To Light: Ex Umbra

**Update** I just beat the game, and I've updated my review. For a disclaimer, I didn't back this game and went into it fairly blind. Also, due to those asking about the game having Christian overtones to it as noted on its Kickstarter by the dev team (which I had no idea about until I saw the question about it on the Discussions forum)...I'm Pagan myself so let's delve into how this goes from a non-Christian point-of-view. Story The most important thing to me. I'll admit to being a bit torn on this one. The writing itself is excellent, the characterization phenomenal, and the actual storyline that you're involved in is very well-done. This is one of those rare games where the story had me hooked from the get-go. So, why am I torn? It's the heavy-handed writing in reference to Christian religious allegories toward end-game that kinda sucked the wind out of me a little. While I understand what the dev team is going for here, and having read and understood biblical verse back in the day...

RECOMMENDED Ratings 7/10 (Excellent Story, Exquisite Game World, Excellent Game Mechanics) This is another highly successful Kickstarter Project that is successfully completed and now make its way to Steam. For 33 hours I was glued to my computer to play the game from beginning to end. This game has a lot of Pros, and the only Con that I can think of is that it does not have steam achievements. But again, this was a Kickstarter project that was initially not meant for Steam sales, and that is why achievements were not designed. Now comes all the good stuff. What makes this game special? Firstly - excellent story. Playing this game is like watching a thriller movie, where the producer expertly uses misdirections and let you form the wrong opinions, etc. It is only about 2/3 into the game that I realized that I have been looking at things the wrong way. There were 4 murders, and the game expertly mislead you into forming the wrong conclusion about who the villain is. This game pri...

This was a tough game to purchase because there are very few user reviews & I thought "another generic RPG Maker game." And believe me when I say I will not hesitate to refund something. LOL This is a GOOD game. Story is good, simplistic mechanics that remind you of a PS1 / PS2 era game. GREAT at full price. Enjoy.

Absolutely in love with your game. The story and characters are so interesting! OH and the graphics are stunning!!!!!!I haven't finished it yet. I have ONE complaint though, the font size is too small in the "conversation box". I'm playing on a 65' Samsung QLED (core i7 CPU, NIVIDA GeForce GTX 780 Ti).

Hi, gamers! Here’s my quick rundown of To Light: Ex Umbra! (From ChristianGamesNOW.blogspot.com) Recommendation: Excellent Gameplay 5/5 Content 5/5 Graphics 4/5 Music 5/5 Sound 2/5 About To Light: Ex Umbra To Light was created using RPG Maker MV by a small team calling themselves Branch Games. They successfully raised funding for the project via a Kickstarter campaign. The set up for the story is that the queen of the land may not have the best interests of the people in mind, and your job is to protect and help the princess. But before you can get any real idea of what’s going on, you need to chase an overly fed chicken to feed your hungry belly. You track the chicken to a hut deep in the woods… and it’s then that the story gets really interesting. Pros When you start To Light, you get the option to play it on regular (Normal) or easy (Story) mode. If you don’t want to do a lot of battling, put it on Story mode because the random battles are quite frequent on ...

This is a well made well crafted indie JRPG. I popped it open on a flight with my 6 year old daughter sitting beside me. We played it for 2.5hrs until we landed. Since we got home, she has asked repeatedly to play it more!

I feel guilty not liking this game, because it's obvious that a lot of love was poured in. The graphics are particularly good. However, the actual gameplay is no fun at all. From the very beginning, fighting is incredibly tedious, and the story moves very, very slowly. For the first hour, you'll be doing nothing but reading and killing the tutorial-level enemies that we normally find at the beginning of these games. The biggest problem as the game moved on was the random encounters. They were absolutely relentless - spaced about 10 seconds apart. The enemies aren't very difficult, so there's no point using any of your special abilities; the quickest thing is just to keep hitting them until they die, or to escape the combat. I was trying to navigate the maze at the end of the desert section, but gave up from pure frustration because I was interrupted every 10 seconds by yet another encounter. I don't want to invest the time to complete the game, because honestly, it feels like...

Good game and great message. I cant wait for number two or a new adventure by this author. Blessings to you all at Branch Games!

This is a nice game. I finished it in 28 hours and there is some amount of grinding but I thought it was very nicely put together with a compelling story.

One of the best RPG Maker games. I really enjoyed it. The story is interesting. The game is big and it has many equipment and staff. Also, the battle system is nice and interesting. The only thing that I hated in this game is the encounters are random and not appear in the maps as a little monster. It was annoying and disturbing. I will give it 8/10 (Highly Recommended)