If you've never heard of Regalcraft Games, there's a reason for that: the team has spent the last decade working on its first major project. Now that title, One Fenix Down, is available to download from Steam, with a 15% launch discount available to players willing to take a chance on it.
One Fenix Down is a turn-based RPG that clearly took inspiration from JRPGs of the late SNES and early PlayStation era. Just going off the screenshots, it reminds me of something like Lunar: Silver Star Story, Wild Arms, or one of the Tales games, putting it in very fine company indeed.
A press release issued today to mark the occasion promises a 40+ hour story, with party dynamics and personal choices. It seems pretty ambitious, and was helped along the way by a Kickstarter campaign that reached its funding goals in only three days.
"It all started with me living in East Asia, far removed from home, wanting to create something that shared that sense of adventure, with a protagonist who rediscovers his sense of worth while experiencing new cultures and a world he never knew existed," recalled Ryan Dunn, founder of Portland-based Regalcraft Games. "After playing Final Fantasy III on the SNES as a child, I always wanted to play another game that felt exactly like it. After so much time, blood, sweat, and tears, we’re finally there."
Credit: Regalcraft Games
One Fenix Down is about destiny, redemption, and the fragile balance between peace and war. Here's a list of features players should expect, taken from today's press release:
40+ Hours of Adventure: Travel across continents, kingdoms, and realms beyond in a far-reaching, character-driven journey.
Traditional Turn‑Based Combat: A tried‑and‑true system enhanced with modern mechanics and three difficulty settings designed to welcome genre newcomers and challenge veterans.
A Large, Evolving Cast: Meet a large cast of characters, each with their own motives, objectives, and ambitions.
14+ Playable Party Members: A rotating cast of characters help to keep the story and party composition fresh, while encouraging players to explore new tactics and strategies.
Powerful Abilities & Excedo Skills: Wield elemental magic, martial arts, traps, monster abilities, and character-specific Excedo skills unleashed when each character’s Excedo meter fills.
Hundreds of Items & Equipment: Over 600 unique items and equipment waiting to be discovered, many requiring an adventurous spirit to obtain.
Nostalgic SNES-Era Audio: A soundtrack inspired by the golden age of RPGs, featuring guest vocalist Emi Evans
You can learn more about the game when you visit the official One Fenix Down page on Steam. With the aforementioned 15% discount applied, it will cost you $16.99 USD, or you can always grab it a bit later for the standard $19.99. Are you in the mood for some old-school RPG fun that's actually new?
