Stories of Bethem: Full Moon

The devs obiously tried to make a game similar to Zelda: ALTTP, but sadly, they failed. You do not have a standard weapon like a sword but rather spells only. This is extremely annoying at some points in the game where you will be defenseless against enemies if you run out of MP. The artstyle is ripped straight from the Zelda game with a few exceptions. The enemy and NPCs as well as your character are low-detail sprites for whatever reason. As for the gameplay itself: It's fun! Navigating through the world is a pain in the butt sometimes and the warp portals aren't really that helpful, but the devs made up for that by stashing enough loot in almost every screen of the game. So it's fun to revisit places after you've gained new abilities. The sound is horrific: The sound of a spell impacting on an enemy is just a drum snare. The screams when falling into a pit sound like a 4kHz 2bit recording of a wooden microphone from Romania. BUT the music is great. The main menu lacks any detail and looks very dull.. just like a generic RPG Maker game title screen. The devs could definitely do better than that. Bosses are uninteresting and not challenging at all. Instead, common enemies like faries are hard to beat. And you will encounter them a lot. The level design is mazelike rather than an open world map like in Zelda games. Overall, you see that this game has a lot of flaws. It plays like an Early Access if you ask me. I can see what the devs were trying to do here. Yet giving a positive review would be unfair since the game does not deserve it in its current state.

Puzzling Zelda clone Bottom Line, I had a very good Time with Stories of Bethem: Full Moon. The Exploration of the fairly open Game world in Connection with the handling of numerous Sidequests is definitely the most Attractive thing about the Game. In addition, the stronger Focus on Puzzle Passages can also convince. Unfortunately, you have to cut Corners on the action aspect, because the Fights against Monsters and Bosses are quite desolate. You would like to think that these Things in particular would be more exciting if you already played a Magician. But what's the point of Magic when the relevant Attack Spells like lame Peashooter are handled. Apart from that, you could also have got the pesky Moral finger and Bad Ending stuck. At the End of the 20-25 Whitewash adventure, this was a really unnecessary Blow into the Pit of the Stomach. But fortunately, this is all nothing that seriously interferes with the Fun of the Game. If you fancy a slightly more enigmatic retro Zelda clone, you should take a closer look at Bethem. Pro and Kontra: Pro:-Clever Puzzles/puzzles-Magic instead of Sword and Shield seems refreshing-many Sidequests and secrets invite you to Explore-good value For money (€5 for 20-25 Hours of Play) Kontra:-boring Plot, raised moral index finger Instead of final boss opponents and a bad End-Graphics can't decide between 8-bit and 16-bit generation-very boring boss opponents (both graphic and playful) The Full Review: http://www.gamecontrast.de/stories-of-bethem-full-moon-review/#more-81522