Elysium Above 履云录 Reviews

Loved The Game

Really love the game. The battles are neither difficult nor easy. Cute characters. Want to hug them. The animation of the characters and the CG art is very nice. Interesting storyline. The music is very good. I especially enjoyed the story and map design. The map is designed to suit the story and is quite diverse, followed by special floors with effects. Even though there are only 3 chapters right now, the playing time is already very long

This is a title I was waiting for a long time. It's in Early Access, however the devs are very active and are working to work on the game. And I'm happy to see that, despite of it being Early access, there wasn't any crashes. The bugs are just some visual and audio stuff during battles, however they are being worked on and some have been fixed by the time of this review. The battles are challenging and the OST really good. Not to mention that the story and characters are well writen. I do recommend the game if you enjoy tactics style games.

Only some minor text bugs and missing translations that I'm sure will be fixed with time. This includes text not adapting and appearing small on some resolutions. Loved the art and gameplay, beautiful and somewhat challenging, respectively. The turn-based mechanic was a bit hard to understand in practice at first (for me at least) but can be learned in time. Story has a decent balance of serious and light-hearted moments with some important areas highlighted with CG. Keeping in mind that this is in Early Access, it's still very much worth checking out if you're interested in the genre. Can't wait to see how the story continues. :) I played the entirety on my steam deck and I encountered no issues other than the ones mentioned above. Though, they don't seem specific to the platform. There is no rating at the time for the game, but worked right out of the box (with Proton) if you're looking into playing it on there. There is only mouse controls, however. A bit finicky for the actual game part but still comfy for dialogue areas. You could probably play around with the controls to make it a little more comfortable though.

The game seems too difficult to play. The characters only have one personality. Some skills are still unfinished and can't be read. I would like to adjust many things to make it better. Characters should have new styles of clothing. Skills are easier to read. There is a choice of difficulty level. At all it was fun

i had a lot of fun playing this game, the art is very cute and good and the story are very interesting.

Stunningly beautiful drawing and an interesting plot. Still, for me personally, the whole strategic part is quite boring. I hope the developers will focus more on the text part of the game, art and the plot, prescribing relationships and romance with the characters. Besides, I would like to see the nsfw version of the game in the future) Thank you and good luck in developing.

(IGNORE THE 100+ HOUR PLAYTIME, I'M JUST AS CONFUSED AS YOU) The game has bursts of story, ending in a fight (the game aspect.). The fights got kinda annoying and I kinda hope a future update lets you skip them if you fail enough times, because personally some fights took me like 5 times to pass. And the story is too good for ppl to leave for that. The backround and characters are such a treat, and the live2d for each character made me so happy to see new characters. After the fight. You have 2 1 on 1 events with any character in ur party. That aspect alone makes the game worth it. These events can have characters in there underwear, amazing. Jueming's a tease who will get u arrested, and Dongxian, Dongxian's perfect. The story never felt boring and I love all the characters and their the design and the art, it's all great. About the whole playtime thing, last I checked I played the game for like 23 hours, and I surely wasn't done since I have 3/7 CG's left. I like the fighting aspect cuz they draw out playime, I want this game to never end.

The furry and homo-romantic tags in a game are rare put together, the fact that a game of this quality exist is an absolute win, the art style, story, music and challenging gameplay made me had a great time. There is a technical aspect that needs urgent care which is the UI not adapting properly to the screen resolution making some texts appear too small or even left out of the screen after adjusting the font size. The current path the game is taking is enough for me to keep supporting it whoever I would like to see more romance and suggestive scenes

Foreword: this review was made for version 0.8.5 during early access. Some of the things here may have changed by the time you read this. I’ll try to update this review from time to time. +++ Very colorful cast. They’re all very likable in their own way. The companions with whom you’ll travel greatly carry this game. I love their interactions. This game has a lot of character. It’s rare a cast has such a deep impact on me. ++ Amazing character artwork. I also really like the backgrounds. ++ I like the storytelling quite a lot. You get a lot mysterious interactions and cliffhangers. The speed of the story is also good, if maybe a little too quick for my taste but not everyone wants a slow very text-heavy game. ++ Very promising for an early access game + Has really nice music. I did have the impression the variety of songs could be a little larger. Or some location-specific background sounds could be used (like sea sounds in the port town). + Canlang is absolutely fabulous <3 + The combat mechanic around strategy, interval and ticks is interesting. + The animations are fun + Worth at full price. ± Not a fan of the cg. - The balance is wonky. It's passable but needs lots of improvements. HP and armor are quite bad to invest in. The devs are aware of this. - This game features some nice worldbuilding (no idea how much is typical Chinese mythology or not), but it has issues of mentioning stuff once and then assuming people know what or who it is. Especially when the worldbuilding becomes plot-relevant, it becomes hard to follow. The biggest example I have of this, is the story about the different Zhens. I could not remember it all. - There are lots of minor issues with tooltips, map navigation,... that are typical for a game that's still in development. -- The English translation gives the impression a developer tried to make a quick translation. There are lots of inconsistencies and errors, but it’s understandable. -- It’s early access. Hopefully it becomes a full game.