I LOVED this game!! I feel as though the way this game handled its theme of religious trauma was captivating and so very interesting. While I myself don't have religious trauma, I have friends that do and I consume a lot of media about the harm caused by religious extremism and so much of this felt raw and personal. It was an intense playing experience. I loved the kid's inner monologue, the use of red to show lines and thoughts that have been instilled in him and white for his actual thoughts. AND I particularly liked the not-so-subtle callout of having a child go on an insane hero's journey that no child has business of experiencing.
That final battle had me in tears! I was so scared that the kid was going to actually go through with the prophecy but the twist pulled on my heart strings hard. I know a story is good when it makes me cry cuz that means I'm both into the story and the characters found their way into my heart.
Not only did I love the story, I really enjoyed the gameplay. I'm a sucker for RPG games so turn-based style combat is always fun. I also really liked how everyone's powers not only fit into their character archetypes but also adds more to their characters. (Like how the kid's powers were strong but debuffed him or took his HP, Ty is strictly a healer and he shares his TP cuz he just wants to help others, Rosa strips, stuns, provokes, AND revives which adds to her knightly personality as it shows that she usually incapacitates criminals to take them to jail and provokes and revives to protect people around her WHICH ALSO shows that she is more than willing to put only herself in harms way to protect others, and Michelle protects her crew with buffs but is also a good damage dealer and debuffer (also love the life-stealing skill cuz hehe pirate)) Ugh I feel like I can go on and on about this game. Very well done and I'm definitely gonna check out more of your stuff!