Despoina by PianoTm & Lavendersiren

Welcome to the land of Nepherenos, where those gifted in the study of magic are somehow both valued and exploited for their talents. Enter Poah, a knight sent to fetch a briefly incarcerated wizard by the name of Seulk. Supposedly the queen of this land had sent a summons for all mages to travel to the capital: Sitan City, and Poah is carrying out the escort mission for this particular one.  

 

Who can you trust in this world when everyone vies for the power of a spellcaster at their side? What does the queen need with every mage in the land anyways? And is Poah even really who he says he is?
There's only one way to find out!  

 

 

Despoina is a classic rpg adventure: we visit various locations, roam the world map and travel through the world to reach the final destination and uncover the mystery of the request of the queen. It's a simple and pretty linear journey, but there are enough "extra details" that makes the game, and I mean strange characters, weird epitaphs and other funny things and interactions, plus few optional locations. For the rest it's a classical rpg adventure with many avoidable battles and some obligatory bossfights.

The game also uses Kentona's caterpillar system, meaning that the party members aren't represented by a single party member, but will walk one behind the other.

Download Link

Rpgmaker.net

Rmarchiv.de 

 

Random Fact: this game was made for the 2022 Swap in 3 Middle with You event at RMK.net, first half by Pianotm, and the other half by lavendersiren.

 

Final Verdict: Despoina is a cool game despite some imprecisions (such as some badly contourned potraits and empty areas that in any case have nothing to do with the story and are just some extra places that could probably not exist) probably due to the lack of time for refinement the game is good, and the story is interesting. As mentioned before the beginning and the end were especially great, the middle half is enough, but still it made me play until the very end to see what was going to happen to our two heroes. So in the end for me this was a good game, despite the limitations imposed by the event.