Reynatis is an motion RPG set within the vibrant ward of Shibuya, Tokyo, nevertheless it’s a really totally different place to the one we all know. On this model, magic is actual, very harmful, and feared by the non-magical inhabitants. Magic customers both conceal their talents or be part of a authorities organisation referred to as M.E.A. to seek out rogue witches and wizards.
The story follows two units of characters, the primary led by Sari, a member of the M.E.A. attempting to trace down the supply of an addictive drug which might flip its customers into monsters; and the second led by Marin, a rogue wizard who desires to turn out to be stronger and free himself from authorities oppression. The chapters alternate between them till their tales finally intertwine. There’s some actually fascinating world-building occurring right here, however sadly the gameplay is pretty bland.
You spend your time working forwards and backwards throughout Shibuya, often delving into dungeons and battling something that crosses your path. Your characters have two stances, Liberated and Suppressed. Whereas Liberated, you’ll be able to assault utilizing your magic however can’t defend as nicely. When you run out of magic you robotically swap to a Suppressed stance, the place you’ll be able to dodge assaults and take up magic. You’ll be able to swap between characters and, as they’ve totally different weapon sorts, they really feel totally different to regulate. In battle you’ll be continually altering between characters and stances to be able to handle your magic ranges.
Whereas the fight initially appears fairly flashy and enjoyable, it doesn’t actually evolve at any level and rapidly turns into uninteresting. It doesn’t assist that many of the enemies you battle are colour-swapped variations of stuff you’ve battled earlier than, and the identical dungeon designs are used over and over.
There are many aspect quests, however most don’t actually add something to the story. They do have an fascinating influence on Shibuya, although. Ending them reduces the world’s ‘malice’; the decrease that is the extra magical graffiti, referred to as Whizart, seems throughout city. Discovering them offers you new fight talents or grants you more money and expertise. In addition they make the already stunning Shibuya look even cooler, however do sadly disappear when you view them.
The story and world-building are undoubtedly essentially the most fascinating issues about Reynatis nevertheless it’s a disgrace all the pieces else feels so half-baked and repetitive. It’s onerous to get invested within the characters when the uninteresting fight makes you need to get by the journey as rapidly as potential.
