I'm changing this review to 'recommend'. The developer has made a lot of positive changes over the last few days - you can tell he's really put some time in, and he is clearly listening to the community and implementing suggestions. It's still not Baldur's Gate or OOTP, but I think Redemption is at a point now where it's worth $3.99. My impression is that the dev is going to be improving this for a while longer yet. I'll keep my original review below so it is still on record, but this applies to the original version that I bought on the release date. **************************************************************************************************************** For the first five minutes, it looks like this game is going to be great. You review the different characters you can hire, and they have detailed looking descriptions like, 'Derp of Derpville tends to make bad decisions under pressure'. And then you get to the actual gameplay and there's nothing there at all. You don't di...

I don't understand the people bashing this game. I'd recommend playing it for longer than 20 minutes before leaving a scathing review. This is a great game. If you ever wanted to play a management game a la Footy Sim but dont give a s**t about sports, then this is the game for you. I mean, it's not nearly as in-depth as sports management games, but it doesn't need to be. It's got the right amount of everything. If you are a huge fantasy nerd, (like me) and want a change of pace from your standard RPG, pick this up!

True to its name, there is no 'winning' in Redemption Eternal Quest, just on-going-ness. Given that there isn't really any dynamic play or surprise events, I imagine REQ to be the kind of game that would be popular on Facebook or as a mobile game--in-game purchases, linking with 'friends,' & timing out tasks. If you take all that away, you get this sort of game--not a dull but not compelling enough to return to with any regularity.

Redemption: Eternal quest is a game like Football Manager for Roleplaying/Dungeoneering. You have less, and no direct, influence, just in critical moments. You can heal and train your characters in between quests. You get to make decisions while on a quest: Which path of two are you going to take? Do we enter the ruins or not? Who will go on the quest? It's quite simple and entertaining, with a nice, narrating touch to it. The music adds to this storytelling atmosphere. It's like a roleplaying book in its game flow. The game in its current form entertained me quite a while, trying out specializations and strategies - it helps if you like numbers, though, and keep track of your characters. The author so far makes regular updates and there is still much which can be expanded and filled with some flesh in this game. Also, access to character information in all screens would help the game, as you wont need a "cheat sheet" with your characters next to you while playing. But all in all...

Not bad.

Short Review: This is worth a few hours of play time, but its value beyond that is dubious. Long Review: I actually paid 99 cents for the game, despite clicking the button saying I did not as I reviewed it. To say a game is not "worth" 99 cents is one thing, while to not recommend it is another. Is the game worth 99 pennies? Maybe. 199 pennies? Perhaps. Do I recommend you spending any number of pennies on this? No. What to expect, from my game journal: [8 September 2016] I bought this game based on its self-description: “a casual RPG/Sim game which combines the feel of an RPG with roster management sim mechanics.” Thus far, it is exactly what I was looking for, but whatever RPG elements are purportedly within the game, I cannot find them. It seems more like a fantasy sim would be a more apt description, the RPG element being a misnomer without more role playing elements to the game. In that sense, it might be better described as a JRPG without any combat or storyline. But with a...

This is barely even a game- I accept that under the casual tag, there will be less strategy and micro-management, but it really seems that there is nothing at all to do- you can't interact with your team, you can't choose what equipment they use, you can really do nothing except either send them on an adventure or send them for training. Absolutely no skill or thought involved. Not expensive, but still think it was a waste of money.

This game probably can't be salvaged. If you like it, more power to ya, but for me this game is a complete waste of time and money. Here are my major gripes: Pacts: For gods sake, how about a pop-up or notification when a pact expires; you know, like a big red flashing thing. This is important. Sure, you can figure it out from the character screen by noticing that there are zero days left, but instead of doing it that way, have big bold red letters that say "NO PACT!" Who knows, if a pact ends, you might even have the game ask if you want to extend the pact and take them to the screen to do it if they say yes. Interface: the interface is dated and clunky. Quitting the game gives me a a standard Windows confimation box with a Windows ding instead of a custom one. Makes me feel like I've just crashed the program instead of tried to exit. Stats: What do stats do? As far as I can tell, they do nothing because there is no indicator when something happens if your stats helped/hurt you. Ho...

This is an incredibly addictive game. It just won't let you go, it's always "one more turn." This game isn't a RPG or a dungeon crawler. The best way I can describe it is a "Adventure Party Management Simulation." Like sports management games you set rosters, negotiate contracts & manage your team of adventures. You start by hiring a group of six adventurers and then picking which four of them are best suited to go on quests. The quests are a very quick affair. In some of them you are given choices to decide which path to take. Some quests involve combat. Because this is a simulation, you don't fight the battles. The only input you have in combat is to play cards that bring up to three creatures in to fight on your side. For the price, this is a great little game.

(I've had a non-steam beta since June 2014) Recently purchased the Steam version to support GreyDog. R:EQ is in the vein-genre of another game called "Arcadia: Guild of Heroes", made by the same dev. It's a guild managment simulation, set in a Fantasy world. The current goal is to "not-go-broke". It's primarily a text game with many interaction screen to make dicisions for the Guildmembers as random events occur both in the world and with individual guildsmen. This is not a game for everyone... however if you are interested in managment games (which can be modded), this would likely fit your needs for a casual Fantasy sim. The power of Grey Dog games is the ability to mod their games with content... their MMA and Wrestling games have long community endurance due to the players being able to insert their own home-made mods, including actual UFC and WWE Pics and "stats". There should be no reason that any person could take this game and add in their own pic/stats from say... Lord of t...