They more or less break the game, as they are capable of targeting multiple foes in their field of vision. If you thought the above was bad, wait until you get mages in your party. It’s all rather disappointing, considering it’s basically using Valkyria’s combat engine with such poor execution. You don’t even need to select the right attacks to do the job, just use whatever, it’s going to destroy everything anyway. I’ll just say it – the game is insultingly easy, and it is no exaggeration to say that this fact single-handedly ruins the gameplay part of Shining Blade.īattles require little to no strategy – combat will mostly consist of you running up to the enemy and pretty much killing it with one or two hits, all while barely receiving any damage yourself. The thing that does matter, however, is the difficulty. For one thing, the fields themselves are pretty small, but that’s fine, we’re on a handheld system, after all. The graphics were really pretty, the voice acting was all top-notch and while the story was basically one cliché after the other, I was prepared to let that slide. A recipe for success, no doubt.īut things… didn’t quite go as I expected. It was supposed to be a colorful -though probably clichéd- fantasy adventure with Valkyria’s tactical battles and a large cast of pretty girls to engage in dating sim hijinks with. Having played and enjoyed Valkyria Chronicles 3 a few months before I got to Shining Blade, I had high hopes for this. Finally, its battle system was meant to mimic that of Valkyria Chronicles.
I’m also a sucker for fantasy JRPGs, so that was yet another plus.
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One was its fantastic graphics (by PSP standards), vivid and colorful, accompanied by character designs of Tony Taka. The game initially caught my attention for a variety of reasons. Here’s a quick review of Shining Blade for the PSP and why I feel like it’s the textbook example of wasted potential. In any case, I’m getting ahead of myself. The fact that I didn’t drop it after the first 2-3 hours is solid evidence of that.
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