Welcome to our review of Asdivine Dios, a new Role Playing Game from KEMCO that is out now on Nintendo Switch.
How far would you go to protect the world of Asdivine? Create a new chapter in a grand fantasy RPG featuring turn-based battles!
Among the many worlds the deities have created, there is one world that abounds with life known as Asdivine. But when a spate of disturbances erupts across the globe and an ever-spreading murk threatens to destroy it, Izayoi, the deity of Asdivine himself, takes up his cause to save the world he created with his own hands. Suffering from an unfortunate loss of his own divine powers, is there any hope he can succeed? Find out as the curtain raises on this adventure of divine proportions!
Boasting a voluminous story, an expansive world, treasure-filled dungeons, exciting turn-based battles, weapon creation, and more, the all-inclusive RPG experience is here! Plus, limitless enemies and loot, a multitude of subquests, and even bosses that will blow your mind await!
KEMCO is famous for its Asdivine series and very well deservedly so. Their RPGs are among the easier accessible ones and that is no easy thing to achieve. Sporting some classic style RPG elements and graphics, this Dios game is one in the line of a great franchise, but they are for the true lover of the genre.
I do not say this lightly, I feel that casual lovers and players might not thoroughly enjoy the games as much. Personally, I am a real lover of the genre and let me tell you what was wrong with the game and do keep in mind, my score will resemble my fun in playing the game instead of my complaints!
First off, at first, the game uses the entire debut of the game as a big and long tutorial. Nothing wrong there, but when you are used to playing RPGs, it may be overly long. There are tons of mini-game updated notifications, which is actually a great thing because you know you passed a point in the game that advances the story. The guiding done from one point in the world map to the next may be a little too “helpful” at first, you will get the feeling that you can do absolutely nothing wrong and even almost decide to skip reading the conversation in itself.
I also found the game in its easiest mode to be incredibly easy, easy to the point of being boring and lackluster and the hardest setting was damn near impossible in comparison. The incredible spike in difficulty was so big, you would almost be afraid to really start the game at the hardest mode.
But in all honesty, Asdivine Dios is a fun game. The story unfolds rather quickly and the green text indicating inner thoughts, it does get a little awkward at times. This is part of the charm of the game though, it really is. The doubting of the main character by random villagers. Their love for Iris, the Maidame appearance. The sprites and so many more. KEMCO built this game series and Dios is one in a row of many and probably not the last either.
In conclusion, aside from some minor annoyances, KEMCO delivers us a new RPG at a rather low price point, merely 13 Euro at the time of writing this review. I would say it is well worth trying it out if you are on the market for a classic RPG. If you are looking for something refreshing, the Asdivine series might not be what you are looking for though. This is a very classical approach to the genre and personally speaking, I did enjoy it.
