Last preview before release

A few weeks before its release, Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom allowed himself to be approached during What’s Next Focus Home Intercativethe opportunity to tell you our positive feelings about this action RPG developed by the small team ofEniGami. As always when it comes to an RPG and therefore a long adventure, an overview of a few minutes will never be enough to have a reliable opinion on many aspects of the game. That said, the time spent with a developer s It’s mainly focused on the gameplay mechanics which, as it turns out, are actually good.

the title will make us see the country

The player will play several characters of his choice, in a setting cel-shading very cute which is reminiscent of Ni no Kuni. Who says RPG says wide open spaces and Shiness will not escape the rule. We are promised varied environments as in any self-respecting role-playing game. The extract presented took place in a pretty countryside which benefited from lush vegetation, with a nice range of colors. Clearly, the title will let us see the country, and that’s a good thing for an RPG. Let’s hope that the narration and the scenario are good enough during the roughly twenty hours of play necessary to complete it. 5 characters are planned, with specific abilities for each which must be used in order to solve the frequent puzzles which will arise before us.

Chado (a feline-looking character), for example, can make a sort of menhir appear in order to activate switches, while another will know how to activate magical artifacts and a third will have telekinetic powers (moving objects). objects). Skillfully, you will have to combine their skills to progress in the adventure.

The other aspect of the presentation was the discovery of the combat system which should hit the mark. Without hiding it, he borrows a lot from Naruto and to Dragon Ball (which is to say that the lineage is noble) while improving the formula. Once the confrontation begins without transition in a closed arena, we almost approach a pure fighting game, although RPG elements remind us that the game primarily borrows from this genre. You can chain attack, dodge if you have a good sense of timing, and of course combo.

A combat system that should hit the mark

Only one character will be on the field, but the others will not be inactive since they will be the ones who will come to heal us or give us various improvements after the player has programmed them for that. Does this remind you of something ? The famous gambits of Final Fantasy 12 ! For example, you can request to be healed when your cost of life tree drops below 50%. As a result, the tactical aspect is very present, in addition to requiring skill to triumph in these dynamic battles. Another thing, the walls of the “arena” change color every 3 to 5 seconds. Each color is associated with an element of magic, and if you were to hit your opponent with the spell corresponding to the correct color, you will inflict more damage. Clever, no?

Of course, as in any self-respecting RPG, there will be an increase in level, a mess of sub-skills to develop, and many objects to equip to refine our fighter. You will have understood, the combat and RPG component is undeniably successful, as is the atmosphere which is cute as can be, which should logically result in a good game. Response before the end of the first quarter of 2017 on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

After about thirty minutes of presentation, Shiness reveals some big assets. An enchanting universe that seems coherent, but above all a worked interaction of characters and a hyper dynamic but deeply tactical combat system. Naruto & co lovers should love it. With us, this is already the case!

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