6.0
Despite having some things going for it, mainly it’s setting and art direction, Raji suffers from poor design choices, loose controls, and lots of bugs. Unless the setting really intrigues you, I can’t really recommend it.
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Nodding Heads Games · Oct 15, 2020
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Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action adventure game set in ancient India. Raji, a young girl is chosen by the gods, to stand against the demonic invasion of the human realm. Her destiny to rescue her younger brother and face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
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- 7.5In all, Raji: An Ancient Epic was a great game. Yes, I had some problems with it’s length and the ending but if I step back and look at the game in its entirety, I can recognize that Raji was a gorgeous game. It was educational and made me want to learn more.
- Taking everything into consideration, I quite enjoyed everything Nodding Heads Games’ action-adventure title had to offer. Drenched in a lavish, mystic experience, this is one grand adventure that is recommended for any fan of the genre. While a bit on the short side, it’s still worth more than one playthrough.
- 6.5Raji was a decent experience. While it never stood out from the combat focused platformer crowd, it never buried itself in the crowd either. It’s fine game that I think fans of this style of game will enjoy even with the issues I had. If only the loading screen wasn’t so long, I wouldn’t have had as many issues with failing at my jumps and at the combat with several enemies. In the end, this is a different take on a familiar style of game that is just fine, but doesn’t stand out.
- 8.0And ultimately it’s the story that’s Raji’s greatest selling point. There’s an impressive knowledge of how to weave a narrative via just the environment here – there’s a pleasing lack of cutscenes throughout, and those that are present only add to the story. Which is how it should be.
- 6.8Raji: An Ancient Epic is a unique game that reminds me of the great Prince of Persia, her journey following a similar arc of learning God-given powers to help her people. Platforming can be a bit off a times, the forced perspective camera not helping here, though across the board Raji is more forgiving than most, letting us pick back up where we left off quickly.
Gamer reviews
The game gives off the Prince of Persia vibes with its wall run & combo mechanics. It is certainly a unique game, especially its art and storytelling with puppet like animation in cutscenes but the combat is quite dull. The story revolves around a girl on a quest to save her brother and two Gods narrating the story. Gameplay got repetitive and boring quite fast. The game has an open-ending which hints at part 2 to come later on. Overall I would say, good art, good voice acting of Durga but not of Vishnu, mediocre gameplay.
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