Cooking is also accompanied by a short scene of the girls excitedly coming together to make a meal, helping to drive home the point that this group is relying heavily on each other.Ĭharacters advance in two ways. Mixing different items can give different effects, even if the recipe used is the same, so a touch of experimentation will go a long way here. When not fighting demons, players can use the materials they find in the Faraway to craft items to help them in their quest. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)

Combat doesn’t get in the way of what is really important, which is the relationships. Occasionally there are stealth sequences that change up the pace but they are simple enough that they don’t become tiresome. If players are patient, they can often sneak up behind enemies on the map, meaning that they will open combat with an advantage. The environments in this game vary depending on the world you find yourself exploring, but they follow a fairly straightforward formula. It also highlights the sense that these are normal girls who have been thrust into an otherworldly situation, something that helps ground the otherwise fantastical story. Watching these students, who look perfectly normal and ordinary one moment, suddenly whip a JRPG-sized scythe out of nowhere to beat down a monster is intensely satisfying. They will spend time crafting and cooking together before heading into the Faraway to battle demons. The story has a sweetness to the way it combines the focus on relationships between the girls and their quest to recover their missing memories. Finding more of these fragments helps them piece together they mystery they find themselves in. As they explore, they begin to find fragments of memories and come to understand that these worlds that appear around the school are built from their stolen pasts. It is also a place that is directly tied to the girls’ missing memories. The Faraway is not just somewhere to go to find the scraps the girls need to keep the school from falling apart or to get ingredients for food. As if that wasn’t bad enough, they have also lost their memories of the outside world and must delve into the dangerous world that they call The Faraway in order to find supplies.

The world beyond the school grounds is nothing but a vast, blue ocean. This game focuses on a group of young women who find themselves trapped in a school over the summer term. There are some elements that will spark the memory of returning fans but none of it is necessary to follow the story. This game sees a fresh cast of characters thrust into a new world, trying to unravel the mystery of where they are and how they got there.īlue Reflection: Second Light is a largely standalone sequel, so you don’t need to know much about Blue Reflection to dive in and enjoy yourself. Blue Reflection: Second Light is the sequel to 2017’s Blue Reflection from developer Gust and publisher Koei Tecmo. There are few joys in life greater than a good mystery, but a mystery surrounding cute anime girls? That is even better.

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