Disenchantment Nirvana

Disenchantment Nirvana is a story-driven, single-player pixel RPG with traditional turn-based combat. It follows a path from kindness and romance into revenge, suffering and war, as humanity’s pursuit of mysterious powers draws it toward destruction.

Story and characters

The story unfolds across a prologue, ten chapters and an epilogue, from “The Lonely Wanderer” to “Nirvana.” It follows six characters: Yue Longyan, a solitary hunter raised in the far north who longs to explore the continent of Oduwai; Suifei, an independent, lively bounty hunter born on a farm; and Xianglun, a martial arts master and former court official who protects the royal bloodline.

The other characters are Mitian, a mysterious guardian of the Holy Sepulchre Church who seeks a peaceful life; Yuanying, a half-lion beast and human hybrid with sharp claws; and Ye Shenlin, a clever young apothecary and voodoo healer who is a central figure in a mysterious power and chooses whom to help according to her own inclinations.

Turn-based combat

Combat uses traditional turn-based battles, and you can change the difficulty at any time. Magic attacks can weaken enemies with status effects: fire magic lowers physical defense, ice magic lowers agility, and lightning magic can paralyze. One suggested tactic is to weaken enemies with magic in the first round, then attack physically in the next.

Wild monsters do not respawn on the maps. Before each chapter’s boss battle, however, a goddess statue lets you summon monsters repeatedly for experience and buy recovery items. Experience is also awarded when you load a save, based on whether you have walked beyond a certain number of steps since your previous session.

Equipment and progression

Equipment has durability and can break. You can use gems to repair it, and gems socketed into equipment can be removed without being lost. If equipment breaks completely before you remove its gems, the gems disappear with it. Equipment icons indicate damage: a silver shard appears below 40 durability, and a gold shard below 20.

Story and game content

The game includes a 20-hour story, 88 location maps, 57 pieces of theme music, 176 character portraits, 199 skill animations and an illustrated bestiary of 169 enemies.