AVEE'S PROFILE

I really liked everything about the game and had a good time. Since most dungeons are rather long, I usually completed one per session.

Mapping and level design are definitely among your best abilities, for towns and dungeons alike. 2k and Refmap tilesets also help in making better-looking maps than the newer RM engines.
The puzzles are as fun as the battles and they fit with the dungeons. Jumping and breaking pots and all that is fun too.
The level of quality here is what I'd expect of a commercial game.

Gameplay is not as strategy-heavy as Project 4 and Jamie, and I believe that makes Unchained more approachable to a wider player base.
Personally, I would have prefered for Lillia not to have those copies of other characters' abilities. More unique ones to make her stand-out more.
I would have given her more State inflicting abilities, a State healing spell, Buffs and/or Debuffs. But the new elemental slash skills sound like a nice and welcome addition.

Using the Casual Herbs and meeting most objectives, the game became progressively easier to the point that, after the Mine, I stopped using Herbs completely. Still, the rest of the game was too easy for my taste.
Maybe I optimized my attack power by giving almost all Strength Herbs to Seth and all Intelligence Herbs to Von?
HP, Def and Agi I distributed pretty much evenly.
The last Harpy fight was more challenging than the last boss because of the Enrager and I enjoyed it. I think that the last boss could hit harder and inflict States.

I enjoyed the story and the cast of characters. Having fiends turn into humans and thrown in their world is a nice, creative plot.
This might be nitpicking, but Mia's ending speech is a bit too expository and cerebral in my opinion. It isn't bad, but I think that you could have left a few things unsaid and let the party express their feelings more.

Overall, it's an impressive game made within the limitations of the event. It might be my favorite entry (I enjoyed pianotm's Magic Quest about as much)

The game is charming with funny dialogues! I enjoyed it, but like pianotm said, the platformer section is way harder than I expected. Had I known about the ceiling bump, I would have mapped the stage differently to avoid that. I think that the enemies' speed is a little too high as well.

I have mixed feelings about the game. I chose the "right" answers and played solo, which was extremely difficult. I had to grind to Level 15 before I could reach the first dungeon's final map, making slow progress, getting one treasure chest at a time before having to exit, heal and resupply. It took me about 3 hours just to complete the ice cave and I wanted to quit a few times.

There are several balance issues in solo mode: Dungeon enemies are super strong and the Exp and Gold they drop isn't worth it. Overworld enemies are easier and give much more.
The equipment for sale before completing the first dungeon aren't strong enough.
The Ice Gauntlet does not prevent me from being frozen.
The Hex skills are useless in solo mode.
Once CEV the tiger joined it made such a huge difference in the ice cave, but when I attempted the swamp cave I was getting my ass kicked way too often again...
Being able to recruit a wizard with fire spells early on would probably help a lot.

I really like the plot and the general concept, so I think that it's a shame that the game is difficult to the point of being frustrating. If you fixed those balance issues and finished the game, I would definitely want to keep playing.

EDIT: didn't see your comment above mine before I posted :P Take care of yourself!