Blue Reflection: Second Light follows Ao Hoshizaki, a girl who attends summer school for supplementary classes and becomes lost in an unknown world. She meets three girls — Kokoro Utsubo, Yuki Kinjou, and Renya Miyauchi — who have lost their memories and live in an isolated school surrounded by water. One day, a path and portal leading to another world appears and the girls decide to go through it. They eventually come across a monster and unlock a power that lets them fight back. In addition, Blue Reflection protagonist Hinako Shirai will appear in the game having also lost her memories.
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Blue Reflection: Second light is a fun game overall. It has a decent enough story with a compelling and likable cast of characters but it does overstay its welcome because the gameplay gets a bit grindy and repetitive towards the end.
Also they don't have anyone to shoot the monsters with a machine gun or kick a can at them so it loses some points there.
Also they don't have anyone to shoot the monsters with a machine gun or kick a can at them so it loses some points there.
A fantastic game and sequel that is able to improve and refine so many elements from the first game, making a genuinely fantastic RPG.
The characters and their interactions are absolutely fantastic, the story can be intriguing and interesting at times, the gameplay offers so many opportunities to engage with it compared to the first game, the new activities and crafting in the school are interesting and fun to build and the systems are more refined than ever. The game accomplishes to be a fantastic magical girl game, that is both charming and cozy. If you are expecting an epic, don't look for that here, you are going to have a more relaxed experience throughout it but still one absolutely worthy going through.
Also, despite calling this a sequel, you can jump right to it with the game giving enough context of the first game.
The characters and their interactions are absolutely fantastic, the story can be intriguing and interesting at times, the gameplay offers so many opportunities to engage with it compared to the first game, the new activities and crafting in the school are interesting and fun to build and the systems are more refined than ever. The game accomplishes to be a fantastic magical girl game, that is both charming and cozy. If you are expecting an epic, don't look for that here, you are going to have a more relaxed experience throughout it but still one absolutely worthy going through.
Also, despite calling this a sequel, you can jump right to it with the game giving enough context of the first game.
When you play a game thinking it's sapphic but it's NOT??? then you feel compelled to platinum it out of spite
The 2021 GOTY and a huge surprise
We didn't expect to see this franchise again because while the first Blue Reflection was nice but not great, it was clearly a low-budget game to make Mel Kishida happy as he could have his "own little game". As such, the sudden announcement of three new projects was truly a surprise.
Ray was mediocre but still very important for SL, and Sun was a gacha (that already got EoSed) so the multi-project was objectively a failure, but I'm glad they tried to revive the licence because it gave us Second Light.
Gust really managed to create a great, very majestic game. The characters are all excellent, the story is very comfy to follow, the new engine work wonders, the zones are varied and beautiful, and the OST is a pleasure for the ears.
The bonding scenes between the characters are really well done and we finally move away from the awful system in BR1 where you had to endlessly reset the days to try to get an RNG event.
The combat takes from Ryza's system but remains way too easy, just like in BR1. Only the bosses pose a "challenge" (in reality, the fights are just very long because they are HP sponges), so you really have to try very hard to get a game over.
Camp management is quite important because the constructions offer buffs and scenes between the characters, so it shouldn't be neglected, even though most of the buffs are quite useless because you won't need them with this nonexistent difficulty.
Note that there is no need to farm; the max level is easily reached around 2/3 of the game without farming and by playing normally.
I spent dozens of hours of pure pleasure, a bit annoyed not to have reached 100% because of a side quest from a character that never triggered, but still, it's an excellent game and I really reccomend it to any JRPG fans wanting a comfy game.
We didn't expect to see this franchise again because while the first Blue Reflection was nice but not great, it was clearly a low-budget game to make Mel Kishida happy as he could have his "own little game". As such, the sudden announcement of three new projects was truly a surprise.
Ray was mediocre but still very important for SL, and Sun was a gacha (that already got EoSed) so the multi-project was objectively a failure, but I'm glad they tried to revive the licence because it gave us Second Light.
Gust really managed to create a great, very majestic game. The characters are all excellent, the story is very comfy to follow, the new engine work wonders, the zones are varied and beautiful, and the OST is a pleasure for the ears.
The bonding scenes between the characters are really well done and we finally move away from the awful system in BR1 where you had to endlessly reset the days to try to get an RNG event.
The combat takes from Ryza's system but remains way too easy, just like in BR1. Only the bosses pose a "challenge" (in reality, the fights are just very long because they are HP sponges), so you really have to try very hard to get a game over.
Camp management is quite important because the constructions offer buffs and scenes between the characters, so it shouldn't be neglected, even though most of the buffs are quite useless because you won't need them with this nonexistent difficulty.
Note that there is no need to farm; the max level is easily reached around 2/3 of the game without farming and by playing normally.
I spent dozens of hours of pure pleasure, a bit annoyed not to have reached 100% because of a side quest from a character that never triggered, but still, it's an excellent game and I really reccomend it to any JRPG fans wanting a comfy game.
Absolutely a slow starter, but over time I really connected with the characters. I found it moving overall and really enjoyed my time with the game.
a very comfy and pretty jrpg with a unique gameplay loop and some endearing characters (kokoro and uta were my personal favourites). unfortunately the otherwise interesting combat is undermined by how easy it is, and while i did enjoy a lot of it, the game overall felt a bit too slow and disjointed for me to enjoy it all, especially the stealth missions and certain tedious story/design elements.