Dhux's Scar follows the misadventures of Elijah, a lowly, mediocre
merchant that is suddenly faced with the chance of a lifetime: To earn a
huge fortune by betraying the trust of one innocent little girl. Of
course, things won't work out quite as smoothly as he intended. Little
does he know that he is about to be dragged into a ruthless battle
between powers that defy human comprehension. There will be blood. And
tears.
Dhux's Scar or, as its original title, La Cicatriz de Dhux, is a 2009 story driven, dark fantasy adventure rpg with religious overtones. The game is well known for its challenging battles, because only one of the party members is really cut for battles, the others are a little girl and a weak merchant that can only do some real damage using magical amulets that are in limited supply. The game uses custom assets and includes two possible epilogues to the story.
Random Fact: the game was originally made in Rpgmaker 2000
using RTP assets only, then the developer introduces some custom
graphics: facesets, charsets, enemies were changed and some slides with
custom art were introduced, giving the peculiar look of the game, that
still includes some default Rpgmaker graphics. See for example below how a particular scene looks now and how it looked before.
Last version of the game was also
translated in traditional chinese.
Final Verdict: oh I liked a lot "Dhux's Scar", even if this game was punishing with its
Megaten difficulty (from Shin Megami Tensei. Yes, if you did not play
that game note that it was pretty hard, and Dhux's Scar is pretty
difficult too especially due to some really tough boss fights! And the
bad placement of the save points!). Nonetheless what I just wrote
enjoyed playing this game, even if its strongest point is clearly the
engaging story with its mature themes and incredible twists,
complemented by lots of custom made assets that makes the game pretty
much recognizable with its unique enemies and cutscenes. And the
characters? Well, all the cast is very interesting and still none of
these individuals is a classic stereotypical rpg archetype, because this
game is not a classic rpg game, of course. But is it good? Very good,
not perfect due to the flaws mentioned below, but still excellent!
