The game is described as "a story-driven, turn-based, tactical RPG" which throws in card combat mechanics for good measure. You and your guild must embark on a grand adventure while engaging in this tactical combat; each playable character has their own mechanics and abilities that, when combined properly, can make the difference between complete victory or utter defeat.
After a year-long mission, Eliza returns to the seemingly normal city of Ozryn when suddenly a horde of mysterious creatures set fire to the streets. Upon repelling the enemies, Eliza and her guild strive to discover where the attackers came from, only to realize that the phenomenon happened all over the contin
ent... all at the same time. With her guild's reputation on the line, she takes it upon herself to find and capture whoever is behind the attacks. It is up to Eliza and her trusted guildmates to discern the true motive behind the unusual assault before the other guilds of Irin suffer the same fate, or worse.
Has that "generic middle-of-the-road budget 3D visuals" (quite the mouthful ^^) look to it, that unfortunately has the potential to take you right out of the experience, esp. if the game has a heavy focus on narrativen, setting, atmosphere and such. Less of an issue for a multiplayer game then, but for a story-driven RPG? Kinda a big deal.
I'm currently playing Operation Darkness on X360. The game features decent music, very strong voice acting und really good 2D character art. Unfortunately, the 3D side of things is butt-ugly, like cheap late-PS2 era ugly. Still, it is an sRPG with a lot of heart and one of the coolest settings out there for RPGs such as this (think basically Hellsing as a jRPG, as you'll be fighting alot of Nazi Vampires and Tiger Tanks among others).
Might be good to have a demo for this then. I'm only playing Operation Darkness because the setting intrigued me enough to try the demo, which in turn - despite some other flaws like a really unwieldy camera for instance - sold me on the entire experience. Also, demos are a good idea in general. Some games might not be ideally suited for being demo'ed, but this, I assume would.
Seeing as it is on Steam though, there is always the option to try it their and return it, if it's not to one's liking. I generally don't bother with that though, hence I'd definitely prefer a demo
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