I bought this after hearing them talk about it on the Trash Taste podcast as I'd never heard of it and the premise sounded intriguing. I am SO glad I did, this game has left a real impression on me and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a crime that it has been so hidden. I hope the Switch release changes the tide on that! My review is spoiler free but other than reading some Amazon reviews I'd go into this as blind as you possibly can. Do NOT go on YouTube for reviews/gameplay because I've seen so many thumbnails on my suggested that I would have been really unhappy to see before I finished! A few easy things to note first. If you like Spike Chunsoft style games (Danganronpa, Zero Escape, AI Somnium Files) there is a really high likelihood you will love 13 Sentinels and you should stop reading and just buy it already. Obviously this is not a SC game, but the themes are similar, you already know the level of reading to expect, yet better story than in any SC I've played (imo). If you've never played a SC game or were on the fence, I'd think hard about how much you enjoy reading as the biggest portion of this game is visual novel style and that definitely isn't for everyone. 13 Sentinels has been labelled as a JRPG by fans yet I'm not sure you'd be impressed if you went in expecting a JRPG. So the game is split into story and battle. You choose when you want to do chunks of either depending what you're in the mood for. It needs to be said that the story is 13S' focus and is masterfully done. The battle...wasn't my favourite. I actually turned the difficulty down to casual about two thirds of the way through as I was so eager to see the story pan out I really didn't want to sit through the battle sections which felt like a chore to me. The battle is, I guess, strategy RPG-lite. Which would normally be my sort of jam but I don't know... I find it hard to explain why I didn't like it. It felt very repetitive. There are small chunks of dialogue within battles which are essential for the story still, and the story is locked if you fall too far behind on battle, hence I said it became a chore so I could continue with story. The story. I am in awe of the quality of writing with the story. It is really hard to go into detail for why it is so good due to spoilers. I think I am just super impressed at how they managed to make something so confusing yet the confusion feels right. Within the first ten hours or so I was constantly surprised at the amount of sci-fi tropes being used in the same plot. But then they just kept adding in new elements right until the last 5% of the story. A story using an almost stupid amount of sci-fi tropes as well as trying to tell this story through the eyes of 13 protagonists should absolutely not work - and just to clarify, it isn't like everything is cleared up at the end. After all there is a video called "piecing through the story of 13 Sentinels" on YT that is ten hours long!! It's a complicated and confusing story but the writers know this which is why there is a third segment in the game called "analysis" which lets you constantly look through the lore and scenes you've unlocked. I really enjoyed looking at this constantly theorising and then at the very end a bumper amount of codex unlocks which clears a lot of stuff up. There is tonnes of foreshadowing in this game from the very first scene and I can't wait to replay knowing what I know now. I compared 13S to Spike Chunsoft above but there is no SC game that has the depth and quality of story that 13S does. I didn't like the art style much at first. I've never played a Vanillaware game so seeing their name everywhere didn't mean much to me but it grew on me really quickly and now I can't imagine it any other way. The battle visuals/interface could be better though. Also, if you can appreciate game music as much as I can, this is just another area where 13S really shines. When I love a soundtrack I normally try and purchase the physical OST as I am a collector. I just bought it today for more money than I'd normally consider spending but it needs to join my physical collection. I was truly absorbed in this game and I have to say it may sound cheesy but when the end credit scene finished, I actually clapped. I've never done that before. Read more

Una narrativa no lineal como pocas (seguramente no haya otra historia menos lineal que esta). De una forma u otra toca todos los temas de la ciencia ficción. Es una maravilla. A tener en cuenta que la mitad del juego es de tipo casi peli juego y la otra mitad de combate táctico por turnos. Read more

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The story is actually pretty good, though it definitely is confusing. While the gameplay of the main story looks a bit primitive (sprites with less than perfect animation), the story is great. As for the action side of the game, it is likewise no graphical behemoth or anything, but it IS fun if you like strategy type games like Final Fantasy or War of the Human Tanks. Also, once the main game is done, you get an extra 9,999 levels of the action stuff which, I got to say, is value :p Read more

Vanillaware es un desarrollador excelente, apoyen comprando sus juegos ! Read more