Recent reviews by eplipswich

Okay, just finished this game.

Overall, I am kind of disappointed with the ending. Felt anti-climatic and rushed. The final boss is anti-climatic too for all he's worth.

In the end, I should have known Ara Fell would fall to the ground because of its name. That still felt like it came out of nowhere now, because there wasn't any real development leading to that.

Anyway, here are my "goods" and "bads" of this game:

Good:
- Nice title screen
- Like the leveling up of characters (stat increment and such)
- Story as a whole is decent, save the ending.
- Decent music, though it felt repetitive at times.
- Great level design (this is probably the game's strongest point)

Not so good:
- Gameplay was too easy, especially as the game progresses. Would have preferred a Hard Mode.
- Would have preferred that there are actually cutscenes of flashbacks, which this game seriously needed.

Bad:
- Many strange wordings, grammatical and spelling mistakes especially in the 2nd half of the game (makes one wonder if the testers actually tested the game properly. I would have overlooked this if this isn't a commercial game. But this is a commercial game, and so I would be stricter when it comes to commercial games)
- A number of minor bugs (for example, there are some guards in some buildings like in Castle Atana and the tower at Apple Orchard who weren't stoned when the Stone Curse is activated)
- Anti-climatic final boss and ending. Ending felt pretty rushed too.

If I would rate this, I would give it a 3/5. Sorry, but while I did enjoy the game to some extent, it doesn't really blow me away in the end. And this is coming from someone who has played the old Ara Fell (yes, I was from that era).

Still, this is a game that I would encourage people to play, though it doesn't deserve to be at a price of US$9.99. Buy this only when it's at a large discount (probably 50% or more discount).

That being said, I expect a lot more from the creator's next game, Rise of the Third Power. The creator should seriously hire testers who can actually work on the proofreading.