Set in a medieval world swarmed by hellish creatures, the game will have players carefully command their troops as they engage the infested and scavenge for supplies – for example, you could throw rocks to strategically draw the attention of monsters, build barricades to protect key survivors, and use your units’ skills to control the battlefield in a way that’s most advantageous to you.
Putting players in the role of a higher being referred to as the Amender, the game revolves around trying to prevent an apocalyptic event by artificially “interfering” with certain civilizations – at times you’d recruit promising scientists to help their work, at others, you might wage war against a rival faction or even invest in promising tech to help the economy grow.
The storyline focuses on Gloria, a dancer in the early 90s facing numerous obstacles in her life – until, that is, she is given a “too good to be true” kind of offer from a seemingly well-intentioned benefactor.
The storyline of the game centers around an enchanted candle keeper – the titular Candle Knight – who must fight his way to the darkened depths of a massive castle in order to restore light and order to his home.
Inspired by the platformer classics of the 8-bit era and backed by a snazzy chiptune soundtrack, Bat Boy invites you on a baseball-themed adventure starring Ryosuke, a high-schooler who must defeat the evil interdimensional mage, Lord Vicious, in order to save the world.
It is a somewhat rare yet undoubtedly pleasant occasion whenever I play a game that sort of just… gets it. As in, it gets exactly what it needs to do in order to be a satisfying representation of its genre, ticking almost every single imaginary checkbox on the list of metroidvaniaism.
Indeed, Redemption Reapers is a strategy RPG – the kind where you move your units on a grid-based field, give out commands and watch things play out in a turn-based fashion.
Welcome to GTOGG’s March 2023 edition of Promising Indie Game Releases, where we highlight indie and non-mainstream titles that we believe deserve your attention – in other words, “look at all this potentially cool stuff you might’ve missed otherwise”. That would’ve been too long for a title, though.
If a few months or years ago you told me I’d one day be playing a game that’s essentially a mix of John Wick, Metal Gear Rising, Yakuza and Deadly Premonition, I would’ve probably looked at you all funny, but here we are.
Essentially, you take on the role of a so-called Amender, a member of a higher civilization capable of interfering with the evolution of extraterrestrial worlds – by influencing the economies of various nations, settling wars or even recruiting key personnel with promising backgrounds, you can shape how a given world’s history will unfold.
