Klaire's Quest

just played through the game a bit and i have to say that it's really fun! it's a great old RPG with a lovable, snarky protagonist with a great design and possibly one of the most fun battle system there is - Klaire doesn't have a lot of abilities in her arsenal but her mana regen, life drain kick and fire spell make battles very fun and grinding not tedious at all!)

there are also some other great details about the game, too, like the way that the rat suddenly appears from the chest of all things is a great subversion - most people would think that the chest contains money or something but, nope, have a rat!) the various npc's that react pretty realistically are great and those that present a choice when talking to them add a lot of role-playing aspect to the game, which is always great! the way the game locks you out of zones that you aren't supposed to go to until you're of high enough level is a great pacing trick that works wonders to tell the player to grind on - and considering the fact that grinding in this game is actually very fun and not frustrating at all it's all the better!)

my only complaint as of now is that you can't progress through the orc cave once you move the boulder, for some reason - you can stand on the crevice that it's blocking but you can't enter it. at all. maybe the current version is just a demo and you'll be able to fight the succubus in the cave in later versions, but still, maybe it's a bug...