Tales of the Orient: The Rising Sun

Tales of the Orient: The Rising Sun

Steam Deck · unrated

Green Sauce Games · Casual · Feb 27, 2015

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

82%
Very Positive
397 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 397 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 149 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
43% of themes are praise29% are divided28% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Playing with the swap option (this game gets a big plus for letting the player choose between swap, pop and link style of gameplay for each level) the matches you create sometimes don't disappear fully or are replaced on the spot instead of filling the empty slots from the top like (I assume) planned.
25 of 149 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Plus, the art style isn't as annoyingly saccharine cutesy.
25 of 149 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
the expected decent presentation with pretty good music, separate volumes (sfx is bugged, clicking buttons still makes a sound if muted), languages, resizable windowed mode, custom cursor, help and hint toggles. unfortunately, the end-of-level score counter can't be skipped or sped up, the continue button only appears after. buildings take unnecessarily long to build as well, gotta look at the same 3-frame animation for a while.
13 of 149 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay25 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters30 reviews
77%
Interface3 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty8 reviews
75%
Bugs7 reviews
43%

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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
16
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.