About This Game Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 Indie Game Maker contest.Magic is a curse. A plague upon the world and those that live in it. Those that are born with this curse unwittingly sap the mana from the earth they stand in. In order to prevent these abominations from draining away the world's lifeblood, they are locked away in a castle in an isolated dimension. It is in this castle that the cursed are to remain, removed from society so that their magic does not harm normal people. They are to be kept here for the rest of their miserable lives.At least, that's the way it should have been...Suddenly, a loud crash is heard. A young girl, kept apart from the rest of the castle, looks up from the ground. The magical barrier that prevented her escape slowly dissipates. Standing up, she pushes open the gate and finds her first taste of freedom. Guide her as she teams up with a renegade mage boy to search for the truth behind the castle, her unique magic, and a way to escape.FeaturesA simple, but deep Spell Fusion system that allows for lots of experimentation.A heavy atmosphere made from a somber soundtrack, terrifying enemies, and a powerful tale.Simple puzzles that rely on each character's field abilities.A variety of locations to explore.A twist on traditional turn-based combat via MP charging. Discover the tragic stories of the castle's inhabitants by piecing together bits of information found throughout the adventure.3 different endings affected by your actions. 7aa9394dea Title: Remnants Of IsolationGenre: Casual, Indie, RPGDeveloper:Team IsolationPublisher:DegicaRelease Date: 1 May, 2015 Remnants Of Isolation Download] [PC] remnants of isolation walkthrough. remnants of isolation. remnants of isolation steam Pretty bland. uses alot of stock RPG maker parts, a generic "silent protagonist" to save time, and you know. lack of writing skills.actual in game dialogue is like 50 total lines.actul story dosent exist. hits you with the egeneric "main character is the cause of this" literally immediately after talking about a "heart of the castle" or whatever.has some specially drawn scenes, like 3 or 4 of them. but they ALL look terrible. my favorite is how the final boss gets his own little intro image. and it looks absolutely nothing like his in game sprite.literally copies the main castle map from The Fairy, The Succubus, and The Abyss. dosent even TRY to rearange it any.gameplay is okay, but to grind monsters(which youll never need to do since every enemy can be killed in at most, 2 hits. final boss included.) you have to leave the dugeon and return. game has no balance whatsoever, as soon asyou get tripple triad or whatever the hell its called, its GG. you win.its an okay rpg maker generic low effort game. for free. ITS NOT WORTH PAYING FOR. THIS ISNT EVEN UP TO LAXIUS POWER STANDARDS.. I thought overall, this game was pretty good. Pros: 1. The battle system rocks. How it works is that each character can use every element spell, but they have innate abilities that only that person can use to power up the other's spells. So one person casts their power up (like making it more powerful or hit all enemies) and then the other casts the damage spell. It makes the characters actually work together and need each other whereas in most RPGs, every character does their own thing. 2. The music fits with the theme of the game (It's an eerie castle that you have to explore). 3. The characters have a good chemistry. Even though the main character doesn't talk, her friend still communicates with her and during their short time together, forms a love relationship that works. In the outside world, each character has their own abilities (The main character can play music to unlock doors and her friend can jump gaps) which helps develop their personalities. Cons: 1. The game is short (I finished it in 2 hours). 2. The two endings that aren't the "good" ending seem pointless because there is no substance to them (they just have the respective character walk off the screen with "ending 2 or 3" flashing). 3. The game is a little easy. I enjoyed it and I'd recommend it for people who like RPGs.. Pretty bland. uses alot of stock RPG maker parts, a generic "silent protagonist" to save time, and you know. lack of writing skills.actual in game dialogue is like 50 total lines.actul story dosent exist. hits you with the egeneric "main character is the cause of this" literally immediately after talking about a "heart of the castle" or whatever.has some specially drawn scenes, like 3 or 4 of them. but they ALL look terrible. my favorite is how the final boss gets his own little intro image. and it looks absolutely nothing like his in game sprite.literally copies the main castle map from The Fairy, The Succubus, and The Abyss. dosent even TRY to rearange it any.gameplay is okay, but to grind monsters(which youll never need to do since every enemy can be killed in at most, 2 hits. final boss included.) you have to leave the dugeon and return. game has no balance whatsoever, as soon asyou get tripple triad or whatever the hell its called, its GG. you win.its an okay rpg maker generic low effort game. for free. ITS NOT WORTH PAYING FOR. THIS ISNT EVEN UP TO LAXIUS POWER STANDARDS.. Much Loved The Battle System.The Innate abilities can Power Up the Other Spells.With this Battle System, it can be Better if This game have more Character.. Story: Our story begins as a girl is playing on her magical piano when her cell opens. After some exploring, she meets a boy called Melchior who was recently threw into the prison and is thrilled to meet someone who isn't trying to kill him and together decide to find a way to escape. One if the interesting things about the the story is that the only voice for most of the game is Melchior who tries to be optimistic with his new friend but those feel the dread and is only holding on because of his friend. And while Celesta doesn't talk(either because she's a mute or she doesn't know how) I do like that shes doesn't fully understand whats happening and immediately gets attached to Melchior because he the first person shes ever met and I love her expressions she makes, my favourite is when she looks confused or curious as it just looks cute. The relationship between the two leads is very sweet and is clearly the "heart" of the story.I mainly see it as true friendship with Melchior telling her about everything he knows and wants to show her and shows and wants her to have a life and Celesta helps supports him and stops him falling into despair and would give her life to make sure he can be happy. This is also seen in gameplay and I'll wait til I talk about gameplay before I explain And one final quick point is that I really liked the Sentinel but wished the other bosses were had a personality like him mainly his motives and goal made him an interesting anti-villain and his last moments were nice. Gameplay: Lets get this out of the way. Yes the game is very short. There's even an achievement for speed running this game in a hour and a half. I don't have a problem with that. The main feature in this game is the spell fusion and its a very good system and fits with the whole partnership. Just use a characters innate ability followed by a magic card and then watch the fireworks. I would admit this makes the game a tiny bit easy...if it wasn't for almost every enemy hitting like a truck and aren't shy about poisoning the two. I see it as one of the more balanced combat systems I've played as its more about strategy: weaken and attack when possible and turtle and heal in an emergency. And that's the simple way of explaining. I admit there was one boss that was ridiculously easy but I just exploited his weakness. Another was easy for story reasons. But what shows how hard this game can be is when your alone because even the first fight in the game is brutal by yourself before you get your partner and learn magic. Some people might say this is a bad thing but I like to think of it as Story-Gameplay integration showing how powerful you are together but alone, your as weak as a biscuit in tea. Presentation: Lets start with the music. There no doubt the music is beautiful, but I eventually got bored of it. The music Celesta plays on her piano is a lovely song but when I realised the dungeon song was the same song, I just stopped paying attention. Its not bad, just not my kind of music. The art is pretty good. The two leads and the bosses are all look lovely and are very colourful which contrast the monster which are mostly fleshy things that came from Silent Hill. I liked the character portraits but I wish they were bigger since its just the two of them and Celesta mainly communicates through her expressions and I feel that they were too small for her. Verdict: Despite the length this is a nice short story and a pretty good battle system and I don't regret buying it. 9\/10. Remnants of Isolation is a beautiful game, not only in its stunning visuals, but in it's emotional atmosphere and moving narrative. It has themes of love and working together that did more than just bring a smile, but also marry them to its core gameplay mechanics.Playing a lot of RPG Maker games, Remnant's of Isolation's combat system felt like a slight breath of fresh air. The way mana works in this game and the unique spell chaining\/combo system allows each battle to feel way more engaging than in typical RPGs. Both party members really feel like they are dependent on each other, and it hits you even harder when they get seperated. This is less a nusance and more of a welcome change of pace, however.If I can name any true flaws this game has, it's mostly technical. There are some areas where the game's framerate drops, though it's not bad enough to impact the experience. I was also personally irked by the lack of fullscreen support.Regardless, this is nice, short little gem of a game that truly deserved its golden IGMC crown. For those looking for an example of how to do an RPG Maker game right, or just want to play a short, yet sweet romp, then I highly recommend you give this game a shot.. The melodies of the game, the Spell Fusions, and just two playable characters make this game interesting. It is a simple RPG (Role Playing Game) to play and a lesson in making a game as well. Even if one does not know how to code, it is still a lesson in length. Many high reviews from this gamer, if that system exists for Steam, but that does not mean I was not being serious, I meant every word.. I thought overall, this game was pretty good. Pros: 1. The battle system rocks. How it works is that each character can use every element spell, but they have innate abilities that only that person can use to power up the other's spells. So one person casts their power up (like making it more powerful or hit all enemies) and then the other casts the damage spell. It makes the characters actually work together and need each other whereas in most RPGs, every character does their own thing. 2. The music fits with the theme of the game (It's an eerie castle that you have to explore). 3. The characters have a good chemistry. Even though the main character doesn't talk, her friend still communicates with her and during their short time together, forms a love relationship that works. In the outside world, each character has their own abilities (The main character can play music to unlock doors and her friend can jump gaps) which helps develop their personalities. Cons: 1. The game is short (I finished it in 2 hours). 2. The two endings that aren't the "good" ending seem pointless because there is no substance to them (they just have the respective character walk off the screen with "ending 2 or 3" flashing). 3. The game is a little easy. I enjoyed it and I'd recommend it for people who like RPGs.. A short little gem. After you realize what you should do with the battle system the combats are no problem.Overall there are 5 small dungeons and a few boss fights. Also the game has 3 possible endings, no bugs and it costs next to nothing. Patch 1.1 - Controllers welcome!: I planned on adding a new area to the early game in this patch but I decided to split it up into a quality of life patch and a content patch. I felt it was more important to get usability and balance changes out quickly. Here's what's inside:Support for XInput controllers has been implemented. You can activate controller mode by pressing the A button. Keyboard/mouse control can be reactivated by pressing any key on the keyboard. The controller layout can be found in the Help section on the title screen.You can now switch between fullscreen and windowed mode from the options menu. You can adjust the window's size with the Page Up and Page Down keys.Outfit changes:Robe & Hat: now starts with Spell Power upgradeChainmail Bikini: ability cooldown lowered, spear no longer slows movementCyberpunk Gear: ability cooldown loweredFloor size in some areas has been adjusted slightly downwardsEnemy count has been lowered by roughly 3 per floor and the XP curve has been adjusted accordingly. Patch 1.5: New mechanic: Corruption! As your alert level rises the dungeon will start to become corrupted, causing environmental changes as well as instability in the types of enemies that are spawned.A HUD element that shows the status of the floor's stairs has been added. You can find it under the right side of the alert bar.Maximum camera distance for boss fights has been increased in controller mode, where it was slightly shorter than in keyboard + mouse modeOrcish Halls' boss has been made a little less erraticHazards can no longer be spawned in narrow hallwaysWitchinour has changed quite a bit since its launch (for the better I think!) so I'd like to thank you all for having taken the time to leave such valuable feedback, I've learned a lot!. Patch 1.31: Just a few small changes:You now receive a slight speed boost after killing a floor's last enemyOutfit changes:Ranger's Garb: going into stealth now stops you from firing for a moment so that you don't have to worry about letting go of the fire button beforehandPumpkinour: ability icon tweaked so that it doesn't overlap the mana bar. Patch 1.2 - Analog Tracking: So, here's the stuff that didn't make it into the last patch. Enjoy!A new area, The Trackery, has been added to the set of areas after the Rogue's Hideout. It should be a little easier relative to the other areas. My intention was for it to be like an easier version of The Ruins.Support for analog movement has been implementedThe Orc Halls' boss has been nerfed slightlyThe order of areas 4 and 5 is no longer randomOutfit changes:Chainmail Bikini: now starts with 3 hpSharpshooter Suit: now starts with 3 hp, ability now fires multiple bullets. Patch 1.21 - Additional Changes: Just two quick changes:Camera implementation for controller mode has been changed. The maximum camera distance has been lowered for non-boss floors, where it's more likely that you will need to aim in the opposite direction quickly, and will stay the same as it was previously on boss floors, where you're typically tracking a single target from as far away as you can. This should make controller aiming on non-boss floors feel smoother.Changed Sharpshooter Suit's description to reflect the previous patch's changes. Patch 1.6: Witchinour's base resolution has been increasedThe game's old camera implementation has been replaced with a static cameraAnalog aiming has been improvedAnalog movement has been improvedCrosshair visibility has been improvedReworked map generationThe base minimum and maximum map size has been increased slightlyThe increase to map size based on how far into the game the player is has been increasedMaps generated now have a much lower chance to contain long, narrow pathsEnemy spawning has been changed to reduce the chance that the player starts in an unsafe situationPause screen is now transparentDefault player movement is less slippery now, making Fancy Footwook less of a must-have upgradeFixed a bug that was causing the player's wand to be rendered at the wrong depth in controller modeFixed a visual issue with the game over and area name HUD text. Patch 1.41: Controller mode's camera behavior has been reworked and should feel much smoother nowA few small number tweaks have been made to Normal mode to smooth out the difficulty curve in the latter half of the game. Patch 1.52: The level cap has been raised to 15, which you should reach around the end of the second loop. The XP curve before 10 is the same as before and the upgrade screen has been changed to account for the additional upgrade slots.The Trackery's color palette has been changedOutfit changes:Feral Armor: starting max HP and MP have been changed to 3. Ability cooldown is now 40 (was 30). Pirate Costume: hook's hitbox size has been increased
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