Aria and the Secret of the Labyrinth
- May 3, 2022
- Tsukimitake
Get on SteamAria and the Secret of the Labyrinth is a roguelike RPG with turn-based combat. Collect various item with powerful effect and upgrade your equipment to overcome the ever-changing dungeon! ～Story～ While Aria,the maid of the mansion was cleaning the dusty basement,she discovered a mysterious hidden room. As she hoping to find some treasure and explores the hidden room, she found a…
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Reviews
- The game features great art and is enjoyable for CG hunters.
- The translation is acceptable, with only minor issues.
- The gameplay offers fun dungeon crawling experiences.
- The publisher's patch is poorly implemented, causing significant bugs and issues.
- The game lacks basic quality-of-life features like Cloud Save.
- Text display issues in the RPGMaker engine lead to broken dialogue and a frustrating experience.
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the English version of the game is criticized for being buggy and prone to crashes, with users noting that these issues are not present in the original Japanese version. Additionally, a recent patch from the developers has been reported to introduce further bugs.
“The patch from the dev is already buggy.”
“This English version of the game crashes and is buggy/laggy, which you do not experience on the original JP version.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay is primarily a dungeon crawler focused on survival, but it is often described as serviceable yet lacking in entertainment value, suggesting that it serves mainly as a backdrop for additional content rather than offering a compelling experience on its own.
“In which case it would be a serviceable but barely entertaining dungeon crawler, since it's clear that the gameplay of this game was designed first and foremost to be window dressing for the additional patched scenes.”
“Gameplay: dungeon crawl survival”
- story4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story is described as minimal and bare, lacking depth and primarily consisting of a series of events or silent exploration rather than a cohesive narrative.
“The story is very minimal and bare.”
“There's not much story in it, just a bunch of events or silent exploration.”
- monetization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game is widely criticized as a blatant cash grab, leveraging its popularity to extract money from players without offering substantial value in return.
“This is just a cash grab attempt with a popular Japanese game.”
