REVIEW : BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light (PS5)
Yuri often depicts the romance between women, but in the lighter ones, there is a wide range of genres such as the “Yuruyuri” series, which brightly depicts the daily lives of female students, and the “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” series, which also has a dark fantasy side. Is drawn. The “BLUE REFLECTION” series, which fuses magical girls and lilies, depicts the youth and friendship of high school girls and is a work that goes on the royal road of lilies relatively. And “BLUE REFLECTION TIE” was a work that depicts the more robust bonds of the girls while keeping the lily part further than the previous work but keeping it in a pure expression.
For the review, we are playing on the PS4 version.
Set in a mysterious and mysterious world
This work is a sequel to “BLUE REFLECTION: The Sword of a Girl Who Dances in the Phantom,” released in 2017. The main character of the previous work, Hinako Shirai, also appears as one of the heroines. This series highlights the battle of girls who transform into magical girls and the glittering life scenery of high school girls. The main character is Aio Hoshizaki, a high school girl who lived an ordinary life. Unlike the previous work, it was set in a mysterious and different school world surrounded by the sea.
Aio Hoshizaki is sent to a school in a different world without any warning, where she meets three high school girls who have no memory of the past and live together. It’s unclear why the three lived in school, and even food procurement would lead to a mysterious life. The mysterious BOT “Frinavi” appears in “Frispe!” (Like the LINE app in this world) as an existence that advises on their lives. Still, there are too many mysteries in the world, and even the advice of Rifnavi feels suspicious. It ends up. I will divide the story into several chapters that show various expressions, such as the development that makes you feel anxiety similar to horror in bright everyday life and lilies.
A heart taupe that looks into the secret of the maiden who sleeps in the depths of the heart
This work is an RPG that explores another different world, “Kokoro Tope,” that connects with the school while making the school in another world a base of life. The heart taupe is made from the memory that sleeps in a girl who has lost her memory, and as many heart taupes as there are girls appear. In the previous work, the flow of the day was decided to some extent in the form of “school attendance → school life → different world,” but in this work, the movement between school and hearttop is free, and you can follow the story at your own pace. Rice field.
The world of heart taupe is made up of various memories such as beautiful flower fields, mannequins, railroad tracks, and residential areas. It shows a mysterious expanse like Picasso’s paintings and contemporary art unfamiliar to the untrained eye. Although the light source effect makes the unique world look beautiful, there are many points where the background is not so transparent, and it is dragging. However, I could travel the world without worrying about the details because I was captivated by the title call with a sense that announced the beginning of the chapter, and the story and surprises that were constantly progressing were fascinated.
School life of girls who get more robust by dating up to 9 crotch
The central part of school life is to deepen ties while fulfilling other girls’ wishes (quests) and repeating dates. Characters who have deepened their ties will increase the points required for training, so digesting as much as possible is also the key to the strategy. Since the quest also has item rewards, the motivation for clearing the quest was naturally easy to increase.
Many quests are monotonous, but there are also sneaking missions that arrive at your destination without being discovered by monsters. In the sneaking mission, it wasn’t easy to enjoy the task of guiding the correct route while looking around the entire field.
Many other quests are orthodox and monotonous, such as collecting items, crafting elements, and exterminating monsters with the hearttop. However, the events that followed the quest were:
- Romance.
- Studying like a student, mischief.
- Remodelling the school demon that turned the pool into a bath.
Each of the 10 or more girls who appear is unique and has variations. Instead, the quest seems monotonous, and its evaluation depends on how familiar it is with Yuri’s worldview. If you like every day anime, you should be able to accept it without any problems.
There are a lot of events, so if you have a short playtime per day, you may be satisfied with just a quest or a date, and the day may end. Especially when it comes to dating, I’m going to date most of the girls who appear, so I’m sorry to say that I will reach a maximum of 9 crotch states. However, he does not fight just because he is on good terms with other women, and he keeps pushing the pure side of Yuri to the front from the previous work. The depictions of the girls are more intimate than the previous work, and the Yuri element is also more vital.
Nurturing system and school magic remodelling that strengthens romance
Even with an average level up, the essential ability will rise and become more robust, but to strengthen the girls, it will not start unless the girls get along well. You need to earn talent points (TP) by repeating quests and dates. The total amount of TP will increase the talent level, and the skills and bonuses that can be learned will increase. However, you can acquire all the skills, in the end, so the feeling is close to the complete element.
The equipment you make can be arranged freely, and its true purpose is the status-up bonuses that occur when you install it. There is a status-up bonus effect, but a more substantial bonus is generated in a specific combination. If you combine the skills that the girl can learn independently, you can expect a significant improvement in status, so if you have some equipment, your fighting ability will improve dramatically.
It can be said that the starting point of each training method is communication among girls, such as quests and dates. Strengthening factors related to these bonds can raise the level of elemental combat power by level by 50% or more if done well. The girls’ appearance getting stronger by watching the event seems to indicate the strength of the girls’ bonds.
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