Beast of Reincarnation

Beast of Reincarnation is a game I genuinely enjoyed overall, even if it has some rough edges. The combat system is easily the highlight for me: the different skills, arrows, bolts and simple-but-satisfying combos feel great to use and kept me engaged throughout the whole game. The story itself is actually very interesting, and the worldbuilding is fantastic. The mix of post‑apocalyptic, medieval and fantasy elements creates a setting that really pulled me in. But the way the story is told… that’s where the game lost me a bit. Every character feels strangely emotionless, the cutscenes lack energy or inspiration, and after a while I honestly found myself zoning out during the long dialogue sections. It’s a shame, because the underlying story is good — it just isn’t presented in a way that keeps you awake. The maps also feel a bit lifeless, and the enemy variety is unfortunately very limited. Small spoiler warning: [spoiler] One thing that frustrated me a lot is how boss fights sometimes end. You beat a boss fair and square, get its HP to zero, and then a cutscene plays where your character suddenly gets destroyed as if the fight never happened. This happens more than once and really kills the sense of achievement. [/spoiler] In the end, I think this game deserves a neutral rating — something between “recommended” and “not recommended”. I truly hope the developers keep going, don’t lose motivation, and maybe address these issues in a future installment, because the foundation here is genuinely strong.

I don't care what anyways says this game is great and yes, I beat it, but if you feel it might not be for you, wait for a sale and when you play do not give up in the first few chapters. Give it a good chance; also, by the time you play, some things might be fixed, and it might be even better. another thing is the game ran great for me

I mainly bought Beast of Reincarnation because I was curious to see what Game Freak could do outside of Pokémon and Nintendo. Honestly, I came in without many expectations, and after playing it for a bit, I'd say the game is just fine. It's not amazing, but it's definitely not bad either. If you enjoy games like NieR: Automata or Stellar Blade, you'll probably find something to like here. The gameplay is fun, the combat feels satisfying, and I especially enjoyed the music. The soundtrack does a great job setting the atmosphere and was easily one of my favorite parts of the game. That said, I did run into a pretty annoying technical issue. Every time I parry, my game has a chance to crash, which really sucks since parrying is such an important mechanic. Hopefully that's something that gets fixed. I've only played for about an hour, but one thing that already stood out to me is that the enemies are starting to feel repetitive. Maybe the game introduces more variety later on, but it's something I noticed surprisingly early. Overall, Beast of Reincarnation is an okay game. It has enjoyable combat, good music, and some interesting ideas, but it hasn't done enough to really stand out for me yet. I mainly wanted to see what Game Freak could make outside of Pokémon, and while it didn't blow me away, I don't regret giving it a chance. It was worth satisfying my curiosity.

SPOILERS BELOW! The game overall was decent, I finished the game in about 18 hours. It would have taken longer if I did not give up on exploring every level. Gameplay was good, but that is when you are actually able to play the game... Probably half or more than half of the time spent in game was sitting through an UNBEARABLE amount of cutscenes that you CANNOT SKIP. Most of the cutscenes are not needed, every little bit of dialogue that could be given to you, in game walking around, was blocked by a dedicated cutscene. I was not annoyed at it at first, quickly changed by Chapter 3 (out of 12 chapters). I found myself clicking pause to try to skip but ended up making it just a little bit longer by pausing. You CAN somewhat breeze through them if you spam buttons but some would not even advance. The enemies are meh, cool at first but there is a lot of reused enemy types with maybe 1-2 new moves, but that is somewhat rare. Just a cycle of go to an area, get to the boss, MORE CUTSCENES, onto the next area. Rinse and repeat until you get to the very lack luster boss that has been hyped up as the hardest fight the entire game. You are telling me that the little singing boy is the final boss???? The whole time it was eluded that Emma (the MC) or Violet (side character) was going to be the big bad at the end. Kind of a let down for all the "hype" (if you wanna call it that). Koo, the dog, was great for the game. Same deal. Eluded that eventually the dog will be able to speak with you if you progress through. Does not happen. But the abilities were decent, found myself sticking to 3-4 abilities while the rest were boring and weak. Game overall was meh 5.5/10. Too many cutscenes, reused enemies, and the exploring became tedious. Not worth $50ish, maybe $30 at most. That being said, the game was fun when you actually got to play it. So, buy at own risk and be prepared for a movie length film in boring cutscenes.

Ich werde meine Rezension über meinen Spielverlauf updaten: Aktuell ca. 10 Stunden (Normal-Mode, beste Grafikeinstellungen)). Aufgrund von Spoilern werde ich wage mit meinen Beschreibungen beleiben. Du hattest Spaß bei Games wie Monster Hunter, Horizon und Crimson Desert? Ja dann kaufs dir. Beim Spielen muss ich immer wieder Schmunzeln, da mich verschiedene Elemente der Story, Mechaniken oder Features an diese drei Spiele erinnern. Auch Game Freaks Verbundenheit mit Pokémon ist spürbar in dem Game. Besonders gefällt mir, dass alle Gegner mit Bisasam verwandt sind, was auf eine spannende Story hindeutet. Leider befürchte ich aktuell zu wissen, wohin sich dich Story entwickelt und sollte sich dies bestätigen, dann habe ich dazu gemischte Gefühle. Das Kampfsystem macht mir sehr viel Spaß und bietet eine schöne Abwechslung zwischen Fernkampf, Nahkampf und den Kampf mit Kuu, deiner Begleiterin. Die Kämpfe sind nicht immer einfach aber nach wenigen Fails und merken der Angriffsfolge der Gegner durchaus schaffbar. Was mich besonders freut ist, dass die Gegner nicht wieder spawnen sobald ein Lagerpunkt gefunden wurde und sich dort ausgeruht wurde und man sterben sollte. Zudem verliert man auch keine Items oder sonstiges wenn man stirbt. So ist es für mich wesentlich weniger frustrierend und es fühlt sich nicht nach verschwendeter Zeit an. Die Grafik finde ich total ausreichend damit ich in das post-apokaliptische Japan gezogen werden kann. Einziger Manko ist, dass in den Zwischenszenen meine FPS auf ca. 25 droppen. Bei meinem Build finde ich das etwas schwach. Woran es liegt habe ich noch nicht rausgefunden. Im Game selber habe ich aber um die 120 - 150 FPS. Der Grind im Game ist zudem ebenfalls wenig. Das gefällt mir besonders, da es zwar Möglichkeiten gibt etwas fürs Essen anzubauen, das Spiel aber keineswegs damit übertreibt, dass viele Zutaten gefunden werden müssen oder Unmengen an Gegenstände dafür hergestellt werden müssen. Auch ist das Leveln angenehm und ich habe nach der bisherigen Spielzeit für mein Gefühl auch ausreichend geschafft, ohne das Gefühl zu haben zu viel Zeit in Fähigkeiten und Kampfsystem stecken zu müssen. Die Begleiterin Kuu fühlt sich bisher wie keine echte Hilfe im Kampf an, dies kann aber an meiner Spielweise liegen. Dennoch beitet die Story und die Verbundenheit mit Kuu das schöne Gefühl nicht alleine in der manchmal düsteren Welt zu sein. Eine Anmerkung von mir ganz persönlich hat nichts mit dem Gameplay zu tun und ist auch Meckern auf hohem Niveau: Aber das Händlersystem gefällt mir nicht. Ich verstehe nicht, wieso die Händler mir von der Story an den Orten wo sie sind Gegenstände verkaufen oder mir nicht alles schenken sollten, weil ich bin ja DIE Auserwählte. Das hätte ich mir anders gewünscht. Ansonsten freut euch auf eine Welt voller Pflanzen und Mutanten und einer Story die erahnen lässt, was in Japan vor 2000 Jahren (also zu unserer Zeit) passiert sein muss. Wir hören uns nach weiteren Spielstunden! Euer Gluecksbaron

trash

The game is good, I don't know why there's so much negative criticism. It's fun, the controls are responsive, the optimization is decent, and the story is reasonably engaging. It's not a 10/10, but it's worth it.