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 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 needs to turn out to be stronger and free himself from authorities oppression. The chapters alternate between them till their tales finally intertwine. There’s some actually fascinating world-building occurring right here, however sadly the gameplay is pretty bland.
You spend your time operating 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 possibly can assault utilizing your magic however can’t defend as properly. When you run out of magic you mechanically swap to a Suppressed stance, the place you possibly can dodge assaults and soak up magic. You may 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 with a view 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 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 aspect quests, however most don’t actually add something to the story. They do have an fascinating influence on Shibuya, although. Ending them reduces the world’s ‘malice’; the decrease that is the extra magical graffiti, known as Whizart, seems throughout city. Discovering them provides you new fight skills or grants you more 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 fascinating issues about Reynatis nevertheless it’s a disgrace every part else feels so half-baked and repetitive. It’s exhausting to get invested within the characters when the uninteresting fight makes you wish to get by means of the journey as rapidly as doable.