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Virgo Vs The Zodiac is a sci-fi/fantasy JRPG inspired by the Mario and Luigi RPG series and the Mother RPG series where you play as an obsessed villain.
The game features traditional turn-based combat with real-time execution of moves: blocking, countering and timing your attacks carefully as well as predicting your foesā moves is essential to succeed in Virgoās twisted and unforgiving cosmic quest to bring back the Golden Age, a period of peace, symmetry and balance, or so she thinks.In this galaxy where every action means a reaction, youāll 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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Embark on a cosmic quest to dethrone the Zodiacs and revive the Golden Age, if the galaxy survives your wrath, that is.
Virgo is determined to purge the whole Zodiac of their sins, based on her own ideals of perfection in order to bring back the Golden Age ā a period of prosperity and harmony to the sacred celestial system, which is in chaos.
After stealing the Talaria, winged shoes of Mercury, her father, she marches in her crusade towards the Temples of Saturn in search of Capricorn, her first adversary. Along her journey to find perfection and purity, she will encounter many foes whom she deems heretics, but also those she finds friendship in, such as her trusty companion, Gingerbread Man, a delicious cookie who assists Virgo on her journey.
The Zodiac Qualities System
In Virgo Vs The Zodiac, youāll count with the Zodiac Qualities System, which will track Virgoās Zodiac Quality allignment, divided into MUTABLE, FIXED and CARDINAL. Through your choices in game, Virgoās personality will also change as you go, based on one of the Qualities. This will help you dive into the minds of the 12 Zodiac archetypes through the gameās quirky characters giving a deeper experience and making the world to feel more organic.
Unlike most traditional JRPGs, Virgo Vs The Zodiac features heavy commitment to every action taken in combat, and therefore, their effects are always significant. No turns will feel wasted as you fight your way through the galaxy.
Being mostly based on a simple but powerful Counter Turn system, youāll be able to protect blows and retaliate right away with a multitude of different Guards and Counters-attacks by equipping different shields and armour. Every piece of equipment will grant you new abilities in addition to stats, and mix-matching with over 100 equipment pieces to find your perfect combo of abilities is freely available, also adding a lot of replayability!
Ā Unforgiving timed-actions turn-based combat where all conflicts are lethal unless you protect yourself; precise timed attacks and blocks will bring an end to heresy.
Counter-Turn system: Any attack can be countered by a variety of equippable counter skills.
Spare enemies and make friends!
No random encounters: Battles fought are plot-relevant.
Non-self insert and overly villanious Main Character.
Unlikely friends and foes such as Goats, Save Dinosaurs and a Cookie Companion.
Choices matter in both story and gameplay: Spare those willing to give up, make unlikely friends, or execute them all, gain stats from choices to grow your character in hundreds of possibilities!
The Zodiac Qualities System, ruling over story routes, stats, choices, elements and many other aspects: All is connected in the Galaxy, as you make your decision to accept fate, or fight against it.
Rewards through exploration: As you delve into the most heretical star clusters of the galaxy, youāll find a vast amount of explorable areas brimming with interactive objects. Many choices that will impact the game can be brought up through world interaction and exploration.
Interact with different Zodiacs outside of the main quest within the Zodiac Memories.
Crafting and upgrading a multitude of items shareable between your party members, SHMUP minigames and you can also ride in Alpacas!
For everyone who read all that: Youāre the real MVPs of life!! Thank you so much!! This development began not so long ago, but weāve worked hard every day towards finishing our dream game! In the beginning there was just me, but now with anglerman, ben, veyerals, elektrobear and semiprocastinator sharing this dream with me it feels way more fun to develop this game, and the cargo feels definitely lighter! I had a lot of fun sharing every bit of development with you guys and it pained me that I couldnāt share much and was being mysterious because of the trailer, but now itās out there in the wild for everyone to see! Thank you for those who followed from the beginning, those who just followed, and those who have no hecking idea what this game is about but like the content I post here! I hope this shows a little of our work and what this game is about, and maybe, just maybe, get you excited to play this when itās all done?
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