EARTHS DAWN

I got this game on sale-- I think I paid about a dollar for it, give or take. With the understanding that it used to be sold for a LOT more when it came out, I think it's current price is more appropriate. I might have even been inclined to pay a few dollars more, because it was way better than I ever expected it to be.

The best features of Earth's Dawn are its art and its combat. The art speaks for itself-- the characters and environments are beautifully illustrated in full animated 2d. Characters look good in motion (aside from some NPC talk portraits, which are questionable), and the enemy designs are fantastic, beautifully blending the sci-fi and horror setting. The final boss is particularly well designed (visually). The combat is responsive and dynamic, while not being over-complicated. There are dozens of skills to unlock and connect together, and several different types of weapons to explore. I really liked the way every item/weapon had unique art as well, and how that art appeared on your character in gameplay.

The levels can be repetitive (since free missions are essentially mandatory during some parts of the game), but the main quest levels are overall designed well. Each area comes with a unique challenge or mechanic, and it felt rewarding to explore and figure it all out.

There aren't many music tracks, but the ones that do exist are pretty good and lend themselves to the action well. Sometimes, the music would just stop, leaving the game as silent, but it was usually during free missions. This is a good game to play while enjoying a movie or voice call anyways-- it doesn't require most of your attention 90% of the time.

My largest complaint is the status effects. There are several status effects that are... very annoying. You can negate most of them with items, but you can only have one active at once. Freeze lasts entirely too long (around 5 whole seconds), and putting confuse on the final boss is downright diabolical, especially since it's an area with lots of places to fall to your death, and to my knowledge, it CAN'T be negated.

I wish the plot was deeper, since the world lore is interesting, but the team was clearly more focused on other aspects of the game. As a surface-level narrative, it's Just Okay. I also wish the female character could wear pants instead of battle-panties, but as we know, this game came out in 2015 and women's pants were not invented until around 2018.

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Reviewed last year

I got this game on sale-- I think I paid about a dollar for it, give or take. With the understanding that it used to be sold for a LOT more when it came out, I think it's current price is more appropriate. I might have even been inclined to pay a few dollars more, because it was way better than I ever expected it to be.

The best features of Earth's Dawn are its art and its combat. The art speaks for itself-- the characters and environments are beautifully illustrated in full animated 2d. Characters look good in motion (aside from some NPC talk portraits, which are questionable), and the enemy designs are fantastic, beautifully blending the sci-fi and horror setting. The final boss is particularly well designed (visually). The combat is responsive and dynamic, while not being over-complicated. There are dozens of skills to unlock and connect together, and several different types of weapons to explore. I really liked the way every item/weapon had unique art as well, and how that art appeared on your character in gameplay.

The levels can be repetitive (since free missions are essentially mandatory during some parts of the game), but the main quest levels are overall designed well. Each area comes with a unique challenge or mechanic, and it felt rewarding to explore and figure it all out.

There aren't many music tracks, but the ones that do exist are pretty good and lend themselves to the action well. Sometimes, the music would just stop, leaving the game as silent, but it was usually during free missions. This is a good game to play while enjoying a movie or voice call anyways-- it doesn't require most of your attention 90% of the time.

My largest complaint is the status effects. There are several status effects that are... very annoying. You can negate most of them with items, but you can only have one active at once. Freeze lasts entirely too long (around 5 whole seconds), and putting confuse on the final boss is downright diabolical, especially since it's an area with lots of places to fall to your death, and to my knowledge, it CAN'T be negated.

I wish the plot was deeper, since the world lore is interesting, but the team was clearly more focused on other aspects of the game. As a surface-level narrative, it's Just Okay. I also wish the female character could wear pants instead of battle-panties, but as we know, this game came out in 2015 and women's pants were not invented until around 2018.
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Reviewed last year

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