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3.0
Thus I had high hopes for this considering it was released soon after arise and the trailers and developer videos really made it seem like something big. (Also vertical my fav way to enjoy mobile games) My rating may not be quite so high but that does not mean I don't enjoy this game, but quite the opposite I think Tales of Luminaria is quite a good game, the gameplay may not be all that fancy and bein vertical one-handed use should be the main priority but at times with different characters using 2 might be more efficient. The gameplay on itself isnt great its just ok, the combat is repetitive and the move set depends on the costumes and weapons you acquire from the gacha, which on itself isn't brutal and offers good F2P value costing only 350Gems a summon. Yet the simple combat also keeps me playing clearing chapter after chapter just button mashing my game basically a simple hack & slash not very Tales but it works with the vertical aspect besides the at times awkward camera angles you may see.
The story has to be the strongest part and also the weakest part of luminaria. With a choice of multiple story arcs and characters it can always be refreshing but at the same time extremely dull due to the mediorce writings of multiple episodes and the cringe!! But that being said bravo for a fully voiced game including the NPCs and how you dont need to read blocks of text before engaging in the stage but the dialogue progresses as you continue to play a good and refreshing change from the basic VN style every gacha game adopts. Personally invested in Instructor Lesette's arc cause she looks like she's straight outta JoJo and hot asf
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. Cough cough I've so far played 4 episodes and they all had mediocre stories the voice acting is great in the cutscenes but the ingame ones aren't synced well so it can be somewhat dry. Overall I would recommend ToL to anyone interested in an easy goin play at your own pace game, someone looking for a gacha rush well if you're really into collecting costumes and weapons sure go ahead but otherwise look elsewhere. Generally I think ToL is a recommended game from me and ignoring the overall mediocrity of the game one can still enjoy themself with a fully voiced cast and an easy to grasp gameplay.
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Remsirp
4.2Edit : The game had been shutdown. T.T The game is not landscape, that caught me offguard. You cannot rotate the camera so you need to get used to it. Someone tell me that the language option is either choose sub&dub both english or both japanese. When i first open the game, it told me to chose to download basic data (around 500mb) or 1.5 gb for episode story. There is some character that i assume still doesn't have a story yet. The gameplay is quite good. what you can do in the game right now is either play the story stage for each character or play multiplayer event. The gatcha is about clothes and weapon, it will increase character exp and weapon level if you already had it. For the story, the character monologue sometimes made me feel goosebumbs and want to throw my headset but somehow i manage to bear it. [耍帥]
21☆Monet
4.0The portrait view and its controls kinda remind me of #COMPASS. The gameplay is great though sometimes it's laggy. The stories are touching as well. One point really annoys me is the view when battling is... weird? Like, I can't adjust it at all. It's fixed and I would not be able to see if there's enemies in front of me except for the white little arrow on the ground. Overall it's worth trying out if you don't mind the fixed view angle. This is a game that you would like to spend a long time on if you like reading stories and play action games with a simple control.