Quick Introduction
Legends of an Otherworld is an RPG with gameplay most closely resembling that of Final Fantasy X. Due to taking inspiration primarily from challenge runs of that game, the difficulty level is very high. In feedback I have seen, while there's little praise for the story / etc, and the minigames / puzzles have mixed reactions; there has been consistently highly positive feedback on the battles, especially the boss battles, with several battles being touted as examples of "how to do RPG Maker game boss battles the right way". Legends of an Otherworld easily has 30+ hours of gameplay in the mandatory content alone, with even more in optional content.
My future plans are to remake this game from the ground up in a custom engine rather than RPG Maker, with greatly improved mapping and storywriting, while keeping more or less the same great battle gameplay.
Setting / Background
The game begins when two cousins, Tara Ascira and Leanna Haysworth, awaken in a mysterious dungeon that seems to ignore every law of reality. With no recollection of how they got there, or even much idea of where they were from or what happened in their past, they decide to do the only thing they can - try to find a way out.
While attempting to return to their hometown of Saria – of course, via the obligatory roundabout route with many distractions along the way – they encounter a young white mage, Harley Ryder, who realises that the dungeon they mention bears strong resemblances to an almost-forgotten ancient legend of the world's origin, and the greatest evil threatening it. Needless to say, what started as simply a quest to get home – and find out how they ended up in such a place and what they had forgotten about themself – quickly turns into an adventure that could determine the fate of the entire world. No matter how much they – or at least, Tara – want to avoid getting involved, it seems everyone, and even the universe itself, is determined to force their involvement.
Gameplay
Legends of an Otherworld features a CTB (conditional turn battle) system, similar to that of Final Fantasy X, in which battles take place one action at a time with turn timing determined both by the battler's agility stat and what move they used last, also giving players as much time as they need to think about and select their next action. It also provides a large degree of freedom in terms of what bonuses to give characters and what skills to teach them. Careful management and strategic use of these abilities, and of the items obtained, is critical to winning. Those who try to win simply by level grinding will have a hard time, and towards the end of the game bosses (and even some random encounters) are perfectly capable of wiping out even a max-level party without much effort, if the player neglects strategy.
Many enemies go beyond the simple default mechanics of "randomly select attacks, maybe with a few limiting conditions", and have fully scripted AI for both their regular attacks and counterattacks. One type of random encounter enemy will always gang up on a single party member rather than spreading their attacks around. There are bosses who will select their actions and/or targets based on what will be most effective; or who will heal themself when nessecary but eventually realise "my healing isn't keeping up with damage I'm receiving, so I'm better off just trying to defeat the player as quickly as possible". Almost every boss - and certianly every major boss - has some unique pattern and/or traits which must be figured out and exploited in order to beat them. Once again, this is not a game which can be won simply by over-grinding then attacking everything to death.
And for those who find the main storyline bosses aren’t enough, there are extra-hard optional bosses available at virtually all stages throughout the game; the first one becomes available before the third storyline boss, while there are also plenty of postgame-level bosses that make the already-hard endgame bosses look like pushovers.
For those who seek to just complete the storyline, you may be looking at 30+ hours of gameplay. Optional content can easily add another 10 – 20 on top of that. This is a very large game. Lucky you can save anywhere you like – that’s one of the few ways the game is nice to you.
Gameplay videos
These do not spoil anything storyline-wise. They do, however, spoil (to some extent) strategies for these two bosses. Both are fairly early-game bosses, the first more so than the second, but the second is often a major roadblock boss for many players.
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Legends of an Otherworld is an RPG with gameplay most closely resembling that of Final Fantasy X. Due to taking inspiration primarily from challenge runs of that game, the difficulty level is very high. In feedback I have seen, while there's little praise for the story / etc, and the minigames / puzzles have mixed reactions; there has been consistently highly positive feedback on the battles, especially the boss battles, with several battles being touted as examples of "how to do RPG Maker game boss battles the right way". Legends of an Otherworld easily has 30+ hours of gameplay in the mandatory content alone, with even more in optional content.
My future plans are to remake this game from the ground up in a custom engine rather than RPG Maker, with greatly improved mapping and storywriting, while keeping more or less the same great battle gameplay.
Setting / Background
The game begins when two cousins, Tara Ascira and Leanna Haysworth, awaken in a mysterious dungeon that seems to ignore every law of reality. With no recollection of how they got there, or even much idea of where they were from or what happened in their past, they decide to do the only thing they can - try to find a way out.
While attempting to return to their hometown of Saria – of course, via the obligatory roundabout route with many distractions along the way – they encounter a young white mage, Harley Ryder, who realises that the dungeon they mention bears strong resemblances to an almost-forgotten ancient legend of the world's origin, and the greatest evil threatening it. Needless to say, what started as simply a quest to get home – and find out how they ended up in such a place and what they had forgotten about themself – quickly turns into an adventure that could determine the fate of the entire world. No matter how much they – or at least, Tara – want to avoid getting involved, it seems everyone, and even the universe itself, is determined to force their involvement.
Gameplay
Legends of an Otherworld features a CTB (conditional turn battle) system, similar to that of Final Fantasy X, in which battles take place one action at a time with turn timing determined both by the battler's agility stat and what move they used last, also giving players as much time as they need to think about and select their next action. It also provides a large degree of freedom in terms of what bonuses to give characters and what skills to teach them. Careful management and strategic use of these abilities, and of the items obtained, is critical to winning. Those who try to win simply by level grinding will have a hard time, and towards the end of the game bosses (and even some random encounters) are perfectly capable of wiping out even a max-level party without much effort, if the player neglects strategy.
Many enemies go beyond the simple default mechanics of "randomly select attacks, maybe with a few limiting conditions", and have fully scripted AI for both their regular attacks and counterattacks. One type of random encounter enemy will always gang up on a single party member rather than spreading their attacks around. There are bosses who will select their actions and/or targets based on what will be most effective; or who will heal themself when nessecary but eventually realise "my healing isn't keeping up with damage I'm receiving, so I'm better off just trying to defeat the player as quickly as possible". Almost every boss - and certianly every major boss - has some unique pattern and/or traits which must be figured out and exploited in order to beat them. Once again, this is not a game which can be won simply by over-grinding then attacking everything to death.
And for those who find the main storyline bosses aren’t enough, there are extra-hard optional bosses available at virtually all stages throughout the game; the first one becomes available before the third storyline boss, while there are also plenty of postgame-level bosses that make the already-hard endgame bosses look like pushovers.
For those who seek to just complete the storyline, you may be looking at 30+ hours of gameplay. Optional content can easily add another 10 – 20 on top of that. This is a very large game. Lucky you can save anywhere you like – that’s one of the few ways the game is nice to you.
Gameplay videos
These do not spoil anything storyline-wise. They do, however, spoil (to some extent) strategies for these two bosses. Both are fairly early-game bosses, the first more so than the second, but the second is often a major roadblock boss for many players.
Official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/loaocos/
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