Obviously a labor of love
Partia is an excellent SRPG that was very obviously made with a lot of love, passion, and dedication.
I don’t understand people nitpicking the game’s features.
Having to grind your characters for a little bit is nothing new. Frankly for some majorly successful game franchises like Disgaea, grinding is the vast vast vast majority of the game; in fact they basically advertise grinding as an attractive feature of the Disgaea franchise, so “I shouldn’t have to grind” isn’t a reason to dislike Partia.
Basically it’s built like an old school SRPG, the graphics are retro and nostalgic depending on how old you are, I’m in my 30’s and for me the graphics feel like home.
The combat is simple to understand but engaging, and features like weapon durability and the fact that you can’t just heal at the inn an infinite number of times makes grinding feel real and consequential, not just a task where I have to press buttons over and over until I get a high enough level. You actually need to put some thought into how to efficiently and successfully grind your characters, because you can’t just use the inn like a poke-center. If you don’t like that you have to play strategically, then you shouldn’t be playing an SRPG.
Overall it’s an excellent game. If I have to find a flaw, I’m not the biggest fan of the UI for the camp, it feels a little bit all over the place to me. Otherwise it’s one of the best mobile games I’ve ever played.
If you like classic SRPGs, you will love Partia. Buy it.
I don’t understand people nitpicking the game’s features.
Having to grind your characters for a little bit is nothing new. Frankly for some majorly successful game franchises like Disgaea, grinding is the vast vast vast majority of the game; in fact they basically advertise grinding as an attractive feature of the Disgaea franchise, so “I shouldn’t have to grind” isn’t a reason to dislike Partia.
Basically it’s built like an old school SRPG, the graphics are retro and nostalgic depending on how old you are, I’m in my 30’s and for me the graphics feel like home.
The combat is simple to understand but engaging, and features like weapon durability and the fact that you can’t just heal at the inn an infinite number of times makes grinding feel real and consequential, not just a task where I have to press buttons over and over until I get a high enough level. You actually need to put some thought into how to efficiently and successfully grind your characters, because you can’t just use the inn like a poke-center. If you don’t like that you have to play strategically, then you shouldn’t be playing an SRPG.
Overall it’s an excellent game. If I have to find a flaw, I’m not the biggest fan of the UI for the camp, it feels a little bit all over the place to me. Otherwise it’s one of the best mobile games I’ve ever played.
If you like classic SRPGs, you will love Partia. Buy it.
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Response from developer
Oh my goodness! You might be my kindred spirit lol! Really I thank you very much. Much, much appreciated. It's the comment like yours and people like you that I get the courage to sit down and continue work on the game series, where I feel stuck in a long dark tunnel with the next one.
Great homage to retro SRPG’s
Nice and simple, retro feeling SRPG without it being overwhelming or overloaded with confusing menus. Great for people who liked the feeling of the older Shining Force/Fire Emblem games. My only real gripe is that the game doesn’t seem to be full 16:9 fullscreen for newer iPhones (there is a gap at bottom where home slider is as well as showing clock and battery on left size of screen)
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Response from developer
I was finally able to fix this smaller size screen issue while working on TOP with newer SDL. I guess retro fitting the game with newer engine is something I can do during my vacation!
One of my favorite game series of all time.
Cannot express enough how much I love these games(all 3). The only thing I hate is the excessive amount of precise tapping on these big phones it hurts my hands honestly. I wish there was a d-pad and buttons option to avoid all the stretching but hey if that's the worst part I will gladly deal.
Edit- I tried using a Xbox One controller and it did not work. Thanks for responding you seem to be a nice developer and I am glad I supported by buying all three. Would Apple allow you to instead of updating the game for all sell the virtual d-pad and the ones who want it could buy it for say 2 bucks? Just wondering if there was a workaround or loophole we could use.
Edit- Deleted my save after starting Chapter 8. Only that file have no idea why.
Edit- I tried using a Xbox One controller and it did not work. Thanks for responding you seem to be a nice developer and I am glad I supported by buying all three. Would Apple allow you to instead of updating the game for all sell the virtual d-pad and the ones who want it could buy it for say 2 bucks? Just wondering if there was a workaround or loophole we could use.
Edit- Deleted my save after starting Chapter 8. Only that file have no idea why.
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Response from developer
Oh thank you very much as usual! Your encouragement really does matter to me and actually gives me courage to continue on! The games do have portrait and virtual d-pad mode but Apple is not allowing me to have vastly black UI for some reason and I couldn't fight its policy. But I think bluetooth dpad will work if anyone is trying.
Fun Game
Overall experience is good. Story and gameplay are good.
There is lacking explanation on how the interactions work with characters, items, etc
Overall, very worth the price.
There is lacking explanation on how the interactions work with characters, items, etc
Overall, very worth the price.
Controller support
Please add controller support! This game would be much more enjoyable for me and others if it had it! Thanks!
Bonne alternative à Fire Emblem
Bonne histoire (pour une fois sur ios !!) et bon gameplay juste un peu court.Bien mieux que Fire emblem ios. Le jeu a été fait par deux passionnés ça donne envie de récompenser leur travail !
Very Good, Very Interesting, Very Short
Hi, don’t get me wrong with my title for the game. I felt/believe it was very good and somewhat went along with what I was looking for as a “Fire Emblem” experience while not being FE. I rated this as “8/10” on a solely personal opinion.
For the price of the game, it’s certainly worth getting. Very cool and very refreshing to me. Just a bit short and repetitive. But that makes sense, as it feels like a chapter going into a chapter. A game going into a sequel. And a beginning game at that.
Spoilers Ahead for anyone reading this:
First, leveling up units is easy in the arena. Pair your fighter with an archer and let the archer fire away at you. Each miss still counts as EXP, which is super valuable.
Also, don’t worry about potion healing at the inn. Just have your healer step into arena fights with your weak partner, heal then and then “abort”. Make sure the bet/crowns are low during those aborts, as they cost you.
As for the game, for me, I played FE for the stories compared to gameplay. Most of the time anyway. Path of Radiance did both for me. And FE7 - Lyndis, Eliwood and Hector - was a tremendous experience too. Story really gripped me with the older FE series, which is what I was looking for here.
Sadly, I feel like there was a story here but… it felt rushed? It jumped places? Especially the south rebellion? It would have been nice to see the characters interact. Even see chats between them at camp. Instead, it felt like you just moved on from chapter to chapter with some light connection between your character and the romantic interest.
And then there were politics behind closed doors; involving the north and south at each other’s throats. But there was no real side intrigue or anything. No one wondering why “this” was happening or “that”. Who was acting “suspicious” lately. No reports on the “unexpected”.
I do give points for being able to name the main character! That was very nice and helped me feel connected to the world/fantasy. And the class promotions were still encouraging, as usual. I did find it interesting to see armor units limited to one class, although there was “sword” missing.
Also, dwarf and elf weapons. Those were surprising! I wondered about what races there could be in this FE look alike. The world builds were interesting too, alongside the character sprites! I do wish that the character icons changed expressions for emotion like happy, sad, surprised and so on, to set the mood even more. But it was all still good.
Overall, I very much enjoyed this game and feel like it was a start project of some kind. I’m going to look into the sequel, which the “trailer” showed me. I had a spectacular time with Partia, although feeling a bit lost. Reminded me a bit of Dungeons and Dragons, a prologue leading into the bigger story later. A start to everything, ha ha.
For the price of the game, it’s certainly worth getting. Very cool and very refreshing to me. Just a bit short and repetitive. But that makes sense, as it feels like a chapter going into a chapter. A game going into a sequel. And a beginning game at that.
Spoilers Ahead for anyone reading this:
First, leveling up units is easy in the arena. Pair your fighter with an archer and let the archer fire away at you. Each miss still counts as EXP, which is super valuable.
Also, don’t worry about potion healing at the inn. Just have your healer step into arena fights with your weak partner, heal then and then “abort”. Make sure the bet/crowns are low during those aborts, as they cost you.
As for the game, for me, I played FE for the stories compared to gameplay. Most of the time anyway. Path of Radiance did both for me. And FE7 - Lyndis, Eliwood and Hector - was a tremendous experience too. Story really gripped me with the older FE series, which is what I was looking for here.
Sadly, I feel like there was a story here but… it felt rushed? It jumped places? Especially the south rebellion? It would have been nice to see the characters interact. Even see chats between them at camp. Instead, it felt like you just moved on from chapter to chapter with some light connection between your character and the romantic interest.
And then there were politics behind closed doors; involving the north and south at each other’s throats. But there was no real side intrigue or anything. No one wondering why “this” was happening or “that”. Who was acting “suspicious” lately. No reports on the “unexpected”.
I do give points for being able to name the main character! That was very nice and helped me feel connected to the world/fantasy. And the class promotions were still encouraging, as usual. I did find it interesting to see armor units limited to one class, although there was “sword” missing.
Also, dwarf and elf weapons. Those were surprising! I wondered about what races there could be in this FE look alike. The world builds were interesting too, alongside the character sprites! I do wish that the character icons changed expressions for emotion like happy, sad, surprised and so on, to set the mood even more. But it was all still good.
Overall, I very much enjoyed this game and feel like it was a start project of some kind. I’m going to look into the sequel, which the “trailer” showed me. I had a spectacular time with Partia, although feeling a bit lost. Reminded me a bit of Dungeons and Dragons, a prologue leading into the bigger story later. A start to everything, ha ha.
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Regarding my last review
Don’t worry about remasters, the game is incredible by its own and it holds itself pretty good, the thing that I wanted to point out was that the game on iPhone X has the top information of the phone, (hour, battery, and connection) and It didn’t happened before.
Too Rough and uninformed
It’s not horrible. It’s okay the problems however make me just throw my hands up on the second Map.
Yes. Second. Still here?
The game sells itself as a Fire Emblem like even if that’s not what the devs wanted. But Fire Emblem at least TOLD you how it works. Is there weapon advantage? Maybe but I can’t tell. Is there Perma-death? They don’t tell you, they want to seem to have you waste time figuring it out. How the bleeding heck does Magic work with its damage and resistance? Nope get out what is this some spoon fed hold your hand sim?
It’s far to rough and seems to take sadistic glee and not telling you anything. Maybe the sequels don’t waste your time as much.
Yes. Second. Still here?
The game sells itself as a Fire Emblem like even if that’s not what the devs wanted. But Fire Emblem at least TOLD you how it works. Is there weapon advantage? Maybe but I can’t tell. Is there Perma-death? They don’t tell you, they want to seem to have you waste time figuring it out. How the bleeding heck does Magic work with its damage and resistance? Nope get out what is this some spoon fed hold your hand sim?
It’s far to rough and seems to take sadistic glee and not telling you anything. Maybe the sequels don’t waste your time as much.
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I love the Partia trilogy!
I bought Partia because I was looking for a good rpg mobile game and I was not disappointed! I beat this one, and the second one now I’m going to buy the third one! I can’t get enough and I will most definitely replay these over and over! 5 stars!
Sehr guter Fire Emblem Ersatz
Kann es definitiv jedem empfehlen der fire emblem mag.
Love It
This is coming from a huge Fire Emblem fan who has played each game within the franchise repeatedly.
Firstly, I just want to keep this review short since there is too much I enjoy about it. Basically, I am overjoyed and eternally grateful for this game. The Partia series is like having classic Fire Emblem on mobile, and it is something I have always wanted (Fire Emblem Heroes is NOT it, from really just being another gacha game). With a few other gimmicks, it can definitely come out as its own thing. Yet while still far from an original idea, I mean it is just so much like classic Fire Emblem, it is not at all a bad one. With Partia, you are not getting garbage. Partia gives you a legitimate and thoughtfully made game full of fun. On a side note, I recommend turning on all three of the special settings — horse rule, etc. — for the nearly diverse fun-filled gaming to which I am referring. It will probably be more or too difficult for some to most players, but best experience for people like myself who love the genre of T/SRPGs.
Secondly, I will be honest in which I have not played much of it thus far. I have owned this game since released, played it for a bit (recently restarted and getting further), and even have had the Partia 2 and 3 since release. And yet, I have played enough of this game to get that satisfaction I always get from the genre. It is by far from perfect, which is expected from an indie game as well as something only on mobile. Overall, it’s a hidden treasure in the world of tactical RPGs. I am thoroughly excited to get more into the world of Partia and continuing with the next two, and hopefully more, games.
And finally, there are a few things I wish to see from Partia. The biggest one is for there to be controller support. I use screen mirroring with my iPad, and Partia could benefit perfectly from having controller support (hopefully on each of their games) so that I can connect my 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ controller to my iPad and just play it like any other game. As for the other things... I forgot what they were. Maybe add some more fighting animations such as what has always been on Fire Emblem? For all I know, that has already been implemented into the sequels. Honestly, the rest does not matter much. Imago Software is doing good work. Keep it up, and many thanks.
(Guess this thing did not turn out all that short after all.)
Firstly, I just want to keep this review short since there is too much I enjoy about it. Basically, I am overjoyed and eternally grateful for this game. The Partia series is like having classic Fire Emblem on mobile, and it is something I have always wanted (Fire Emblem Heroes is NOT it, from really just being another gacha game). With a few other gimmicks, it can definitely come out as its own thing. Yet while still far from an original idea, I mean it is just so much like classic Fire Emblem, it is not at all a bad one. With Partia, you are not getting garbage. Partia gives you a legitimate and thoughtfully made game full of fun. On a side note, I recommend turning on all three of the special settings — horse rule, etc. — for the nearly diverse fun-filled gaming to which I am referring. It will probably be more or too difficult for some to most players, but best experience for people like myself who love the genre of T/SRPGs.
Secondly, I will be honest in which I have not played much of it thus far. I have owned this game since released, played it for a bit (recently restarted and getting further), and even have had the Partia 2 and 3 since release. And yet, I have played enough of this game to get that satisfaction I always get from the genre. It is by far from perfect, which is expected from an indie game as well as something only on mobile. Overall, it’s a hidden treasure in the world of tactical RPGs. I am thoroughly excited to get more into the world of Partia and continuing with the next two, and hopefully more, games.
And finally, there are a few things I wish to see from Partia. The biggest one is for there to be controller support. I use screen mirroring with my iPad, and Partia could benefit perfectly from having controller support (hopefully on each of their games) so that I can connect my 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ controller to my iPad and just play it like any other game. As for the other things... I forgot what they were. Maybe add some more fighting animations such as what has always been on Fire Emblem? For all I know, that has already been implemented into the sequels. Honestly, the rest does not matter much. Imago Software is doing good work. Keep it up, and many thanks.
(Guess this thing did not turn out all that short after all.)
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Bought to play the series
The first Partia feels quite partial. I enjoyed abusing the arena, but the money was short for my effort. Wasn’t ever any worthy enemies to use the greater weapons on. Would recommend to anyone that has a deep love for Fire Emblem.
Limited weapons/item stock
The grind would be fine if weapons armor and items were not limited in quantity. Trying to level up my hero in arena is near impossible since it depends on either not getting hit or wasting weapons/armor
Great game so far.
The game looks amazing for what it is. The style is perfect for this type of game. Price isnt to high or to low, i plan on purchasing the other two games as well but i will only be purchasing them after i complete the one beforehand. Thank you for making these games as they are what i have been looking for and Just now found.
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Response from developer
Thank you for enjoying the game so far! I hope you would get to the finish line and find out the series indeed gets progressively better. Or should I say I pray!
Fun but somewhat grindy FE clone
Pros:
- Visiting Town between chapters is entertaining and makes sense.
- Dialogue is expertly crafted, easily better than the ridiculous Japanese-English translation dialogue that plagued FE games
- Character portraits and character personalities (so far) are mostly pretty great, with the ocasional hilariously “homemade” portrait
- Special abilities on characters, including support bonuses boosts the depth of combat. Having an accuracy boost on the pathetically weak main character is especially welcome!
- Big maps! Some might complain, about more tapping/clicking/turns to traverse, but big maps make battles feel epic!
Cons:
- Punishing EXP system (esp on expert). You will need to grind, especially with your main character, to get them strong enough to not get one shotted by enemy grunts
Tips (for noobs only):
- Exploit the arena. Revisiting town spawns new random arena match
- Save your potions! Should be used in arena only
- If you run out of potions for the arena, bring in your healer and do 2v2 matches vs. weak enemies to heal your injured units
- For best EXP gains, it is most effective to unequip your character weapon and wait for a weak enemy to attack (and hopefully miss) for 25 turns, OR attack with slow/weak weapons.
(Edit after response from Developers):
Bumped up to 4 stars, since the punishing EXP system works as Devs intended!
- Visiting Town between chapters is entertaining and makes sense.
- Dialogue is expertly crafted, easily better than the ridiculous Japanese-English translation dialogue that plagued FE games
- Character portraits and character personalities (so far) are mostly pretty great, with the ocasional hilariously “homemade” portrait
- Special abilities on characters, including support bonuses boosts the depth of combat. Having an accuracy boost on the pathetically weak main character is especially welcome!
- Big maps! Some might complain, about more tapping/clicking/turns to traverse, but big maps make battles feel epic!
Cons:
- Punishing EXP system (esp on expert). You will need to grind, especially with your main character, to get them strong enough to not get one shotted by enemy grunts
Tips (for noobs only):
- Exploit the arena. Revisiting town spawns new random arena match
- Save your potions! Should be used in arena only
- If you run out of potions for the arena, bring in your healer and do 2v2 matches vs. weak enemies to heal your injured units
- For best EXP gains, it is most effective to unequip your character weapon and wait for a weak enemy to attack (and hopefully miss) for 25 turns, OR attack with slow/weak weapons.
(Edit after response from Developers):
Bumped up to 4 stars, since the punishing EXP system works as Devs intended!
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Response from developer
Hi, thanks for playing the game, in the expert mode! Despite the higher difficulty, I think it is how the game should be played, especially in Partia 2 and 3. There is a joy in bulldozing through the game to get to the end, but there's also a joy in bringing up your characters to see if they can meet the challenges the game throws at you. ;-)
Love and love this game!
It’s great, leads onto the second game nicely. Great story and characters. Key is to train characters and have enough items. I throughly enjoyed it.
It’s an okay game
I feel like it’s an incomplete game with some problems. You can only equip items once you are in a battle, can not upgrade units like upgrade an archer to a sniper, level ups don’t help much and the max level is only 20 witch I can reach pretty fast, and the story doesn’t seem so smooth and sometimes hard to understand. I do like how every character has a different face, we are able to train before we move onto the next chapter, there are different endings, and the different game play options was pretty neat. Overall it’s not really worth the price because of the problems and it’s not to different from some of the free tactics games on iPhone., but it was enjoyable.
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Great Potential
The biggest problem this game has is unit balance; The avatar/main lord has the combat ability of a piece of bread, and some units are way too good (i.e. Tatum). Also, magic feels a bit too good, since the enemy fire mags in chapter two often one shots most of your units. Still, I'm loving this game 👏
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Hard to use and many flaws
Such a great game but has many flaws. Characters miss hits more than they hit. Characters die without option of resurrection, so they're just gone. Weapons and armour deteriorate meaning you can be stuck in battle without either. You can also be stuck in locked rooms/dungeons without jets meaning you have to restart the entire game to save keys up.
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