If you've ever played one, you'll know that ten minutes is barely enough for a whiff, much less a taste of the typical RPG. That's why we recorded eleven minutes of footage from NIS-America's new title, Last Rebellion, due February 23rd. That's just enough time for you to watch the opening crawl experience Ayako Kato's unique illustration style, and watch me muddle through the first tutorial fight against some rather boss-sized enemies.
Last Rebellion's system seems to revolve around targeting enemy body parts and working out the best sequences to hit them in, the better to apply damage multipliers and special "Stamp Magic." Unfortunately, this early tutorial only features the actions of Nine Asfel, our smug-but-talented hero. You can actually use two characters in tandem during battle.
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Damn, I really want to support NIS, but this game needs to show some other draw. The turn based combat is not bad in itself, but the body part targeting mechanic seems cumbersome. Combat looks clunky and slow. I think they would have been better served to base it off of the one on one encounters used in Saga Frontier where choosing a specific combination of targeted body parts resulted in either more damage and/or combos. I hope they kept with their tradition of having dual audio tracks. Also, I really hope there are branching paths and multiple endings, such things could make for more appealing aspects to look forward to.
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