Knights of Tartarus

[h1] A good Gameboy Color RPG [/h1] [b] (Played in April 2020) [/b] Great game! It has a nice retro feel (Gameboy Color), good soundtrack and really reminds something between The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons (dungeons, items, puzzles) and Pokémon Blue (battle screens and the overall feel of the town), but the game has its own personality. The developer is very active on Steam and seems to really listen to the bug reports and suggestions from the community (adding new options and items, speeding up text messages and battle animations, nerfing attack moves and enemies, changing the price of some items etc.). It's worth mentioning that in a short period of time the game received many relevant updates, and some reviews may not be considering the implemented changes. From what I’ve seen around on the internet/videos/reviews, I think it’s underrated. The game, as it is right now, is a really fun retro experience and I’ve had a great time playing it!

This is my first review on Steam, so forgive me if I have terrible formatting for this review. Overall, the game is fairly good. It still feels relatively incomplete, but I assume the dev(s) for this game will continue to add content to make the game better. There are multiple puzzles in this game.. Some have some thought whereas if you think too much, you won't figure it out. The controls are easy, as well as the combat. It's a simple turn-based system. The story is fairly simple, but there's not much dialogue within the game. However, I enjoyed the ending, because I try not to guess how things will flow so I can be pleasantly surprised or disappointed. I was pleasantly surprised with this one. I feel like it's pretty easy to level in this game, but at certain points it feels like you hit a wall, and then later you continue to level pretty easy, then hit a wall, etc, etc. I would continue writing about the good things, but I will move on to some of the cons. As a knight, ...

First of all, I'm very obsessed about the graphic, the color tone is Gorgeous, the charactor , Monsters & the map design is just as cute as the Nes Rpg Game :《Karin No Tsurugi (Sword of Kalin) 》, and the battle system look like 《Dragon Quest 1》but the command is more simple , it's so easy to pick up! (I'm glad this game is make with Unity engine !) There also have different combination of weapon and armor you can craft with different materials , especially it's not too hard for Level Up, so it's easy to make you addicted ! (It tooks me at least 4 hrs everynight when i back form work !) Durling the game, The NPC doesn't have much dialogue to say (But sometimes the dialogue is Quite Funny), and there's not so much hint, when you meet some Puzzle , you got to solve it by your instinct and observation, Some puzzles are《Soko-Ban》like, sometimes when you walk in the dugeon, you'll meet some "Hide & Run" Trap too, it's quite challenge ! Although it's an Early Access, but...

Just purchased and installed on Mac. Clicked play, failed to load with this error: An error occurred while updating Knights of Tartarus (missing executable): /Users/myfolder/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Knights of Tartarus/Knights of Tartarus.app Followed the steam support guide: Reinstalled, cleared cache, checked file integrity, ect. No luck. Navigated to folder and found .../common/Knights of Tartarus/ only contained two files: mac_content.app and version.txt Clicking on mac_content.app started the game, although the text was off to the side, not within the 'game frame' as shown in online videos. Renamed mac_content.app to Knights of Tartarus.app and everything seemed to load properly. A little tearing while walking down large corridors, like the castle. Music nostalgic, controls should be more obviously displayed: arrow keys to move, X to 'go back', z or space to menu, return to select Could not post review immediately as a Steam notice popped up: You need...

Flawed game. Pretty. We should all try to do what we can to support indie devs and small businesses.

Mediocre at best, and dickish at worst. Battles consist of mashing the attack button or spells (if you're able to earn them in the first place) and hoping you kill the enemy before it kills you. If an enemy kills you in a dungeon, be prepared to redo every puzzle. The crafting system would be fine if you'd had a bestiary that told you which enemies dropped specific crafting items instead of gold. Exploration is really bad despite the small map, because there's A LOT of backtracking. Every time I decide to progress a bit more, the game gets worse. If you're going to purchase this game, PLEASE get it on sale!

Fun little retro RPG with well made puzzles and sweet music. The dev is quick to respond and fix problems people may have. It may be a little tricky for some but with enough persistence you'll be sure to find your way.

Knights of Tartarus captures the oldschool rpg feel so well. The graphics just fit what the game is going for, and there's plenty of enjoyment to be had. I recommend anyone interested in nostalgia hitting you in the face to check it out. It's that good.

So this game was going to get a pass but with how early access games are comming out as "finished products" (dont lie to me about this any more, you know its true) i cant overlook flaws anymore. This game dose start out pritty charming and the monster fights are pritty neat and varied, but after a while the RNG battles start wearing reeeally hard on the patience, mainly around the pirate ship level, where i feel every 5 steps you get another encounter, INCLUDING while your TRYING TO SOLVE PUZZLES. This is VERY irritating. I also know this is early access, but sometimes i feel some parts glitch out, making me worry that progression might be impossible in some areas, havent had that happen yet, but it dose feel a constant worry. (Though havent had that yet) BUT that also brings the point of mechanics, resetting themself in the dungeon, nice to know progress resets when i go out, save, restock, come back, and progress is lost. Wait a while on this.

Game won't full screen. Z is inexplicably used as the "enter" key by default. Took a lot of button mashing to figure out how to even start a new game. I appreciate the devs dream but I can't recommend the game as it stands, needs a lot of QoL attunement. Edit: Recommending the game due to dev addressing the issues listed above.