Uven the mage, Naviniel the archer and Hayatou the warrior are three friends that come back to Verin City after they won the war against the Croixians. Anyway they find that Lance and Ferrium, the sons of the Croixian king they defeated earlier, attacked their hometown and kill many citizens including Kehia, Hayatou's wife. But Ferrium, that wants to be merciful towards humans, is killed by his own merciless brother, and before dying he saves Hayatou.
After eighteen years the land of Ethran is at peace: Lance disappeared and the Croixians signet a peace treaty with humans. Lord Hayatou now rules over the City of Veritas assisted by his daughter Fiona.
Amerea the ranger, while investigating the forest near he City of Veritas finds a mysterious amnesiac young man: Omen.
After eighteen years the land of Ethran is at peace: Lance disappeared and the Croixians signet a peace treaty with humans. Lord Hayatou now rules over the City of Veritas assisted by his daughter Fiona.
Amerea the ranger, while investigating the forest near he City of Veritas finds a mysterious amnesiac young man: Omen.
Tears of the Sword is an epic tale, classic rpg that was unfortunately left unfinished: the demo lets us play eight different characters and present a couple of dungeons with avoidable battles and obligatory bosses. There are some simple puzzles included too. The graphics includes some nice character edits.
After the demo ends you can still explore. The game then adds a character, Sergeant Alfred, that can raise the level of Omen's party.
Random Fact: Tears of the Sword was the title of the second demo, while the first older one was instead called Lacrimae Ferrii. And you can still download the older version from the link below.
Final Verdict: even if it will take you 1-2 hours or even more to finish this demo, well it's really a shame this was never completed, so now you understand the reason of my tears in the title! I liked it, the story was captivating and mapping and graphics were on par with sole old classic rpgmaker games I loved.
Only problems I found
is that there are some typos, and some items that you probably cannot
use due to the fact that this is a demo, otherwise no issues or bugs of
any kind.
In the end this is a good, classic rpg adventure, that even if incomplete presents some interesting ideas and balanced combat encounters. Shame it was never finished but... it's ok!
In the end this is a good, classic rpg adventure, that even if incomplete presents some interesting ideas and balanced combat encounters. Shame it was never finished but... it's ok!
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