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Hello, Tuzine! I just played through the game and got both endings. It's a pretty enjoyable game although with a few short comings. The game's story is simple and it works well enough for what it is, even if it's a bit cliche. And there's not too much character background but it's fine for what it is, although you definitely should lean into this more for future games. As the other comment mentioned you should experiment more with cutscenes and bring the story to life. With games, visual media in general, you should use show and don't tell, within reason of course. For example, in the opening cuteness, instead of a black screen telling us about the protagonist, you could show this happening with a cutscene before forwarding into the current day. Stuff like that would make those scenes more impactful
Battles can be better. For this game you're mostly just fighting the same enemy over and over again - there's not even any boss battles besides the final one. I guess it's fine for this game since people will beat it in like, 20 minutes? Still would like more variety tho.
Overall it's a good game, something to play as a casual adventure. I look forward to any future projects you have in store!
REVIEW:
+i think flashbacks in the intro could've been more impactful than just text.
+the mapping is better than some other rpg maker games but still needs a tad bit of improvement.
-the cave dungeon had way to many fights. raise the amount of steps needed.
+LOL THE PART WHERE YOU KILL URSELF AHAHAHAHAH
-bug: the left chest in front of the castle changes color when interacting.
+i like how the game forces you to save when you enter the castle.
-bug: the crystal changes color like the left chest.
I'll review the rest once i play it
Esmarna: The Definitive Edition tells story of Pelon, a young warrior that was banished from his village,
now he went on an adventure, he will meet people to accompany him
He will have to face an ancient evil that want's to destroy entire world
Will he succeed? Will he turn into a hero?
it only depends on you 
Esmarna: The Definitive Edition is classic jRPG game
where you explore and fight enemies in classic turn based gameplay
OS: -Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11
-Should work fine on most of modern Linux distributions
CPU: Dual Core 2,8 GHz
GPU: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU
RAM: 4 GB
Storage: 1 GB
Q: Why it's called "The Definitive Edition"?
A: It's a made from ground up remake of my game Esmarna made back in 2021
Q: Where can I play the original one then?
A: It was deleted and then I lost it so it's sadly not anymore accessible
Q: Will there be Esmarna 2?
A: Maybe one day, but I don't promise anything
Q: Game doesn't work on my Linux PC, what should I do?
A: I don't know much about how it works so if you have any troubles then you can google up info about RPG Maker MV games on Linux in general, if it's gonna work for other games then it SHOULD also work here
Q: My controller doesn't work, what should I do?
A: Game was tested with Xbox Series and PS4 controller, I can't tell you if controllers of different brands are going to work because I have no way to test it
