Individibles played: What can the Action RPG of the Skull Girls

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Japan is the land of the draftsman and role players: last proved ni no kuni 2: fate of a kingdom how well an adventure from the land of the rising sun can arrive in the West. The action roleplay Indivisible already has a long stony path behind him. Since 2015, the title has already been under development since the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has supported more than two million US dollars and will continue to market in 2018. Why should you notice Individisible? Because the LineUp event of 505 games as excellent action roleplay with surprisingly turned out a lot of depth.

Platformer to fall in love

Individibles first stands out through his graphic. The comic look dates from the feather of the artists of Lab Zero Games and thus from the team behind the beat'em up Skullgirls. The manga style fits excellently to the fantasy setting and combines the presence and past of anime genres with each other. The soundtrack accuses the happening as well and comes directly from the Secret of Mana composer Hiroki Kikuta. The story ranks around the young wildfang Ajna. Her village is attacked at the beginning of the game and the girl discovered during these attacks that it has mysterious skills.

A first class mix of role-playing and platformer

In the course of the game you will find out what it has with these skills. However, the presented backer preview offers many questions open and unfortunately presents only the basic game mechanics. Individibles initially acts like a typical 2D platform. So we watch the events from the side, jumping to accommodation about protrusions and perform wall jumps as in a skill game.

In fact, the exploration of the game world quickly makes much of the motivation. Over time, we not only find freshness, hidden secrets, but also learn additional skills. With the ax, Ajna hacks hacked through branches or hanging on walls. As a platformer, Individisible works excellent and awakens the discovery power in us.

Party for four

But of course lurking in the fantasy world also driven and a little girl like Ajna should not be alone. Therefore, developer Lab Zero Games implements a handy party system. You meet over 20 different minor characters in the course that connect you. Only four are really active per fight. In the Prerunde, for example, we make acquaintance with Dhar, a soldier of the Four Superiors Unit of Lord Ravannavars Army, or with the natural skill Ginseng and Honey. Each figure has very special talents that we need to use in action to our advantage.

The combat system behind Individibles initially works unusual. There are no random confrontations. Rather, we encounter potential opponents directly in the game world. If we reach them before - for example from the distance with arrow and bow -, they are weakened in the dispute. But the fight itself starts only when touching.

Tactics, technology and other pitfalls

The game assigns each of your characters to an action key first. With the buttons you then executes standard maneuver, the shoulder buttons show your special actions. Unlike other Japanese role games, Individisible refrain from round-based battles, instead they run in real time - but with a twist. Your up to three attacks must first recharge.

Only when at least one action is available, you can use it. This, in turn, leads to an interesting time management and tactical decisions: can you handle an opponent perhaps only with individual actions or are you rather putting on a larger combo, but it risks a few lifestyles in the meantime?

Individibles plays wonderfully dynamic and while the first battles are still pure buttons mashing, boss battles win well with a pretty demand. For example, in the backer preview, we attach ourselves with a mutated sphinx or a wizard. Both have special salves and bring them into distress. They call up reinforcement and even perform blows against the entire group.

At this point, the so-called iddhi energy comes into play: With offensive actions we invite this special strip and resort to talents such as space attacks or salvation. Defense maneuvers, on the other hand, cost IDDHI energy. If you block with the entire group, the stroke ratzfatz is used up. Not only does that you have to switch, where the attacks go, you must also decide how much iddhi energy want to victim.

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