ILLUSION

TL;DR: Recommended for anyone looking for a unique gaming experience Pros: Nice art style It's fun Cheap The game is very "trippy", if you've ever played Nier Automata then you can compare it to that No grinding or other dumb mechanics that you often see in indie RPGs Cons: The story is kind of confusing/hard to follow The final boss has way too much health Comments: This game is a breath of fresh air in a sea of generic RPGMaker trash. It's not perfect, but it has a lot of charm and sense of humor that makes it really stand out. Easily one of the best indie games I've bought.

I have to say I'm loving this game so far, it has a lot of charm and a shamelessness to it I admire, such as the corny sense of humor. Sometimes the jokes make groan but more often they make me burst out laughing at the absurdity and clever deliveries. It's visually interesting and I have to give props to the obvious amount of effort put into this, especially impressive from a 16 year old who's first language isn't even English. BUT! As impressive as this all is.... pleeeeeease give the option to turn off the music ^^; I know I could mute the game itself but I'd like to still be able to hear the sound effects while playing my own music over it. I'm sorry, I'm sure you did your best with the music but... a lot of it is hard to listen to at times. It'd be better if the noticeable gaps between the music's looping could be fixed, but I'd settle for a simple music volume option. Still doesn't effect how I'm enjoying it so far though so I think that says something! (plus a lot of the game i...

Hey, the dev has asked for a link to let's plays of their game, so here it is. I will be doing a multi-part video on this game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ0g0A-Gyf4

Came here for the goth gf, but stayed for the catchy story, unusual gameplay experience and "specific" humor (and for the goth gf, of course). Totally recommend it! P.S. Oh, did I mention the goth gf already? :|

Sometimes I enjoy buying random games from underdog developers that go on sale for $1 and I'm rarely disappointed with what I get. Illusion is hard to recommend to anyone, but it's not a bad game. The story is intriguing and I really like the pixel goth artwork. The humor is juvenille at best but I enjoyed it. My only real complaint is that combat is literally just punch the enemy and heal when necessary, and boss battles drag on needlessly. If combat were removed from the game the only thing that would be lost would be the great battle phrases ("FIGHT ME YOU SHIT!" "PARTY WITH ME M8!") Ultimately Illusion feels like a game that wasn't made for anyone in particular. It's a labor of love from the game's developer just making something they love and wanted to share with the world in hopes that others would find something in it to love as well. And personally, I quite enjoyed it and am glad to have shared in the experience.

This game was made by someone that was really passionate about making games. He worked so hard on this project all alone for 8 years and started just when he was a kid. I'm writing this review to support the developer and to send him a message to keep making games and keep doing what he loves. A lot of hard work, dedication and love went into this game. And all of this for only the price of 2$? definitely buy this, support the developer that made this awesome nice game.

RPG Maker strikes again! ILLUSION 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." Unlike the vast, vast majority of RPG Maker "games", which are essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction, the 2D retro pixel art assets here seem to have been made manually, by hand. We can tell this, because they look considerably worse than the stock assets provided with Kadokawa's construction kit for children. The crap high school anime club dropout fan-fiction, however, is completely authentic and absolutely on par with all the other crap RPG Maker asset flips infesting Steam. In fact, this is the 335th crap RPG Maker game I've had the misfortune of reviewing on Steam. It's an epidemic, polluting the Steam store with l...

A unique and original story. PROS Made by one person Unique story Unique art Cheap game Kind of easy because of the amount of hp items that you can find There was a surprisingly a lot of art, like pictures that you can find and look at CONS Not so great music but it was made by the same person who made the game so you cant get mad at it HP items in end game are weird. You can buy 400 HP for 180g or Full HP for 200g????? Of course the full HP one is the better option so why even include 400 HP in the shop in two areas of the game during end game??? The battle system isn't so great, if you don't tap "Z" on the battle screen the enemy will get keep getting free hits. Auto fighting is not recommended during the end game bosses. Doing math in a game, I just don't like doing math, especially not in a video game Puzzles that require some thought, I know most are simple but I don't like it. Black screen, the screen will fade to black and wait there for a couple of seconds during cutscenes, ...

[b]Story:[/b] I would describe the story as "bizzare" and "catchy", although overall i would rate the story "okay". Some part of the story is confusing with lack of proper build up, which doesn't give satisfaction when i reach good ending. Many of the jokes doesn't "click" for me either. And if you haven't read warning about this game, i strongly recommend you to scroll up and read warning described by the developer. [b]Visual:[/b] The hand drawn CG is okay and has it's own charm, however the overall visual is mixed bags. Some tiles that doesn't match together, while non-repeatable tile used as repeatable tile which show ugly edge. And some animation looks weird/awkward to me. [b]Audio:[/b] Just what i expected from $2 RPGMaker game. Occasional disharmonic, poor transaction between different music and i feel it's there to fill the silence rather than emphasize the story. [b]Gameplay:[/b] The puzzle is fine. Many of them aren't too easy and aren't too hard. There are few puzzle which...

An indie hidden gem made with a ton of personality and love from the dev. <3