Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden Reviews
The Forsaken Maiden is too similar to its predecessor to declare it as being significantly improved, with the greater difference lying largely in its narrative. It is a complementary experience that fans of the first are likely to enjoy just as much.
I praised The Isle Dragon Roars for its ingenuity and design, and while Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden is still a delight, a mere three months after playing the first game some of the charm has worn off. I’m glad Square Enix is continuing to invest in smaller, offbeat titles, but something to set it apart from The Isle Dragon Roars would have been nice. As it is, it’s entirely more of the same. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but if you’ve only just played the first, it may feel a little tiresome.
It usually takes a while before we see a sequel to an RPG. Yet here we are with Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden arriving four months after The Isle Dragon Roars. Which means, well, things are going to feel similar! Not in terms of the story. This is a unique tale filled with warrior maidens, monsters, and high seas exploration. But given the brief gap between the two games, it will mechanically feel like a second verse of the same song.
Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden is a delivery in which the sensation of a game made in a hurry and with little work to take advantage of its commercial pull is present at all times. There is no major news that justifies the launch of this sequel beyond the new plot. A more of the same that although it is allowed to play, it ends up disappointing in the long run if we have the first game recent -and it is impossible not to have it recent-.
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Its pacing and presentation makes for a relaxing and generally chilled experience that still comes with plenty of emotion in its bittersweet narrative. There’s definitely reason for Square Enix and Alim to return to the Voice of Cards world, and it may once again be sooner than expected.
The Forsaken Maiden is a fun, basic JRPG that tells an great story but ultimately falters by overstaying its welcome.
Four months after its first part, the Voice of Cards formula comes back with a new story that repeats many of the brilliant ideas of the first game --and most of its flaws.
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