Path of the Midnight Sun - Review @ TSA

TSA checked out the J-RPG/Visual Novel Path of the Midnight Sun:

Path of the Midnight Sun Review

It’s always good to see Kickstarter campaigns come to fruition – too often they end in failure or someone making a potato salad. Once in a while, a real gem falls out of the crowdfunding platform, and a game like Path of the Midnight Sun sees the light of day.

Originally slated for a 2020 release, the game is finally hitting Steam in early 2023. The wait has been well worth it, and Alfred Kamon’s game really is a joy to behold, and is both beautiful to look at and fantastic to listen to.

This is particularly important because Path of the Midnight Sun is a genre smash between a visual novel and JRPG, and is split between manga-style fully voiced story sections, combat-related tactical maps with chibi art, and standard JRPG-styled turn-based combat. What started out as a Fire Emblem mod and love letter to the genre has blossomed into a 25–30-hour adventure that puts a unique spin this style of gameplay. An adjunct it is no longer – Path of the Midnight Sun stands proudly as a top-tier JRPG in its own right.

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Summary
Path of the Midnight Sun is well worth a look if you’re a fan of turn-based JRPGs. If you enjoyed the old Final Fantasy and Fire Emblem games, then there's a high chance that you'll love this.

Score: 8/10