Welcome to our review of Asdivine Hearts, an old skool Role playing game made by KEMCO.
The following description was taken from this weblink: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/asdivine-hearts-switch
Travel alongside four companions and a cat in a fantasy RPG featuring stunning animated turn-based battles!
Asdivine Hearts boasts of groundbreaking visual quality, plenty of subquests, a battle arena, treasure to dig for, and an enemy guide to complete. By taking puzzle piece-like jewels and setting them in a box known as a rubix, players are able to customize characters! How far can you level and how many millions of damage can you dish out? All these challenges await you and more!
One year ago, the world of Asdivine was enveloped by a brilliant flash of light. Since that time, the influence of shadow has only continued to grow ever more powerful across the face of the land. Although the event itself was undoubtedly connected with the heavens, few people seem to have realized the far-reaching implications of what transpired. Now turning to the present, a surprising revelation awaits a young man by the name of Zack and his childhood friend, Stella, in the capital from a chubby cat claiming to be none other than the Light Deity and declaring the world to be on the verge of destruction…
When I think of a storyline like that, it just has to be a big elaborate RPG, triple-A quality and all, so did it deliver on my expectations, there is no yes or no here.
Let me start off by giving the bad points, unusual to start off with them, but I am purposely keeping the good points last as they matter most!
I got mostly down to noticing details about the game. Like just about all RPG games, you have towns and the big outside world. Nothing wrong there, but when you almost missed a city because you were listening to music and it almost slipped past you. Might have been just me, but I do think they should be either bigger or more obvious.
Also when walking around, the omnidirectional walking movement kinda irked me. At one point I was trying to avoid rolling boulders and it annoyed me that I was facing troubles to just walk straight past them, it kept swerving for some reason.
Last point, I thought the overall music was bland. It never grabbed my attention and it just sounded repetitive.
Now on to the good points, despite a complicated explanation on how the system works, it really is all very clear to understand. The fighting scenes are completely what to expect in the genre and I love RPGs that use the action line system. Asdivine hearts shows it on the top and nothing beats being able to see who is going to get rowdy next, allowing you to get your strategy in.
The actual fighting is nothing special, despite having more options than many other games of the genre. Physical action, magic, special attacks, …. are all mechanics we love when talking about this genre. Asdivine adds in the mechanics of the Rubix, a field where you can set up your special effects basically, adding 1 more layer of strategy. While it can get tedious at times to set up everything, I like it this way. You can go into fights with a more suited battle system in mind rather than to just keep trying. KEMCO really incorporated this perfectly in my humble opinion.
Storywise, it is a classic tale of good versus evil, light deity vs shadow deity. The light deity inhabits the body of a feline called Felix and you follow our antagonists on their quest to free the world of the evil monsters that have been more active in the past year. While this may be nothing out of the ordinary, the game is well presented and it does provide with a nice challenge for anyone that likes the genre.
In conclusion, Asdivine Hearts is a game with 2 sides to the story, you got the small annoyances and a good backbone. Is it enough to keep you going down the line and finish the game, I am positive it will. My rating is 60% for this one. My personal annoyances took it down from 70%, I love the general feeling of the game, but yeah, I can’t look past the walking around mechanics that really get on my system. But let’s not forget, Asdivine Hearts is an RPG worth looking into!
6/10
Tested on Nintendo Switch
