Brave Hero Yuusha EX

The game comes from a developer with a great love for old RPGs. An amazing gaeme that is a love letter to old RPGs, especially the old Dragon Quest games. While short, this is good since games tend to get over burdend with useless activities to pad out game time. This game knows what it wants to do and does it masterfully.

Cute game and solid balancing. I quite enjoyed playing this!

I was poking through games with the RPGmaker tag in the itch.io bundle for racial justice looking for something to scratch the Dragon Quest itch, decided to give this a shot cause it looked cute, and ended up liking it so much I bought it again. Not only is it a lovingly crafted tribute to the Dragon Quest series (specifically DQ 1 and 2, I feel) but it's a super fun and charming RPG in its own right. The combat is well balanced, you have a lot of tools to work with, and it's fast. My ideal JRPG combat is turn-based but still fast enough that it feels exciting, and this game nails it. You have the option to skip battles you're overleveled for by pressing a button right before the fight starts, and that's the way it's meant to be played. I skipped every optional battle and never felt underpowered or so overpowered that I didn't have to think about each encounter. It's a great mechanic, because players who would rather grind still can. It's the perfect length, about 8-10 hours to do ever...

Really fun and short RPG game that's a little on the easy side. I just wish there was a bit more help to find the Moon Gears (I'm missing one) and also a way for the game to let you know you've completed an area %100 so that you don't end up going in circles for hours. I'd get this game on sale, but $5 is a pretty good price for it.

I love this game! Pros - Great story, battle & exploration balance and pacing - World, dungeon and puzzle design - Succeeds and mixing the familiar and the unfamiliar - Choose between 2 versions of the soundtrack (I preferred the chiptune style of the original BUT if you get deep into the 'post-game' you'll see the remastered graphics and soundtrack are thematically justified). - Some character customisation thanks to stat boost items and meaningful equipment choices Cons - RPGMaker limitations: F12 shutdown, Start Screen volume not linked to options menu volume control Conclusion - The main quest offers a satisfying little RPG with plenty of surprises. Meanwhile the whole of the EX post-game not only gives you more if you want more, it includes the the kind of RPG gameplay segments that were not yet utilised. The EX chapter also takes the story to a whole other level; one that had me laughing, cheering and taking a step back to admire the pure imagination.

As I was starting to write this, I was trying to think of any gripes I had with it to get them out of the way. But, to be perfectly honest, I can’t really think of anything that is really wrong with this short RPG adventure. In all fairness, it doesn’t do anything groundbreaking in terms of visuals, battle system, or overall gameplay, but it does all of those things well enough. The thing that really makes this game a little more special, though, is the story. Like many games before this one, there is a bit of a fourth wall break, where everyone within the story is aware that they are part of that story. Granted, they are aware that they are part of a children’s novel, not the game itself. But something goes wrong, and things start to fall apart, and story elements are starting to get out of order or go missing altogether. Then, the hero, the villain, and the damsel in distress team up to figure out what is wrong. This unlikely trio set out on an adventure to tell a new s...

Some time ago, I played a free game from the creator of Soma Spirits: torch60, called Brave Hero Yuusha and it was okay. Had a few presentation issues and got boring after a while but I still recommend it. Originally I was just going to list all the new stuff and briefly talk about them but that seem lazy and looking back, the review for the original was kind of crap even by my unprofessional standards as seen here and since game had some effort in being an remaster, then I should remaster my review so here we. To remastering.. Story: I know I’m just copy pasting this but whatever, it’s the premise. You are the Brave Hero Yuusha, the one who will save the land and Princess Glynn from the evil Demon Lord Volza. But things quickly go wrong when the king throws you straight to the finale unprepared and when you confront the Demon Lord, the castle is slowly destroyed by a man calling himself the Puppeteer and the pieces of the castle have been scattered. Now you, Volza and Glynn mus...

Normally I'm a bit worried about games that try to be funny, but BHYEX does it so damn well. It's not overdoing it. It knows when to slow it down to make events more impactful. Starts out extremely silly, but gets more and more serious as the story goes along. Which is how these kind of games should be written. That's not to say it's 100% serious towards the end, because it definitely isn't, but it hits the sweetspot perfectly. Then the post-game hits and all bets are off and that's perfect as well! Seriously. Can't remember the last time I enjoyed a game quite this much.

Unfortunately can't recommend. The frame story tries too hard to be both sentimental and tongue-in-cheek but there isn't enough meat to the gameplay to support the plot. Dragon Quest this is not.

I enjoyed it, fresh story, cute monsters, some interesting post game stuff its def worth its asking price.