Genuinely the best gaccha game when it comes to 2D visual novel style story-telling.
๐ Storyline: As the name of the game suggests (reverse 1999), the world is unable to move forward in time to the 2000s. The "storm"ย takes away those that are deemed un-worthy while distorting the very space and time.
๐ World Building: In the initial 2 chapters, the game explores the effects of the storm and introduces the "main villains" called "Manus Vindictae".
From here on, the focus shifts onto Vertin (the main character), her past and the organisation she works for called the foundation. It's this later half of the story that really sold me on it as it introduces more personal stakes to the story and give proper character development for Vertin and other important side characters.
๐ฌ Presentation: When it comes to story-telling, the game is fully EN voice acted (in addition to other languages). The EN VA in this game is legit phenomenal. The VAs nail the accent and mannerisms of speech their characters portray. It's just perfect!
Like I mentioned before, it's a 2D visual novel style story but unlike other games, reverse 1999 have L2D that are pretty expressive in-addition to cutscenes thats are seem-lessly incorporated between the story and gameplay segments.
๐ฎ Gameplay: As someone who isn't a fan of turn based games typically, the card based combat system in this game is very casual & newbie friendly but also fun to play. Much of it is owing to the amazing skill effects and visuals. I do recommend the gameplay If your main goal is to experience a good story with some level of strategic difficulty.
๐ Overall Experience: Highly recommend the game if your looking for a good story with the best presentation possible for a 2D visual novel style story.
Speaking of the gaccha, they provide lots of freebie gaccha currencies to the point I have been able to get 3, six star characters that had been featured on different banners within the first month of playtime. I did dodge pity twice and win the 50/50 so your results may vary.
This review is spot on! Just started and absolutely love Vertin's journey.
2024-01-07
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