Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jan 30, 2020

  Demonheart's sequel is finally here, and it is every bit as delightful as its predecessor. The story begins once again with Bright, who's travelling towards Ravage and has now almost arrived. Depending on your choices from the first games, selectable from Hunters' opening sequence, you may have different companions alongside you. Pros: + Dialogue: the characters have their own head, their own personality, and they don't always agree with each other, though sometimes they do. Watching them interact with each other, and with Bright, is a delight. + Characters: well written, layered and morally grey. Yet, even with Brash's foul mouth and Raze's penchant for drama, you can't help but love them. + Romance: dialogue changes according to the romance you pick in the opening sequence. There are several romance options at your disposal, namely Raze, Sir Brash and Ari from the previous game, plus the bard Sinallion, a new addition. + Customizable MC: Demonheart is one of those games in which you can fully build who Bright is from the dialogue and the choices you make, and Demonheart: Hunters is no different. Moreover, other characters respond in kind according to your alignment. + Surprisingly suitable to RPG: while the first game was formatted as a visual novel, Demonheart: Hunters is more intensely focused on the RPG side. Bright is no longer a defenseless commoner and the game reflects this change: she can pretty much kick arse. The system itself is simple and sweet, similar to many other RPG Maker games. As you level up, your stats improve, you gain different special skills and, as you progress through the story, you have the chance to grab some kickass gear as well. + Story-rich: the plot guides you forward through the various areas of the game, from quiet seaside settings to infernal lairs complete with lava pools, as you make progressively harder choices. Will you decide to spare humanity, or join the side of the incoming apocalypse? + Replayability: the different choices you can make, combined with different companions and romances build up to great replayability. Each playthrough is estimated to last around 7hrs. + Graphics: the inspiration from Baldur's Gate style of graphics is plain to see. If you've enjoyed Baldur's Gate and Planetscape, you'll have no problem with Demonheart: Hunters' graphics. Cons: - None that I can think of. Overall, Demonheart: Hunters is most definitely worth it if you're into visual novels, especially otome, with a healthy side dish of rpg. More so if you've already played Demonheart and/or are familiar with the original Neverwinter Nights modules. Ultimately, at the price of 18,99€, you can potentially get 7 to 21 hours of good content, with positively swoonworthy romance and a delicious side dish of darkness and betrayals.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 30, 2020

  I have played around 2hours or so of this game. So far wow It is not what I expected from such a small dev team. I played the prequel which was a visual novel, I was a little iffy about the sequel going the RPG route, and I am kind of happy with my purchase. It has an amazing story, Combat is well balanced, the UI brings back memories of Baldur's Gate/Neverwinter night days, the dialogue system as well. I the only problem I had was Ari was always unconscious or stuck at 1hp, so I do wish there was a place to recover instead of counting on crafting items to heal her, as my character recovers health slowly. Once I got the new party member I pretty much didn't need Ari, and she was stuck with 1hp. Overall an amazing product and am happy with the purchase and the price isn't that bad considering it quite a bargain as there is a lot of unique things in this game, I didn't get this product for free either, I bought it as I am a big fan of the prequel and I played the demo before the game was released and was super excited to play the full game, and I am well happy for it too.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 30, 2020

  Enjoying this so far. Lots of choices, intriguing story, not to mention adding rpg elements and a world to explore. As a sequel to a visual novel, there's not much more you could ask for.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 30, 2020

  in my personal opinion the story is the best part of the game, it is one of the most original stories in recent years. issues I felt the interface was off. I could just be my pickiness, it really didn't bother me but in order to help as a consumer I should mention everything. A take all button for looting would be a good addition, some borders of the map don't show the door icon and I didn't know I could go that way. game is short Less artwork then what I was expecting. I understand it is a different game type then a visual novel, but I really believe that this game would be enhanced with more artwork for scenes and especially the fights. glitches sometimes the game wont react to my mouse at fight or right after, I had to reload or restart the application to make it work. the 3D enemy displays on the fights makes me cringe, I just assumed that it would be something drawn that would change when they were hurt. I know you can do better and s Positives original story, in my personal opinion the story is the best part of the game, it is one of the most original stories in recent years. good attempt at switching game types. I have always felt that visual novel leave you wanting more, and it is no different with the previous game. This game I hope sets the ground for a longer even greater game. Choices, I am just a big fan of freedom. Judgement I say this is a great game and if you are even a little interested give it a shot it is worth it. This game is one I want made into a series. main issues is I want more art in the game and I want it to be longer with more of a open world elements.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 31, 2020

  I played the first part which was a visual novel and I was very happy with it considering it was a free game. It did amazing things in terms of world and character building for this game. So much so, that Demonheart: Hunters had been on my wishlist since it was in development. When it was released, I thought I'd give it a play. The gameplay is a mix between an old FF like RPG battles with a Baldur's Gate like interface - without the intricacies of either, And this works out fine for a while since the game has been designed to clearly focus on the story. And I repeat, it does initially work out fine. Until suddenly you realize that the whole game feels like a Chapter 1 of some greater story - with the ending being Chapter 1.1. And believe you me, the world building is such that a greater story could have been had, But unfortunately this isn't the case. With the nature of the regeneration mechanics of the player characters, the mechanics of usable potions and items in the game was always going to be very delicate. However, halfway through the aforementioned 'Chapter 1', all items (not weapons and armor) in the game become fundamentally useless - i mean sure, they exist. But they could not exist just as easily and nothing would change. There are genuine moments of emotional engagement with the story from the previous game carrying over pretty smoothly, However, it clearly looks like it just ran into a brick wall at a point in the middle of the game. After a point, you seem to be playing, without being too sure why things are happening the way they are - it stretches suspension of disbelief to the point where you quietly exclaim "Did you guys run out of money? Or did you just want to wrap up the development and didn't bother finishing the story." The game had potential but with the 17 Euro price (with discounts), I expected more, Unfortunately in its current state, I can promise you, the good part is the first 5 - 6 hours. Then the game wraps up everything within the next two hours and you're left thinking "what just happened?" This seems to be the first negative review for the game but unfortunately I can't say anything otherwise about it right now and can't recommend it.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 31, 2020

  A fantastic follow up from Demonheart and is now set up as a RPG similiar to NWN with a lot to explore and collect as you continue the story from the last game. The game is so enriched with story and choices you can play this for hours and still have different outcomes to play around with. Such a cheap price for such an amazing game. Worth the wait and cannot wait to put more hours into it.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 31, 2020

  It feels like the magic of it is gone, and that's really a damn shame. 1) First and foremost, the game is ridicilously short. Bafflingly so. You spend the majority of your time trying to gather your party, and while seeing the big buff dudes become damsels in distress is kind of funny, it feels like you're just getting warmed up for the story to finally start having substance... then boom, it's over in the most anticlimatic way possible, both for the "big bad" and his "dragon". Imagine sitting down to play Dragon Age: Origins, but you get the epilogue after completing only the origin starter quest. There's also no time or opportunity to really interact with your companions; your only options are to ask about the immediate area and, if you've been flirty, spam the kiss button. 2) Second is that, especially if you're familiar with the modules, some of the scenes that should have emotional impact feel flat and/or rushed - and once again, over before they begin (meeting Aristo, travelling and rescuing Raze, restoring Raze's powers, meeting the supposedly scary demonheart huntress). They feel like the skeletal blueprints of scenes rather than proper scenes. You're just hastily showed forward into the world where the only thing to do is... pick flowers. By contrast, some other parts feel forcefully drawn-out - mainly the ship rescue scene, which becomes so thanks to... 3) Clunky combat. Thanks to your regenaration there's no need for healing items, but since the party is split up and your wizard is forced to frontline tank, the sequence gets maddeningly slow. Then after barely brushing with your adversary you're, once again, showed abruptly into another part of the game. Then it's back to a walking simulator liberally sprinkled with traps that your rogue takes so long to detect, it's easier to just endure the hp hit, you'll heal in 5 seconds anyway. 4) Special shotout to your inventory full of armor and weapons that are redundant because there's no challenge at the end of the journey. 5) Romance (and replay value). It's there, but since the game is so short... you get my point. But you know what feels weird? You can totally have everyone at the same time, irrespective of your choice in the first game, and these characters, that are not written as the type to like sharing, never really care much about your "bulk dating" until the epilogue choice. Then they also don't care much, but you gotta pick one scene to view at a time. Between this catch-all ability and the lack of difference depending on alignment/choices, the replay value is rather low, 99% of it boiling down to which demonspawn you picked. 6) You can't save in the middle of dialogue/battle, which is fine, but the ending sequence is literally one long dialogue plus a grindy fight, then you have to pick your partner. If you want to replay and see different options in the epilogue scene, you gotta replay the whole "epic battle", which is a slog. 7) For the love of ,,,, let me cover up Ari's b00bs, they're hanging out of her ridiculous dress for no reason and they look like cow's udder. Just no. Only recommended heavily (50%) discounted, esp. for the sack of extras which is just six short dialogues, largely empty of entertainment value. UPD: sure I played it in offline mode, it was roughly 6 hours, with some (unnecessary) grinding. It still was way too short to be a proper game, even a vn, never mind an rpg.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 2, 2020

  I loved the first game. I played it several times. I cannot say the same thing for the second one. I did not enjoy the battles. They were terribly slow and boring. I also cannot say I enjoyed the story much either. It felt incredibly rushed. Bright's relationship with her companions was shallow. Yes, I know they have already established their relationships in the first game but this game did not add anything to it. You can't call this a story based on romance with such little emphasis on the character's relationships. As this ends on a "cliff-hanger", I implore developers to go back to the style of the first game. I put cliff-hanger in quotations because you can barely call it that. This game just ends. There's no real conclusion, and a very-uninteresting teaser.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 2, 2020

  Positive... but not much. The essence of the first game is there, there is lot of story, lot of intrigue, moral choices and romances. As such... it is of course _fun_. But... alas, that fun is slowed and watered down tremendously by boring and completely uninteresting need to walk through large, ugly maps, do slow, primitive combat and collect junk to improve your gear you will never see on your character anyway. As a side-effect, you also get a lot less of gorgeous, full-screen graphics, actually there is almost none. Unfortunately, the game shifted from "VN with choices" genre into a more "classic RPG", where it however cannot compete with the masters of this area and their much larger budgets. If there will be a third part, please return back to the VN style.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 2, 2020

  Not worth the price. Story was okay, but it felt very rushed. I enjoyed the first experience a lot more because it felt a lot more care had taken place, with more voice acting and compelling story. This felt incomplete and your choices somewhat inconsequential. The combat system is frustrating at best - I'm not really here for the combat! It's the story that I want! Overall , it was a pretty disappointing experience - I got it done in 6 hours - and that's with trying to find everything/going through all the dialogue. Can't recommend it at it's current price :(