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Review of Amayui Castle Meister

SubjectAmayui Castle Meister
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forever-here on 2022-01-25
Reviewthey outdid themselves this time.

unlike in kamidori, the gameplay in this one one is far more balanced. and unlike in kami no rhapsody, this one had better polishing in terms of story. it's still bad, since the premise of the game, which is amnesia, is probably one of the most insulting plot devices in any medium. don't worry that's not a spoiler since that's literally chapter 1. the barebones is bad, but at least the story progression is good and enjoyable throughout. that's probably my only big complaint about this game.

as for gameplay, I feel like I'm abusing the summon system too much. you can retreat them at any given time (as long as its your turn) and they can regen while off-map even on one turn. this way they can 1. catch up if they're slow 2. free up some slots and obviously 3. the regen. I just main'd fia, roseline and the summons. for a total of 8 units which is the max of what you can have at 1 time. all other characters have no innate heal making them even more useless. maybe a nerf? you can only deploy them after 2 turns instead of 1. they're just too good for hit-and-run strats and cases where 1 turn is everything, which is almost always all the time.

also the game time is no joke. I'm already at 60 hours (besides some alt tabbing) and I'm still just at chapter 9 first playthough. personally its been good so far as a break from what I usually play (let's just say I had a burnout).
0 points
#1 by flvbycjctnheheh
2022-01-25 at 12:16
< report >If you think that summons are OP, you'd be surprised how easy and abusable new gameplay elements in the sequel are. Also I'm not sure about your complaints, as you gain more skills on your normal units, summons become less useful other than the Earth one with his (surprisingly, it's HE!) Prevail. Other units began to outperform them in the last 1/3 of the game and in the NG+. And innate healing isn't that useful considering that you can just heal everyone with items, lol. Later you are in the game the easier it's for you to get healing items.Last modified on 2022-01-25 at 12:18
#2 by forever-here
2022-01-25 at 13:10
< report >I just don't see how kishnir (katana) and lish (twin shields) are gonna be any useful later in the game. move 3 isn't particularly anything noteworthy. avaro is also lagging quite behind and even as a forager/repairer he lacks so much. I do try investing in Ior hoping that as an agi character she'll be a late gamer as compensation being a trash early gamer. but Katorit (loli dragon) though I just can't. Mikeyu (spellbook) is good on paper until you realize that unless she can kill on the first hit, say goodbye to her.
#3 by AmanoKaze
2022-01-25 at 13:55
< report >Lish is tanky. Yes her movement is slow but her tanking ability is nuts. Some of late game battles are defending the flag or split moving, so i usually just send her and one more DPS. Ior should be good from the start until the end, at least for me, i use her a lot and she's broken (high eva, high damage). I spent 50 hours on my first playthrough, i don't use summons at all since most of them dies instantlyLast modified on 2022-01-25 at 13:55
#4 by flvbycjctnheheh
2022-01-25 at 15:05
< report >@2 Lol, Lish is pretty much immortal, so of course, she's useful. Are you playing on normal? I played on hard so allies with high def, res, and eva were my priority. Katolit has OP teleportation skill, can earn bonus exp, can fly, and has decent survivability. Mikeyu is rather weak, yeah. But you can use her in some situations where she isn't going to get hit anyway.
#5 by diabloryuzaki
2022-01-26 at 10:47
< report >you want OP unit?
1. take valefor and lily with you, both of them can open map fastly for you and their survive ability is highest
2. Mikschana if you want to take over map from single or two enemy unit, sadly it is only happen if you already raise her level high enough plus give powerful equipment
3. eushully-chan is the best unit if you want to open map, snipe and tank at the same time moreover it is possible to equip her with anti instant death armor while it is hard for valefor to avoid instant death
#6 by flvbycjctnheheh
2022-01-26 at 14:58
< report >@5 Other than Miki-chan those are NG+ units. At NG+ most of your units are already OP. xD
#7 by forever-here
2022-02-12 at 12:20
< report >after seeing good and bad endings I decided that I'm done with the game and slightly changing my score to 8.

story first: that was surprisingly bland, all things considered. yes they have a working plot, but it does feel like the devs put more effort to the gameplay and balance rather than this. they even tried to make the antagonist in the bad end sympathetic but his words, past and actions completely contradicts each other. actually, while his past and goals are understandable, there are plenty other ways to do it without making yourself look like the bad guy. a lot of times I feel like being trolled. doesn't help that his words are manipulative like the schemer that he is. I can't tell which parts are true or not tbh and that's weird to say the least from a narrative take.

I will still stand with my previous statement. the summons are pretty powerful in their own right. But I wasn't expecting Valefor to be THAT FREAKING OP! oh god Valefor. 1 turn killing bosses like nothing! you can even put her IN FRONT OF THE BOSS and she'll dodge the attacks like a mofo (making her my highest level char) doesn't help that I gave all stat boosting items to her since she was dealing more damage than Ior at her initial level. Ior was 45 something at the time. and since I can put her in front of the boss, that gave me the idea of camping other characters in monster spawn, spread them if I had to, thus exhausting all the turns that I could wring of for max item and exp. couple that with the switching of accessory items when leveling/farming, yeah that gave me all I needed to know that I'm done with the game. never got to finish NG+ maps like devil vortex

final stat:

valefor = 87
fia = 81
roseline = 71
eushully = 70
mikshuana = 68
mikeyu = 68
lily = 68
ior = 65
yuela = 64
avaro = 46
katorit = 38
dieto = 40 (dropped, unless spawn-sniping)
lish = 37 (dropped)
kishnir = 35 (dropped)

best girl?? Roseline