Grimoires, runes, and familiars fall into four magical categories (Glamour, Necromancy, Sorcery, Alchemy) that are bound to a rock-paper-scissors power dynamic. Familiars is the general term for any creature you can summon in battle, including fire-breathing dragons, various types of magical turrets, cats armed with sleep spells, and the most disturbing chimera I think I’ve ever seen. ![]() Instead, she uses the various grimoires she’s earned to produce runes from which she’ll summon familiars that do her fighting and resource harvesting. In battle, Lillet doesn’t do any of the fighting herself. If you’re coming to this straight from 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, know that the RTS battles here trend closer to what you’d find in traditional entries in the genre. In each of GrimGrimoire OnceMore’s chapters, you’ll attempt to lead Lillet to victory in 2D real-time strategy battles. Please? RATING: 3.To keep her teachers and fellow students from meeting an early grave, Lillet will often have to defeat them on the battlefield. I just hope that NIS America realizes the grand potential of forgotten Vanillaware games and gives us a port of Muramasa next. However, if you’re a fan of the genre, you’ll like the new touches this game has, while also bringing back the content that made it so fun to start with way back in the day. It definitely isn’t for the platforming set, and will likely turn off those that aren’t much into strategy. How much you enjoy GrimGrimoire OnceMore really depends on how much you like RTS style games. It can be quirky in some places, but that’s a well-designed anime-style product for you. The music is a good listen as you partake in each of your battles and the other effects are really well done for a game of this type. That said, I did love the audio work included in the game. The only downside is, again, most of the maps look the same. It all runs beautifully on different platforms, though it’s ideal for on-the-go play on your Nintendo Switch. This is mostly due to its imaginative character design, as well as its neat enemy concepts and its little animations. ![]() Like its previous efforts (most notably Muramasa: The Demon Blade on Wii and PS Vita), GrimGrimoire OnceMore is a great looking game. And if you somehow missed out on the original release, now’s your chance to indulge every bit of its RTS goodness. Overall, though, it’s neat to see how well the gameplay of GrimGrimoire has held up with OnceMore. ![]() Some new décor would’ve gone a long way here. That helps add replay value, which is nice considering the maps you’re taking part in are so repetitive. You can also open up new abilities over the course of your game and strengthen up runes however you see fit. What’s more, the story moves along right beside it, with interesting new characters lingering around the school and the lead character, Lillet Blan, learning more about herself. The depth of strategy with this gameplay is really something, making each battle interesting and new. Some are better than others, like larger creatures doing more damage, but others have more interesting abilities, such as ghosts not taking a heaping amount of physical damage. That means different types of creatures that can do damage to enemies, using their specialized abilities. What GrimGrimoire specializes in with its gameplay elements is essentially calling upon runes to do your dirty work. It doesn’t quite improve upon the formula with any trailblazing new gameplay traits, but there’s enough classic fun here for fans of the genre to check it out. The game was a cult hit for its time, and now, thanks to NIS America, it’s got a second chance to shine on new consoles with GrimGrimoire OnceMore. ![]() Vanillaware took an interesting gamble with the 2007 release GrimGrimoire, combining the fantastic hand-drawn visuals it’s usually known for with a real-time strategy element, surrounding a little witch that wanted to learn the most about her magic. Granted, there are the classic entries that really do well, but you don’t see enough games of this type take chances on something new. Know what genre doesn’t get enough love lately? Real-time strategy.
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