Shining Resonance Refrain

I'd only recommend this if you are a huge jrpg fan and have exhausted the list of studio jrpgs on Steam; even then, only buy it at a steep discount. Combat becomes repeating one combo over and over again. Boss battles become buff yourself with music, turn into a dragon, and spam attack. If you don't kill the boss during the dragon phase you go back to spamming the same original combo. The story and the characters are cliché in the worst ways and in no way make up for the lackluster gameplay.

Shining Resonance Refrain is an interesting game that I really enjoyed. The game itself may not be super complex or have any advanced mechanics, but I found it to have an interesting atmosphere, characters, and a well-designed combat system that I really enjoyed. While the story may not be its strongest point, it's still manageable because it's not the worst, or at least I've seen worse. The game runs well and has no issues. As for its length, I think it's perfect—not too long or too short. The only thing I miss is fast travel, but unfortunately, you can't have everything... Therefore, I highly recommend this game.

作为光明系列的高清完全版，本作把原版+全DLC+副歌模式一次性打包，内容完整度很高，是很适合入坑的版本。 优点 Tony人设颜值顶尖，立绘与建模还原度高，二次元审美在线 音乐战斗系统有特色，B.A.N.D演奏buff+煌龙变身，战斗有新鲜感 全程豪华声优+优质配乐，氛围到位，听觉体验优秀 恋爱养成、好感约会、多结局齐全，角色党与收集党满足 官方简繁中文，PC移植优化稳定，运行流畅 缺点 队友AI偏低，BOSS战不会躲技能，频繁暴毙影响体验 战斗打击感一般，动作流畅度不足，反馈偏平淡 场景重复度高，地图辨识度低，存档点分布不太合理 剧情王道偏套路，缺少反转与惊喜，后期略有等级压制 支线内容敷衍，探索动力不足 总结 典型的粉丝向王道JRPG，靠人设、音乐与完整内容取胜，缺点明显但整体乐趣在线。 推荐光明系列粉丝、二次元人设党、音乐玩法爱好者；追求强打击感、高创新剧情的玩家谨慎。

Kinda rough, kinda janky, kinda buggy. But honestly it's more fun than most ARPGs.

I just don't think it holds up to modern RPG and JRPG standards. It really doesn't feel smooth to play, and I feel this makes the game feel needlessly difficult, unless it's just meant that way and supposed to be compensated with grind, can't really tell. (You also sometimes get forced out of playing your standard cast which is a massive nerf unless you planned for it.) Voicing is fine, music is fine, characters so far are..... I guess they're okay. Can consider playing this if your backlog is somehow empty and you see major sales.

It's an old school JRPG so has some flaws and can get frustrating at times. However I like the game and personally like the Shining series and art style as a whole. Great OST. Some of the more specific annoying aspects are your teammates actions and lack of general awareness in fights, especially boss fights the AI will get themselves downed often. Speaking of boss battles, some of these can be frustrating as they deal high damage and you might have to cheese some of them by running behind and mashing etc.. you'll find yourself overstocking on healing and revives as your team's health/mana reserves will constantly need replenishing mid fight. So grinding to get stronger and some important good saves and prep will also be needed. Combat isn't super exciting but fun and interesting enough, and you can change character and have a lot of ability's unlocked by levelling up. This is probably a turn off for a lot of people but at least for me I can bypass this and enjoy the atmosphere and world of Shining Resonance. If you love a good JRPG with nice art and excellent OST but don't mind the clunky dated gameplay I highly recommend this one.

Legitimately one of the worst JRPGs I have ever played. Even on sale, avoid at all cost. You have been warned.