Prinny Presents NIS Classics Quantity 3 holds two video games: La Pucelle: Ragnarok and Rhapsody: A Musical Journey. These role-playing video games are printed by NIS America. Each are comparable however have distinctive variations, so let’s focus on them.
You’ll be able to play the video games in any order. Each are unlocked if you activate Prinny Presents NIS Classics Quantity 3. That is good when you favor one recreation over the opposite. Each have professionals and cons.
Let’s speak about La Pucelle: Ragnarok first since that’s the primary one I performed. It is a tactical technique RPG the place you play as a brother-sister duo who’re demon hunters as a part of the church. They go on adventures with their trainer to defeat the Darkish Prince. The sister Prier is on the journey to changing into the Maiden of Mild, however truthfully… I didn’t care.
After I play RPGs, I like robust characters and the relationships they type on their journeys. La Pucelle: Ragnarok didn’t do this for me. Prier was a jerk, and all she did was whine and complain. I couldn’t relate to her or the opposite characters, so I skipped a lot of the dialogue. It ruined the story for me, too, as a result of I had no emotions for these characters, so I didn’t care in the event that they gained or misplaced.
The gameplay is straightforward and repetitive at instances. As with most tactical technique video games, battles are extra interactive on the battlefield than merely hitting the assault button. All characters have melee assaults, however some even have magic. Every flip permits for 2 actions per character. You’ll be able to transfer them and assault enemies. Most battles aimed to defeat all of the enemies within the room or defeat the boss. The areas within the recreation have a number of rooms so that you can clear earlier than transferring on to the subsequent one. You’ll be able to at all times return to the church to heal or revive fallen occasion members between rooms.
What’s distinctive in regards to the battles is that they’ve vitality portals on the battlefield. For those who step on these, you “purify” the portal, making it disappear. These portals, if not closed, permit extra enemies to return via inside a number of turns. You may also level the portal within the path of an enemy to hurt them as you purify it for an additional assault. Alternatively, as a substitute of attacking an enemy, you need to use a number of turns to purify them and recruit them to your crew.
Then, you rinse and repeat. There isn’t an excessive amount of to the sport except for that. The battles are enjoyable if you first begin the sport as a result of the purifying is exclusive. Aside from that, the sport turned too repetitive for me. With the dearth of connection I had with the characters and story, the general recreation turned boring. Nonetheless, relying in your decisions all through the sport, the chapters have completely different endings. So, there’s some replayability there, however once more, the gameplay itself was too repetitive for me to need to return and play extra.
Then, I moved on to Rhapsody: A Musical Journey. I loved this recreation greater than the previous, however I had one main challenge. First, I’ll focus on what I appreciated about it. This recreation is analogous, and also you comply with Cornet, who performs the horn and sings. She will additionally speak to puppets. These puppets can come alive and be part of your occasion. As well as, some monsters you defeat in battle could need to be part of your occasion. (Alternatively, you may promote these monsters to earn extra cash.)
I loved the characters extra on this recreation as they go on an journey to save lots of the prince, who was turned to stone by a witch. Gameplay consists of exploring varied areas, comparable to completely different cities and forests. You get into wild battles with monsters, bringing you right into a tactical technique combat. This recreation incorporates extra easy battles. For instance, you may transfer your characters on the battlefield and assault utilizing melee weapons (or a horn, in Cornet’s case) or magic. Your characters then study expertise factors, permitting them to stage up and study new abilities and strikes.
I had a serious downside with this recreation as a result of I at all times acquired caught. There are various areas to go to and many individuals to speak to. The sport provides no tutorials or assist. I typically knew what to do subsequent however didn’t know the right way to do it within the recreation. I had no concept who to speak to or the place to go subsequent. Most of my time was spent wandering round, making an attempt to get to the subsequent half, which might take me little to no time to get via. Then I’d be caught once more, wandering round.
General, each video games had enjoyable graphics and pixelated characters. The music was enjoyable, and the voice performing was wonderful. Nonetheless, I wanted extra selection within the gameplay and want I may have related with the characters extra. For those who’re a fan of tactical technique video games, then choose this one up.
