Eredia: The Diary of Heroes

Highly Recommend : 8/10 (Interesting Story, Detail and Huge Game World I love RPG Maker Games, but lately most of the RPG Maker games that I have played are just slightly above mediocre. However, I would highly recommend this game and even though it is a bit pricey. I paid full price of $8, but it is definitely worth it. This game have nice graphics, and a very interesting story line. It almost feel like a huge open world game, with a lot of detective-style puzzle solving. The hero also engaged in livefly banter. Despite being quite egoistical, the heroes and his group are quite endearing. A good game is nothing without great game mechanics and lots of grindings. This game have both. I also like the way money are tightly control, so that you will not have enough money to always buy the things you want. Non human monsters do not drop gold/money, which make it all the more compelling to do all the little secondary quests. The quests are all well thought out and require quite a bit o...

Pros: - Tons to do. Quests are useful, fun to complete, varied. Main story is pretty compelling. - Choices (some) matter resulting in decreased karma or failed quests - Balancing was good. The first 1/3rd of the game on Veteran I found brutal but there is an eventual hump that you get over and I found the difficulty balanced out well. Of note, I didn't realize I could run away from battles until literally 40 hours in so maybe that played a part in this opinion. My bad. - Battles were fun, skills useful, party members varied. Most importantly, no party member was a throw away in battles. I've used them all at different periods. - Battle system was simple but fun - Really enjoyed the story, some surprises, surprisingly deep, decent establishment of lore. I could see multiple spinoff games from the story created in this game alone. Cons: - I have never hated any character in any TV show, movie, or game as much as I hated this main character. I almost stopped playing multiple times...

I am sorry but I have to give this game a negative review. First it takes a good 60-90 minutes before you get through two toons and a starter story. Then you get out in the world and have no way to progress. The dev made money almost impossible to get. So when you die or need rest you can’t rest in your bed or starter in. Kill slimes, bats, get exp and I guess ingredients that you can’t sell. Become poisoned and due to lack of gold, you can’t rest in an inn, cant revive a dead member and walk around with 1 hp. Congrats dev. While your story seemed ok but to long to get into at start it is 100% BS that you have no way to rest at an inn or generate funds to recover. WTF is ore and bat wings and so on good for if I can’t rest! All I wanted was 10 gold, but sorry you can't even generate that in this game.

The main character is one of the most unlikable protagonists I've seen in a long time. A lecherous drunken homophobe, why would I ever want to listen to this guy? Much less play as him? The game pacing is pretty slow, and while some of the other characters are interesting the areas are usually too much of a slog to be at all enjoyable.

This game is awesome. There's tons of quests to do and the world is pretty open. The combat system is turn based but it's really well done with a trait and combo system that adds a lot of depth. I also loved how you can upgrade your gear with runestones. The story is decent and really makes you care about the characters. Looking forward to the sequel

It boggles my mind that anyone could give this game a thumbs down. This is probably one of the best RGP maker games I have played in years. Yes, the protagonist is an arrogant, pompous ass, but the dialogue and banter between all the characters makes him almost likeable. It is a very large, open world, and not always linear. There are tons of quests, guilds, crafting, exploration...thankfully the quest log helps keep you on track since it can get overwhelming. I'm a completionist, and it took me about 70 hrs to complete. The story is interesting, and the game play is very balanced. Early on, money is a bit of an issue, since monsters don't drop money, but doing quests/contracts helps build up your bank. Overall, a great game, and I'm looking forward to the next one!

I've been following this project since it's inception, have helped it grow by contributing as an editor, proofreading and bug-testing, and it truly is a gem. The game spans a good chunk of time for the hardened explorer and even for the casual player, it offers some truly unique challenges. From my time with the game, it offers a unique story with an unconventional protagonist who was written to be polarizing. Pros: A cast of quirky, compelling characters with their own motivations and goals. Many unique sidequests that are much more than simple fetch quests. A lot of content of variable types Meaningful day/time system Lots of crude humor, but overall a heartwarming tale of comrades and struggling to get by Cons: Sometimes very wordy Subjective things: The main character is going to either be loved or hated Several characters are exactly dynamic The world changes to their actions, not them being changed by the world.

Unfinished, Lazy, bad game design

Don’t be fooled by my rather short steam playtime; I’ve gotten early access to this game, and have finished it before. [h1]Pros:[/h1][list] [*]Nice old-school battle system. [*]Various systems to mess with, like crafting. [*]Multiple alternate endings, two of which are in the demo! [*]Nice character designs. Ruro is bae. [*]The custom artwork is high-quality. Kudos to Sage Takeda! [*]The RTP and other royalty-free resources are put to good use. [*]Interesting story with a good amount of humor (and puns!). [*]Quite a few of the contracts have interesting plotlines. One of my faves is The Amorous Ogedian. I’m surprised a certain screenshot from that isn’t on the steam page xD [/list] [h1]Cons:[/h1][list] [*]Battle system is rather archaic in parts, like how you can’t switch out your party members easily. Golden Sun had it down in the early 2000s. Does the RMMV community not have scripts for that feature? [*]The playable characters could use more character development. Other t...

Fun game. If you like old school RPGs like final fantasy, you will like this no question. Only thing I would request for the future is more character ability custimization. I'm the kind of gamer who loves tinkering with stats/abilities/equipment to optimize my party. But this game somewhat lacks that aspect.