The Land of Dasthir

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The Land of Dasthir is a single player role playing game. It was developed by RPG Video and was released on January 9, 2017. It received negative reviews from players.

Join Terret in his small, but dangerous adventure through a mysterious and forgotten land of Dasthir

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Audience ScoreBased on 45 reviews

story5 negative mentions

The game provides a simple and quick RPG experience for fans of old-school RPG Maker titles.
Some players found moments of emotional comfort and motivation from the game's music and basic gameplay.
It is accessible enough to be played with one hand, which helped some players during recovery from injury.

The game suffers from poor grammar, spelling mistakes, and badly translated or unpolished writing.
Gameplay is frustrating due to unbalanced combat, confusing mechanics, lack of guidance, and bugs that hinder progress.
The storyline is weak and clichéd with little meaningful plot development; the game feels rushed and incomplete.

story
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
55%
28%
The story is widely criticized for being clichéd, poorly written, and lacking coherence, with numerous grammar and spelling errors detracting from the experience. Many reviewers found the narrative uninspired and frustrating, with confusing quests and minimal effort in storytelling and direction. Overall, the story fails to engage players or provide a meaningful, polished RPG experience.
- “Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
- “The epitome of storytelling; 1000 years ago monsters vanished.”
- “Expectations of RPGs such as a deep system, a medium to long amount of playtime, tons of locations, and a complex story were set aside as I loaded this game up.”
- “Poor story direction, default assets, very noticeable grammar and spelling mistakes, and your character can't even run.”
- “The story does not make much sense.”
- “That was also the point where I had enough and uninstalled the game because the story didn't reach any meaningful point and Terret's smug face started to bug me more than sitting on an anthill.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in this game is notably excessive and poorly balanced, requiring significantly more experience and gold than typical for the genre. The level curve and rewards do not adequately support grinding, leading to a repetitive and unrewarding experience.
- “While grinding is fairly common in games like this one, the people behind it clearly didn't give the level curve any thought whatsoever.”
- “Not only do you need triple the average experience you would normally expect, but the amount of gold you generate doesn't support grinding in a reasonable manner.”
- “Also, you can't sell anything so all money must be made from grinding or chests, and in the 3 dungeons it has...”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The music is generally seen as relaxing but repetitive and unremarkable, lacking uniqueness and contributing to a less memorable overall experience.
- “I relaxed for 5 heartfelt minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- “Another typical RPG Maker game but not one of the better ones, repetitive music, bad dialogue, and more.”
- “The music is also not unique and neither are the enemy sprites unfortunately.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The gameplay is widely criticized for being tedious and frustrating, as it forces players to repeatedly fail and painstakingly learn mechanics just to overcome basic challenges, unlike more balanced approaches seen in classic RPGs.
- “And the gameplay is quite frankly boring.”
- “There's a right way to give players a hands-off approach when it comes to RPGs and their difficulty (as Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy did back on NES) and then there's the way The Land of Dasthir did it, having players fail time and time again until they piece together all of the game's mechanics just so they can beat the first enemy they encounter.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The emotional aspect of the game is considered clichéd and uninspired, with a storyline that fails to stand out or evoke strong feelings. Overall, it lacks any memorable or impactful emotional depth.
- “Cliché and boring story, nothing stands out as special about this.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with frequent bugs that prevent it from meeting even the basic standards of typical RPG Maker titles.
- “I can't even compare this to the usual RPG Maker games because it fails even to be a standard RPG Maker game due to how buggy it is.”