In Carpe Diem, the story is about several young adults as
they become entangled in world affairs in the land of Kelevor, menaced by an alien race called Zylacs.
The main protagonist, Skylar, is
a run-of-the-mill swordsman hero, versed in the element of
lightning, except he does not really show any
obsession with "saving the world", and he gets in
trouble with some of the more noble factions at several points in the
demo. His childhood friend, Haru is a two blades fighter and the typical
arrogant hero, putting him
at odds with his buddy at several points. Then other playable
characters are introduced, like the mysterious swordsman Trance, Alkamar
the dark mage courtesan, Ledron the weak boy with regenerative powers
and so on.
Carpe
Diem - The Living Flame, Episode 1, was supposed to be the first part
of a trilogy, but even if this wasn't completed, the demo is pretty long
and will take more than six hours to be completed: this is a pretty
much linear rpg adventure heavy on dialogues and with many playable
characters in a techno-fantasy world full of detail and lore. Mapping,
animations and the music are among the bestaspects of this game. The
walking speed is pretty slow, but pressing the Shift key you can make
the character run.
Random Fact:
some enemy charsets are clearly inspired bycharacters of popular
fighting games: the red and blue ninjas Faron and Daron, that act as
secondary bossed are identical to Fuuma Kotaro and Hanzou Hattori, the
two rivals of the World Heroes series. Then there is Rixtia, that is a
pixelated version of Ivy Valentine from Soulcalibur.
Final
Verdict: with shorter cutscenes, more savepoints and consumables, and
less boring combat this game could have been a lot better. It's a shame
since there
are still many good qualities and ideas. In any case if you like epic Jrpgs with a large cast of characters, play it, it's still quite enjoyable.
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