I hope you’re feeling lucky, punks, because there are more games with a cyber-aesthetic in development than I can count on the fingers of my digitally-enhanced robo-hand. Rain Of Reflections was announced way back in 2015, but Lionbite Games only gave us our first proper look at their turn-based stealth and conversation ’em up earlier this week. The gameplay trailer for the first chapter, “Set Free”, awaits below: you’re a scientist who’s decided to stop experimenting on the last child ever born, and free him instead. I’m not sure that’s a great idea. He could get hit by a bus or something. Quick, to the blurbmobile: “Rain of Reflections is an atmospheric, dystopian adventure game. Its turn-based strategic confrontations are uniquely centered around a motivation mechanic. Every move and choice made by the player is permanent and will have consequences on the world and its characters. “The introductory chapter – ‘Set Free’ – centers around Wilona, a scientist working towards a solution to our future world’s sudden infertility. As she starts doubting the morality of the experiments, she decides to free the live subject – the lastborn child – from captivity. This will prove difficult, as powerful forces try to stop her.” I’m more sold by the world than the actual sneaking, at this point. Turning invisible is like, the ultimate last-ditch desperation stealth move, yet Wilona goes ahead and activates that cloak like she’s got a lifetime’s supply of AA batteries stuffed under her coat. I’ll need to see… [Read full story]
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