It's worth a play through, but still pretty disappointing.
It doesn't take itself seriously, everything is very satirized, both sides are extreme caricatures, which made neither truly relatable. The humor was at times so over the top that it simly fell flat and ended up feeling exhausting. That coupled with locations that had copy/pasted NPCs with the exact same short dialogue and nothing to do outside the main questline made the world feel artificial, breaking any sense of immersion.
The combat was half decent, the only annoyance was avoiding unecessary encounters when traveling by boat.
There are more than 2 endings, but having played the respective path of both the titular "sides" I was dissapointed to see that they shared the exact same ending sequence with only minor variations to the text.
That sounded pretty negative, but for the current price of less than 1€ it may be worth a try, I don't regret playing it. It's just that on this site are many free games that are leagues better.
A pretty decent fantasy RPG with a small, but relatable cast of characters; a minimal, but adequate, variety and range of items; and combat mechanics just complicated enough to be interesting with meaningful tactical options for different opponents. The story is interesting enough and if you really can't stand the political views of either side, there are even some alternate options.
There's no sexual exploration of the main character's transformation. It's a PG-rated game, after all. There is some exploration of the social results of the change, though, and being a magical transformation, it can be reversed, and the MC can even learn transformation magic to change at will (most of the time). Transforming others with that magic is reserved for a finishing move in combat. Hats and kittens pose no further threat.
The grinding wasn't excessive, and there was a training option to trade gold for XP and trade routes to buy low and sell high to make that money without mugging a million bandits. Plundering pirates for GP and XP and cargo to sell filled out all the skills and inventory quite fast. There were a few simple puzzles and some action sequences where reaction time was a factor, certainly more so than usual for RPGMaker games.
Overall, not a bad little RPG. Not sexy, but fun and interesting.
Don't worry about the "feminist overtones", it is actually satire and it is attacking more the leftist ideology than the right (see the town where citizen must give everything they have to strangers). As RPG it is not that bad, you will eventually find the way to win all battles but is not overly obvious. The story is nice and it really does let you pick your enemy, you have a certain say on the story, and if you want to look for other endings it is not too hard when you know how to get money and levels. Not a masterwork but worth a weekend.
The game Is Fine. the Feminist Overtones are Irritating, Idk don't know if if Part of the comedy or What else. but Its Very annoying and Ruins the Fun for me.
The reviewer below quit the game before the tutorial period ended! I'm a little bit further though not much. The battle system is surprisingly good and gets more complicated once you get past the first bit.
I feel a bit sorry for the protagonist, but I always do in these sorts of games. His romance is so wholesome! I want them to last forever!
