Introduction

Devil Hunter: Seeker of Power is a RPG Maker game created using the 2003 engine and is considered by many to be a classic staple of the RPG Maker library, but is this classic all its claimed to be or is it a glitched out mess worthy of disdain. The answer is a bit both if I'm being honest. The game contains numerous glitches some of which allowed me to basically skip over the bulk of the games content and turn my Let's Play into a speed run.

Story

I'll be upfront in admitting that I've only played through this game once and during that play through I took advantage of a glitch to cut out most of the stories content. As such I can't really judge the story of this game effectively since I missed out a lot of the mid-game. So, I may have missed out on the bulk of the character growth and development.

The one drawback about the story I can judge is the spelling errors and they pop up on a regular basis, but aren't as bad as say The OutCasts or some other works I can mention. And at least one of those spelling errors amounted to one of the funniest spelling mistakes I've seen in a while.

Gameplay

Devil Hunter: Seeker of Power utilizes your standard non-random encounter system with an active-time battle system. Thankfully the game includes a passive mode since I have a deep rooted disdain for the active-time battle system. So enabling me to basically make the combat turn-based is a major plus in my opinion. With that being said the combat in game is balanced rather well for the most part as long as you ignore the serpent's band and the fact that you can utilize glitches to add certain party members back into your party. The best example of this is that you can add Vane back into your party after he departs at the Central Market by completing all of the pit fights that take place in the Central Market. Or at least he rejoined my group after I completed the final pit fight, but I didn't test to see if this glitch could be activated by any pit fight.

And to compound the balance issues the game also has a somewhat awkward to control sub menu that is accessed by pressing the eight key on the keyboard. To access areas in this menu you press the z key like normal, but to back out of a selection in this menu you need to hit the number 8 again which goes against your natural instinct of hitting the x key to back out.

Another issue that adds to my list of complaints is that the game can crash if you try to jump a gap into an enemy. The game is unable to process this command since it can't start a battle unless your in contact with the enemy, but it also can't allow you to occupy that same space as the enemy either. So the game just locks up and forces you to reset.

Graphics

Graphically speaking the game is alright. A few areas feel a bit crowded with useless junk like flowers or bushes, but the overall mapping is acceptable. The only major graphical issue that I can think of with the game is that your character can get stuck moving like he is descending or ascending an infinitely long ladder if you use a specific ladder in the castle. This glitch will fix itself as soon as you utilize any other ladder in the game.

Sound

Sound wise the game is solid and leaves me with nothing to complain about beyond the usual nitpick of their not being a track that truly stands out from the rest.

Conclusion

While Devil Hunter: Seeker of Power is definitely a classic RPG Maker game it is also a flawed mess in some respects. And these glitches prevent the game from being something truly amazing in my opinion. Regardless this game is a solid little title that is worth playing for any true fan of RPG Maker games.