Reynatis - A Flashy Borefest

[@alumlovescake]

I kinda expected this. Content Creators completely overhyped the whole game. This is not KH4 or V13 or Verum Rex and I don't understand why people thought it was.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Overhype IMO has a tendency to negatively affect games

[@NefariousLoto]

Yep I have seen some Content Creators immensely hyped over this game and compare it to Verum Rex, can’t wait to see their disappointment 👀

[@A117-b7g]

The hype is just because the writer was the same guy that worked with Nomura as a scenario writer (I'm not sure of this) to create the world of FF vs xiii. He obviously reused lots of concepts of the world of vs xiii and well the FF fans were like orphans of vs xiii after the FF xv changes. I never thought it would be another KH or FF vs Xiii, I was just curious about its story. And I still am curious, I knew the visuals would be very dated, I knew the technology would be limited (it's furyo and not square enix or bandai) I had some of the best gaming experiences by playing PS2 games that were ported to PS4 recently for the first time, and despite the graphics, the gameplay was solid and fun, if this game end up being fun and having a good story I am more than happy. Other wise if the story is boring, well then that would be different. I will await to see some more analysis and if they sell it on sale sometime to buy it.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

@@A117-b7g Speaking of, Nomura himself said once that what he made for Versus 13 was JUST a concept

[@Terranigma23]

Because they probably only played boring AAA jrpg and don't know the hit or miss from Furyu. But yeah it does not look good ahah.

[@alexsanderivan6511]

Here's a fun trivia for you: this game is called Reynatis because it's an attempt at saying "born king" in latin. Unfortunately, they swapped "natus" for "natis", so now this game's title means... "Butt King"

[@ataridc]

Even better

[@lohto3]

Have they talked about the reason for the name? Because it's not like natis for born is wholly incorrect. The dative and ablative form of natus is, in fact, natis in Latin. So it depends on what the goal is. If the "born kings" are the subject of the sentence, nati or natus would be better, but if they're going for a sentence where the "born kings" are an indirect object of the sentence, and some few other cases, natis is perfectly valid too. I can't tell you more without knowing the reasoning behind the name, being unfamiliar with it.

[@Llortnerof]

Well, at least it's named accurately.

[@MrValgard]

😂😂

[@makikuma91]

Is that why this game has a burger king ad in it?

[@lordshakingcrying7778]

So Furyu games continue being a furyu game

[@snowenn]

Yeah, I can't say I'm surprised by this review. It can still be an ok experience if you know what you're getting into. Or maybe as a side game used as a palate cleanser between other games.

[@tonyzamudio5505]

Issue is they don’t learn lol

[@mrsquee9280]

@@tonyzamudio55051000% this right here There are only so many chances that you can keep screwing up before peeps just throw their hands up and say “enough’s enough” and I feel that this might be the game to do that

[@tonyzamudio5505]

@@mrsquee9280 crymachina kind of ended it for me. I was not at all hopefully for reynatis and yup, my expectations were in line

[@Eclin]

You have to give it to the devs tho. They constantly make games that hyped people up because of how stylish it looks, regardless of the mediocre end results seemingly lol.

[@TheKisekiNut]

Definitely, Furyu are very good at marketing.

[@mrsquee9280]

My roommate described FuRyu as “Atlus’s P Studio from Wish” and now I can’t unsee it They have similar stylings to how P Studio’s do their games but there is always something a bit low effort and cheep about a FuRyu game

[@Senayoshy]

So we praise their marketing team? Alright lol

[@kermitwithamustache3885]

This game may have a lot of issues, and most people would write this off as a kusoge But it feels like it was made for me, it's such a PS2 era feeling game with that gameplay and aesthetics, i can't help but vibe with it I wouldn't call it a particularly great game, but for a few select people like me who miss that edgy visuals and simple designs from those old days this is gonna feel very nostalgic. Reynatis is one of those games that captured the feel and aesthetics of a PS2/PSP era action Jrpg near perfectly, whether it was intentional or not They even got pre rendered cutscenes that look way better than anything in game, in general it has a lot of 2005-2008 energy Think that’s the main appeal of Reynatis, that it looks like a budget Square Enix game Verum Rex X NEO TWEWY but it plays and looks like a PS2 era action game A very specific niche but appreciate that it exists I don’t want games to chase industry trends, I want more games that would fit right in the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube days

[@khfreak5531]

At the end of the day, this game is made by a fairly new Dev. He’s basically an indie dev who got backed by some big names to get him started. I was expecting something along the lines of indie to AA levels of quality. Since I didn’t overhype it for myself. This still seems like a alright game to turn my brain off to. When it goes on sale of course.

[@kermitwithamustache3885]

Yeah this is pretty much an indie production, i don't get why people are not talking about how it recreates that PS2 era aesthetics perfectly Its likely the price tag thats making people more judgemental

[@khfreak5531]

@@kermitwithamustache3885 I agree with ya there. At least they didn’t go for a $70 price tag that all the AAA games are starting to do now. Still a bit steep at $60 though.

[@raionbomber75]

It felt like a psp Square game without the console port polish. I enjoyed the demo but its definitely a get-in-on-sale type of game.

[@44diamond95]

The Caligula Effect games from Furyu were pretty good though. I especially enjoyed Caligula Effect 2. But it is unfortunate that Reynatis did not hit the mark.

[@TheAwsomeuser]

Monark was pretty good as well

[@ADAMAGAYAN]

I like Caligula games, too ❤

[@Terranigma23]

Yeah, except Caligula 2 and The Alliance Alive, I dislike pretty much all other Furyu games. 😅

[@notyoursavior78]

Caligula Effect 2 was awesome. Monark wound up being mostly average with some good ideas. I still bothered to finish it though anyway. Lost Dimension was great. But taking a quick look at a list of games I either haven't played them or was waiting for a sale and then just forgot about 'em. I didn't have any real knowledge/hype for this game so I dunno about it personally still. I wasn't going to get it day one anyway.

[@MikoYotsuya292]

Caligula effect gameplay got repetitive super quick. It was only held by OST and characters.

[@theultimategamer95]

Yeah fair enough. Tried the demo and was like "meeeeeh". Making combat stamina based is a huge red flag to me. Without that I probably would've tried the full thing at least (because it felt nice otherwise). Knowing about the repetition is nice though, puts me off even more. And yeah goddamn that camera.

[@MrValgard]

Idk i will still support FuRuy creative direction, feel like such aesthetic lost in 2000, and miss it a lot

[@TheKisekiNut]

It's because it should stay in the year 2000.

[@Rimurutempest8833]

@@TheKisekiNut that doesn’t sound right , saying this style is old and should be used anymore . Art is subjective.

[@kannyboy1847]

​@@TheKisekiNutSay you hate passionate games without saying it moment. Also literally everyone agrees gaming peaked in the early 2000's, I'll take actually interesting but low budget titles over the boring ass safe games like Persona and recent FF titles anyday.

[@tonyzamudio5505]

@@kannyboy1847if older heads from that time period aren’t liking this either, it says something about the ass job they’re doing. Yes an audience can be found for the game, but for how long

[@kannyboy1847]

@@tonyzamudio5505 Most who miss the golden days of JRPG'S and stumble across Furyu end up loving their games, like me. Furyu is probably my favorite studio now adays, especially with Atlus and Square titles being not very good.

[@Pratozoo]

Thank you for giving your honest opinion despite this could be counterproductive for you

[@morriganrenfield8240]

How is it counterproductive lol

[@kewoshk]

@morriganrenfield8240 Not getting any sponsorships because game companies are whiny babies

[@luispalacios8423]

@@morriganrenfield8240 lol I thought the same thing, how being honest about a game is counterproductive for a game reviewer?

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

Having played the demo, I'm still looking forward to this. It may not have a lot of depth, but sometimes I'm in the mood for lack of complexity. It's like a meditative experience over a roller-coaster. Of course, I may get 5 hours into it and come to the same conclusion. I will say I played Soul Hackers 2 to completion and enjoyed it. So my opinion probably isn't relevant to most people.

[@jayben9175]

I played the demo too and wanted more of it when I got to the end. I plan on getting it, though I'm on the fence on waiting for a sale.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

@jayben9175 I'm personally getting it day one (already pre-ordered) but I can see why it might be more beneficial to wait for a sale. For most people, I think, it's not going to be a "full value" experience. It might make more sense to hold off until it's $20-30, but the demo made me want to play it now.

[@jayben9175]

@drewtheunspoken3988 Honestly, the game comes out on my birthday and I did like the combat. I think I may jump the gun 😄.

[@Mclearmountain]

I really liked Soul Hackers 2

[@azureknight729]

@@Mclearmountainsame here 😅 the gunsmith ost made that game memorable to me, such a good track.

[@justmkipvme]

You didn't like CryMachina, but I love it. So I'll try Reynatis. I also completed Trinity Trigger despite its disgusting stamina system (I hate this kind of limits), I also played CryStar.

[@voidzed8906]

I didn't mind the stamina in trinity trigger. But the shield on bosses were insane

[@TheKisekiNut]

By all means, give it a whirl.

[@wendyjones3967]

Thanks for the honest review. Alot of content creators get these freebies or previews and feel obligated to present a favorable review. I really wanted to like the game, and support NIS. I didn't realize at first that Furyu was developing it, and I feel that they've been pretty lackluster when it comes to games.

[@wildairman1327]

Must have been a fun game in the PS3/XBox 360 era :(

[@astrea555]

A bad game is bad regardless of the calendar.

[@TheKisekiNut]

It's just not good, doesn't matter what period it comes out.

[@rancidiot]

If I had 2 games to choose from to play Bluestinger or this I was choose this

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

This would have dog walked FFXIII

[@crazykenbei]

For the ps2 jrpg lover in 2024 which is a certain niche.

[@kermitwithamustache3885]

That's me! i just love how ps2 era this game feels!

[@kylernyhagen7519]

I respect the fact you were willing to talk about the game like this while being given a review code. Truthfully I might end up getting this on deep sale, but the fact I don't believe it has an English dub means it's way lower on my priority list. My wife likes to listen to the story while doing something else and she can't do that when it's not English.

[@TheKisekiNut]

I always make sure that my opinion is at the forefront of my videos, irrespective of where the game was sourced from.

[@tocs777]

I used to be a huge preorder guy for years, up until a couple years ago. It was really then several games weren’t worth the full price. Now I just have long wishlists on amazon, Walmart etc. it’s sad cause this game looked great at first, I’ll get it at a good sake. Thanks for your honest review.

[@jamcalx]

I tried the demo, It's art aesthetics like if keyblade wielders went up against the Quincy. Sponsored by Burger King. They should have cooked and seasoned it more.

[@TheKisekiNut]

That's the one thing that surprised me, they had a lot of company names in here, and big ones too. Burger King, Adidas, Don Quiote. Actually quite impressive.

[@AlexAre0]

When the wanted concept was explained to me, i was like ... wait. You're wanted by the magic police for using magic and so their response ... is to have a magic battle? Idk if this is the case but it seems like it😅

[@Terranigma23]

For real if Shimomura didn't have the time to compose for the new Mario and Luigi RPG game because she was stuck on Reynatis... Then I will be so mad lol.

[@DulyDullahan]

I actually really wanted to like this, mainly because of the TWEWY collab. The other issues can be tolerated for me but the one thing I absolutely CAN’T compromise on is camera. Seeing the camera go beserk in your gameplay is already giving me a headache so I guess it’s a pass for me 😢

[@TheKisekiNut]

The collab ends in like 30 minutes, and you'd have to play till about halfway through the game to get it anyway.

[@marethyux3744]

Going to try the demo for myself before I rule anything out. The Alliance Alive was an enjoyable experience from FuRyu for me so maybe this could be too. For that matter I also thought Trinity Trigger was good. Didn't reinvent the wheel for anything but was enjoyable as it was.

[@Ranemoraken]

If it had as good a story as Crystar, I wouldn't mind necessarily. But they didn't dub it. So I wouldn't even be able to have as strong an emotional connection, either. That drops Reynatis down to the bottom of the list for games I'm going out of my way to try. Especially because - I played Crystar - and the base design of that gameplay is so thoroughly bad (without glitches) as to warrant an essay. Like, I played the Dusk Diver games. The story there is okay, but the games are at least fun. They'd be more fun if I could understand the conversations mid-fights. Edit: I was thinking about what you said at the end about avoiding their games at release. That's rough, but quite emblematic of their problem. They're missing so many marks on their games right now that it's doing brand damage to even the super-fans.

[@RPGStory]

Finally someone being entirely honest about this game I've not seen anything special from all the coverage

[@OwainBigGuy]

i've never been a fan of furyu games, but this one's aesthetic interested me. i still might get it on a deep deep sale but yeah i really expected this lol. the NEO TWEWY crossover is still cute though

[@HandleAndGretel]

The "Z1000 with 50cc engine "analogy is how I'll describe stuff from now on.

[@Djw8991]

after I beat one of the first battles in the overworld in the demo by just spamming the attack button and not even looking at my screen I checked out too lol

[@eazybuxafew]

Not gunna lie I find the jank of FuRyu games charming. Got quite a few on my backlog. But agreed they’re games to be picked up from sales

[@MillennaBlackruner]

Kudos, that's one of the reason I like your channel I've played many furyu games never managed to finish one got bored rather quickly, yet I've rarely heard anyone being objective about them they're not necessarily bad games but you get bored rather quickly, they are pretty much hollow as a whole

[@MaI2Me]

Thank you for the honesty, much appreciated. What’s your favorite Indie-RPG, if I may ask?

[@grimreaper5864]

Don't care about your review might try it

[@kermitwithamustache3885]

👑 you dropped this

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Brutal honesty for this review man, I can respect that. Now can you cover Visions of Mana? I'm sure playing that will make you feel better.

[@kuroshiro3267]

I'm pretty sure the only fun part of it is the TWEWY colab

[@TheKisekiNut]

That is literally the best part about the game.

[@Queenofthesevenseas]

Yep very nail like depiction of Reynatis actually. Played the demo on my switch 4 times primarily because I had loads of problems attempting to read the tiny white subtitles 😩 I would really appreciate it if developers and designers added the option to change the subtitle colors or at least the size, because let’s be honest not every game can handle the standard small white subtitles. At least have an appropriate text bubble color for the text…… Only character I had any interest or attachment to was the summoner girl you were introduced to at the tail end of the ( to short demo) the main characters were a bit bland a bit boring and lackluster and a bit hard to like… if the summoner girl was actually one of the main characters I’d be happy however ❤ Aside from that everything you have touched on and covered in your video is valid ( though I actually found the combat system and music intriguing as well as the world the games set in) the character models 😱😭 reminded me of bloodrayne a bit honestly however their still better then what Pokémon has so that’s at least something 😉 Still that’s just my feelings from the demo, at the same time I’m still debating if I want to pick up the game🤔 because I’m still interested enough to be curious

[@Bluestar899]

One thing that didn't get mentioned but is probably worth noting: FuRyu games also tend to be expensive. They often times charge full price for their games, even the ones that are ports of outdated console releases. I remember being charged almost 90 CAD for Crystar's Switch version, and Crymachina on PS5. Neither of those games should be that much. I have no doubt that Reynatis will cost just as much as Final Fantasy 16 to purchase.

[@FinnbarBTN]

Tell us how you really feel 😂 A lot of the previews I’d seen of it didn’t get me too excited tbh - but still this seems really rubbish. Will give the demo a try just on the off chance I enjoy it.

[@lipsontajgordongrunk4328]

Man furyuu has such great ideas with such mediocre execution. I feel like they could make these amazing games if they weren’t rushed out in such a lackluster state.

[@CottonModem]

I tried the demo and deleted it after a few minutes, mainly based on the feel. I also knew the world wouldn't interest me. I somewhat loved CRYMACHINA (gameplay was okay), mostly liked Crystar (gameplay was boring, slightly less so after dropping the difficulty) and kinda liked Caligula Effect Overdose and Caligula 2. I'm not sure what draws me to Furyu published games over all the games in my backlog.

[@hxntaiguy3318]

🤔thanks for the review I still plan to get the game, but will get it later since i got a back catalogs to get thorough lol, bit I like games with interesting art styles and the game has that.

[@Draaven]

I changed my screen settings to Borderless Windowed to get rid of the screen tearing.

[@krisnantoprayogosantoso4033]

Maybe this game won't be boring for those who never played a video game, let alone an Action RPG (or JRPG)...

[@dxero7707]

Or just someone with different tastes

[@narukamiseta122]

I tried the demo a couple of days ago. I only played for about 20 minutes cuz i was tired, but it was definitely different from what i was expecting. I'm not obsessed with quality but it felt like I was playing a ps3/xbox 360 game. I guess that's part of the whole "making games look better than they actually are" business for ya. I like some of the ideas, but the execution wasn't perfect. Maybe I'll finish the demo and my feelings might change but idk if I see myself getting the actual game for the time being.

[@TheKisekiNut]

It's more the mechanical depth. If this game came out in the 360 era it would still be bad.

[@jessieolivarez7504]

This is disappointing to hear. I was excited about Crymachina when that released... then I played it and put it down after a few hours or so. Looked great but was boring. Sad to hear that this is the same. I've already preordered so, we will see if I cancel and wait for a sale

[@hrgaming4plebs570]

Such a shame, kinda loving the early 2000 aesthetic with the lower quality character models and Shibuya. What other rpg/action games are based in Shibuya aside from The World Ends with You?

[@chikipichi5280]

I think this is worth it at around $20 when it goes on deep sale. Gives low budget PS2 JRPG feeling but in 2024.

[@shintarouemiya]

Man, that is a concerning news. JRPGs set in a modern time are so rare, I have no choice but to try it. Hope I will like it.

[@jrpggamer93]

To bad the idea sounds really cool for the story . I love stuff with magic but they fumbled it . I'll wait till it's real cheap

[@1971Corwin]

I'm surprised that you didn't say more (or anything, really) about the story and characters, considering you're self-described as a story first, gameplay second kind of JRPG fan.

[@Bowflex2480]

yeah this is why i said i was going to wait for a deep sale on this. its a bad sign for Furyu when i see their games and they LOOK interesting but i never end up actually buying them.

[@Sikthy]

As someone who played the originally japanese release im glad i did i like the characters designs and the combat but the exploring was very dull, side quests had no context, The story wasn't grand and i had high hopes for it with who was involved in the project would i play a sequel if it happened yes but only if it was graphically enhanced better other than that great review dude

[@jclosed2516]

Really a shame. I liked the older games, like the both Caligula Effect games. I believe they made the HD Remastered version of The Aliance Alive too. They already went a fair bit downwards with MONARK, but after seeing this I think this game is not for me. Really a shame, because I was mildly interested (yeah I had my slight doubts already). Well - It's not that there are no upcoming games at all, so letting this one pass will not hit me that hard. It's a shame though, because there was some potential.

[@1971Corwin]

That's a bummer. But as long as Metaphor Fantazio lives up to the potential in a few weeks, I'm good.

[@pirouzufan]

i already knew without having played it sometimes you just know

[@realtime8892]

4:43 what is wrong with some of the characters hands? They are massive.

[@weirdguy8422]

It's called Yaoi hands lmao

[@DavidVidot-xm5ql]

Not gonna lie this is exactly what I figured it would be and I'll probably get it on sale just like I have for literally every other Furyu game I've played. Worth it at a discount, never full price.

[@SpinningEdge]

4:15 Just for the record in case it helps anyone; switching to borderless windowed mode seems to solve this issue, at least it did for me on the demo. Doesn't excuse the very limited settings on PC but for those who do plan to play this should make life easier.

[@maakasuekano776]

If u r going to buy it, wishlist it and wait for a sale.

[@THaB4DGuY]

it was the 1st game i rented from gamefly, it took like 10 days to finally arrive, i played for 1 day and was like nahhhh take it back

[@Nakatomi_Kagehisa]

Do You regret your decision? I mean the fact that you returned the Game? Don't you want to give it a chance?

[@THaB4DGuY]

@@Nakatomi_Kagehisa hell no! dlc cant fix a terrible game. only thing i regret is renting it in the 1st place.

[@THaB4DGuY]

@@Nakatomi_Kagehisa i did give it a chance. it was terrible in everyway besides japan at night looks cool. it cant be fixed and i ll never give it another chance. dlc wont make terrible dungeon design better, theyre not going to make ps3 enemies look better, wont change the awful combat system, wont remove the pointless gta crime wanted system.

[@Nakatomi_Kagehisa]

@THaB4DGuY people are giving the Game a 9 now because they added a character named Alice Suda that has Cannonballs for boobzzz and they Say it saved the whole game

[@THaB4DGuY]

@@Nakatomi_Kagehisa nope. doesnt matter. adding a character doesnt change awful level design, bad combat system, and ps3 graphics. if all i cared about in games is female chests, i could play stellar blade, dead or alive, soul calbir, zenless zone zero etc lol

[@iceclkeyheart3060]

Finish the demo absolutely loved it and everything else I've heard about the game from reviews gives me a feeling that this game in general is going to be one I love but I'm going to be told that I'm supposed to hate it everywhere

[@acezero10]

I mean it's furyu, at this point you should've already expect what kind of game and quality that you're getting from them. Reynatis on the surface already looks so unappealing to me for the simple fact that the director seems fanboying Nomura a lot and tried so hard to mimick his style, especially with that male protagonist who looks like Noct / Riku number 6723. They really should just do their own thing.

[@abrahamlupis9354]

at least their games aren't censored for "modern audiences"

[@Nakatomi_Kagehisa]

Nice to see the most handsome FF character as a pfp

[@perrydunetz882]

The weird thing is, there’s something I love about this game, it’s terrible, but like, there’s something earnest about how bad it is, and I’m super entertained by that

[@obake6290]

Exactly what I was expecting. The trailers for the game really did look good, but as soon as I saw that Furyu name all hype was gone for me. I was willing to give it a shot if the reviews sounded good, but now I think I'll pass. Too many other games to play, like how I'm just now getting around to Granblue Fantasy Relink and having a lot of fun with it.

[@Highwind452]

I might be in the minority, but I kinda enjoy these types of games. There's something cozy about a low budget, meandering jrpg. I enjoyed Caligula Effect, Monark etc in the same way. Sometimes 10/10 masterpieces can get a bit intimidating and exhausting at times. I love SMT and Trails, but sometimes I want to chill with some junk food jrpg.

[@kewoshk]

Tried the demo for less than an hour and got so bored that I had to close it.

[@coldasice1553]

I have not played any JRPG titles outside of kingdom hearts series.. so, if this one isn't worth it, since i really like the atmosphere, what other game do you think actually is worth to buy that has similar atmosphere & gameplay style?

[@motorcitydan]

What a fucking savage getting a review key and destroying it like this. This is why I love you brother.

[@kelts7789]

I was thinking about this game and I am just moving this to on sale.

[@TheKisekiNut]

Deep sale.

[@awastedcow]

Damn, I kinda had hopes for it. I will probably try it out myself when its on Sale, but not gonna buy it for original price then.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

There's a demo you can check out now. It's fairly short (about 40 minutes) but it should give you an idea.

[@SilverShion]

Big fan of Furyu games. Definitely playing this.

[@nathanielwazhere]

Damn I was gonna get it. Thank you for helping me not waste money

[@type2red]

i was already bored 2 mins into this review lol thank you for this you saved me time and money.

[@CrowFuu]

The Game has good ideas with the whole Wizards, Guilds, and Magic System being slowly revealed to the real world. It feels similar to Bleach with the Soul Society and stuff, but with the "what if" the real world found out about it. It looks like they screwed up the Combat by trying to be to "unique" when you just need some good old fashion ARPG Combat with Flashy Abilities or Spells in this Games case. This Game fells like a missed opportunity sadly, like many JRPGs today......

[@Cyanide_03]

I really wanted this game, then I played the demo... maybe on a sale

[@FlyingFocs]

I tried the demo, and I mostly finished out of determination. Which is a problem when the demo is about a half hour.

[@lunar-exe433]

Looks like I'll pick this up at a severely reduced price.

[@martinomagic9230]

Gah, I wish it wasn't like this with a lot of companies. I am not sure about this one, but a lot of these lower budget jrpgs have something about them that really sticks out and makes it unique/interesting. For some its the story, others its the game mechanics, and though less likely some its the art style. But it feels like they put all their skills points in that one stat and actually go into the negative in all the other stats somehow. What makes it worse is the inability to reflect and learn from their mistakes. I don't want game companies that have good innovative ideas to die as its bad for the whole genre. But do these people even play their games or do they not even care? Is this like the anime industry, where the author has a good story but then gives their project to a studio who makes it but just doesn't give a crap? I wish I could understand, but I don't haha. With bigger corporations, it's always easy to understand, they just want money and will do anything they can to make it.

[@TheKisekiNut]

This is why I don't pull my punches even if it's a budget title. I've played many, and they're actually brilliant games in some cases. Eternights, Sakuna: Rice and Ruin to name a couple.

[@idValkyrie]

Crymachina and Crystar would be more interesting if only they made the dungeon more interesting, maybe some color would be good, I might skip Reynatis so I can't say anything about it, but I kinda like Crymachina and Crystar story, it's pretty much go the way you expected, it's easily predictable, cliche, but it's still fun, I feel it has "soul" in its story, but the gameplay and map is just..... nope.

[@simonkuhnert]

I had the CE ordered I canceled that as soon as I played the demo of this is absolutely woeful I don’t even buy it on sale it’s that bad.

[@gnarlyboyjai]

Yeah, I could tell at first glance I wasn’t gonna cop this one lol

[@finnewar]

i will buy reynatis on switch.

[@mnopinion]

The writing was on the wall with the game honestly, the first time I saw the gameplay trailer I was immediately turned off by it. Then I see videos about it being the next KH and im going to be honest, I was completely dumbfounded. I had to click on the video… i guess the click bait did work afterall 😅

[@f.9344]

I put it on my wishlist. will try it out on my own sometime

[@pn33milan11]

Had no idea Furyu made other games. I always knew them for cheap, but pretty good quality, anime figures. And that's pretty much where they should stay, if this is the best they can do with their very hyped game. I played the demo and, aside from the artstyle of character renders, nothing really stands out. Graphically too outdated, even for a non-graphics snob like me; combat too simplistic for its own good; and general aesthetic being just very flashy, which is neither good or bad per se. I would never buy this, unless there's a big discount

[@vinceunknown1935]

Its a jankfest you literally have to stop and block just to attack or else you cannot attack at all

[@flamehiro]

Yeee I canceled my preorder. Will get when cheap

[@LaMereACaniche]

I played the demo for this game and it felt like a massive piece of jank. Uninstalled within 20-30 mins. I'm here for the 8 mins bashing session lmao.

[@theonlymattthatmatters]

I’m sure I’ll give it a go but expectations adjusted.

[@faidou9954]

Ehh, I'd still play it.

[@matcoffidis1135]

I felt very similar. Played the demo and just got bored...

[@HoroJoga]

Maybe the whole Burger King deal could at least pay for a better camera work

[@alumlovescake]

They had a lot more them just a BK deal.

[@HoroJoga]

@@alumlovescake they could've used the CC Lemon deal to fix the combat then

[@TheKisekiNut]

They had loads of deals in this game, Adidas, Don Quiote, a few other Japanese retailers were there too.

[@HoroJoga]

@@TheKisekiNut basically a poor man's Yakuza then. A shame the game didn't live up to people's expectations.

[@Chun_0w0]

there is no baseline, ps2 is fine & no eng dub is still a win, i'm checking it out

[@Red_Sutter]

Furyu's obvious MO at this point is making dollar store versions of Square Enix games. Maybe it's time for them to scrap that philosophy and concentrate on making original works

[@ThatGuyWhoComments1]

Visuals are nice but gameplay looks extremely generic as typical Furyu. All these years and they are still guilty of this. Some of their games do have decent story though.

[@aprettyfunnyperson4516]

OH YEAH BABY REYN(atis) TIME

[@MathrosZiveon]

Don't forget this game full price is $60 on Nintendo switch. Much expensive than any Xenoblade games. Lol tried it on steam demo, immediately thought this was very cheaply made game. Like a filler game by NIS America between trails and Ys X which will be release next month.

[@DulyDullahan]

But Xenoblade Chronicles DE, 2 and 3 are all $59.99 which cost the same as this game

[@MathrosZiveon]

@@DulyDullahan not in my country. They are all in $40-45 brand new sealed

[@robertmoorhead3731]

Diggin' the honesty!! Well made video! Xenosaga 2 looked better than that....

[@Weremole]

A lot of these systems feel like "cancelled smartphone game".

[@suddenlycrows]

I tried the demo and I couldn't get through it. The concept was interesting enough but goodness it just kinda drags... I couldn't get into it...

[@roiwtto0919]

I played the demo and the dodge is kinda wierd to look at