The WhatsNext verdict
Demons Roots is an unusually memorable story-driven RPG Maker game carried by its characters, emotional payoffs, and carefully planted revelations. Play it if you can accept dated systems and explicit content in exchange for a genuinely affecting political fantasy.
What it does best
A cast you genuinely grow attached to
A story that hits with surprising emotional force
Revelations that reward paying attention
A surprisingly ambitious blend of adult RPG and serious political JRPG
What might put you off
RPG Maker presentation and adult content
A divisive, bittersweet conclusion
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What you are walking into
The demons, sealed away in the realm of darkness for a thousand years, now face extinction. Their final battle with the humans is set to begin on a cursed ground of tragedy and slavery...
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