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The game has a great foundation but is currently bloated by pointless mechanics, optimization issues, lack of difficulty and game-breaking bugs.
I'd love to recommend this game to other players but in it's current state it's not worth picking up.

Pros:
-Character designs look great.
-Each class has a unique set of moves which you can pick/upgrade yourself.
-Enjoyable story and easy to read dialogue.
-Conceptually very unique.
-Great soundtrack

Cons:
-The optimization honestly sucks. My rig (Ryzen 5700x3d & RTX 3080) shouldn't be struggling running this game on max settings, but it certainly does. Not only that, opening the map seems to be causing memory leaks and causes the game to freeze for a second every single time you move after opening up the map once.
-Difficulty in this game doesn't exist, since you can breeze/brute-force your way through the story.
95%+ of all combat encounters end after the first round without you taking any damage, bosses take like 2/3 rounds and might be able to hit you once before falling the next turn.
-Equipment system is rather pointless since every class has 1 specific piece that works well on them, and the stats they provide don't scale, which makes them pretty irrelevant after level 4/5.
-Inventory limit is poorly executed because the only items you realistically want to carry are food/supply items and maybe a few potions/in-combat-use items just in case.
-Trading "valuables" is an afterthought, since they don't really sell for much, all it does is clog up your limited inventory space. Speaking of trading, there isn't enough variety of items, every trader/market has a very limited amount of items which are almost the same as any other trader, the only items you want are supplies anyway.
-The game being designed as a roguelite is dragging the game down, there's absolutely no reason to restart your runs because there's no variety, mainly because the game has a singular story which you can beat in your first playthrough.
-The story doesn't take you through the entire map, and a big part of the main story is collecting 7 "fragments" which provide background information of what happened/caused the events in the story.
Fragments 3-5 are somehow completely missable/skipable, since I've beaten the game by following the main story without receiving any (side)quests which point me towards the other fragments.
-Multiple of the quests you encounter cannot be finished due to bugs, they also don't reset if you start a new run. If you can't finish a quest in one run, you'll never be able to complete them in later runs, because they stay in your quest log.
Said bugs include: enemies you're supposed to slay/talk to not spawning at all or points of interests vanishing if a random encounter shows up the moment you step on that one tile.

The game does have a lot of potential, but considering the game has officially fully released recently, I doubt the developers will add/change a handful of features in the game which are dragging the game down.
I appreciate the devs doing a lot of bugfixing/micropatching quickly after launch and communicating on what they're still trying to fix, but the way the game functions right now isn't a game which I'd consider "ready" for a full release.
I don't regret playing the game since I enjoyed my time with it, but it's hard to recommend to others because it still lacks a lot of polish.

One of the few (c)rpg games which does everything right.
Character progression feels great, simple yet customizable combat while being challenging without feeling too difficult.
Compelling storytelling, rewarding exploration and interesting secrets to uncover.
I've never played an rpg anything like Drova, but I feel like anyone who's into rpgs will experience joy playing this gem.
The "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews are wholeheartedly deserved.
Amazing game, highly recommended.

This game is everything you loved about retro/classic (J)RPGs.
Just play it, you won't be disappointed.

Very good, yes.

- Defeats final boss without any problems.
- Beats hard mode with everyone without even trying
- Unlocking a lot of secrets
- Discover secret areas you've never seen before
- Get killed by a tiny little spider

10/10 would suck again.

KNEEIIVV