Dark Deity
SCORE: 69
I appreciate that Family Friendly Gaming was given a digital download
code for Dark Deity on the Nintendo Switch. This is a turn based
strategy role playing video game. Those are also known as SRPGs. We have
a cast of up to thirty characters to battle with in Dark Deity. We must
plan who gets the killing blow because that character will get more
experience. It is easy in Dark Deity to get some really powerful
characters and some weak ones on the team. This concept was also used
heavily in the Shining Force franchise.
Graphically Dark Deity reminds me some GBA games. Dark Deity is
definitely done in the retro style. The same can be said for the music.
As you can expect the memory size of Dark Deity is just over eight
hundred megs. It should not completely fill your PC or Nintendo Switch.
There are some sound bytes from the character when there are
conversations. I have seen this in other games as well.
The issues families will have with Dark Deity are bad language, lack of
attire, enticement to lust, violence, magic, false gods, alcohol, and
more. The ESRB found a couple of those in their descriptors. Yet again
the ESRB continues to miss things and fail families. I am unclear why
there is all the religious content related to these false gods in Dark
Deity. Especially when they are trying to sell Dark Deity in a country
where the super majority self-identify as Christian. Seems like a poor
targeting strategy to me.
The battles in Dark Deity can be long. There is no saving within a
battle either. The first couple of chapters only lets players save at
the start of a chapter. Then we can save and setup before a battle
starts. There are different character bonds that can be worked on.
Honestly the whole character bonding did not interest me. I know other
SRPGs have used it as well. Expect a story about a world plagued by war.
I know not very original.
I enjoyed the battles within Dark Deity. The three difficulty levels
help entry SRPG gamers learn the system and figure out how to keep their
characters alive. If you are having issues with that then heal when
characters take hits. Characters really low on health can move away from
the enemies until they can be healed. Dark Deity is no Shining Force. It
does try to be more like the Fire Emblem franchise.
All in all there are some cool and good things about Dark Deity for fans
of SRPG. If you like the nostalgia of the retro graphics and music then
you might get into Dark Deity. The downside is all of the religious
content that tries to indoctrinate gamers into that belief set. On top
of that Dark Deity has other areas for improvement that the ESRB was not
competent enough to discover. Would it kill the ESRB to play these games
instead of running propaganda campaigns about how great they are?
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 85%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: PC/Nintendo Switch
Publisher: Freedom Games
Developer: Freedom Games
Rating: ‘T’ for THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY
{Fantasy Violence, Language}
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