Some of these are more clear-cut, but many of the decisions force you to pick the lesser of two evils, with the outcomes of your decisions having permanent consequences for the story. The only source of redemption here is the occasional key story points where you’re presented with a choice between a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ option.

Her demeanor reminded us of Frey from Forspoken, always sassy and irreverent in a way that feels like she’s trying too hard to sound ‘cool’, while her wooden voice performance outright robbed any emotional moments of the weight they were meant to convey.

This is worsened by Avril herself being a rather unlikeable character, due to both poor writing and weak voice acting. It’s the epitome of a bland isekai narrative and it doesn’t make much effort to do anything interesting with its premise. The story of Batora is passable, but we didn’t find it to be particularly memorable or engaging. Or something like that.Ĭaptured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)

Avril is then charged with vanquishing the forces that destroyed Earth (and various other planets), absorbing a bunch of elemental energy from some planetary cores, and restoring balance to the universe. Suddenly, Avril is whisked away to the alien planet of Gryja by two godlike icons of the sun and moon, who grant her their powers and name her as their champion. Batora isn’t a bad game, but it isn’t an especially good one either.īatora begins on a post-apocalyptic earth and places you in the role of Avril, a spunky teenager picking through the ruins of London with her best friend, Mila. Batora launched late last year on other platforms and was met with middling reviews now it’s come to Switch, and we understand why. This project is Batora: Lost Haven, an isometric action RPG set in an alien world. After its more critically panned sequel dropped two years later, the studio decided to pivot to another genre with a new project, featuring an original IP the company had more control over.

Italian-based studio Stormind Games came onto the scene in 2016 alongside the announcement of Remothered: Tormented Fathers, a decent survival horror game that eventually found its way onto the Switch.

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