Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

 PC
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Riot Pixels
    Jul 5, 2017
    42
    If you're lifting ideas from other games, you should at least try to hit their level of quality, otherwise it's a waste of time and resources. Regalia is a frustratingly simple exercise in micromanagement with colorful characters and passable writing which only seems like a serious strategy game.

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 39
  3. Negative: 4 out of 39
  1. franck99
    Jul 1, 2017
    9
    Regalia Of men and Monarchs is the indie trpg gem of the year.
    i finish it on normal and just started it again on hard difficulty
    pro ; +    Regalia Of men and Monarchs is the indie trpg gem of the year.
    i finish it on normal and just started it again on hard difficulty
    pro ;
    + well written
    + voice acting
    + solid trpg experience
    + humour
    + good difficulty level; easy normal or hard as it should be
    + lot of characters with their own personality

    what wrong with the game ; nothing imo except the bugs that were patched with the last 1.06 update that i played with.

    my indie game discovery of the year    … Full Review »
  2. Thilus
    May 25, 2017
    6
    TL;DR: Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs seemed to be a decent pickup at first, but after a while it turned out that under a crunchy crust it'sTL;DR: Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs seemed to be a decent pickup at first, but after a while it turned out that under a crunchy crust it's pretty half-baked.

    Regalia represents one of my favourite genres - the tactical RPGs. Maybe that is why I had very high hopes for this title. Unfortunately, the game didn't quite come through.

    Pros:
    + it is very pretty and voice acting is quite decent
    + the castle-building and relationship-developing parts are fun
    + there's some charm to the characters and their dialogues, there's some comedy, some witty remarks, it reminds me a little of Disgaea, which is great, but...

    Cons:
    - ...the story is so tedious I felt no drive whatsoever to find out what happens next. The premise is uninteresting and so is the development of the story. Frankly, the story seemed like just an excuse for grinding out gold, EXP and items. Unfortunately, that's the style of a low-level jRPGs.
    - combat pacing is dreadful. Everything is so slow. And I don't mean the movement of the characters (which you can change with one click), but the pacing overall. Each battle takes around 10-15 minutes to complete, and believe me - it's 5-10 minutes too long. Our heroes and their adversaries exchange never-ending blows, which makes combat a drag. This is important as fighting will take around 50% of game time.
    - the tactical side isn't particularly interesting either. Our heroes powers don't really give us a lot to go on, and very often it's just about which party can outlast the other (literally, healing - or rather armoring up - seems almost too important). There is very little room for improvisation.

    All in all Regalia is an ok game, but not much more. If you're a die hard fan of tactical RPGs, and you're looking for a pearl in the likes of Final Fantasy Tactics or Jeanne D'Arc from PSP, you might be disappointed. If you're just looking for any tactical game with a lighter side to it, you might just hit the paydirt.    … Full Review »
  3. Mpbpl
    May 3, 2021
    3
    Unfortunately I cannot, in good conscious, recommend this game. The main protagonist has no agency, everything that happens in the gameUnfortunately I cannot, in good conscious, recommend this game. The main protagonist has no agency, everything that happens in the game happens to him and not because of him, 95% of decisions are made up by side characters or villains or whoever is there. The lsit of characters is somewhat diverse but offers no real personality when they are so far on the extreme of what they are supposed to be that they become gimmicks.
    The combat is fine, I was looking for a simple yet fun Tactical RPG and this is somewhat of what I was looking for, the beginning will be hard and seems unfair but after awhile tou get the jist and is ok, problem is that even with not a lot of characters at the grid, fights take loooong to finish, still good variety of objetives.
    All of this could be forgot if the story and how it is handled were good, and they are not... The story is simple and have the necessary requirements to make you invested the problem is how the objectives of the game tie the story.
    The first chapter will give you a list of objectives in different areas like, clearing dungeons, raising level of the party, fishing, crafting, etc, and there is big list with a whole bunch of them and no real order. This is supposed to be like you making money to pay loans, after 5 objectives under the time limit, and you are fine.... problem is, ALL THE CHAPTERS HAVE THE SAME SYSTEM OF 5 OBJETIVES(later7) UNDER A TIME LIMIT, IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE STUCK IN CHAPTER 1 FOREVER DOING THE SAME THINGS 6 TIMES ON THE SAME AMOUNT OF INTERVAL BETWEEN THEM.
    That is what makes not recommend, if you can ignore this, try it.    … Full Review »
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