Eve of Calamity

Fun game. Music can be maddening rarely. Gameplay is simple on the surface, but you can do some rather amusing combos, and I enjoyed the variety of characters that can join your party. I def got my money's worth

Score: 2/5 I purchased EoC based on Humblemud's very positive video review. I will never take him seriously again. With significantly better writing and moderately better mechanical and narrative balance/choices, I would have stuck around to see how the developer(s) handled some of the better ideas/systems/narrative hooks. [b]The Good[/b] 1. Some variety/replayability thru randomized elements. Primarily based on the player's class/mechanical progression choices. Some combat encounters have unexpected twists like [spoiler]bandits bribing you in exchange for their life, or surprise potential party members events[/spoiler]. 2. Freedom of choice for exploration. I was not directly prevented from going almost anywhere by way of invisible barriers, or dumb physical roadblocks, but by mountains or large bodies of water or, less reasonably, absurd difficulty spikes from entering a higher-level zone. 3. Fast movement speed in towns/dungeons and on the world map. 4. Cool boss progression sys...