Shining Resonance Refrain Standard Edition - Nintendo Switch

First of all the product itself. The launch edition has a really cool metal slipcase probably the only one of it's kind. We have had metal steelbooks sure but not a metal slipcase. Really cool. There is also a free japanese voice pack in the E-Shop you can download. Story - Pretty generic honestly, like PS2 Era JRPG storytelling. Have an evil kingdom who is doing evil stuff against the good kingdom... Insert main character here.... He goes on an adventure to save the kingdom from evil kingdom and bam there is your story. The lore is pretty intresting but the story itself just holds it back. It never gets into that level of final fantasy or tales games story telling. Gameplay - Plays out like a tales game, you can turn into a dragon! Which is awsome. There is like a FF7 materia system going on there for your wepons. No fast travel unfourtuntly, but not that bad as the maps themselfs are easy to run across. There is a random dungeon you can do for grinding. There are side quests but all those are is the basic "Kill this" or "Collect this" and thats it, nothing more meaningful than that. I guess the best part of the game is that you can date all the girls and you won't get punished for it. For those who are confused by original mode and refrain mode... Basically original mode is just the original story while in refrian mode you get 2 playable characters that are like villian characters.... Thats about it. So I just went with refrian mode to date the evil chick. Sound - Pretty good since one of the focuses of the game is about music, since all your party members items are actually instruments. So at least for sound is 5 out of 5 Graphics - It's like in between PS2-PS3 era anime style graphics. Not that bad seeing as it was a PS3 port from japan only. Conclusion - It's worth getting if only go play once, it's only like 49.99 anyways not even full priced. For a PS3 port it's pretty decent, at least until we get octopath traveler soon and that tales remaster for the switch.

I originally thought this was just going to be another 3rd-person hack-n-slash game, but it turned out to be a lot more fun. The acting isn't great, but it's not terrible either, and you have the option to download the Japanese voice pack for free (yes, there is actually free DLC in the world). There is a demo of this available on the Eshop, so I recommend you check that out first. If you like it, you really should get this, as it's a LOT of fun!

I enjoyed the demo,so I have been wanting to pick this up for a while. Any jrpg fan would probably like the game. 1 caveat. Despite the title, this is NOT the Draconic Launch Edition with cool metal sleeve. It's the standard edition of the game. If you want the launch edition, you are better off looking in store physically.

While it's definitely not for everyone, if what you see advertised interests you at all (anime JRPG) you'll likely love it. In particular I love how the combat keeps you in the world and engage in action oriented combat, closest thing I can think of to it is Star Ocean V, though that may not be a fair comparison.

Fun rpg to waste some time. If you like anime and rpgs you ahould like this

The games is good, but with so many similar RPGs game out there it would be hard to compare and say this stands out from other games. Overall the game has unique features that differentiates itself with other RPGs and the musical score in this game is great.

Not a bad game at all. I honestly didn't know what to expect when I first saw this game on the store shelf, but it feels a lot like a "tales" game. Which is actually a good thing in my book, but still pales in comparison.

A definitive remake of the ps3 game, for those who are new to the game I would recommend ignoring the suggestion to play the game in original mode as there is no new game plus. Instead play refrain mode and if spoilers are a concern avoid doing events with the extra characters.