Missing essential port elements
[I’ll update my review with a proper one once I finish the game, or this gets fixed.]
This game is really only playable on iPhones. It does NOT support controllers, but I mostly like their approach to cloning Romancing SaGa’s touch controls, however it does feel kinda clunky on the right side.
I would also suggest doing a bit of a UI overhaul. The game shouldn’t have a third letterbox on the bottom for notched/island devices, which I sort of understand they did to avoid overlapping the iOS home bar. Not to mention this game was likely designed for 16:9 in mind. The porting team could’ve at least placed the bottom row of buttons above the home bar.
Another thing I really dislike is how micro the buttons are, but are practically the perfect size on iPads. Except one big issue: The controls are absolutely MASSIVE on iPads. Remember: There’s no controller support. There’s no option to change up the scaling of the joysticks at all, and it feels a bit too much like a lazy port for mobile. It feels like this game was more made for the “old style” iPhones with bezels, i.e. the iPhone 8, 7, SE2 etc.
Another missing item are cloud saves. The porting team made the same mistake of a decision that Spike Chunsoft made with their almost impeccable ports of Danganronpa of not including any sort of iCloud integration. Pick one or the other device to play this game. There’s no graphical or performance differences playing on a high end iPad or a mid-range iPhone in 2023, but I would at least prefer these improvements on the surface for this port.
This game is really only playable on iPhones. It does NOT support controllers, but I mostly like their approach to cloning Romancing SaGa’s touch controls, however it does feel kinda clunky on the right side.
I would also suggest doing a bit of a UI overhaul. The game shouldn’t have a third letterbox on the bottom for notched/island devices, which I sort of understand they did to avoid overlapping the iOS home bar. Not to mention this game was likely designed for 16:9 in mind. The porting team could’ve at least placed the bottom row of buttons above the home bar.
Another thing I really dislike is how micro the buttons are, but are practically the perfect size on iPads. Except one big issue: The controls are absolutely MASSIVE on iPads. Remember: There’s no controller support. There’s no option to change up the scaling of the joysticks at all, and it feels a bit too much like a lazy port for mobile. It feels like this game was more made for the “old style” iPhones with bezels, i.e. the iPhone 8, 7, SE2 etc.
Another missing item are cloud saves. The porting team made the same mistake of a decision that Spike Chunsoft made with their almost impeccable ports of Danganronpa of not including any sort of iCloud integration. Pick one or the other device to play this game. There’s no graphical or performance differences playing on a high end iPad or a mid-range iPhone in 2023, but I would at least prefer these improvements on the surface for this port.
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Almost perfect
Would be nice if it had controller support or proper touch controls instead of dragging controls, the game works just fine but it would be nice to have the alt options for the controls. Arc Sys pleas update the game.
Almost there!
So close, so very close. First issue is the screen. Not sure why it is set up the way it is, makes no sense. I can certainly understand side borders, we get that often, but the bottom border is bizarre. Second issue, and it is quite honestly the biggest, is the controls. Why controller support is missing is unclear, and with the significant mobile gaming push recently, not including support is just a poor decision. Controller use with mobile phones is so commonplace now that without it, players will just opt for other games that do offer controller support. This is mobile gaming with so many options out there that not having it limits sales. So again, so close, but sadly off to something else.
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