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Virgo Versus the Zodiac

Dethrone the Zodiacs, revive the Golden Age and purge the Heretics that swarm the galaxy as Virgo, the queen of Purity, in this unforgiving timed actions turn-based JRPG.

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In this galaxy where every action means a reaction, you’ll play as Virgo, the Holy Queen, often called Dreadful Queen by heretics, bringing mayhem to the Zodiac Realms and leaving a trail of stardust on the way, all to fit her excessively righteous worldview.

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First, if you've played and enjoyed Keylocker, get this, because it's very similar.

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This game is a story that's a mixture of silly and tragic. Most RPGs I think kind of ignore that you've killed a ton of people, but this game points it out to you and calls out the protagonist on her hypocrisy. It's interesting because you can fall in love with a realm and all its humorous denizens, and then end up destroying it all. The protagonist is arguably the villain depending on your perspective.

In terms of gameplay, it uses turn-based combat where successful defense and offense depends on how well you do in a QTE. The type of QTE depends on the type of attack, how easy it is depends on your speed stat vs the enemy's, and which button to press depends on [i]who[/i] is attacking or defending. By default, on an Xbox controller, Virgo is the A button, Algol is B, and Spica is X. Combat also has a sort of rock-paper-scissors system to add some depth, with Ambition being strong against Mutability, Mutability against Patience, and Patience against Ambition. Weapons and shields all have one of these traits. Additionally, all weapons and shields have one or two special effects, like giving you a shield, stopping the enemy for a turn, poisoning, etc. These can affect the user, the target, or sometimes both. Finally, there are 8 weapon slots, 4 for attacking and 4 for counterattacking, with 1 of the 4 slots being for melee, 1 for ranged attack, 1 for area attack, and 1 for defense. Finally, on top of all that, positioning in combat matters, too, as whoever is in the front position will be the one to take melee attacks. Positioning constantly changes based on if you decide to do a melee attack or defend an ally. So, all of that is to say that the combat is pretty simple and easy to learn, but also pretty deep and engaging.

If you're the type of player that has to observe and interact with [i]everything[/i], you'll love this. Nearly every single decoration, both important and mundane, will have some sort of unique description, and may even drop lore. You can even find useful items or weapons in completely unexpected places. IIRC I got a powerful weapon from a random drawer. So thorough exploration is rewarding.

Character designs are all fun, with the Zodiacs all being based off of the personality traits of their Zodiac signs.

Soundtrack is fantastic. In the very beginning you'll hear what is IMO the best song, The Holy Queen. There's a lot of variety in the music genres, and some of the songs feel almost experimental (Space Prison Blues mixes screams and a man crying into the song, for example).

I only really have three complaints.

First is that early-game difficulty isn't that balanced, and the very first realm is [i]way[/i] harder than the rest of the game, since you don't have a variety of weapons or allies yet. I struggled more against the first boss than anything else.

My second complaint is that the ending I got didn't really make sense to me based on my choices. I always picked the most merciful choices, yet the ending I got ([spoiler]Fixed ending[/spoiler]) felt better suited for a more merciless protagonist.

My final complaint is that the Ambitious, Mutable, and Patient traits are all color-coded (purple, green, and red). Yet sometimes enemies look cyan, orange, or yellow, and for these I wasn't sure what their actual trait was. I think I figured out that cyan is also Ambitious, but cyan is [i]way[/i] different than purple. IDK if it was intentional, but I just found these confusing.