Reynatis is an motion RPG set within the vibrant ward of Shibuya, Tokyo, but it surely’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 talents or be a part of a authorities organisation known 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 develop into stronger and free himself from authorities oppression. The chapters alternate between them till their tales ultimately intertwine. There’s some actually attention-grabbing world-building happening right here, however sadly the gameplay is pretty bland.
You spend your time operating backwards and forwards throughout Shibuya, sometimes delving into dungeons and battling something that crosses your path. Your characters have two stances, Liberated and Suppressed. Whereas Liberated, you may assault utilizing your magic however can’t defend as effectively. When you run out of magic you robotically swap to a Suppressed stance, the place you may dodge assaults and take in magic. You’ll be able to swap between characters and, as they’ve completely different weapon sorts, they really feel completely different to regulate. In battle you’ll be continuously altering between characters and stances as a way to handle your magic ranges.
Whereas the fight initially appears fairly flashy and enjoyable, it doesn’t actually evolve at any level and shortly turns into uninteresting. It doesn’t assist that a lot of the enemies you battle are colour-swapped variations of belongings you’ve battled earlier than, and the identical dungeon designs are used over and over.
There are many facet quests, however most don’t actually add something to the story. They do have an attention-grabbing influence on Shibuya, although. Ending them reduces the realm’s ‘malice’; the decrease that is the extra magical graffiti, known as Whizart, seems throughout city. Discovering them offers you new fight talents or grants you extra money and expertise. Additionally 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 attention-grabbing issues about Reynatis but it surely’s a disgrace the whole lot else feels so half-baked and repetitive. It’s laborious to get invested within the characters when the uninteresting fight makes you wish to get via the journey as shortly as potential.
