Legend of the Mystical Deer

Legend of the Mystical Deer is a game made for the Seasons IV Event by Dyhalto. The game is a tactical rpg and the theme is Winter.

The plot is simple but not banal: we play as Soy, a leader of a small army that is totally NOT taken from one particular Fire Emblem game and renamed.
Ok this guy has to hunt the Mythic Deer that lives inside the cursed forest, pity that the forest is the playground of a horde of undeads. Oh yes, that Mythic Deer is the only living creature, but out heroes do not fear the undeads and ride happily into the forest...


Yes, there are some extra allies to the starting party. If you can find them!

The game is a tactical scenario in which we control various units (archers, soldiers, etc), anyway mind that our alter ego Soy is the commander, and if he dies it's game over! But yeah, we're outnumbered, so it's necessary to use wisely the abilities of the various troops (some can heal or cast powerful spells) and take in account their role: infantry is the equivalent of a tank, cavalry is fast, archers and mages are weak but can attack from distance, and so on. Likewise opponents have various units, from weak zombies to skeletal archers (those skeletons are strong!).

Each troop has a move action and an attack action (if has an opponent inside the attack range) or it is possible to use the attack action to cast a spell, but these cost MP, of course! When you are finished you can end your turn and the enemy will act. But remember to save your game once in a while!
Ok that is more or less all you need to know (there is no tutorial or explanation, so play, experiment and see!), anyway there are some surprises (some good, others bad) during the scenario but I will not spoil the fun.

Graphically the game borrows most assets from Fire Emblem (of course... except the deer, I guess!), and they looks very good! Music and sounds are simple but hey this is a small scenario. Anyway it is pretty challenging... so good luck!


NO! The undead is harming my little deer! Stop! Only I can kill him!

The Verdict
I admit my defeat! I still have to complete this game but I hope to manage to finish it. Anyway I played a lot and I had fun. It is challenging (man, I am a bad tactician!) but lots of fun, the system is intuitive and simple.
The only problem is that I had a crash when I tried to use a first aid skill of one of the troops... uhm maybe it was supposed not to have it? In any case I avoided that and I noticed no other issue or problem.

It is a short and simple scenario, nothing more and nothing less than a skirmish against undeads (and a deer!) and I guess it is similar to one of these battle scenario from Fire Emblem... but... uhm ok I never played one (ok shame on me! Luckily my experience with Exit Fate taugh me someting about tactical battles).

My rating is 4/5. Not an rpg but a well made and cool scenario. An amazing entry for this event, and I also liked the dialogues, looks like a parody but war... war is serious, war never changes!