REVIEW
GAMBIT
SHINESS:
THE LIGHTNING KINGDOM
Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG Developer: Enigami Publisher: Focus Home Release Date: April 18, 2017
Kingdom is in good company.
The story is where the water starts
to get a bit choppy. To be fair, there
is a manga which, at the very least,
helps you understand what
motivates the main characters. And,
once again, to be fair, the story isn't
bad. It does, however, have one
fault; It throws a lot of terms at you
early on, and understanding them
can be hard to follow, even with the
manga.
"My one major, non nitpick-y criticism with
Shiness is that the game crashes at the worst
possible times."
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is
an Action RPG by Enigami and
published by Focus Home
Interactive. On the surface, it
features what some might consider
a kid-friendly aesthetic. The reality,
however, is that one would imagine
a child getting fed up with the
difficult
But, speaking of the aesthetic, it's
overall well designed. It easily
brings to mind CyberConnect 2's
Little Tail Bronx games (Tail
Concerto, Solatorobo, and a phone
game that never left Japan) with its
more beastly characters. In reality,
there's been a long-standing
fascination with anime-like
aesthetics in France.
ou can see that at work in other
French franchises like Wakfu,
Miraculous Ladybug, and Code
Lyoko, among others. So,
stylistically, Shiness: The Lightning
For example, shi. Shi is the blanket
term for the elemental forces (fire,
water, wind, earth)... but it's also the
term for the spells you cast with it.
And it's also used for the various
combat techniques. And also refers
to spirits, as well. Figuring out what