Shining Resonance: Refrain – Frustrating Design Leads to Failure - Player 2

According to Player 2, this JRPG is let down by some dumb design choices that leave it floundering behind its more accomplished brethren

[Darkwatchman]

The game DOES teach you that using up your MP will make you go into a rage mode when you’re a dragon. It is literally the first tutorial pop-up after you have turned into the dragon...the game communicated that to me effectively and therefore I avoided my party’s death unlike this reviewer that I suppose wasn’t paying much attention?

Also, this article complains that the game is too slow and it took 2 hours to get into actual gameplay and was frustrated that there were still some tutorials after that....and this is from the same article claiming the person has a knack for rpg’s....practically every rpg, especially jrpg’s take HOURS to get going. HOURS. And he even mentioned playing FF13, which is a much slower game that takes much longer to unshackle the leash.

It seems like a lot of unfounded criticism that’s either untrue like complaining about the rage mode not being communicated or just straight hypocrisy, as if slow starts aren’t synonymous with the entire genre.

[gamer7804]

just started playing and the intro took about 2 hours, but it was interesting enough for me and not too unexpected for a jrpg. I don't understand how the reviewer ended up at a failure for what I didn't see as an issue really.