Ooh interesting, I didn't realize it had an old save bonus. I'll eventually need to sit down and play this game seriously.
I can see that and I’m happy with most of the changes. Raidou runs faster both in and out of battle, you can access the Gouma-Den from any save point now, and the healing spring is much cheaper (not that it makes a difference to me since importing my save file has awarded me some very expensive vendor trash and I got to start the game with around 40k yen.
Well they were responding to a lot of fan feedback in this game. One of the reasons why you get more than one demon now in battle.
Ok so it’s pretty cool so far, the battles are more dynamic but also more chaotic as a result, so I need to pay more attention. One thing that’s a bit iffy for me right now is that, while the original game struck a great balance between explaining things and leaving stuff for you to infer, Raidou 2 really doesn’t want you to lose track of what’s going on. The prologue looks pretty much the same as in the first game but this time you get a super detailed description of what being a Kuzunoha means, who Gouto is - despite the fact that I already knew all this from the first game, and that game didn’t feel the need to bombard me with essays on those things. And now in the story proper it looks like every little bit of an exchanges is later summarized to you by Gouto - so that you don’t miss the detail that Narumi just got a pile of butter on his pants. But I hope it’s just an early game thing and the game will soon start treating me with the respect I deserve. Lucifer shows up pretty much right away, so that’s cool stuff. He looks very handsome in his ‘20s getup and is being very cryptic and mysterious
It does affect what missions you get though.
I heard it’s interesting because alignment isn’t a world-changing thing in this game, rather you just get to decide Raidou’s personal workdview
I've mostly heard that the alignment angle of the plot makes it feel less focused, which is kind of true of the main series since you often won't get all the plot unless you follow all of the paths. At least you get Lucifer in this version as well as the fan favorite Four Horsemen.
I’ve heard conflicting things about the story. Some say it isn’t as crazy as the first one, but then some people say it’s darker with a stronger presence of mainline elements. Also, alignments! Yay!
I hear the gameplay is more fun, but the story is a bit lacking compared to the first one.
Here’s hoping Raidou 2 is at least as good in that regard. I hear people praising the battle system a lot.
