I needs to be in for some form of award as that is the umpteenth KEMCO recreation that I’ve performed in recent times. In actual fact, I’ve performed so many who I dread to suppose what number of hours of my life have been sacrificed on the altar of KEMCO. However right here I’m, dropping extra.
The most recent in query is Astrune Academy, and whereas it’s one more retro styled JRPG, there are just a few variations between this and the same old run of KEMCO video games. So, let’s return to highschool and see what is occurring, we could?
The plot of Astrune Academy follows some younger women who discover themselves at a college for magic – the Astrune Academy, surprisingly sufficient. As the sport opens, our heroines are about to embark on the sensible section of their schooling, joined on this endeavour by one of many professors. As the ladies undergo their coaching, they grasp new assaults, as you’d anticipate, in addition to new magic, all earlier than they’re stunned by a flip of occasions that I received’t spoil right here. For sure, from that time on our heroines are left to deal with making an attempt to avoid wasting the world as all the time. Whether or not they succeed or not is totally as much as you!
Having a chat in regards to the presentation of the sport and, as you’d anticipate, it is vitally a lot enterprise as traditional for a KEMCO affair. All of the characters are designed in an anime type, all massive eyes and tiny noses, and the ladies’ uniforms are all totally different, which form of defeats the concept of a college uniform, certainly? Anyway, the remainder of the sport follows the usual sample now we have come to know and love from these video games – discover an overworld and dungeons as a celebration, and when fight occurs (and imagine me, it should!) the display screen adjustments to the usual facet view of the battle, with flip based mostly fight on show.
The sound is fairly good as effectively, with the same old music and stirring battle sounds all current and proper. Whereas not one of the cutscenes are voiced, they nonetheless handle to hold the story fairly effectively. All in all, no surprises, for good or ailing right here.
Now, the remainder of the gameplay once more follows the template established within the earlier KEMCO video games, with just a few variations. The principle one is that in Astrune Academy every of our heroines can study distinctive magic, which opens up a complete new realm of chance. The magic they use when getting into into fight is named Almacation, while the distinctive magic abilities are referred to as Soul Supply magic. These can flip the tide of battle, as some Soul Supply magic permits one of many women to summon some demon mates, growing the quantity of injury you are able to do, whereas one other raises elemental harm, decreasing harm taken. As you possibly can think about, that is available in fairly useful.
I assume at this level I ought to introduce the heroes, no? Effectively, now we have three women that now we have management of from the beginning of the sport – Elnatt, who has a distressing tendency to show right into a demon when she makes use of magic (which causes all types of hilarity, as I’m positive you possibly can think about), Mimosa who comes from a wealthy household that’s accountable for making the vast majority of the magical instruments which might be used all through the world, and Spica. Spica not solely has an “intuition” about classes, which suggests she doesn’t actually need to work at her research, however she additionally has cash worries, so swings and roundabouts!
After the surprising occasions at the beginning of the sport, the unique three are joined by a fourth younger sorcerer, Snow, and together with her arrival, the get together is full, and the journey can start.
The remainder of Astrune Academy is just about the identical as different video games which have come earlier than, and this isn’t completely surprising. As you discover the world, there are facet quests to search out and full, along with the primary story quests, and as traditional, you’ll need to exit of your option to full all of them.
Because the workforce grows in expertise, they’ll study new assaults and extra bits of magic, however on the flip facet the enemies that you simply face can even enhance in ferocity, so making an attempt to maintain forward turns right into a little bit of an arms race. One factor to say right here is that the problem is a bit bit greater than the same old fare – usually you possibly can simply activate auto battle as quickly as you enter a combat and go away the sport to it, however this seems to be a foul thought. You need to keep engaged in Astrune Academy.
In conclusion, the problem spike present in Astrune Academy helps to extend the sensation of accomplishment once you beat a troublesome combat. However from there, while the story is fairly good, there’s nothing you wouldn’t have seen in any KEMCO recreation beforehand. Fortunately, it’s fascinating sufficient to maintain you enjoying, as you wait to see the place the story goes.
One of many higher KEMCO video games of current instances, if you happen to like a JRPG, give Astrune Academy a attempt.
