99 Spirits
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| Developer(s) | TORaIKI |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
99 Spirits (九十九神, Tsukumogami) is a puzzle role-playing video game developed and published in Japan by TORaIKI in August 2012. It was localized and published in English by Fruitbat Factory for the PC Windows in May 2013 after a successful Indiegogo campaign.[1]
Gameplay
99 Spirits is a puzzle role-playing video game in which players fight evil spirits known as Tsukumogami. In order to hurt an enemy spirit, players must first find out the enemy's identity; by using the player character's sword, they are able to draw out words or letters from the enemy's name, which are used as clues.[2] For instance, the clues for a katana spirit may be "KA", "blade", and "NA".[3] If players manage to identify the enemy, they are able to either fight it or capture it; by choosing to capture a spirit, players are able to use its abilities in combat.[2]
Outside of battles, players are able to navigate a grid-based overworld map, in which they can find items, fight spirits, and move to new areas. Among the various items, there are some that replenish the player character's health, some that sate their hunger, and some that are used to mend the player character's sword. There are also puzzles found outside battle, which players can solve by using captured spirits.[3]
Plot
Players control a girl named Hanabusa (英), who lives in Heian-kyō in medieval Japan. Her mother gets killed by evil spirits, so she seeks to get revenge; on her way, she receives a sword that has been passed down from her mother, which allows her to see the spirits' true forms. After a spirit that claims to be her father destroys the sword, she has to mend it and find out the truth about her father.[4]
Reception
99 Spirits has received reviews in a wide range, from negative to highly positive. The website RPGFan gave it the score 74%,[3] while the Polish magazine CD-Action gave it 40/100,[5] and the website TechnologyTell gave it the rating A-.[6]
References
- ^ Fruitbat Factory. "99 Spirits". Indiegogo. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ a b Davison, Pete (June 7, 2013). "Know Your Enemy in Puzzle JRPG 99 Spirits". USgamer. Archived from the original on August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d Barker, Andrew (July 3, 2013). "Review - 99 Spirits". RPGFan. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Ishaan (June 1, 2013). "Check Out Doujin Games, 99 Spirits And War of the Human Tanks". Siliconera. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)/ - ^ a b "99 Spirits for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ a b Lada, Jenni (October 21, 2013). "99 Spirits Review: I've Got 99 Problems, but a Spirit ain't One". TechnologyTell. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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