Grey Heritage: Faded Vision
STORY
In Grey Heritage: Faded Vision, we will be taking a close look at the land of Astrea, a beautiful land filled with knights and nobles. However, Astrea has been war-stricken for decades. The people of Astrea had lost all hope in having a competent king lead them towards a brighter future.
However, King Edward Estore, the puppet king of Astrea and prodigy grandson of Emperor Augustus Estore, rose up to this challenge. A man with grand ambition for the future of Calista, are guiding the people despite being a foreigner to Astrea. The people must choose between following their new king towards his ambition or face the mighty dragons of the Estore Empire.
Leon Beaumont, the son of King Beaumont and Exiled Prince of Astrea, wish to put an end to the Estore Empire’s tyranny upon his land. Prince Leon finally rise the banner once more, to put an end to a long lost friend.
GAMEPLAY
- Fight through hand-crafted scenarios across 14 chapters with all unique objectives and map design.
- Play as 11 playable units with all unique skills, classes and abilities on the battlefield.
- Use terrain to your advantage in this turn-based tactical RPG.
- You are not alone! AI controlled allies will help you turn the tide of war.
- Give your soldiers experience and stat boosting items so they can shine in JRPG combat.
- Every soldier is key to completing the objective.
- Inventory Management is paramount towards victory.
FEATURES
- No Permadeath so you won’t lose progress on your soldiers.
- A narrative driven love-letter to RPG fans.
- An emphasis on indoor and outdoor combat.
- The ability to save at checkpoints to undo any mistakes you’ve made.
- A story focus ~10 hour experience for busy adults who love RPG.
Steam User 9
Grey Heritage is a fun game that marries visual novel segments with the SRPG elements of Fire Emblem, but with its own takes that separate it.
For one, the game is very challenging at times. Your small group is often separated into two or more, meaning you'll have to utilize everyone's strengths to their fullest. There are also no promotions, so what you see is what you get, haha. There are traditional SRPG things like enemy reinforcements after certain rounds, more enemies that arrive when you reach a certain point, and, of course, ballistae that will absolutely destroy you if you aren't careful.
The game utilizes save points, While they are generous, there are still times where accidentally being careless will result in the death of one of your heroes. My only real suggestion with this game is that saving is allowed anywhere. While I understand that might make the game quite a bit easier, I think it would greatly ease frustration of having to do things over. With that being said, fast-forwarding through the animations and even the enemy's turn is possible if you really want to conserve time.
Upon beating the game, I really think the combat is the game's biggest strength. It's challenging, but incredibly fair and never frustratingly overwhelming. There is only one map that I didn't like, and since there are fourteen maps total, those aren't bad odds at all.
The game gives you a handful of units, and aren't too numerous that you have to neglect certain units for others, which was a good balance. While some of the characters can be difficult to use at first, all are very useful once trained, and no one stood out to me as a hindrance.
The story is a very interesting aspect of this game. It is somewhat similar to the stories of most Fire Emblem games, revolving around nations, politics, and war, but the game has a shounen anime angle, which made it intriguing. There was a big twist at the end I didn't see coming, and I really liked that.
One thing I have to note that really stood out for me was the portrayal of the main character, Leon. He has a radically different portrayal than the main characters of most games. I won't elaborate further, due to not wanting to reveal spoilers, but his portrayal is fairly unique, if a bit unorthodox.I appreciate that the author tried something different with him.
Grey Heritage kept me interested the whole way through, and I really enjoyed the tactical challenges it presented. I look forward to the sequel.