Dark Deity

 Switch
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. CGMagazine
    Mar 17, 2022
    85
    Dark Deity adds enough to the Fire Emblem DNA to stand on its own legs as a classic SRPG, with a low-price tag and hours of quality Dark Deity is a must play for strategy fans and a possible entryway to first timers to the genre.
  2. Movies Games and Tech
    Apr 25, 2022
    80
    Quite an excellent game to play.
  3. GameCritics
    Apr 8, 2022
    80
    With streamlined and engaging mechanics and gameplay, it does the games it was inspired by proud and is a worthy addition to any tactics game library.
  5. TouchArcade
    Mar 29, 2022
    80
    I think it’s very safe to say that if you like Fire Emblem, particularly the Game Boy Advance era of the franchise, you will almost certainly enjoy Dark Deity. It has some technical flaws, with some seriously lengthy loading times and the odd bug here and there, and it’s not quite as polished as Nintendo’s efforts. But it probably goes farther than any other indie effort I’ve seen in capturing that particular feel, and it’s very, very easy to start playing and find yourself unable to step away until you have just one more battle.
  6. RPG Fan
    Mar 25, 2022
    79
    Dark Deity is a title that doesn’t take many chances, but its few gambles pay off. Its handful of innovations to the Fire Emblem formula produce a challenging, character-driven adventure that may yet develop a following of its own. While a lack of polish, forgettable story, and limited gameplay loop hold Dark Deity back from acclaim, an endearing cast and deep combat and customization systems render it a force to be reckoned with among the Switch’s crowded market of SRPGs.
  7. Pure Nintendo
    Mar 23, 2022
    75
    Remember when Fire Emblem games focused more on story and combat than on fishing, construction, and class studies? So do the developers of Dark Deity, an SRPG that survives some annoying bugs and UI issues to provide a satisfying, briskly-paced adventure.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. liorrubin1388
    Nov 27, 2022
    5
    The price is 25$ on switch eshop.

    The Bad: The game on Deity difficulty (the hardest) is poorly balanced and therefore impossible (I had to    The price is 25$ on switch eshop.

    The Bad: The game on Deity difficulty (the hardest) is poorly balanced and therefore impossible (I had to abandon a 3 weeks save file and start over with normal difficutly since the hardest difficulty blocks you after stage 6 where most enemies have literal 99% evasion). The music is terrible at times. The lack of voice acting is making me unable to connect to the characters which is making me less engaged and not carring as they die. Most abilities are so vague to not understand what they do at all, this game needs extensive tooltips as many tooltips for abilities as possible, preferebly with an actual image / gif explaining what it means "2 tiles away" or what is "magic increases with enemy strength" which is so hard to imagine that one image must be used to solve what the meaning of those abilities. Most abilities have a very outlandish description which you can't tell what the ability does at all. As for the story : The story was "lets go from point A to point B" for the full story.

    The Good: The fact that you don't lose unit, but instead a stat or instead you decided to dedicate time to try and have zero deaths, this is a huge fun and a brilliant system, knowing only one dude or nobody died makes you feel like a god. The leveling system is better and easier to understand compared to fire emblem. The animations of fighting is better than fire emblem. Some maps have portals which are very fun to use but this is only used once which is a shame since it was a huge fun.

    The Potential they didn't see: Stats should not be randomly given since what you fight for is stats (dead unit loses stats) there is no reason to make it random and therefore useless (a dead unit can lose 0 stats in catagory it doesn't use, and a leveling unit can gain zero stats in catagories it needs) I much rather each dead unit loses 1 stats of each catagory across the board and gain a set in stone stats per leveling up, Also create a new item: a dead unit can buy for 1000 cost, a +1 all stats item, making the game much more legit. (can only be used on a unit that died in earlier levels only once per death)

    Overall I think the game was fun, and gave me the fire emblem feelings
    I think its a 5/10 for the fun factor but no real engagement factor. Too much loss potential when your units become useless after 2 deaths and you can never ever use them again or they level up in zero good catagories making your only option replay from level 1 hoping they get better once they hit level 10. Huge problem which is destroying the game.    … Full Review »
  2. ZXSth
    Feb 5, 2023
    5
    An unfortunately disappointing experience. Despite being a big fan of the Fire Emblem series on the Game Boy Advance, I found it an immenseAn unfortunately disappointing experience. Despite being a big fan of the Fire Emblem series on the Game Boy Advance, I found it an immense struggle to feel much engagement while playing Dark Deity.

    There are compelling aspects to this game, and it is certainly not unplayable - however, it does not feel like it can live up to the legacy of the games that inspired it, and therefore lives in their looming shadows. If you have a deep love for the GBA Fire Emblem games, you might something to like here - however, expect to force yourself through a wall of ennui prior to enjoying yourself.    … Full Review »
  3. VajraEnki
    Dec 26, 2022
    10
    Las clases funcionan muy bien, hay 5 grupos de clases iniciales, luego 20 clases intermedias y 20 clases definitivas, pudiendo saltar desdeLas clases funcionan muy bien, hay 5 grupos de clases iniciales, luego 20 clases intermedias y 20 clases definitivas, pudiendo saltar desde cada grupo de intermedias a 4 definitivas. Todos los personajes acaban teniendo builds extremadamente diferenciadas; solo hay que tener cuidado en no hacer una mala combinación, porque una build equilibrada siempre será débil, se tiene jugar con la ultraespecialización en ciertos parámetros y luego llevar al personaje con un duo o equipo donde cada uno cumple su función.

    Que haya 30 personajes me parece algo excesivo, pero se perdona por el hecho de que todos están muy trabajados a nivel de escritura. Que en una obra 25 de 30 personajes rocen el excelente es bastante impresionante.

    Esté con escepticismo, pero es un juegazo. No lo llamaría una obra maestra por ciertos defectos, como un capítulo donde de aniquilan por el hecho de que por algún motivo los enemigos tienen una evasión del 80% y no los tocas. Como RPG táctico tiene algunas debilidades, como la mecánica de substituir el permadeath por una bajada de parámetros permanente en el personaje caído, pero aun así sigue siendo mejor que cualquier Fire Emblem y esto a pesar de haber sido hecho por un equipo muy pequeño financiado por kickstarter.

    Hay empresas con 1000 trabajadores que hacen la mitad en el mismo tiempo y mucho peor. Felicidades a los desarrolladores por el gran esfuerzo.    … Full Review »
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