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![]() ![]() SRPG fans are often willing to suffer through the most threadbare plots and cardboard characters for satisfying combat crunch, and Lost Eidolons proves its mettle there. World-building is rather blasé (I have not been motivated to read through pages of supplemental text) and yet Lost Eidolons is still a grand, multi-layered story - sprinkled with some classical tropes - and capable of surprises, particularly in the moments when Eden’s good cheer meets the reality of warfare and the noble ideology of revolution is tarred by hate-driven actors and Machiavellian machinations.īut that’s all fluff. Players take on the role of Eden, the affable leader of a brotherhood of mercenaries - think Robin Hood and his merry men - who gets caught up in a rebellion against a tyrannical emperor who mercilessly rules the known world.Īt nearly 20 hours in, I still feel like I’m in the early stages of the plot, but it’s already won me over. ![]() It’s essentially medieval fantasy but missing the usual dwarves, goblins and elves, and instead populated by troublesome humans and fearsome monsters. ![]() ![]() It may come as a surprise, then, that despite its unconventional, unappealing appearance, Lost Eidolons is a true contender in the SRPG genre.Īrtemisia is a land of swords and spells. Characters look like they’ve just stepped off the Polar Express, dead-eyed but decked out in chainmail. Part of its appeal is that it is a sort-of-Westernized turn-based strategy title in the same vein as something like Fire Emblem, but it trades in anime-style, primary-color hairdos for more lifelike 3D renderings, and for me, that aesthetic choice subtracts a substantial amount of charm. That’s likely to be a controversial take. Let’s get this out of the way - I think Lost Eidolons is kind of ugly. ![]()
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