The story begins with a blind prisoner being interrogated: his enemies are trying to learn where are his associates, but the man refused to reveal anything, saying that the Visionary is aware of their moves.
Then the game cuts to to a scene where two men are travelling on a land vehicle through the wasteland: the blue haired is Hen, and the blonde man is Rye. The are two Confiners of the Order, and Hen is the most experienced of the two, while Rye is taking part to his first mission. It seems that to become a Confiner they have to fuse with a demon, leading to a loss of memory, and this is a traumatic beginning for Rye that became a Confiner two days ago, on the other hand this will let him capture demons and use them in battler.
Unfortunately his first mission won't go as smoothly as expected...
Theory of the Order is an Rpgmaker adventure/rpg that borrows some elements from Shin Megami Tensei and Pokemon, since the main hero is able to summon creatures in battle. The game was initially made for a short RTP contest, but then it was updated to an Enhance Version that improves both graphics and gameplay, however being a game made for a contest, it is complete, but not very long.
Vinc90 collaborated with some maps and Sacred Virgo a.k.a Shellshaka made the music, while the custom art and edited charsets were made by Oldpat.
Random Fact: a sequel was planned to give a closure to Rye's story, called Theory of Emancipation, and this game was unfortunately never released, although there are some videos on Youtube of some demo gameplay. On the other had in October 2014 was released a fake demo, but see below for this extra.
Note that both these games includes the first title screen used for the original release of the contest version, and it's the one here.
Final Verdict: a short but well done techno-fantasy rpg with some interesting mechanics and pretty custom art. It is however just an introduction to a large world that unfortunately leaves many details unexplained, still it's not one of the usual fantasy jrpgs, but it has its own charm.
