It depends on what you're after.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $35.99.
- Story and characters: 62 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 4k player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Part of the difficulty of the original was trying to learn skills, to the point that you would almost always start a campaign as a free character so you can build up your character to the point where they would be effective enough to win.
While previous installments in the series have been pretty solid from a gameplay perspective, they've also felt a bit unpolished, especially when it comes to the localization.
1) Obviously, the new 8 Remake has better graphics, modernized UI, BGM fade out when game not focused.
- Unlike the original game, it's easier to build up relationships with officers you might not have had a good rapport with as well as increase loyalty due to the ability to gift officers ad hoc items like generic Weapons, Tomes, Treasure, and Wine using gold instead of having to keep it stocked in your inventory.
The game looks great with its beautiful 2D art, smooth user interface, and an awesome soundtrack that really sets the mood.
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $35.99 (−40%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
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