Playing through any combat scenario is like trudging through a swampy mire. It's probably for the purpose of making sure you're strong enough to head into the next area, but these walls pop up so often that it barely feels like you're making any progress in the actual game. There are several points in the game where it feels like you're hitting a wall. And difficulty spikes are insane and seem oddly frequent. Your regular characters are just weak as heck unless you spend hours grinding - even if you play on the easiest difficulty setting. Your skills barely do any more damage than a regular attack, which means they basically just bring a little bit of versatility and variety to the field. I sort of enjoyed it at first, but it quickly became a slog. Your characters are arranged on a grid alongside enemies, and you have to get into the right positions in order to properly attack. It's turn based, where the character's speed stats determine how often they can act. Let me say one thing right off the bat: the combat in Rainbow Skies is sort of draining.

All the same, though, I was pleasantly surprised that the dialogue was more jovial and entertaining to read than many RPGs.

I'm not going to sing too many of its praises because it does some questionable stuff at times, such as forced flirting, a few odd instances of gaslighting, and an unfortunate knack for reusing the same jokes over and over again. However, despite my reservations here, I would like to take a second and say that the writing is actually pretty good. Which I guess is cool if you're into that. As you make your way further into the story, it gets to the point where it feels like there are a ton of battles just shoehorned into the game for the sake of battling. It's really just there to get you from one battle to the next. It's nothing to write home about, but it gets the job done, I suppose. It's all about finding some way to undo the Spell of Binding so that your party can finally separate and so that the characters from the floating island can find their way back home. Rainbow Skies is the type of game where the story takes a back seat to the gameplay. This doesn't sound wholly dissimilar to most RPGs on the market, so what makes Rainbow Skies stand out from the rest? And is it worth spending your time on? Rainbow Skies Is a Few Shades Off This journey takes them across several continents and through many terrifying lands that are home to many terrifying monsters. They must travel together with a spell caster from the surface to try and puzzle out a way back home. Some of the higher Shop Level equipment will have Skills and Conditions on them that are not available anywhere else (crafting-wise).Two of the three aforementioned characters are from a race of people that reside on a floating island in the sky, and they have to keep their identity a secret lest the denizens of the moon find out and crucify them. Also, some Materials have both a Skill and Condition that can be added. Note: When Crafting a piece of equipment, be careful about adding a Material to a piece of equipment that already has a Skill or Condition on it as it will overwrite the existing Skill or Condition. Wannabe Hero / Thief / Backslider / Marauder / Assassin (Boss)Ĭhest (Abandoned House) / Chest (Cave of the Ancestors) Giant Spider / Wizard / Living Gun / Chest (Murky Basement) / Chest (Dripstone Cave) x2 Trainee Mage / Chest (Castle Temwall) / Chest (Endless Passage) Last Tone / Dark Mage / Post-Game Bags & Chests Lofi Guard / Noise Bard / Last Tone / Death Tone (Boss) / Terz (Boss)

Noise Bard / Quest Reward (Robe Hunt) / Chest (Broad Kennel) / Chest (Murky Basement)Įarth Golem / Ice Golem / Steel Golem / Power Golem / Glow Golem (Boss) / Zrah (Boss) / Limwar (Boss) Stinky Mucus / Stick Eater (Boss) / Chest (Horheim) / Chest (Zrah's Camp) Materials with Skills and Conditions īook of Rage / Servant (Boss) / Chest (Cave of the Ancestors) x2

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