Arkandian Legends: Chapter I - Crusade

Arkandian Crusade is

Review

Good

• I like how the combat lets you choose what level of attack you want to risk.
• The weapon prefixes adds a lot of variety to the game.
• The paperdoll clothing system is very fanciful.
• The ability to choose good or evil from an early stage is kind of nice.
• The defense missions are a nice change of pace.
• The constant skill increases are nice and give you constant positive feedback.

Bad

• The combat icons have no tool tip, so they're often left unknown.
• The store doesn't upgrade its items, so it becomes pretty useless after a few missions.
• Other than grinding stats, I couldn't see a use for the defend action during combat.
• Even with the various weapons, armor, and items, there is a strong sameness to the whole game.
• The sort order of items in your backpack is obnoxious.
• The inability of monsters to move makes them seem really superfluous when they're not placed in your way.
• Nearly all missions lack bosses, which makes beating them rather underwhelming.

Ugly

• While there is a story, the vast majority of the game feels like you're just min/maxing and clicking a mouse button as things happen. There is practically no emotional involvement at all.
• Death has practically no down-side, just a minor cost of having to pay travel expenses again.

Links

• kongregate.com/games/undefined/arkandian-crusade - Play Online.