Fateful Lore

Strip away the RPG genre to its very bare bones and you get Fateful Lore. The title is neither very inventive nor is it relevant to the game content. The story is barely there. Forgettable characters and except for villages, most locations are not named. Also has no map. The 1-2 second pause after a fight bothers me a lot. At least there are no ads. Spotted a few bugs. In the nearest cave northeast to the Damerel castle, the sprite was able to walk over two water tiles. More importantly, let’s say you cast lightning bolt and it causes blindness for two turns. So after two turns, the text will read “Imp is no longer blinded.” However, if you cast lightning bolt again on the turn it expires in, its effectiveness is dependent on the order of the text that says “Imp is blind” and “Imp is no longer blind.” So if it says “Player_Name cast lightning bolt,” then, “Imp is blinded,” and THEN, “Imp is no longer blinded,” because of the Lightning bolt cast two turns ago, the current lightning bolt is rendered ineffective. But if, “Imp is no longer blinded,” occurs before, “Imp is blinded,” the spell would work. I think the problem is that this game is not really “turn-based”. True, the player or the imp can perform actions first. But what actually happens is the player performs an action simultaneous with the enemy. And the two are combined in one continuous text barf after the player casts their action. Instead, to clear confusion, separate the two by indicating, “Player_Name’s turn” or, “Imp’s turn.” This way the spells’ effects and potency is clearer and less muddled. It would also help if you can see how long the spell lasts, instead of the player having to guess its duration. ————————————— So if you want a game if you can mindlessly play for 8 hours, download the game. Since it doesn’t have a map, those with terrible spacial awareness should probably stay away from this. Also don’t stop playing while you’re inside a cave and then return playing a week later, in case you forget, get lost, and ragequit. Just kidding. Honestly, there are better (and more creative) free RPGs in the app store. Nevertheless, I could say I had fun.

Greatly enjoyed this one. Aside from what was described, this game is also superbly “well”-written. The story and adventuring aspects of OG RPGs are greatly captured and reflected by this game. And it also charms and packs a lot of those good old RPG humor we all like being surprised with.

Great game that looks and plays like a mini Dragon Warrior. The enemies are quirky and interesting, reminding me somewhat of the humor of Earthbound. I was able to complete the game in a few weeks. Satisfying game.

I love the game! Controller support would take it to the next level though.

I will say that it reminds Me a LOT of the old Legend of Zelda games because of the storyline and evrything, I just recently downloaded it and already love it

This game stands with a very select few mobile games that are absolutely deserving of praise. It is not a graphical masterpiece, the story is relatively basic… that’s kinda the point it’s a total throwback. This game achieves its goals perfectly. It is the perfect game for what it is. 5 stars easy. Best 5ish hours I’ve ever spent mobile gaming.

Similar to the original Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior, to the West). Only one character (no party) and lots of grind. Advance to the next area, grind again. It just plain tedious and unfulfilling.

I’ve yet to beat it I’m only at level 13 , the map reminds me of dragon warrior an battles remind me of earthbound . The graphics are really good there’s nothing I can really say that’s a negative . Great job

i became unreasonably happy after seeing the grave that said "here lies link"

It’s impossible to move with press each direction individually. It would be a lot better if you could fluidly go in whichever direction without lifting your finger