Shining Resonance Refrain Reviews

Shining Resonance Refrain is ranked in the 37th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Metro GameCentral
GameCentral
Top Critic
5 / 10
Jul 13, 2018

A horribly generic Japanese role-player that has no glaring flaws but fails to offer a single interesting new idea or character of its own.

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2.5 / 5.0
Jul 25, 2018

Shining Resonance Refrain pivots between enjoyable and very dull moments. For every good aspect, there is another that undoes it, while everything else is strictly mediocre.

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Essential
Jul 9, 2018

While it doesn’t necessarily boast many modern conveniences found in more recent JRPGs, Shining Resonance Refrain offers players an engaging story full of interesting characters in a world that’s as fun to play as it is pleasant to look at.

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GameXplain
Top Critic
Liked
Jul 9, 2018
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Unscored
Jul 10, 2018

Overall, Shining Resonance Refrain is a good JRPG experience despite its incredibly slow start. If you have the patience to get into the meat of the story, it rewards you with fun gameplay and a pleasing audio-visual experience. Whilst it’s not breaking any ground in terms of character development or storyline, it’s still a solid game that fans of the genre are sure to enjoy.

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