Tales of Esferia: Araxis

A first title from new developer Arctic Pixels, Tales of Esferia:Araxis is exactly the type of game I like. Sci-fi story, puzzles, no combat, lots of world-building and exploring. I would recommend it strongly to anyone who likes sci-fi or point and click games. It reminded me somewhat of the Space Pilgrim series, though with more of an emphasis on puzzles and less complicated character development. This is a...

15 found this helpful, 2021-03-05

Solid and fun adventure indie game. Surprisingly gory at times which was nice twist to cutesy 16-bit graphics. Puzzles varied from harder to more simple ones which gave it nice balance of hitting that puzzle solving high and moving through story without too much trouble. I liked both main characters and their banter between each other. The science team too had some distinctive characteristics that were interesting...

6 found this helpful, 2021-08-12

This is an adventure game made with RPG Maker. Sadly, the engine's limitations move attention away from an otherwise compelling plot. I'm referring to item management, where you have to press multiple keys for basic actions because the mouse isn't supported, and slow loading times that wouldn't be so horrible if you weren't constantly backtracking. If you're willing to ignore that, you'll get a mature story where...

3 found this helpful, 2022-01-25