Reynatis is an motion RPG set within the vibrant ward of Shibuya, Tokyo, however it’s a really completely 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 skills or be a part of a authorities organisation referred to as M.E.A. to search out rogue witches and wizards.
The story follows two units of characters, the primary led by Sari, a member of the M.E.A. making an attempt to trace down the supply of an addictive drug which may flip its customers into monsters; and the second led by Marin, a rogue wizard who desires to turn into stronger and free himself from authorities oppression. The chapters alternate between them till their tales ultimately intertwine. There’s some actually fascinating world-building happening right here, however sadly the gameplay is pretty bland.
You spend your time operating 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 possibly can assault utilizing your magic however can’t defend as effectively. When you run out of magic you mechanically change to a Suppressed stance, the place you possibly can dodge assaults and take up magic. You’ll be able to change between characters and, as they’ve completely different weapon sorts, they really feel completely different to manage. In battle you’ll be continuously altering between characters and stances with a purpose 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 a lot of the enemies you struggle are colour-swapped variations of stuff you’ve battled earlier than, and the identical dungeon designs are used time and again.
There are many facet quests, however most don’t actually add something to the story. They do have an fascinating influence on Shibuya, although. Ending them reduces the realm’s ‘malice’; the decrease that is the extra magical graffiti, referred to as Whizart, seems throughout city. Discovering them provides you new fight skills 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 positively essentially the most fascinating issues about Reynatis however it’s a disgrace every little thing else feels so half-baked and repetitive. It’s onerous to get invested within the characters when the uninteresting fight makes you wish to get via the journey as rapidly as attainable.
