(Epic of Remnant arc)
There’s still a lot wrong with the client (uses too much memory when lots of stuff is cached, slow loading, no Noble Phantasm skip) but it’s about as close to a visual novel as I’ll get on any system and the fact it’s on my phone is a big part of that. The writing has generally improved as it’s gone on and the scope has increased and I do find the battles to be interesting and fun. The Remnant arc is a kind of “chapter 1.5” between the first part of the game and the Lostbelt section which is ongoing - basically 2017’s added stories. It’s split into four instead of seven but it’s still a lot of reading and a lot of battling, especially with the number of events that go on. Summer event coming soon!
Shinjuku - a great start. Archer was a lot of fun, the setting was a bit meh but the setup and payoff at the end was great.
Agartha - the weakest of the four. An interesting setting that they kind of don’t really do much with, a weird and unsatisfying ending and some awful character artwork (Rider!). The character reuse didn’t do anything for me but at least Berserker reminded me of the ridiculous “Amazoness CEO” in last year’s Halloween event.
Shimousanokuni - possibly my favourite chapter in the game so far, right up there with Camelot in part 1. Musashi was a great character to be around, your non-fighting sidekicks keep everything moving, the reused characters were great - I particularly liked the use of Tamamo, and both Rider and Berserker were good interpretations of their existing characters. I appreciated the playing around with the rules and the little intros in the boss fights. The ending was great too.
Salem - for a while this was right up there but it kind of wound itself up quickly. The concept is really great and there are some great character moments but I was hoping it’d go a bit more into the other side of the story by the end. It’s like they ran out of time. Given how crazy the Chapter 2 prologue ended up being I suspect they had to move onto that to get it out for the end of 2017.
There’s still a lot wrong with the client (uses too much memory when lots of stuff is cached, slow loading, no Noble Phantasm skip) but it’s about as close to a visual novel as I’ll get on any system and the fact it’s on my phone is a big part of that. The writing has generally improved as it’s gone on and the scope has increased and I do find the battles to be interesting and fun. The Remnant arc is a kind of “chapter 1.5” between the first part of the game and the Lostbelt section which is ongoing - basically 2017’s added stories. It’s split into four instead of seven but it’s still a lot of reading and a lot of battling, especially with the number of events that go on. Summer event coming soon!
Shinjuku - a great start. Archer was a lot of fun, the setting was a bit meh but the setup and payoff at the end was great.
Agartha - the weakest of the four. An interesting setting that they kind of don’t really do much with, a weird and unsatisfying ending and some awful character artwork (Rider!). The character reuse didn’t do anything for me but at least Berserker reminded me of the ridiculous “Amazoness CEO” in last year’s Halloween event.
Shimousanokuni - possibly my favourite chapter in the game so far, right up there with Camelot in part 1. Musashi was a great character to be around, your non-fighting sidekicks keep everything moving, the reused characters were great - I particularly liked the use of Tamamo, and both Rider and Berserker were good interpretations of their existing characters. I appreciated the playing around with the rules and the little intros in the boss fights. The ending was great too.
Salem - for a while this was right up there but it kind of wound itself up quickly. The concept is really great and there are some great character moments but I was hoping it’d go a bit more into the other side of the story by the end. It’s like they ran out of time. Given how crazy the Chapter 2 prologue ended up being I suspect they had to move onto that to get it out for the end of 2017.