Mischief Maker wrote:

The Desolate Room is a great game, and you really should stop reading this and get to downloading if you haven't tried it yet. It takes the traditional jRPG battle system and throws grind out the window by giving your team access to their full range of interesting and varied powers from the get-go. Most enemies are way too tough to take down by just haphazardly making attacks. To win you need a strategy that combines your party's skills to short circuit the enemy's powers. Leveling up mainly serves as a means of augmenting your chosen strategy, and the gains are pretty marginal. The result is something I would have thought impossible: a jRPG that tests your skill instead of your patience.

Derek Yu of TIGSource wrote:

When you realize what the title of the game means, it’s a genuinely chilling moment. I’ll be thinking about this game for a while.

FABIO wrote:

And seriously, fuck the ending.