Studio Tokyo RPG Factory continues to explore the depths of the genre Jrpgusing modest budgets and time-tested components. And if the company’s past projects, like I am setsuna and Lost sphear were a tribute Chrono trigger and classic Final fantasythen Oninaki already playing on the field of more modern games of the genre with real-time battles and the use of the forces of numerous avatars.
However, the gloomy mood of history can argue in terms of cruelty and depression with the original Nier.
The Oninaki universe is built on people’s deep faith in an endless circle of reincarnation. Death is not the end, and loved ones should not grieve for the departed loved ones, so that they can safely leave behind the veil and be reborn in a new body. Custom service Observers helps lost souls solve the problems of the past and go to a new world, sometimes using the most inhuman methods to achieve their goal.
There are not enough Observers for all, and some souls become lost, which can deprive them of their reason and turn into The fallen. Some souls may lose their memory and become Daemon, a living weapon that serves the Observers.
The protagonist of the story – Observer Kagachi – Lost his parents early and is now trying to help souls find peace, until he meets an ominous shadow from the past.
Oninaki authors play on very sensitive topics, forcing the hero to kill sorrowful parents who want to unite with a dead child, just children and even innocent dogs.
The story with each new task becomes darker, plunging you into the abyss of cruelty and despair, where the tragedy of the protagonist comes to the fore. And this is one of the reasons why you can quit the project in the first hours or want to go through this game to the end.
The storyline implies a free journey between important places on the global map, quick movements and fairly capacious dialogues through which an intricate story is revealed. And although the first time you are waiting for plot-complete single missions, later the game reduces everything to a single story of the protagonist.
