Skilltree Saga Reviews

This Might be the best game I've ever played that takes place in the world of The Dark Eye... Def worth wasting all your money on! At least that's what I did

The game itself feels incomplete at this stage, given that a lot of animations are broken or missing, model designs are low quality as well as enemy designs. Skilltree Saga is reasonably entertaining, although very repetitive and grindy towards the end of the game. You will find yourself sitting down for a decent 6-10 hours just to finish the last map alone depending on what class you choose. The name itself is deceptive, in that the skills in the skill tree are very limited and there are only a few core abilities worth using out of the entire selection, adding to the already evident lack of balance in the end-game. Despite it's flaws, Skilltree Saga is still a fun game, but I would recommend waiting for it to go down to around $5 before purchasing it in its current state.

It's a really bad one( I thought it might be fun. But I was wrong. It could be ok if they added "save game" and some free combat-system. 3/10

[h1]Overall:[/h1] I enjoyed the game, however I did read all of the other reviews first and knew what I was getting into. [b]NOTE:[/b] It is NOT what the vendor has described it as, their are no rogue-like components, it is a simplistic flash game that has some elements of gameplay that are fun. It was also on steam sale so very cheep. [h1]Pros:[/h1] [list] [*]Simple flash game [*]Easy fun, play it with a pen and paper to write down the combos that work for each mob [*]Short to play though [*]Some interesting ways to deal with mobs based on the skills you have [/list] [h1]Cons:[/h1] [list] [*]Item drops are mostly useless, all upgrades come from the shop (which you can "farm" by reloading your profile in game) [*]It can get grindy if you build your hero's stats wrong and need to farm the shop for the right items. [/list] [h1]Spoliers:[/h1] [spoiler][list] [*]Their is no cap to your iventory (I got mine to 355 out of curiosity) [*]Leveling up increses the stat that is your races more than the others, makeing dwarves probably the worst race as constitution is almost useless, when you are pushing your lvl cap if you get hit you die anyway even with stacked defense and resistance. [*]Also Blitz and Windbreak are OP, both are must haves for the final [/list][/spoiler]

Bad facebook quality game. I'd write a longer review, but honestly, think "facebook RPG" and you've got this game.

Really? This should be a The Dark Eye (TDE) game? I play TDE (pen n paper) for over 20 years now. So even though the genre (roguelike) is not really my thing, I needed to have this game. Happely I bought it in a sale and didn't spent too much money on it. Still, it was a waste of good money. There are very good TDE games out there. This however, is *not* one of them. Apart from hardly being a game, this has absolutely nothing to do with TDE. It could be set in any setting. It is a game about grinding. It gets even worse there. You need to grind to be able to ... grind. What I mean by that is that you need to get money, experience, diamonds, equipment and poitions to get further and further in the dungeons. But don't expect walking around in an actual dungeon. You will get fight after fight after fight. Every 10 fights you get a boss-fight (which is a little harder). You cannot rest. Only retreat (or use poitions) when low on health. When you retreat you start over again with fight 1, (You'll keep XP, money, and if you weren't defeated, you'll keep the equipment as well.) So you fight your way through the same dungeon over and over and over again. As you proceed into the dungeons, the fights get thougher. At a certain point, the crits at the beginning of the dungeon won't give you anymore XP (loot is still there). So to raise your XP, you need to get far in the dungeon. (Grinding to be able to grind...) The fights themself are not really impressive. You have 6 slots. You can place a skill in each slot (or leave it empty for a normal attack). Once set, press the fight-button and watch the screen until the fight is over. Nothing else, that's it. Placing and removing the skills from the slot is exhausting. An interface which doesn't react very fast and an awfully lot of buttons and icons to press, all over your screen. There is no way to save the skill-order you have chosen. So even if it is the 100th time you try to kill the same boss, you still need to set the skills ... again. Positive + Cheap (if you buy it on sale) + runs stable Negative - Grinding - Even more grinding - No TDE world - Annoying - Feels more like occupational therapy then an actual game - Even if you bought it in a sale, it costs still too much. - No save for a skill-config (only the last set config sticks) Recommendation: Buy Drakensang (the first one) for a fun RPG, Blackguards (the first one) for a fun grid-based turn-based battle game or Chains of Satinav for an fun adventure. And even though they are old, the Realms of Arkania are still fun to play cRPGs (specially the last onme, Shadows Over Riva).

I enjoy all of the games set in the world of The Dark Eye; except for this one. Why? Well, there is almost no story to speak of, and the game seems to be only superficially related to the world of Aventuria as far as I can tell, but the main problem with this game is the excessive degree of grinding required to reach the end. By level 50 or so, you have to literally fight dozens upon dozens of battles which don't give you ANY experience (enemies 10 levels below your character don't offer experience), which wouldn't be so game-breaking if you the shopkeeper offered weapons that were anywhere near as good as the ones you find along the way. You essentially have no way to improve your chances for later battles. I can't count how many times I've fought through over 80 enemies (none of them giving me XP) only to face one or two that DO give XP and then die shortly thereafter to begin the grind again. On my last run, I fought over 300 enemies without gaining experience! This is unforgivable game design in my book. It wouldn't be so bad if you could skip past the many experince-less battles to the enemies that you are "on par" with (who are all MUCH stronger than you), or if varying your strategy actually made a discernable different to the outcomes of battles. I only held out as long as I did in hopes of getting the last achievement for Steam... As much as I wanted to enjoy this, I can't recommend it. Maybe if it's on sale for a huge discount and you're extremely bored...

The game is extremely simple with very little depth. The skill tree is the same for all characters and the combat is automatic. I found that i just ended up using blitz skill first to one shot every enemy with no semblance of strategy. If you cant beat an enemy then just go back to town and start over, one shotting enemies until you get bored. I made it to level 20 before i gave up.

Alas, I must confess that this game is almost certainly not worth your time and money. First off, let us be clear: this is NOT a rogue-like, in any sense of the word. Your character is immortal, and if you are defeated in combat you get a tiny slap on the wrist (which may not be anything at all, depending on how many items you found on that particular adventure). Speaking of "adventure," the game has only one mechanic: click to start the fight. Each fight is automatic, with zero input from you. All you have to do is decide whether to fight the next enemy or to run back to town and heal. That is the entire game. I have played far more complex high-school coded flash games. The list of reasons not to play does not end there, though. The enemy design and "animations" are exceptionally poor. English language errors appear on nearly every sentence (this was NOT proofread), Sound frequently swaps left/right channels. A skill which purports to do damage does not do damage. I have no idea how such a one-dimensional, thoughtless, sophomoric title got the Dark Eye name behind it, but your time and money are far better spent elsewhere.

Cons: - This *not* a rogue-like game. It's just a sequence of combats reminiscent of about a gazillion generic flash games. - After a while it degrades into a grind of one-hitting until the opponents get so strong that you have to retreat and start the next grind. - "The Dark Eye" universe is far away. Maybe a thing or two taken from there but that's about it. Pros: + Graphic style is quite nice but not contributing to the gameplay.