Sword of Convallaria

Item: Sword of Convallaria
Rating: 80
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-05

Summary

Tactical RPG evoking classic titles.
Appealing graphics and art style.
Deep 'Spiral of Destiny' game mode.
Engaging story and world-building.
Gacha system can be unrewarding.
Restrictive energy system limits playtime.

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 75%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 2%

80%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
20%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3809
Negative points: 2328
Gameplay points: 932
Perf. points: 47
Rec. points: 1033
Misc points: 277

Point	Description	Importance
Generous, fair free-to-play system Description The game is praised for its generous free-to-play model. Players can acquire characters, currency, and items without spending money. The gacha system is considered fair, with reasonable rates and pity mechanics, and the game provides ample resources through gameplay, events, and achievements. Importance 87%	The game is praised for its generous free-to-play model. Players can acquire characters, currency, and items without spending money. The gacha system is considered fair, with reasonable rates and pity mechanics, and the game provides ample resources through gameplay, events, and achievements.	87%
Evokes classic tactical RPGs Description The game's tactical gameplay, art style, and music evoke nostalgia for classic tactical RPGs, especially Final Fantasy Tactics. Reviewers praise the game's strategic depth, engaging battles, and well-crafted mechanics, making it a must-play for fans of the genre. Importance 79%	The game's tactical gameplay, art style, and music evoke nostalgia for classic tactical RPGs, especially Final Fantasy Tactics. Reviewers praise the game's strategic depth, engaging battles, and well-crafted mechanics, making it a must-play for fans of the genre.	79%
Appealing graphics and art style Description The game features beautiful graphics, a well-designed art style (often pixel art), and smooth animations. Reviewers consistently praise the game's visual presentation, noting its high quality and appealing aesthetic. Importance 57%	The game features beautiful graphics, a well-designed art style (often pixel art), and smooth animations. Reviewers consistently praise the game's visual presentation, noting its high quality and appealing aesthetic.	57%
Deep, free 'Spiral of Destiny' mode Description The Spiral of Destiny mode is a free, substantial story mode with branching paths and multiple endings. It offers a gacha-free experience with character recruitment through gameplay, providing dozens of hours of content and high replayability. Importance 49%	The Spiral of Destiny mode is a free, substantial story mode with branching paths and multiple endings. It offers a gacha-free experience with character recruitment through gameplay, providing dozens of hours of content and high replayability.	49%
Gacha system is relatively generous Description The game's gacha system is considered more generous than others, with a higher base rate for legendary characters and a pity system that carries over between banners. The story mode is separate from the gacha, and character shards can be farmed, reducing reliance on gacha pulls. Importance 37%	The game's gacha system is considered more generous than others, with a higher base rate for legendary characters and a pity system that carries over between banners. The story mode is separate from the gacha, and character shards can be farmed, reducing reliance on gacha pulls.	37%
Engaging story and world-building Description The game features a well-written and engaging story set in the war-torn land of Iria. The narrative includes political intrigue, moral dilemmas, and complex characters, with player choices impacting the story's course and leading to multiple endings. Importance 32%	The game features a well-written and engaging story set in the war-torn land of Iria. The narrative includes political intrigue, moral dilemmas, and complex characters, with player choices impacting the story's course and leading to multiple endings.	32%
Enjoyable and accessible gameplay Description The game is enjoyable and easy to pick up, with a fair difficulty curve and a good amount of content available. Reviewers appreciate the game's accessibility and the positive first impression it creates. Importance 17%	The game is enjoyable and easy to pick up, with a fair difficulty curve and a good amount of content available. Reviewers appreciate the game's accessibility and the positive first impression it creates.	17%
Excellent and immersive soundtrack Description The game features a great soundtrack, often composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, that complements the gameplay and adds to the immersive atmosphere. The music is praised for its quality, variety, and seamless integration with the game's setting. Importance 16%	The game features a great soundtrack, often composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, that complements the gameplay and adds to the immersive atmosphere. The music is praised for its quality, variety, and seamless integration with the game's setting.	16%
High replayability with branching storylines Description The game offers high replayability due to multiple decision paths and branching storylines. Each playthrough feels unique, with different outcomes and endings based on player choices. Importance 12%	The game offers high replayability due to multiple decision paths and branching storylines. Each playthrough feels unique, with different outcomes and endings based on player choices.	12%
Lower-rarity characters are viable Description Many lower-rarity characters are viable and can clear major content, reducing reliance on rare gacha units. This makes the game more accessible and F2P-friendly. Importance 11%	Many lower-rarity characters are viable and can clear major content, reducing reliance on rare gacha units. This makes the game more accessible and F2P-friendly.	11%
Unique blend of RPG elements Description The game uniquely blends live-service and non-gacha RPG elements, appealing to fans of both genres. It offers an engaging story campaign and settlement management system, making it one of the few gacha games where the reviewer enjoys reading the plot and dialogues. Importance 10%	The game uniquely blends live-service and non-gacha RPG elements, appealing to fans of both genres. It offers an engaging story campaign and settlement management system, making it one of the few gacha games where the reviewer enjoys reading the plot and dialogues.	10%
Well-integrated and fun events Description Events are well-integrated with the game's themes, characters, and stories, offering extra content and character interactions. The developers put love and care into designing the characters and storyline. Importance 8%	Events are well-integrated with the game's themes, characters, and stories, offering extra content and character interactions. The developers put love and care into designing the characters and storyline.	8%
Constantly updated with new content Description The game is constantly updated with new content, providing a constant stream of upgrade materials, currency, free items, free characters, and new game modes. The developers actively improve the game with new ideas. Importance 8%	The game is constantly updated with new content, providing a constant stream of upgrade materials, currency, free items, free characters, and new game modes. The developers actively improve the game with new ideas.	8%