10/10 love the music, love the gameplay, love everything about this. used to play it as a trial way, way back in the day. happy to own it now

very fun if you like top down games and want to chill

This is a mixed review, but I'm giving it a thumbs up cause my opinion leans more towards positive

FATE definitely is a cult classic. It brings us to an era of simple games, with zero explanation of how things work and unbalanced gameplay (this one actually has some variety)

You will find a lot of random systems here: dungeons are randomly generated, the main boss will be in a random dungeon floor, shops offer you random items every time you reload/go back to town, fishing is absolutely random even if you time it correctly

It starts fine, but as you keep going through the dungeon, repetitiveness kicks in - there are 3 or 4 different dungeon tiles only, so you will be going through a loop of the same maps. Enemy variety exists up until a certain point, but most of them just hit you with basic attacks and cast a spell once in a while

Buffs and debuffs are very strong, which is always a positive point in my book (it feels miserable to invest into debuffing enemies and finding out that it doesn't work on most of them)

Another point of attention is that there's very little information about this game. There's a very good reason why people would pick another game (Diablo 2, for example) instead of this, so you will have to figure some things out yourself (this could be a pro or a con depending on what you are looking for)

Now if you should play this or not, that's a complex question. This game is not amazing, and at times it can feel like a slog, but there's some fun to be had. It usually goes for dirt cheap on sales, so keep it on your wishlist