Solasta: Crown of the Magister

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Posted on: January 13, 2021

Early Access review

mikoskin

Verified owner

Games: 50 Reviews: 1

Fun and balanced

I've played little over 25h and I'm having a blast. In many ways Solasta provides the same "just one more round" -feeling that XCOM provides. I think the nearest comparison with Solasta is Temple of Elemental Evil. If you like ToEE, I highly recommend checking Solasta. But it's hard not to compare this with BG3 also. In that comparison BG3 wins in the graphic department but Solasta is equal or leads in others. Ok, story depends on your personal preferences but in the terms of "Which game is more fun to play", Solasta is a clear winner. Biggest difference is that Solasta's game mechanics are well balanced where BG3 felt more like a high quality mod to Divinity 2 where the game mechanics are in constant battle with the DnD5 rules. I also prefer the sense of scope in Solasta when compared to BG3. BG3 provides this strange theme park -style map where everything is placed next to each other. In Solasta each location is much larger and you actually have to travel to get from place to place. Highly recommended.

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Posted on: May 1, 2021

Early Access review

jbskaggs

Verified owner

Games: 70 Reviews: 4

Game is great! review by an old man.

I finished the early release and overall the game was really good. I have recently also completed BG3 and this game held my attention just as well. There were a couple of glitches though- sometimes you can get messed up saves- so dont rely on just quicksave or autosave but every so often do a manual save. The other glitches which the developers know about such as a couple quest triggers malfunctioning are being addressed and will be fixed in main release. This game is more like Divine Divinity in my opinion. The start was a a tad awkward acting wise- but once you get rolling the story held my attention and I found myself wanting to continue. For me most games dont hold my attention unless they are really good. My favorite part of this game was the Necromancer's tower- and the fact that many monsters can be negotiated with- even undead! This was a nice change. I get bored with mindless combat, I want monsters that have purposes of their own and are smart enough to make a deal to get what they want. Best combat was the Brood of Blood battles. I am eagerly awaiting the full release now.

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Posted on: May 30, 2021

Chiricana

Verified owner

Games: 288 Reviews: 30

Tactical game, not role playing game

There's lots of low ratings, and lots of high ratings, and I think I know why. This game is great for tactical tabletop enthusiasts, and meh for anybody else. The game reminds me a lot of Blackguards -- the story is window dressing in between battles. If you enjoy dice combat, you'll love it. If you like character development, choice, mystery, you might be bored. For me, it's a good time sink. I don't think about the characters at night, the way I thought about some of the Pillars of Eternity characters who were professionally written. There isn't much lore in Solasta. It's just fun to kill monsters for a bit. I doubt there's much replayability. The story is pretty close to linear. A good first effort. Worth the money imo. I hope the studio's next game is better.

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Posted on: May 27, 2021

ilves

Games: 103 Reviews: 5

Solid DND translation, tactical combat

I'm a kickstarter backer and have played some early builds but did just finish the final build as of a day ago. As an attempt to bring DnD to the PC, Solasta is great. You can build your own party, albeit with a limited set of classes due to licensing agreements, or choose from a preselected list. You can also select backgrounds and personality attributes that do play a role in subquests that come up during the game as well as the dialogue that is spoken throughout the main campaign. For those familiar with tabletop, you can see every dice roll that happens in the game from attacks, saving throws to ability checks. Understanding the mechanics like advantage or disadvantage will be key to surviving some of the harder encounters, but I will say as a veteran of many PC based RPGs and DnD translations, the normal difficulty was a bit too easy. Environments and biomes are great, verticality is used well and is important in most fights. You can jump, levitate, fly, walk on walls. Light is also a powerful factor in most fights. The only minor negative is dialogue. I think the story overall is a good one, but the dialogue in the main campaign is a little stilted and doesn't always convey all the context is needed. I think this is because personalities affect what the characters say, so the combinations don't always flow smoothly with the narrative, but does create great possibilities for the future. Looking forward to what the dungeon maker module will allow people to create. The only place where the game suffers a bit

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Posted on: December 18, 2020

Early Access review

xoboroteni

Games: 116 Reviews: 1

DnD Party Brought to PC

This game is downright lovely. I dumped 20 hours into the first release version. I recon about half that time, was due to restarts and finding the right group combo that i found pleasing. The amount of variety is great even for early access. Prepare your self to get sucked in and then prepare to be bummed out when you burn though all the content it currently has. Full disclosure, i havent played the latest update just because i dont want to get hooked and dissapointed again. Gonna wait for full release and then disappear from the real world for about a month to enjoy this completely.

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