AereA

Cute characters in a beautiful world, using music to save that world. The concept of using music instead of weapons should be used more often.

AereA:
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Aezir was once a beautiful floating Island full of harmonic music for its students. But all that came to a bitter end when two incredible maestros discovered the true power of music and its magic. One of them became consumed by its powers. The outcome of this conflict was a great separation which broke the Island into four segments. Now, we need you and three of your friends to recover eight primordial instruments to restore the harmony in Aezir. Are you up for it, young conductors?
Aerea is an action / RPG game where you take control of one of four apprentice musicians (or up to four in a local co-op game) who has to recover eight primordial instruments.
At the start of the game, you’ll have to choose one of the four characters available to play: Jacques (the melee musician), Wolff or Claude (with long-range musical attacks), or Jules (the mage of the music). Each of these characters have their own abilities and attributes.
After that, you’ll end up in Aezir Concert Hall where you can interact with other characters: Antonio the cleaner, Edgar the travel agent, Guido the Maestro, Clef the parrot, and more. Within the concert hall, you’ll find the travel counter (which will get you to your next mission or quest), the relic room (where the primordial instruments should be kept) and a shop where you can buy potions, abilities and upgrade your instrumental weapons. Talking with other characters will lead you to your next quests. These quests can be within the Concert Hall (mostly conversation with no action) or to other parts of the island where the action takes place.
Your character will have two gauges to fill in while fighting. The first gauge is for experience points; your character will receive experience point by eliminating an enemy. The second gauge is for instrument experience points. With every kill, your character will receive tuning points. Each time the second gauge is filled, you’ll receive an orange clef (key) which you can use at the shop to upgrade your attributes (weaponry, armour, critical hit, etc). Within these levels, you’ll see pots, and by destroying them you’ll be earning clefines, which is the currency in the game. Clefines can also drop when you eliminate an enemy but not on every occasion. Those Clefines can be used at the shop to upgrade your skills or buy new items. Check out, and most importantly, destroy the box with the question mark as they may hold interesting items which could be beneficial within the levels. What I really like in this game is how many different enemies you’ll encounter within the stages; there are some fun-looking bosses to eliminate! There are recipe books to collect within each level, including the concert hall. When you collect them, you’ll get access to specific items in the shop.

I must admit that this game is lacking in challenges; it is very easy to get rid of enemies with one to two attacks and the bosses should have been significantly harder. I find it very easy to move through the levels. Personally, I am not a hardcore fan of this genre. However, If I was a newcomer to RPG, this game would be a great introduction.
Graphically the game is splendid. I really like this type of artwork and the animations are great. The soundtrack is brilliant and the controls seems to be better on the mouse and keyboard rather than the gamepad.
Positives:
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- Great graphics
- Enjoyable story
- Four characters to choose from
- Plenty of enemies
- Local co-op supported
- Achievements and trading cards
Negatives:
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- Need to be more challenging, from individual enemies to bosses
A really charming RPG game to play.
6/10
Key provided by developer/publisher for review purposes. Any opinions expressed are entirely my own!
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Okay, I tried to be objective when I played this game my first time for my "First Impressions Review" video which I have linked below and I want to thank the developers for offering me a free key of this game to evaluate.
Let's start off first and tell you to IGNORE all the negative reviews this game seems to be getting. I can tell you flat out that people are simply disappointed that this game doesn't have a more adult theme and starts off without much challenge, almost as if it is targeting younger players (when I say younger players, I mean like 10 and younger as even my 11 yr old son would prefer blood and guts and killing gruesome trolls and liches over cute bugs and mice)
It DOES look like a very polished and very high quality game, so for that I gave this game a high value score (35 out of 40) even though the price is probably much more than most mature gamers would be willing to pay for this.
Is it for everyone? Not even close. Even most young teenagers are going to be quickly bored and uninterested in the "cute" aesthetics found in this game. But that certainly doesn't mean that this game is a "rip-off" or a "bad game". It's obvious to see that it is a high quality game, but sadly it just won't appeal to the mass population of gamers who are hungry for a good action RPG.
I too, couldn't give this much higher than a 14 out of 30 in my "fun" score part of my overall scoring because to me, it just wasn't challenging or appealing enough to keep me interested.
The controls and bugs however scored perfectly grabbing a perfect 20 out of 20 from me and the graphics and sound also scored will gathering a 9 out of 10 score.
Add it all up and you get a 78% first impressions score from me, but that's keeping in mind that most gamers who are above about twelve years old are likely to be looking for something much more adult oriented and challenging and will quickly be bored to tears with this, making the $30 price tag seem like a huge rip-off. This game is NOT a "rip-off", it is a quality game but it just will only likely appeal to a very small audience.
I give this game a Recommend, but ONLY if you are looking for a very "Brady Bunch" style of RPG with a low challenge, yet pretty to look at and with good controls.

I am 32 years old.
My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old.
When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing.
Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side.
With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of you. In fact, I may have played this game for only a day or two. That being said, after doing so, I had a new joy and hope for life. I managed to leave behind the pain and suffering that had been thrust upon me. I could experience the joy and happiness of other people. I relaxed for 5 ♥♥♥♥ minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.
After realizing this, I turned off the game and went back to work. My hand hurt a lot, but I was motivated. I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and became the father I needed to be at that moment, not the weak boy I was behaving like.
Today, I am close friends with the mother of my children. We don't fight, argue, or say hurtful things to each other. We are parents and friends.
Now I have 3 children. My third child is, wait, ALSO 4 YEARS OLD. The woman I am with was going through a very similar situation at the time of my separation, and we just unexpectedly stumbled into each other's lives. We have been dating for a year and are very happy together.
Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today. This silly little game helped me realize that.
Thank you.

Some of the details in this game could have done with a little more details for the players to use
but this world is huge, to bad there isn't a mmo mode

I love this one! It looks awesome and the gameplay is excellent. The story and creatures are great and the way music and instruments are integrated, is a job really well done!
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Was chill the lil bit I played it.