Heroine Anthem ZERO II Scalescars Oath Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · May 23, 2022

Our Heroine Anthem ZERO II Scalescars Oath Review has us traveling to a world that was freed of chaos, the Twin Virgin Saints started the circle of the seven doomsday. When the lands were flooded on the sixth doomsday, after the descendants of the Savior received blessings from God, they resurrected under the newborn Tree of Life Terasyr, establishing the royal city of Vuzahem. But ichthyopagion still continued to grow, making clear that the Gods have not forgiven the world. People must find answers to the meaning of war while surviving the sins and punishments before Judgement Day. The story includes multiple subtle metaphors for the relationship between God and humans.

Heroine Anthem ZERO II Scalescars Oath Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
16.74GB download size.
Steam achievements.
Controller support.
ARPG gameplay.
Can rebind controls.
3 difficulties – Relax, Standard, and nightmare.
Graphics settings are fullscreen.
Can skip cutscenes or fast-forward them.
Computer memory warnings say if too low then it causes issues.
Multiple choice encounters.
99 save slots.
Tutorial pop-ups.
Big boss encounters.
Earn EXP and learn new skills.
2D perspective.
Constant checkpoints.
A cuckoo is your bird friend who can search areas for loot and any key items.
Find and use additional companions to help with combat.
Ranged attacks are fun using an 8-way aiming system.

Heroine Anthem ZERO II Scalescars Oath Review Cons:

No actual graphic settings.
Loading times are all over the place.
The foreground art can be obstructive.
Slow to save progress.
Computer memory warnings say if too low then it causes issues.
Slow starter.
Tedious platforming.
Only supports the d-pad on the controller.
No real voicework.
All text from conversations is done in the bottom left which is less than ideal.
Prompts can be controller icons or a keyboard.
The opening chapter is very bland and uneventful.
Tutorial pop-ups do a bad job.
The game doesn’t do a good job of guiding you or even telling you where to go.
Controller rebind is not available until you get into the game and use the pause menu.

Heroine Anthem ZERO II Scalescars Oath:

Official website.

Developer: Wind Thunder

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Steam

8/10

Graphics - 8/10
7/10

Sound - 7/10
7/10

Accessibility - 7/10
7/10

Length - 7/10
7/10

Fun Factor - 7/10

7.2/10

Summary

The style of this game is nice on the eye with a bit of a hand-drawn Anime style, it definitely has great-looking characters and enemies, and locations are varied and detailed with back and foreground animations. My problem stems from the actual gameplay, the game does a bad job of explaining things like controls, mechanics, and general nice-to-knows, no the platforming is tedious with platforms not shown or highlighted, combat is just very button mashy along with the foreground art getting in the way. At no point does the game actually help move things along so you can go quite far in the wrong way, or not find a way to your objective. Translation issues have large parts of the story not making sense or missing out on information. I never felt like o was enjoying myself or that the game offered anything I hadn’t seen before. All style and very little substance are how I would describe it.