Reynatis is an motion RPG set within the vibrant ward of Shibuya, Tokyo, nevertheless 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 disguise their skills 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. making an attempt 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 needs to develop into stronger and free himself from authorities oppression. The chapters alternate between them till their tales finally intertwine. There’s some actually attention-grabbing world-building happening right here, however sadly the gameplay is pretty bland.
You spend your time working forwards and backwards 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 nicely. When you run out of magic you routinely swap to a Suppressed stance, the place you may dodge assaults and take up magic. You’ll be able to swap between characters and, as they’ve completely different weapon varieties, they really feel completely different to regulate. In battle you’ll be consistently 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 rapidly turns into boring. It doesn’t assist that a lot of the enemies you battle are colour-swapped variations of stuff you’ve battled earlier than, and the identical dungeon designs are used again and again.
There are many aspect quests, however most don’t actually add something to the story. They do have an attention-grabbing impression 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 skills or grants you more 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 undoubtedly probably the most attention-grabbing issues about Reynatis nevertheless it’s a disgrace every part else feels so half-baked and repetitive. It’s arduous to get invested within the characters when the boring fight makes you wish to get by means of the journey as rapidly as doable.