
It's fast-paced and snappy (once it gets going), never lingers in one place for too long, and features plenty of memorable characters to get to know. While it starts off slow and predictable, and anime tropes abound - amnesia, childhood friends, cute girls who can't cook, duty-bound knights, and magical girl transformations all feature within the first hour - the story ends up being one of Stella Glow's best features. Deciding to fight forte with forte, Alto and Lisette head off to the royal capital of Lambert to join the 9th Regiment of the Regnant Knights, search for the other four remaining witches, and use the power of their Song Magic to drown out Hilda's tune of destruction. On investigating, he comes across a powerful witch - the only beings still able to sing - named Hilda, hellbent on destroying his village and the wider world. One day, however, Alto hears a melody coming from the woods.

Mirthra and its Kingdom of Regnant are a world without song, and have been ever since the gods took it away as punishment for human arrogance. Stella Glow starts off in the sleepy village of Mithra, where main character Alto has come to live with young Lisette and her mother. Luckily, there's always something special about a final performance, and as imageepoch's encore, Stella Glow is a hit this is a stylish SRPG that delights with fun, strategic gameplay, world-spanning adventure, and a unique musical motif that hits all the right notes. As a spiritual successor to those titles, as well as imageepoch's last release following their bankruptcy in 2015, Stella Glow has quite a legacy to live up to.

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Though they've had a hand in games as diverse as Yoshi's New Island and Time and Eternity, the name 'imageepoch' will forever be linked with Luminous Arc, the studio's successful strategy RPG series that debuted on the DS back in 2007.
