Today I realize that I made TWO week 2 posts. Because of this embarrassing mistake, I just finished making corrections to all the wrong thread titles. Now that everything is fixed.... New week, new thread! What are you playing?
I am playing Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery on PC. I know, ridiculous name, even characters in-game make remarks on how stupid the operation name is. It is a remake of the very first game developed by the now gacha game Girls' Frontline studio, Mica Team. The original doujin game was considered as a cult classic in China, and Mica Team had been developing this remake during the past few years. There is no gacha or MTX element in-game (other than cosmetic DLC), and although setting in the GFL universe, its story takes place at the end of the timeline so you don't need any GFL knowledge to play this game.
I have put 5 hours into it during the weekend and finished Chapter 1 (each chapter has multiple stages), and I immensely enjoyed my time with it. It is a grid-based TRPG with action point system from (old Sakura Wars titles and) Valkyria Chronicles, where playable characters can take multiple actions during the same turn within the AP quota. Two major elements which set it apart from other games like Fire Emblem are that stealth and consumable items (like turrets, traps and grenades) play huge parts in the game. Instead of being asked to kill everyone on the map, very often players need to achieve objectives utilizing different map tiles and all the resources available on hands. I am currently playing in normal difficulty and during S-ranking some later stages in Chapter 1 through completing optional map objectives I have already felt a bit stressed. Game is difficult and it shows.
Story is interesting so far and being a ex-GFL player I really enjoy the depressing atmosphere in the game. Unlike most Japanese anime games it does not avoid showing blood and killing characters on screen. Main story are presented in visual novel style with full Japanese voice-acting, while in-game the characters are in 2D chibi form but there are story cutscenes with some cool animations. I also really enjoy the opening cinematic.
People following the "What are you currently playing?" threads should know that I rarely write a long post for games, as (1) most of the things I play are pretty mainstream and (2) as I wrote in the main steam thread I was not in gaming mood during the past few months. However, I decided to write a lengthy post for Reverse Collapse because it is really good, but also currently getting review-bombed by the "CN community" due to an alleged NTR accusation in GFL2. I find the whole drama hilarious and totally unfair to the developers, but I am not going to comment further because the whole thing is unrelated to RC. Currently, it is sitting at >90% positive from people with over 2 hours playtime. The quality of this game deserves rightful attention and I wholeheartedly recommend it to all tactics game or anime lovers.
I am playing Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery on PC. I know, ridiculous name, even characters in-game make remarks on how stupid the operation name is. It is a remake of the very first game developed by the now gacha game Girls' Frontline studio, Mica Team. The original doujin game was considered as a cult classic in China, and Mica Team had been developing this remake during the past few years. There is no gacha or MTX element in-game (other than cosmetic DLC), and although setting in the GFL universe, its story takes place at the end of the timeline so you don't need any GFL knowledge to play this game.
I have put 5 hours into it during the weekend and finished Chapter 1 (each chapter has multiple stages), and I immensely enjoyed my time with it. It is a grid-based TRPG with action point system from (old Sakura Wars titles and) Valkyria Chronicles, where playable characters can take multiple actions during the same turn within the AP quota. Two major elements which set it apart from other games like Fire Emblem are that stealth and consumable items (like turrets, traps and grenades) play huge parts in the game. Instead of being asked to kill everyone on the map, very often players need to achieve objectives utilizing different map tiles and all the resources available on hands. I am currently playing in normal difficulty and during S-ranking some later stages in Chapter 1 through completing optional map objectives I have already felt a bit stressed. Game is difficult and it shows.
Story is interesting so far and being a ex-GFL player I really enjoy the depressing atmosphere in the game. Unlike most Japanese anime games it does not avoid showing blood and killing characters on screen. Main story are presented in visual novel style with full Japanese voice-acting, while in-game the characters are in 2D chibi form but there are story cutscenes with some cool animations. I also really enjoy the opening cinematic.
People following the "What are you currently playing?" threads should know that I rarely write a long post for games, as (1) most of the things I play are pretty mainstream and (2) as I wrote in the main steam thread I was not in gaming mood during the past few months. However, I decided to write a lengthy post for Reverse Collapse because it is really good, but also currently getting review-bombed by the "CN community" due to an alleged NTR accusation in GFL2. I find the whole drama hilarious and totally unfair to the developers, but I am not going to comment further because the whole thing is unrelated to RC. Currently, it is sitting at >90% positive from people with over 2 hours playtime. The quality of this game deserves rightful attention and I wholeheartedly recommend it to all tactics game or anime lovers.
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