About This Game “Welcome to Evil Productions! We’re at the forefront of the industry, shooting only the most realistic video game cutscenes. Our specially trained Villains will act out scripted scenarios in a game world of your choice. What sets us apart though is the authenticity of our Heroes. They’ll give such a genuine performance you’ll think they weren’t acting at all!Wait, what’s that? Our lead villain fell off the volcano and the Hero of Light is pursuing him? That wasn’t in the script…”Play as D’Vil, the Dark Lord and rising star at Evil Productions. Team up with Hero of Light, Ralph, and unleash devastating combos on your foes. Will you work together to uncover the conspiracy behind the video game cutscene industry or clash like true hero and villain?FEATURESA unique blend of Visual Novel and RPG elementsTeam up with Hero of Light Ralph or Cat Burglar Teeth in intense encounters against familiar foesTime attacks with your partner to unleash devastating combosUncover the grim reality behind the video game cutscene industryMake choices that affect your relationship with RalphMultiple endings 7aa9394dea Title: AntagonistDeveloper:NIVLACARTPublisher:DegicaRelease Date: 17 Mar, 2017 Antagonist Key I don't always review, but when I do...its either because the game is super good or super crap.And this...was soooooooooooooooooooooooo GOOD. Humour, Interesting comboing battle mechanics, amusing characters...this was such a treat to play. Although if you are good at being creative, you can guess the plot pretty quickly, but that doesn't take away from the sheer enjoyment of this little gem. It was totally worth the purchase. And I'm not afraid to say it! I so badly ship D'vil and Ralph. xD <3. So if you want a quirky parody of fantasy games set in a Visual Novel form, with lite RPG battles in between, then this is the game for you! There are things that this game could improve, but for the price its hard to argue.check out this video here of the beginning introduction and first few RPG battles:https:\/\/youtu.be\/ULFRLCz-MdI. If a game follows a visual novel format and places RPG elements as part of the story, then you have this game. I have enjoyed it a lot and found the characters enjoyable. Hard to imagine a plot that this game gave. All of the work put into Antagonist shows another side of life if the villians were playing a part and just actual evil beings. [spoilers]Well, except for Wowser and Dr. Robot Nick[\/spoiler]However, the only thing I had a problem with this game was that Ralph has a revive spell and he used my stock of Revive item. Oh well.. An amusing Visual Novel with rpg elements, or an amusing rpg with VN style cutscenes? You decide. There are a load of entertaining video game parodies in Antagonist. There\u2019s \u2018Loud,\u2019 a spiky yellow haired hero with a giant boom box sword and headphones. There\u2019s \u2018Pink,\u2019 the hero of time, with her \u2018quadforce.\u2019 There\u2019s \u2018Chefiroth,\u2019 a silver haired chef\u2019s hat wearing villain. And several others. I won\u2019t spoil them all here, but they\u2019re very amusing.There are basically two endings to the game and I\u2019ve only gotten one. It\u2019s pretty short and I enjoyed it, but I\u2019ve heard the second ending is much more difficult to get on account of the final boss being almost impossible to kill.I can see how that could happen, actually. The battle system is at first pretty straightforward, but unlike most rpgs, you can\u2019t grind enemies to level up on your own. You will face an exact number of enemies in each playthrough and your levels, stats, and abilities are very much predetermined for each fight. What changes are the skills you use and what basically comes down to luck in the turn order. Your AI partner will follow a semi-random attack pattern, which if you're lucky enough to get in a turn right after they do, you can pick the same move they do, and you\u2019ll both do a combination attack which is much better than most of the things you can do on your own. However, the AI will not match their attacks with yours and the chain is interrupted by enemy attacks, making this mechanic extremely random. You can\u2019t buy gear, so you\u2019re best off to buy about twenty to thirty potions and spend the rest of your money on revives. During my first playthrough, I only encountered a couple of fights where I had serious difficulty, and that was mostly due to multiple enemies repeatedly attacking one character or the other during the fight. This is rather hard to defend against. On the whole, Antagonist has a fairly entertaining story, marred by somewhat troublesome combat mechanics. A single playthrough will probably take you a couple hours and the price is pretty good for the content you get, so I\u2019m recommending it. Oh, but don\u2019t hit the F12 key. The steam overlay does NOT work and hitting F12 is the default key for dumping you back into the main menu without saving. My only other complaint about the game is the blip beeping noise it makes with the text. You can hit a button to display it all at once, but that makes all the blips happen at the same time, which sounds very strange. Should be an option to turn off the text blip noises.. This game is not for someone who is looking for a deep narrative or long experience. Its a simple and short Visual novel with \u00a0a handful of RPG battles that mostly serve as plot devices.\u00a0\u00a0However this game IS for someone who wants to spend 3 dollars and leave an hour or two later with a smile and a sense of satisfaction. The humor in this game is all about video game parody, puns, and silliness. If you like that sort of thing i recommend this game. A specific naming pun near the end of the game had me laughing to myself for a while. Overall i would honestly call this less of a game, more of a neat short story.
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Updated: Mar 27, 2020
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