The Greater Good

The developer saw my suggestion of his game on the iOS subreddit and offered me a free copy via DM. I had not purchased it at that point, but was planning on doing so once I cleared some game backlog. I know it’s only $3.99 but I stand by and support developers who handle themselves like Sam does. If he does send me a free copy of The Greater Good, I’ll end up gifting it to someone on the iOS subreddit. After playing for about an hour, I’m really enjoying the game. I’ve found some secrets, NPCs are hilarious and the music is great. At face value, the art style seems simplistic but it’s actually beautifully drawn with moments that are simply captivating. I am getting major Final Fantasy 7 vibes here, both music and art style. There’s a skill system that leads to a satisfying build up, paired with the turn based combat. You’ll find equipment such as weapons, armor and rings. You can talk to various NPCs scattered about with their own bits of information to share. I’ve found treasure chests both on the beaten path as well as tucked away on hard to reach platforms or behind what appears to be a hidden wall or dead end. I’ve run into a merchant selling goods and I even heard rumor of a big nasty boss who’s taken up residence inside the local cave. Exciting! So far, this game is the total RPG package.

I was skeptical of this game at first but figured I’d give it a go. The art style is amazing and the humor is enjoyable. The turn based combat takes patience and you actually have to think about what to do. I definitely recommend this game to everyone.

I’m liking it so far and I like the humor as well, however I’ve run into a pretty big bug. Slight spoiler ahead: I was maybe halfway into the cave when I tried to interact with a chest and got ambushed and then killed by a giant mama spider (I was totally unprepared for it, so, dying to it is all on me), I reloaded the save from just before entering the cave and the cutscene that was supposed to play, didn’t. I couldn’t interact with anything and had to do an iPad reboot (in order to restart the app) in order to fix it. Also, I had apparently successfully opened the chest because I got the item from it and the item received text continued into the loaded save, don’t know if that had anything to do with it. Can I make a suggestion for more save points? Would be nice if I didn’t have to go through half (I think, don’t know how close to next save point I was) of that section again. Edit response to dev: Great, thanks for the fast response. I haven’t run into any other issues and still loving the humor. I’m just pat the light spirit at this point.

Such a great game! Have been playing it non-stop since I got it, the storyline is amazing! Pays homage to the throwback RPG’s - would definitely recommend it to anyone. The soundtrack is really cool too, I definitely wanna check it more of EnrightBeats music!

Loving this game so far. Great fun with humor around every corner. My compliments to the developer.