Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder

i am so insane about this game y’all don’t even know…! the art, music, story, everything is just amazing. i cried like so many times for both editions,, i just finished the expanded edition and somehow they made the best even better

i will say that there are just a few errors with the name input. i saw the default name vyn when i put in a different name in 2 places, but one of them i can’t explain without spoilers and i don’t know how to hide spoilers on here ;( the other time is when you’re reading the grimoire and the mc’s entry was signed v.f.n. for vyn

but overall fantastic job and i will be checking out the next in the series :DD

This extended edition is ruining my brain! I love this game and cried so hard on the old version. I cannot for the life of my figure out how to complete this new edition. Still love it but my brain is mush. 

It's been a while since the first time playing this game but reading through it is still as lovely as ever, especially with the new and freshened up artwork.
💀 I'm playing on hard mode for now since saving doesn't work on mac but I'm sure it'll be revised soon

I know this game is getting an expanded edition, so I was wondering if you’d recommend playing the current version before and then the expanded? I’ve had it for a while but haven’t gotten around to playing so I’m wondering if I should just wait it out lol

I'm pretty sure this is Enki from fear & hunger

Hi, I just wanted to ask if you get a Steam key with purchase? I can only play on Mac, but there isn't a Mac version on Steam as of now, which is my usual gaming platform. I understand if not. Art and story looks great!

I'm playing this right now on Steam and ABSOLUTELY adore it. It's so, so much fun and it's such an underrated gem, oh my gosh. I'll definitely be checking out the other games you've published and keeping my EYE on you in the future. If everything you make is as well done as this, customer for life, right here, the gameplay is so good, the story (I have so much more to find!!!), the art, the music... waghhhh.

My ONLY complaint is that you can't rebind keys. :( (Or if you can, I haven't figured out how...) I don't have a mouse wheel, but want to see my achievements!!! It's sad!! Think about that for the future ig? But gosh, it's so good. What a game.

Hi! I'm absolutely in love with this game and I just have to let everyone involved in making this know that all the time I spent while playing this game was an absolute delight for me. ♥

And I've never seen a game that matches my taste this much before! It's just so beautiful with its art, story, characters, and everything... I'm so thankful that this game exist.

When I first started playing the game I didn't even hesitate for a second to recommend it to my friends, you all deserve all the praises in the world for making a gorgeous game like this!

I will do my best to support you in your other works as well!

Gorgeous game loved it! The most I could get out of Ilar was a hug though :'( 

Hi! Is there a Mac demo? I'd like to try the game out before committing to it (broke college student lol) but I only see a windows demo.

I love this game. It is brilliant. I have never played a vn with this amount of choices that all affect the story in some ways! I expected to be overwhelmed but the thrill of finding new endings and secrets made me keep going. And then I saw I had been playing for nearly 4 hours....

Also, the ART? the art is incredible! it is gorgeous and intricate <3
the world also drew me in even if this is mostly about ilar and vyn. the magic(k), the lucassi, the Waters, the gods...it is such a cool and unique setting (would make an incredible ttrpg).

 tldr-

pros:

-gorgeous art

-hundreds of choices, 40+ endings

-great characters that change over time

-pronoun option, nb romance

-worldbuilding thats fresh and detailed

-awesome ost that gives me chills

cons:

-some clues are very hard to find, could be frustrating to some players

-pronouns limited to he-she-they (why cant i go by xe like the kitty?haha. mostly a joke but could be good if implemented)

-nothing else PLEASE play this istg (ones under this are jokes)

-too sad.
-not enough ilar smooching smh. !!!!!!!!! kissa the weird mage ok

[COPY PASTED FROM STEAM]

I wish I could play this game again for the first time. It's incredible. It's a shame it doesn't have a larger fanbase.

I  played this on steam. It was amazing

Holy cow, this is probably one of my favorite games ever made. The ambiance, the art, the flow, everything is perfect! I usually use a guide when I'm stuck on something, but the sense of accomplishment and progression for every iteration was some of the best I've ever seen. 

I am getting a consistent crash on one of the bad endings, though. I'm leaving out the path I took to get it to avoid spoilers for anyone reading. Let me know if you need more info. Here's the traceback if you want it: 

Full traceback:

  File "game/ending_ilar_good_ritual.rpy", line 1019, in script

    if read_letters_good_no_trust:

  File "renpy/ast.py", line 1898, in execute

    if renpy.python.py_eval(condition):

  File "renpy/python.py", line 2276, in py_eval

    return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals)

  File "renpy/python.py", line 2269, in py_eval_bytecode

    return eval(bytecode, globals, locals)

  File "game/ending_ilar_good_ritual.rpy", line 1019, in <module>

    if read_letters_good_no_trust:

NameError: name 'read_letters_good_no_trust' is not defined

Windows-10-10.0.19041

Ren'Py 7.4.11.2266

CoT:TheRemainder 1.19

Tue Dec 20 14:25:23 2022


Thank you so much for this game. The love and care that when into it is so evident; I'm astonished.

i am in awe. what a good game jesus christ best 14 dollars spent in my life. Wow 

I was iffy about buying this because Im a broke bitch BUT. I am so sincerely happy I did. I loved replaying for more info. I wanted at first to take the guide for the 'true ending' but I decided not to. Each time I figured something out it was like 'well yes... technically' and then coalesced perfectly into the 'true ending' where the yes's were explained and the technically's made sense and were expanded on and clarified. Of course the art was stunning, the metaphors and consistent lore culture was beautiful, and the game was a treat! 

I am missing 2 events on page 4 (number 3 and 4) and then one letter (the one with the alternate true ending route). I'm not sure what the 2 events are, and I can't seem to trigger the true ending route again to do the alternate version. Any advice? 

This is a really stunning looking game! I actually bought it on Steam and thought I should maybe go here to get some advice because I´  ve run into a problem of sorts. I´m very early into the game ( around 20 minutes now) and somehow must have messed up my game because I am now unable to save or load my game. It worked just fine the first time but I tried to do my second save during a timed choice so maybe that is what caused the issue? I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game and also tried deleting my save files but they just came back once I opened the game again.

What I´  m trying to say is that I would love to read this because it looks fantastic but I don´  t know how to get rid of this problem :/ Some help would be very much appreciated!

I first bought this game - though finding $20 a bit dire - because I was intrigued by the unique art and interesting UI. I did not expect the game to be Fantasy Zero Escape. ZE is one of my favourite game series and I've always been enamoured by the fact that it uses the video game medium to its full potential: the player remembers information through different playthroughs, and that in turn changes the route the game takes. I was very surprised when it turned out the game was taking this route: you could use knowledge gained on other playthroughs in times where the character shouldn't have that knowledge yet, and that in turn opens up more to discover.

What I didn't like as, unlike in ZE, this seems mostly meta. Vyn doesnt seem to be aware or question why they know things ahead of time or from places they never visited. This seems to be handwaved as them retrieving memories from their past self or advice from the sage beyond death, but the "loop" of the game constantly returning itself to the same point in time at the start of every playthrough is not addressed in any way. In ZE, this is explained as time existing in a 4D or 5D space in the same way as consciousness, with the physical body existing on a 3D plane. If this is explained in COT, I either missed it or didnt understand it.

Putting together the clues for the true ending felt truly exhilarating at times. It's a hark back to the days where this was how video games were played, with people writing down the important things, though now in an era of quest logs and save files it's gradually becoming a lost art. It took me seeing the body with the carving on its arm about four times before I realised I was probably meant to be taking notes here. I enjoyed that! I enjoyed the feeling that this was my work and my mystery to solve, and that the player is rewarded for paying attention to and inspecting art in a game rather just mindlessly consuming it. I love that there are details hidden in the art, so one has to inspect and appreciate the work put into it. The philosophy, also? I love a game that makes you go hmmmmm. 🤔

The fantasy setting is unique and mesmerising. It's been a long time since I've felt so engaged by the lore of a work. I could read books of this, I really could. It has overall a very dreamlike quality with its striking metaphors and focus on illustrative physical sensation, and the washed-out ink drawings, with their great detail and high constrast, really serve to emphasise this.

The twist was great - I saw it coming, but it was still really interesting to see it play out. I think thats the best you can ask for, really. The most out-there twists can be ruined by bad writing, and even the most cliche can be elevated by good writing, and I really think you stuck the emotional and dramatic landing in every way here. The writing really shone here. Fantastic.

Theres some typos, like fiercely being written "fiercly" and rubble as "rubbel". "They leaned real close" in the story about Ilar seems too modern and colloquial for use in writing. "Until not a single piece bare any resemblence of life" should probably be "bares", since "piece" is one thing. Theres also a bug at the true end just before the ritual where if you have a custom name (and also in the third person epilogue), the player is still referred to as Vyn.

That said, this is unlikely to be a game I forget soon. It's something that has had a profound effect on me, that has left me thinking. One that's left me with mixed emotions in the best possible way. It's haunting. It's well worth the price I initially sniffed at. Thank you for this.

Game has an Ice Wind Dale visual style, I'm I right?
Hey, I could create a Spanish translation for the game, are you interested?

took 3 days to finish but holy shittt was it worth it oh my god the writing and plot twist is brilliant OH MY GOD

Absolutely loving the fact I just happened to stumble across this wonderful game! It already seems like I've been playing forever but still haven't been able to figure out the true ending.. I am now just having an error where the option to save or load files has disappeared. Even with relaunching the game the load files cannot be clicked, making it hard to start from the very beginning each time. Is this an error or apart of the gameplay? Again loving the game it's amazing!

Hi I wanted to say that I bought this game in steam because it looked interesting but I did notice somethings that might need to be looked at.

After I installed the game and opened it, I saw it has some gallery pics unlocked (or stuff in the events, places and achievements unlocked). When I went to settings it had an option to reset progress which I did. That seemed to reset it, but I feel it's best to tell you in case it's a universal thing.

I've been following the development of CoT:TR for several months, and I'm so happy to finally purchase and play! Congrats!

I bought the steam version, I wanted to ask is there any steam censorship or are both games the same?