Seinarukana -The Spirit of Eternity Sword 2-

I would say this is not a real review at this point, and will be updating it as I get further into the game. I'm only writing this now because literally no one else has written a review yet :/ First thing first, this is a visual novel(VN) so if you don't know what that means or don't like visual novels you probably shouldn't start here, mostly because this is a sequel to another game, Aselia the eternal. For the longest time I thought it was only thematically a sequel but that isn't the case, it is a true sequel. You could play this before Aselia, but I loved Aselia so much I would hate you if you did that :[ Special note: this is the All ages - Special edition, If you want the adult scenes purchase it on j-list. If you are still reading this and are like "I don't know about VNs but that combat system looks interesting", after 3 hours of gameplay there have been 2 choices and only scripted battles. From my experience with the prequel the battles will be much more important and take ...

Uncensor patch: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m-xvrGaYh2vGWWDnwnxkZXQ8l1fpKgt_/view?usp=sharing SS rank requirements: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z7f5-_SLRIP9VFz4p5NKguAEHn1ilSaGheALYqG1i2A/edit#gid=0 Seinarukana can be described as a visual novel divided into chapters, each requiring you to go through a copious amount of combat before you get to the reading part. My explanations on how I rate the combat, story, and value for money are as follows: [h1]Combat: 2/5[/h1] Combat in this game is not difficult, unless you're going for SS rank, then it can be challenging. It is however, tedious at normal game speed. Thankfully you can hold ctrl to speed it up. The combat system has a fair amount of complexity, which means some planning is required. However, the interface is unpolished, requiring going through multiple screens to read the skill descriptions before one can adequately formulate a plan. In practice, this often just means I’d go with a general setup and reloa...

Seinarukana is a lengthy game with 6 possible routes. It's about 50% visual novel and 50% SRPG, imo. Your choices and gameplay matter for which route you get. With that said, each route simply focuses on a specific heroine in your harem, and the mechanics for getting the end you want is fairly obvious. It's technically a sequel to Aselia the Eternal, but other than taking place within the same universe (er.....multiverse) and a couple small easter eggs ([spoiler]Tokimi is still best girl[/spoiler]) this is completely stand-alone, and you won't lose anything from skipping the first one. On the strategy side, units take turns traveling on points along fixed lines, with each point having small stat modifiers and healing/leveling/etc. taking place in towns. In this series, units are generally squads of 3 characters, with an 'attacker,' 'defender,' and 'supporter.' When your squad of 3 sprites meets an enemy squad of 3, they proceed to take turns beating each other up within that 'encount...

Terribly balanced boss fights that are impossible without specific skill setups. Make sure you read a game guide prior to playing this or be prepared to load back several hours of wasted gameplay so that you can get those skills.

First off, this was translated by Aroduc so if you like previous translations from Seiha then get the game. I know that on the blog for the translation there were complaints about removing flavor text from the second page of abilities to display what the ability does. I PREFER the way Aroduc translates because having what the abilities do is FAR MORE IMPORTANT imho than random flavor text. That bein said, Aroduc does try to localize sometimes so if you are a 'purist' then you probably won't like it. Second, this is one of the only game heavy VNs licensed in English in existence right now. So if you want a VN with good gameplay, BUY this to send a message to the industry for more. In addition, if you are put off by typical JRPG games due to grinding, this game does not require heavy grinding but rather smart gameplay. This game is still a VN however, as evidenced by the very long intro (2-4 hours before a real battle) and numerous dialogues in between each campaign. Plot wise it follo...

Giving a thumb since robopanda333 make the patch. Story and logic IMO, is inferior to aselia (Ex: all alternate world speak japanese; while aselia the MC need to learn the language). Battle again IMO, aselia have better elemental order and skills. Overall was hyped knowing it was translated, but was kinda disappointed that it didnt meet my expectation plus screen resolution problem. i would recomend playing aselia than seinarukana sadly.

[h1] Don't Expect the Greatness of Aselia [/h1] My desire to promote Visual Novel - Turn-Based Strategy hybrids is at war with the part of me that's saying if I were making one, it wouldn't be like Seinarukana. I give it a very reluctant thumbs-up after being on the fence for most of the game. No technical issues, whatsoever, is the absolute extent of what Seinarukana does better than Aselia, in my opinion. Starting with plot. As for the two main heroines, I found their flaws to be front-and-center, overshadowing their strengths. Nozomi struck me as possessive, clingy and jealous, while her main competition Satsuki struck me as bossy, overly flirty and self-absorbed. These two don't stand up too well when compared with Aselia and Esperia. Other options presented themselves, thankfully, and I went with Katima. [spoiler] I was on the fence between Katima and Ruputna, but once I realized Ruputna wasn't the girl from the intro I immediately went Katima all the way. Glad I did; Ru...

Euphoria eternal waifu (literally) Remember to check out the 3rd game when it comes out!

Good game. The world-building itself is pretty engaging as it tried to expand on what Aselia the Eternal introduced and although the plot is less original and heavy in comparison it's still good enough. Other fun part is how the scale of plot and perspective on things significantly grows with each chapter in more or less surprising way. Some problems are well pointed out in other reviews but I'd still recommend the game if you care about the tactical gameplay aspect or want more world-building after the first game (or both!).

This visual novel is a soft sequal to Aselia the Eternal, a very old console game. You don't especially need to play the previous game, as the story is pretty much self contained. There are some characters that appear from the previous game though, and you will enjoy them all the more understanding where they came from. In my opinion, the game is an improvement in gameplay, but it lost a lot of the charm that the first game had. This game replaces a lot of the dark themes of the previous game with a happy go lucky school slice of life style of story telling. You are floating around in a school with all your classmates! That really took a lot of the mystery and beauty out of the setting of the game, but that's the last i'll compare the two. The games story is still very good, albeit pretty cliche at times. The aspect that made this game, and the game before it, some of my favorite visual novels are the setting of the world, the behind the scenes characters, the mysterious eternity sword...