When comparing Pier Solar and the Great Architects vs Armello, the Slant community recommends Armello for most people. In the question“What are the best PC RPGs?” Armello is ranked 63rd while Pier Solar and the Great Architects is ranked 72nd. The most important reason people chose Armello is:
Tilt-shifted visuals look like a real board game. Beautiful particle effects and environments. Artwork is great and has a Redwall feel to it.
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Pros
Pro Character placement in battle system allows enhancements
Pier Solar uses a twist on the normal turn based battle system by allowing enhancements for characters depending on where they are placed on the battle field. This gives a bit more strategy to the gameplay.
Pro Homage to classic JRPGs of the 90s
Designed to look just like a classic Genesis game Pier Solar gives a very nostalgic feel that anyone who grew up in the 90s will instantly connect to.
Pro Beautiful graphics
Tilt-shifted visuals look like a real board game. Beautiful particle effects and environments. Artwork is great and has a Redwall feel to it.
Pro Original Mechanics
Equipment, spells, and traps are all played by expending cards, which can also be spent on favorable dice rolls in combat. The King, at the center of the board, simultaneously loses health and becomes stronger with corruption each turn. The win conditions depend on either killing the king, curing the king with spirit stones, becoming more corrupt than the king, or having the most prestige from quests and combat when he dies.
Cons
Con Story is a bit obvious
While being a throwback to earlier RPGs the story is a bit obvious using most of the familiar JRPG tropes one would expect to find.
Con Games can be too short
The King has a limited amount of health and loses 1 HP every two turns, putting a hard limit on game length and limiting the amount you can achieve in a single game.