2 reviews for Enishia and the Binding Brand

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   wachidkp027 (verified owner) – May 10, 2024

   another banger from shimobasira workshop

2. 

   Rated 3 out of 5

   Captain (verified owner) – May 14, 2024

   If you do not care for long explanations: It´s decent, but there are issues with the game
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   After much anticipation, we finally got a new game from the Developers of Celesphonia. I had this game wishlisted for a while now and was very pleasantly surprised by its release

   Let me start on a positive note here. The story is nothing mindblowing, but is good enough that you actually care about the main cast, altho I wish there was more character development

   There is a completely redesigned exploration and battle system. I don´t think that there was anything wrong with the system that Celesphonia had, but I think it´s good that they made a different choice here. It definitely makes for fun gameplay. The game has a solid gameplay and as usual, could easily pass as an indie game even without the H added to it

   Lastly, there is A LOT of scenes (You know which scenes I mean), totalling about 150 (Some are unique, some are the same, but for different levels of…corruption). There is also a pregnancy system…that doesn´t do anything for the majority of the game. Everything is well drawn, but for some reason, certain scenes are from a far away view and very simplyfied, probably for budget reasons. I´d say that the scenes in Celesphonia were more diverse and enjoyed them more, but there IS a lot of stuff and you´ll surely find something that you like

   Now, the bad

   The game suffers from a lack of polish and localization. Some parts are left untranslated, some contain editor notes (Lol) and there is a genuine lack of explanation for a lot of things.

   One of the reasons why I am giving this game 3 stars is not because it´s mediocre, but because sometimes, you get stuck on certain parts of the game and the game doesn´t tell you where you should go next. They tell you a few words and good luck. I am currently stuck finding something, I don´t know even what, in the main city, which is very big and I genuinely don´t think that I´ll be able to finish the game without a guide (But since this is an RPG Maker game, who knows how long will that take)

   There is a lot more that I found confusing and while it´s nothing a patch couldn´t fix, I never had an issue of not knowing where to go or what to do next in Celesphonia

   My current playtime is 17 hours. I could probably have about 20 if I 100% the Fishclopedia and finished some remaining optional content, but without the ability to move the main story, I am kind of stuck. I sincerely hope that you guys will have better luck finding your way inside the game, but I got stuck several times and it was very frustrating

   The music is okay, your usual store-bought RPG maker stuff with some decent tracks, but nothing near what Celesphonia had with the Jazz. As you probably guess by now, Celesphonia is objectively a better game. This game sits somewhere between Ambrosia and Celesphonia imo

   Buy when it´s on a sale and be cautious about other “positive reviews” because for example Wachidkp027 reviewed the game A DAY before it was officially released. And I highly doubt that he got some kind of Press access, because I couldn´t find anyone on the internet with this name, so I´m calling BS and a fake review

   I´ll probably change the review if they release any patches that fix the glaring issues, but still, I don´t think the game will be same or better as Celesphonia. It´s not horrible, not even mediocre, but…go in with low expectations and maybe you´ll be pleasantly surprised