Eldrum: Untold - Text RPG

As far as RPGs that are accessible to the blind go, this game is definitely a solid addition to the roster. It is incredibly replayable, with different choices and paths that unlock previously unseen places and interactions. This is One of those games that will make you play over and over again, trying to find all of its hidden secrets. stats really do matter, as there are many places you simply cannot reach without a certain stat being high enough. The problems i’ve had with this game are the combat and the save system. as for the combat, while it is technically accessible, the fact that you have to double tap the attack button at the right time using voiceover while also alternating between special attacks makes it incredibly frustrating and a bit more difficult for visually impaired players to enjoy. The second game in the series, Eldrum: Red Tide, fixed this problem, implementing a fully turn based system That is completely accessible. The game has a tendency to auto save at weird places, which can sometimes cause you to lose a lot of progress if you die at the wrong time.

This game is honestly one of the best choice based games I have played. If you have a few bucks lying around and liked the tutorial as much as I did, I fully recommend because the game only gets better. Though the game does make the players ultimately reach the same end goal, there is lots of varying ways one can do it. This game offers very realistic responses to certain actions, for example in the tutorial, if you run into a place filled with enemies unprepared, you’ll die no matter how hard you try. This makes it much more satisfying when the actions you take have actual weight to them. The stats are very important as well. A good example for this is kicking a door down. Someone with little strength won’t be able to make the locked door budge compared to a person who actually has some stat points invested into it. This makes every stat point a very important choice for whichever play style you prefer. It’s not good to just max out one stat. Though it is possible to go a significantly long run with only a single stat getting buffed, you will miss out on a lot of potential opportunities. The story though, it is absolutely divine. I loved every bit of it. I loved exploring every single option just to get more from the story. I’ve read all the books I received because the lore was just that great. I felt like I was actually really living in it myself. I honestly can’t wait for the next game, and I hope it will be just as great, if not even more than this one.

This gave me fun flashbacks of “choose your own adventure” books when I was a teenager, 35 years ago. I could easily see this developer coming out with a series of these games with different stories, plots, and characters. Even different genres. This game has a medieval setting but in a fictional world. But they could easily do SCIF-Fi, modern-day stories, period pieces, etc. (WW1, WW2, Cold War, European history, etc.). This could be a whole new genre of video games in the App Store. They could create fictional characters which lived during famous historical events, and develop fictional side-plots that were happening alongside the major historical events. One of the best things about this game is it uses your own imagination. You become immersed, but in your own imagination. The artwork is more impressionistic instead of High Definition, so it allows a lot of room for the story to come alive in your own mind, just like reading a book or listening to radio theatre. And the coding is much simpler, so the development time should be much shorter and less expensive moving forward. I think they are onto a great idea here. I hope they make many more. I was left with the feeling like I read a good book. A very nice change from stereotypical video games. Well done guys!