Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition
Take in the beauty of a magical world floating above the clouds, then take on a menacing race of vampires hidden in the dark. Ara Fell combines the best parts of Japanese-style roleplaying games with the best parts of western RPGs. The new Enhanced Edition features a slew of new features!
Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition is a rpg, indie and adventure game
developed by Stegosoft Games
and published by DANGEN Entertainment.
Released on June 02nd 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 2,114 reviews of which 1,994 were positive and 120 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. đ
The game is currently priced at 14.79⏠on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition into these genres:
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Requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 800 MB available space
MacOS
- OS: OS X 10.5
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 800 MB available space
Linux
- OS: 64-bit OS
- Processor: 1.5 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB
- Storage: 800 MB available space
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Note: I played the entire game, from start to finish, on the Steam Deck. The game was completed once, in Expert mode. TLDR: An outstanding jRPG which can be recommended without hesitation, as long as you are aware of one major negative (the lighting). Ara Fell is simply amazing. It does almost everything right. The story is fantastic. You are given the time to get to know the characters, and they are written well. There are no translation issues here! The story has its ups and downs, some genuinely funny moments, and an absolutely epic finale. The pacing is tremendous. The gathering and crafting system are fairly unique, but it works very well. Each character has their full outfit available to them from the outset, but each piece can be upgraded with the materials you find out in the world. The world is a very believable, lived-in space. There are numerous critters flying and scurrying around all of the time. Leaves fall, trees sway in the wind, it all feels very real. The pixel graphics do some heavy lifting here, as you can tell that enough attention to detail has been given here to make the world feel alive. The only time I dislike the environment has to do with the biggest negative the game has to offer: its lighting. As mentioned above, the entire game was played on the Steam Deck. The Deck was very frequently docked with the game displayed on a 72 inch television, and the rest of the time played in handheld mode. The result was the same. The game has SEVERE problems with its lighting in several places in the game. It is simultaneously too bright and too dark. The game has many white âflashbangâ screens (even right at the title, where it lasts interminably long until you realize you can hit any key/button to advance). These screens are almost blindingly white, and I really did not care for them. Likewise, when you are out in the snow or in certain grove areas, the sunlight and reflected light are just so bright as to be uncomfortable on your eyes. And then, conversely, in most caves, everything is just WAY too dark. I literally could not see where to go in some areas. I wound up having to increase the brightness of the tv or deck (as the game does not provide a working brightness control) whenever I was in a cave, and then lowering the brightness whenever I was not in a cave. This was very annoying, but it speaks to the quality of the game that I was willing to go to such lengths. The final negative regarding the lighting is that several areas have a âpulsing background lightâ, which is probably meant to represent lightning. This, thankfully, is only present in the early areas of the game that you will push past quickly, but it is also present in the final area of the game, and you unfortunately spend a long time in that area. If you are epileptic, this may pose a problem for you. The rest of the game is nearly perfect, with minor quibbles. The combat is excellent, a highlight of the game, and thatâs very good, because there is A LOT OF IT. And I mean a lot! I was playing on Expert difficulty, so I did wind up fighting almost everything I saw (to keep myself over leveled for the mostly hard boss fights). Each character feels unique and the choices they make each combat turn do feel meaningful. A small downside here is when each character gets to upgrade their class. This choice is permanent, enormous (every character plays completely differently based on what you choose), and given very little fanfare. Worse, you are not really told or shown HOW the choice will affect the character. It almost seems as though you are meant to consult a guide/wiki to see the skills before you make your choice. Iâm fine with that (and thatâs what I did), but I think the game would have been improved with either class tutorials showing the difference ahead of time, or a âtesting areaâ to allows players to try both options out before committing. Finally, the audio and visual are mostly top notch. The pixel graphics are a delight, infusing the world with life. The music tracks are purchase-worthy, though I feel there are not enough of them. The sound effects consist of a lot of grunts and weapon âwhooshesâ, and feel much lower quality than the rest of the game, so I turned those off early and left them off for the rest of the game. Thank you for reading this far, and if you have even a passing appreciation for RPGs and jRPGs in particular, you owe it to yourself to try this brilliant throwback to the genre.
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I donât know if words can properly express how deeply I enjoyed this game, but I will try. Ara Fell is a stunningly beautiful homage to the 16-bit era of RPGs that shaped my childhood. The game was a complete joy from start to finish. The storytelling was artful and compelling. The dialogue was witty and fluid, making me smile, chuckle, and even tear up at times. It was never forced or snarky. The game creators really built a visual spectacle that was fun to explore. Despite being an adult with little to no free time, I really enjoyed taking my time with this one. I could choose to move the story line at will, while simultaneously taking a break from it to spend 20 minutes going off the beaten path to adventure and level up. No part of this game was a âgrindâ. The battles were fast paced, with lots of monster variety. On harder difficulties, battle strategy was a necessity, while also not bogging down the battle pace at all. The system of development for weapons, armor, and abilities was refreshing and simple. There was a tremendous amount of latitude in the customization of your characters, from stat builds, to ability improvements, to armor augments, to class decisions. It was stylistically unique, but never complicated, allowing the opportunity to play through several times just to test out different character builds. The music fit the scenes very well. Relaxing tones set to a visually striking world design. None of the music got repetitive or boring. The âhigh pulseâ moments all had fitting soundtracks to match the mood. From the moment you turn the game on, the opening soundtrack immediately pulls you into the world (immediately following the damn stegosaurus roar at the intro đ. Might want to turn your speakers down a tad when starting the game!) I really enjoyed completing all the little side quests. They were manageable, and didnât require 100âs of hours of monotonous game play. Additionally, ending the game with a fully playable epilogue was an ingenious stroke of game design! My compliments to the designer who implemented that, it made the whole experience end on a note that could never be easily forgotten. My next move will be to hunt down the sequel, these folks at Stegosoft Games deserve every penny I can throw at them. I highly recommend this game. 11/10.
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This game is wonderful, the story is well written all the way through, the characters are likable, and the combat is enjoyable. I also quite like the mechanic of the Story Mode difficulty which lets you instantly win any fight, this means you can skip repetitive monster fights if you're getting tired of them, or skip boss fights if you find them too difficult. If you like this game then you should check out Stegosoft's other game, Rise of the Third Power. Or if you're looking into this game after playing RotTP then you should definitely give Ara Fell a try.
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The best part about making a throwback RPG is that it's still great to play even when it gets older. This is a really well designed SNES era style game with excellent music and pixel graphics. I honestly can't believe that it was made with the RPG Maker engine as the quality is that high. Well worth it for anyone interested in the genre.
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A solid retro turn-based JRPG with some interesting tweaks to the expected mechanics, such as upgrading your equipment through crafting instead of getting new gear and levelling up your skills with magic stones. The story was interesting, the characters engaging, and though the map was on the smaller side it worked fine because it's a comparatively shorter game but there was in-game reason for it, so everything made sense. Though it's different and its own thing, playing it, it had a vibe that kind of reminded me of Shadows of Adam because it was at times surprisingly darker than you'd expect, which is a good thing. I was able to finish the whole game in about 10 hours and the only issue I encountered was that I was unable to finish the sidequest that unlocked Seri's specialization subclass because one of the stones needed to unlock it didn't spawn and I only found out about it because I googled where to find it after I was almost done with the whole game and I realized I hadn't found it yet. I'll definitely play Rise of the Third Power, since it's made by the same studio and I've heard it's even better.
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Online players
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Developer
Stegosoft Games
Publisher
DANGEN Entertainment
Release
02 Jun 2016
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