Loren is suprisingly interesting. I thought the story was reasonable and the characters interesting. The turn-based battles makes Loren quite a bit different from other VN that I have played. I actually felt like I was playing a JRPG, except that there is no representation of your character on a map. What you do see, though, is what appears to be nicely drawn backgrounds, with your character and important NPCs overlaid on top (like most VNs and JRPGs). The RPG elements are pretty good and I enjoyed finding the right skills for my characters. Ididn't enjoy item management as much though.

Did I finish the game? No. Will I? I'm not sure. I've enjoyed everything up to where I got. The story is good, the conversations between party members are sometimes intriguing and at times fairly predicatable and and even the characters are sufficiently different to not be boring. Music is pretty decent too.

Your character is not the strongest in the game. There's plently of characters who are a lot more useful in combat than your character. I found that refreshing. Since I haven't finished the game yet, I have no idea whether your character will turn out to be the messiah, but being just a support for Loren suits me just fine.

I got the game as part of a bundle, but for $10, it's certainly worth it.

Loren is suprisingly interesting. I thought the story was reasonable and the characters interesting. The turn-based battles makes Loren quite a bit different from other VN that I have played. I actually felt like I was playing a JRPG, except that there is no representation of your character on a map. What you do see, though, is what appears to be nicely drawn backgrounds, with your character and important NPCs overlaid on top (like most VNs and JRPGs). The RPG elements are pretty good and I enjoyed finding the right skills for my characters. Ididn't enjoy item management as much though. Did I finish the game? No. Will I? I'm not sure. I've enjoyed everything up to where I got. The story is good, the conversations between party members are sometimes intriguing and at times fairly predicatable and and even the characters are sufficiently different to not be boring. Music is pretty decent too. Your character is not the strongest in the game. There's plently of characters who are a lot more useful in combat than your character. I found that refreshing. Since I haven't finished the game yet, I have no idea whether your character will turn out to be the messiah, but being just a support for Loren suits me just fine. I got the game as part of a bundle, but for $10, it's certainly worth it.