Have just finished Realm 1, which I bought on Steam as a package with Realm 2.
Strengths:
1. Not many grammatical or spelling errors; a few slightly awkward usages suggest that the writers are not native English speakers, but it is pretty good nonetheless.
2. Thus far the narrative has been internally consistent in both tone and structure. You really do want to know what is going to happen.
3. Good (but not great) DAZ models (see below).
4. Original music.
Areas that could make the game better:
1. Editing to make the English more fluent and consistent with the character's back stories. Two-thousand-year-old characters calling each other "bro" and "dude" doesn't fit well with the tone one would expect in a story about supernatural realms.
2. The DAZ models could be improved a bit, especially Atlas and Leyala. The former is so muscle-bound as to look a bit grotesque, and the latter's lips look as if she has had cosmetic surgery.
3. There could be a bit more dramatic tension in the story. Thus far one doesn't really get any sense that things won't turn out OK.
I certainly don't regret the purchase, it is an enjoyable game. I hope that my minor criticisms become irrelevant as the dev or devs build their skills and experience.
Edit after completing Realm 2: The modelling and animation are certainly improving. In the first part the characters bodies didn't move completely in accordance with Newtonian physics! Now they are a lot better.
Strengths:
1. Not many grammatical or spelling errors; a few slightly awkward usages suggest that the writers are not native English speakers, but it is pretty good nonetheless.
2. Thus far the narrative has been internally consistent in both tone and structure. You really do want to know what is going to happen.
3. Good (but not great) DAZ models (see below).
4. Original music.
Areas that could make the game better:
1. Editing to make the English more fluent and consistent with the character's back stories. Two-thousand-year-old characters calling each other "bro" and "dude" doesn't fit well with the tone one would expect in a story about supernatural realms.
2. The DAZ models could be improved a bit, especially Atlas and Leyala. The former is so muscle-bound as to look a bit grotesque, and the latter's lips look as if she has had cosmetic surgery.
3. There could be a bit more dramatic tension in the story. Thus far one doesn't really get any sense that things won't turn out OK.
I certainly don't regret the purchase, it is an enjoyable game. I hope that my minor criticisms become irrelevant as the dev or devs build their skills and experience.
Edit after completing Realm 2: The modelling and animation are certainly improving. In the first part the characters bodies didn't move completely in accordance with Newtonian physics! Now they are a lot better.