound, and well...nothing else. Maybe there is more to discover, but I struggled to get past the 15 minute mark, and quite honestly, there are tons of games that are free that are better than this. I surmise that this was a blatant attempt to make a quick buck with no real game behind it. Hard pass.

RPG Maker strikes again! Valkyrie Nemesis is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. This one is only notable for a couple of reasons... the sheer laziness of the developer exceeds almost every other RPG Maker asset flipper to ever disgrace the gaming industry, apart from just ripping off Norse mythology, badly (and this is the second of these RPG Maker crapfests I've had the displeasure of reviewing from this "developer). Too lazy to come up with your own fantasy stuff? Just rip off a religion, they're in the public domain! So you can see just what kind of trash we're dealing with here. Equally lazy, the game seems to mos...

Explore the expansive and shadowy dungeon, where you will gather the souls of warriors to aid your kingdom. Enhance the character's skill system to confront the multitude of fierce monsters that lie in wait. Acquire rare equipment and develop unique characters from an extensive database containing hundreds of skills and items. Assume the role of Patricia, a Keres tasked with collecting the souls of fallen warriors. Following the directives of Hel, the queen of the underworld, she ventures into Midgard—the realm of humans—to maintain the balance of power over Asgard. Throughout her journey, Patricia encounters a myriad of peculiar tales, various demons, and bizarre monsters that have never been witnessed, even in the depths of hell. I dedicated 1.5 hours of my time to this experience, time that could have been better spent on more significant activities, such as taking a lengthy, satisfying break, which, I must say, would yield a far superior outcome than this endeavor.

The description makes it seem like it could be a good game, but alas it is not! The game is clearly made with RPG Maker MZ by someone that does not really know how to use the system. The battle system is Basic turn based system where all your attacks have cool downs, the enemy however is not limited in the same way, so you will spend turns doing nothing (not even a defend option) while the enemy is still attacking you. You find other chars along the way, but no matter how many floors you are into the game they always start on lv 1. If you are extremely lucky you can find 1 or 2 of the 3 characters with a healing ability very early (the first floor or 2) if you get them any later than that they will likely die in 1 hit and they don't heal much as it is, but at least it's something. Status effect continue after battle for both positive and negative effects and will wear off by walking around, but while positive effects like regen will not heal you while walking around. negative effec...