I was one of the official judges this year, and now that the results have been made public, and I'm free to do so, here is my score and thoughts on this title:
Overall score: 9.5
I felt this game was really well put together and a good mix of visual novel and RPG. However, I feel it fell short on a few aspects. First of all, it's easy to put skill points into the wrong skills and leave yourself with a build that might no be viable. I'm unsure if I managed to get enough AP from all the fights to learn everything, but by the time I fought Kell it was a difficult fight that I died to once. Also, her being able to drop my nearly full health bar to zero in a single turn of hers was a bit cheap. I also would have liked a little variety on the paths. I loved the travel system with risks and rewards, but it felt a little flat since I HAD to travel to every point on the map to progress. Or, at least it felt like I had to. Still, it was a very nice game that I enjoyed and wish I hadn't run out of time on, as I wanted to find out what happened.