Effulgence is a party-based RPG in a sci-fi setting. Players will explore a distant, possibly extinct world, battle its hostile inhabitants, craft gear, and develop their characters. All graphics in Effulgence are made of text symbols, making it visually unique.
Visuals are awesome definitely cannot fault that, but as a game? This really is little more than a tech demo - gameplay is all over the place.
Satisfying as hell gameplay, looks and sounds great, super fun in and out of combat. Only gripe is the dialogue sucks, an actual story would be nice.
I tried the version 1.0 and it wasn't for me. I was exited for the ASCII-animations which are great. But the game feels just like an animated card game to me. You don't get to walk around in locations or overworld map or anywhere like you would in many RPGs. It's only turn based combats and menus. If you like that kind of game then I guess it's alright...
relatively straightforward yet somewhat esoteric in its presentation. a good time with some absolutely gorgeous visuals, but not my first recommendation for someone in terms of RPGs? there's no real grinding, you kind of go through the motions and clear stages and the occasional event. story feels thin but it's good! it's fun! it's also relatively short...
This is a creative take on the RPG formula that's really held up by its unique art style more than its gameplay. The player travels from node to node across a strange planet, each node representing some shop or set of encounters. I found myself at risk of losing all of my offensive options at one point due to donating more items than I could afford,...
