Dark Deity

Item: Dark Deity
Rating: 59
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-27

Summary

Evokes classic Fire Emblem tactical gameplay.
Appealing art style and animations.
Strategic weapon and armor system.
Poor translation significantly impacts experience.
Generic, poorly written story.
Unbalanced, complex systems and inconsistent difficulty.

Reviews (sample size): 394
Helpful reviews: 88%
Unhelpful reviews: 10%
Protest reviews: 2%

59%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
41%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 700
Negative points: 1134
Gameplay points: 287
Perf. points: 73
Rec. points: 352
Misc points: 63

Point	Description	Importance
Evokes classic Fire Emblem experience Description The game is heavily inspired by and reminiscent of the Fire Emblem series, particularly the GBA era titles. Reviewers praise its ability to capture the essence of those games, making it enjoyable for fans of the genre and scratching that specific 'Fire Emblem itch'. Importance 94%	The game is heavily inspired by and reminiscent of the Fire Emblem series, particularly the GBA era titles. Reviewers praise its ability to capture the essence of those games, making it enjoyable for fans of the genre and scratching that specific 'Fire Emblem itch'.	94%
Appealing art style and animations Description The game features appealing art style, well-designed characters, and elaborate animations, especially during combat. The visual presentation enhances the overall experience and makes the game world more engaging. Importance 81%	The game features appealing art style, well-designed characters, and elaborate animations, especially during combat. The visual presentation enhances the overall experience and makes the game world more engaging.	81%
Enjoyable and well-balanced gameplay Description The game is generally enjoyable and engaging, with a balanced difficulty curve. Reviewers found the game easy to pick up and play, with some levels providing a satisfying challenge. Importance 58%	The game is generally enjoyable and engaging, with a balanced difficulty curve. Reviewers found the game easy to pick up and play, with some levels providing a satisfying challenge.	58%
Strategic weapon and armor system Description The game features a complex weapon and armor system with various types and upgrades, encouraging strategic decision-making in combat. Players must consider weapon effectiveness against different armor types to maximize damage output. Importance 44%	The game features a complex weapon and armor system with various types and upgrades, encouraging strategic decision-making in combat. Players must consider weapon effectiveness against different armor types to maximize damage output.	44%
Meaningful penalties instead of permadeath Description The game replaces permadeath with a penalty system where defeated characters suffer permanent stat reductions. This creates a meaningful consequence for unit loss without requiring a full map reset. Importance 12%	The game replaces permadeath with a penalty system where defeated characters suffer permanent stat reductions. This creates a meaningful consequence for unit loss without requiring a full map reset.	12%
Customizable difficulty and replayability Description The game offers various customization options, including randomizers, difficulty settings, and artifact systems. These features allow players to tailor the game to their preferences and increase replayability. Importance 10%	The game offers various customization options, including randomizers, difficulty settings, and artifact systems. These features allow players to tailor the game to their preferences and increase replayability.	10%
Diverse maps and objectives Description The game features diverse maps and objectives beyond simply defeating all enemies. Missions include rescuing hostages, retrieving objects, and crossing the map, adding variety and engagement to the gameplay. Importance 4%	The game features diverse maps and objectives beyond simply defeating all enemies. Missions include rescuing hostages, retrieving objects, and crossing the map, adding variety and engagement to the gameplay.	4%
Decent and immersive music Description The game features decent and immersive music that complements the action well. Some reviewers found the later music tracks to be catchy and enjoyable. Importance 4%	The game features decent and immersive music that complements the action well. Some reviewers found the later music tracks to be catchy and enjoyable.	4%
Potentially fun combat system Description The combat system has the potential to be fun with proper team management. Some reviewers found the combat statistics system to be vaguely formulated, but interesting in the long run. Importance 3%	The combat system has the potential to be fun with proper team management. Some reviewers found the combat statistics system to be vaguely formulated, but interesting in the long run.	3%