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It isn’t terribly surprising that the storyline is plain bizarre and that the motivations and behaviors of pretty well all of the characters are hard to follow for a newcomer. I’m sure if I jumped into the middle of interactions between characters in properties I love I would be a bit lost as well. It’s a bit more than that though, for as much time and effort was spent on the dialogue in the game at no point did it really become any more clearly comprehensible to me in terms of what was really going on. No matter how strange the characters and dialogue may be, some stellar gameplay in a genre I love could certainly have helped compensate but unless you’ve played Mystery Dungeon-style games before and are a big fan the implementation of this will also likely be a disappointment. Without any significant action to participate in you’ll spend most of your time wandering around, bumping into enemies, typically killing them pretty easily, picking up and then managing items… and that’s typically it. There are some spells you can use, you’ll need to manage your inventory to get the most out of it, and there will be times where you’ll want to exercise caution, but most combat is extremely simplistic and almost non-interactive in some ways. Given the pretty consistent expectations for what roguelikes typically involve on the Switch this feels like a substantial step backwards and though it has some elements in common with this popular play style the gameplay is often simply dull and overrun with status messages and things that simply aren’t very exciting. Based on the experience I’ve had with the title I can only assume its target audience is people who are familiar with the series and the style of play, who are then eager to check out anything tied to it. Familiarity and the hope of understanding more about a property you love can go a long way towards ironing out issues people less versed can find a bit unbearable. Unfortunately, for people with no ties to the series and who are simply roguelike fans looking to try something new I can’t see where this would likely be a satisfying purchase.
Justin Nation, Score:Bad [4.5]