Beloved Rapture Steam Charts & Stats

This was an amazing game to play. Though if I only said that, it would not do it justice. The game was a journey and it was an enjoyable one from start to finish. With around 24 (or more) hours of gameplay and a story that entices you with just enough mystery to keep you engaged. Characters are well written, and while some feel like they are purposefully dodging questions or points, it does come clear that they do so due to uncertainties that they have not only with others but with themselves. Aesthetically speaking, the art and music combine very well together with this SNES days of a presentation. Near the end of the SNES where they started to truly push the system to its limit with games like Chrono Trigger. Music fits the somber moments and the high energy points, and the sprite work is great to where you can almost tell the detail of a character's feelings without actually seeing their art to show expressions. The world's design is also great and nothing ever feels out of place. You see in many JRPGs or RPG Maker games where they will have a strange mix of sci-fi-fantasy with some units using spears while others are using blaster rifles. This doesn't have that and keeps it all very well set in a renaissance level fantasy theme. Combat is great and never feels too overwhelming, especially if you put it to ATB Wait where you can stratergize a bit more. Each character you have in your party has their own special abilities and things they focus on naturally with Crysta being a mage and Karuka being a damage dealing melee powerhouse. This whole game felt like it was crafted by those who not only know their genre well, but those who are passionate about it. With that, this game deserves its 5 out of 5.

Beloved Rapture is a promising game that started strong but felt rushed by the end. Story 2/5 - BR intrigues you at the very start pulling you into a bloody tale of war and betrayal but by the time I reached the end it felt smaller and inconsistent in scope than what it lead up to. The character's personalities meshed well early on but as the story progressed the pacing made them feel less memorable. It had high points but there were more lulls and missed opportunities to flesh out the world and lore. Also some of the topics it attempts to broach fall flat or get stuck as allusions. Combat/Controls 2\5 - The combat had a Jank rhythm to it. The battle speeds and input lagged due to internal systems making It was tolerable. The characters had unique weapon specials but magic was all the same. The combat had the potential to be one of the better active turn based systems had it been smoother. The combat system affected things like mini-games as well making some of them like the arrow mini-game frustrating due to severe lag. Music 2/5 - Nothing too memorable but also not too underwhelming. Graphics 4/5 - This one one of the best 2-D RPGs I have played design wise. You can tell that the bulk of the development went into giving the characters life and expression in the game. The major city was a delight to explore even the smaller burbs. The majority of the NPC's had a unique life of their own some even showing annoyance at things you did like jumping in their shops, trying to cross counters or even trying to go in their houses while they were outside. Overall 2.5 - You could wait for a sale. This game is a labor of love I can tell but, Beloved Rapture could have benefited from being released in chapters or segments/dlc telling an overarching story that spanned multiple games instead of rushing and getting a mediocre product. I want to support this developer's future projects as I strongly believe they have the potential to put out some really good rpgs by improving work on story pacing, and cleaning up their in-game systems.

Highly recommend. The story is interesting, the classic difficulty is neither face-roll easy nor extremely punishing, and the battle system is simple but fun. Exploring the regions is highly encouraged and rewarding. The gay leads are an appreciated change-up, the actions and reactions are on point without being over the top dramatic. Some very interesting points of the story seem rushed, in particular the back end of the game, but overall the pacing is good. On the downside, there are definitely bugs. Save often, even without the "wait" option the game seems to get soft locked in battles at random. The sprint option turns itself on, and is set somewhere between slightly faster than walking and zipping me so fast I clip into structures. That said, the good far outweighs the bad.