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 cover their skills or be a 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. 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 needs to grow to be 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 working backwards and forwards throughout Shibuya, often 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 nicely. When you run out of magic you mechanically 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 totally different weapon varieties, they really feel totally different to regulate. 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 many 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 attention-grabbing affect 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 provides you new fight skills or grants you extra money and expertise. Additionally they make the already lovely Shibuya look even cooler, however do sadly disappear when you view them.
The story and world-building are positively essentially the most attention-grabbing issues about Reynatis nevertheless it’s a disgrace all the things 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 doable.