Pier Solar and the Great Architects is a game that relies heavily on the notion that your wistful whim to pick up an old school JRPG style game will be enough to sell the game to you (it was originally released on Genesis cartridges, afterall). It is essentially a fan-made homage letter to the days of 16-bit role playing games, and sadly hit a few of...
Pier Solar and the Great Architects2014
Pier Solar and the Great Architects
2014 Watermelon Co.63Worthwhile
Playtime
LongIt typically takes about 30 hours to finish the game.
Playable on
- Steam DeckPlayable
- Steam MachinePlayable
Upcoming on
Available on
- $14.99
- $14.99
- $14.99
Game modes
- 2–4 players
Details
- Launch
- September 29, 2014
- Developer
- Watermelon Co.
- Publisher
- Watermelon Co.
- Themes
- -
Overview
In the peaceful town of Reja there live three best friends: Hoston, Alina and Edessot. Young and curious, they want to go on a herb-seeking quest to help cure Hoston's father's illness. Little do they know ... it will be the beginning of their lifetime journey where they will learn the true meaning of friendship and the thrill of adventure. This journey will demand their courage and wisdom to solve a long-lost mystery while they face the evil forces dispatched by a mysterious entity. Through this escapade, they will be reborn as great heroes to protect the universe from imminent destruction.
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Reception
Press61
Players74
WorthwhileGood- OpenCritic61from 12 reviews
Pier Solar and the Great Architects is a welcome effort of creating a piece of work in the contemporary age that follows a format of the mid-1990s. Its narrative is well structured and the visual interface is very appealing, but the game also suffers from several technical flaws and its combat system quickly becomes repetitive and tedious.
Pier Solar had potential to be an incredible JRPG. The game's well-written story, amazing visuals and soundtrack, and deep combat system show that the game does a lot of things right, but the poor pacing, lack of conveyance to the player, and glitches hold it back from being truly exceptional. With that said, Pier Solar is still worth your time and...
Overall, Pier Solar is just an average JRPG at best. Perhaps some of its novelty was lost due to it being a downloadable title rather than an actual, physical Sega Genesis cartridge. It's really hard to recommend unless you're absolutely starved for an RPG on the Wii U.
In going so far retro, Pier Solar HD shows that it hasn't learned from modern advancements in game design.