Legends of Iskaria: Days of Thieves

It's a short RPG maker game. There's lots of dialogue and choices do affect the outcome of the game. There are several misspelled words. There's a bit of exploration, but it's not always clear on what you need to do. There are signs you can read for general directions (and some characters in the game will tell you where to go next), but it would have been nice to have some form of map. There are characters you can do side quests for and earn more money, but no combat (at least none I experienced, despite there being a weapons shop).
I didn't like the ending at all. While playing through I didn't know there was a bad ending and a good ending, so I was just talking to everyone to see the different dialogues. (Some were pretty amusing - this part I did enjoy.) I was just under the impression that I would pay the ransom and continue onward. I had to look up a guide on how to get to Troll's Rock. Once I got through, I was saddened that I in fact do not get to complete the mission, that it was just game over.

RPG Maker strikes again!

Legends of Iskaria: Days of Thieves is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction.

This is completely typical of most RPG Maker asset flips. Stock assets everywhere, godawful story with some of the worst writing imaginable (and not just because English doesn't seem to be the developers first language, Google Translate might help). Combat, level and map design are also completely sub-par. The developer couldn't work out how to use the RPG Maker journal features so many players just gave up when it was unclear what to do in this very short ~2 hour game (2 hours of your life you can never get back, I should add).

As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention of RPG Maker is to make demos and small games to pass around friends, and shouldn't be used for "professional" game development.

Like most RPG Maker shovelware and asset flips, the game features extremely low quality copy + pasted 2D retro pixel art, looks awful, and has even worse gameplay. RPG Maker is an absolutely terrible construction kit, and never results in games of any reasonable quality or value to gamers.

Gamers who want a good retro JRPG experience would be better off playing the originals, like Final Fantasy, Star Ocean or Chrono Trigger.

The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 8 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 50,000 games for gamers to choose from (over 9,000 completely free titles), the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected.

Legends of Iskaria: Days of Thieves is relatively cheap at $2 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend.

i've had this game in my library ever since July 1st 2020. Finally sat down to play it and was kinda excited as the premiss of the game sounds pretty neat: simple story, multiple ways to solve a problem, not too long.
Well, my playthrough took me about an hour, i finally made it to the end only to learn that i had still failed the quest (because i had taked about what was going on). I looked up a guide and was disappointed to learn that the way to "win" (succeed) is very specific after all. Just getting the money required is not enough sadly.
There is also a good bit of backtracking if you weren't super observant or sometimes in general. The map is not too big but it still takes up way too much time. oi was also a bit sad because "exploration" seems to solely consist of inspecting every single square on the map. often there is nothing that implies that there is something of value to find so you just have to click on everything and hope for the best.

i guess it's kinda okay for the price but i didn't enjoy playing it enough to recommend it. If you like the kind of game and think this looks interesting, maybe get it on sale ^^

Honestly for $0.89 it was a cute adventure!

Great shorter game for when your stuck in bed. Some of the puzzles are a little challenging but with perseverance you can figure it out. i have played through this game twice so far with different stories.

It's a good short adventure game.

awesome game !

Not my style, but good game.

I played game for like and hour and i must say it is very good made. I like how challenging it is and how you must find your own way to do something and found money. For its price MUST HAVE for RPG fans

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Crap game, made with RPG Maker?

I bought the game on sale for .50 cents. I wasn't expecting much. The game is incredibly short. I wasn't expecting a ten hour adventure, but I was expecting more organization such as a quest log and a longer game. The only reason I put four hours into the game was because I got stuck with no good hints in game. Once I could forgive, twice....

I can't recommend this game because of these reasons. Not bad...just not good. I was interested in the story and gameplay, and while there is obviously more story, it feels like a cash grab. They turned one game into two for extra money.

I could be wrong, but as a player, that's what it looks like!

no

Interesting concept and an entertaining way to spend an afternoon. I wish it was a bit longer, though I'm interested to see what kind of sequel follows.

Interesting little game with good, often witty dialogue and characters. Lots to discover and outcomes are dependent on choices made. I look forward to the next installment of the story. Hope it will be soon!

Legends of Iskaria is a fun small game, with quite some fun and lots of hidden things and jokes.
The dialogs are well written and your answer choice can impact your gameplay.
The music is cool fits well the atmosphere of the game.

awesome game !

I'm usually not a big RPG player myself, but so far the little time I put into this game has been great.

As with most old-school RPGs the mechanics are pretty simple, but the writing and the omnipresent humour really make this game enjoyable. Some dialogues are downright hilariously unexpected and I've laughed quite a few times because of that.

Overall the atmosphere really comes together with the music. It's surprisingly well written and sometimes catchy.

For the price and for what's advertised I really don't have anything negative to say about it. My only gripe is that I'm bad at finding the right answers to move on in quests, but that really comes down to me being crappy at RPGs.

This is a short but great game if you like riddles and exploration. The story is great and I really enjoyed the dialogs (with multiple choices)!

Don't expect any quest log though, nor much fighting, you just have to find money, by any means possible, to save your daughter (but beware of the consequences!). If you get stuck, just try again the day after and you'll see things you missed.

No journal to remember where I am or what to do next. Got stuck couldn't figure out getting to troll mountain after i got a potion.