The year is Taisho 20, and the Capital is on the brink of chaos. When an heiress approaches the Narumi Detective Agency with a chilling request—to end her life—Raidou Kuzunoha XIV is pulled into a web of supernatural mystery. Armed with devil-summoning abilities and an unwavering sense of duty, Raidou must navigate the bustling streets of Tokyo and the eerie depths of the Dark Realm. RAIDOU Remastered brings ATLUS’s beloved cult classic back with enhanced visuals, full voice acting, and refined combat mechanics, allowing newcomers and veterans alike to dive into this unforgettable detective tale.

RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Review Pros

• Gorgeous graphics.
• 12.7GB Download size.
• Japanese and English voice choice.
• Four game difficulties, and they don’t affect the story; the easiest setting actually prevents you or your summons from dying.
• FREE DLC in the store, but it is for after you finish the game; it’s called A Special Briefing.
• FREE DLC for the game when you sign up for the SEGA app/website. You get a bunch of items.
• You can remap the controls and Invert the axis and sensitivity sliders.
• Murder mystery adventure gameplay.
• Tutorial section at the start for things like combat and summoning, then you get pop-ups as you play.
• A full 3D game world, and the camera is set to certain angles as you move around, but you have 3D movement.
• The map uncovers as you play and fills in points of interest and any people you can interact with.
• Fully voiced cast and it’s well done.
• There are two worlds within this game – The Dark Realm and the real world.
• Cutscenes and interactions can be clicked through, set to auto-scroll or fast forward. It’s all rendered in-game.
• 20 save slots and a seperate auto save.
• Shiny objects can be found, and they give rewards and items; they are in the game world.
• The Detective journal keeps a track of all tutorials you have seen or skipped.
• Express streetcar can let you fast travel around the map.
• Quicksave lets you have one at any time, so if you have to quickly split or end the game, this helps a ton.
• Solo investigation is where you can take control of one of your summons, and during this time, you can’t save, but you can do things your character cannot do.
• Mini map and a big map. The game world is explored by a big world map-like system, and you pick destinations.
• Many memorable charters and summons to find.
• Combat is in a self-contained arena, and you can freely run around, use abilities, and attack as can the enemy.
• The combat is not turn-based if you want it simple.
• Earn exp and level up to get points to put into your stats.
• Summons earn exp and level up, but you don’t control them; instead, they get a random stat upgrade and may learn new attacks.
• The summons can fight alongside you in combat, you can call them back to you, and set if they do or don’t use abilities.
• Yours and the summons’ abilities need magic to cast abilities, and normal attacks give you magic, so it pays to swap between the different styles of combat.
• Very fast loading times.
• The Mystic eye is a button press in combat that pauses the fight and gives you info on the enemies like stats, abilities and any weaknesses.
• It is possible to capture enemies and have them become a summons for you.
• Your character has a gun that does this cool first-person shooting sequence with the rounds of bullets circling around your Crosshair.
• Damage and weakness alerts pop up as you play.
• You can take items and health when fighting using the d-pad shortcut menus.
• Stealth strike is the art of either getting the first hit in on an enemy before the fight starts with an advantage, or you can actually killing an enemy before the fight begins.
• You are allowed multiples of the same summon.
• The combat is surprisingly satisfying and fun to mash through.
• It’s just a really beautiful-looking game, from the world to the characters and the many weird-looking creatures.
• Build loyalty with your summons by having them in your team for Rewards.
• So well presented.
• A Game that is perfect for the handheld or big screen, but headphones are a must.
• You and your summons can talk during combat.
• Devil summon rank – as you gain loyalty with summons, you get new titles for your character, and you can earn extra summon slots so you can have more.
• Creatures are at different levels when you try and summon them, and this can affect how easy they are to catch.
• In the Dark Realm, you see enemies, the world is darker and more dangerous, and it is the same world, but it has always respawning enemies.
• When catching a duplicate summon, you can choose there and then to have them fight with you or use them for fusion, which levels up the other summon.
• The combat lets you have camera control, you can lock on enemies and trigger combo counters.
• Learn to talk with your summons from time to time to learn something or get a reward. You do this via the demon check-in menu.
• Nethergates are doors you can only clear if you have the right affinity attack to destroy them, like fire or ice, etc.
• Full inventory system.
• Another benefit of having a load of high loyalty summons is that they can eventually help in battle with healing you one of the best deliveries examples of.
• I was very surprised by how quickly I fell in love with the gameplay loop and story.
• Play how you want in terms of you can go around and farm enemies to level up and earn rewards, etc.
• Your character can also learn new abilities and techniques for fighting.
• Big boss and mini boss encounters.
• You can have multiple cases going at a time, and they are a mix of story progression ones and optional side ones.
• Aril rifts are strong enemy-housed events that appear and can be done whenever you want.
• Day and night play a huge part, like Aril rifts will respawn during the night.
• Multiple choice encounters.
• You can pause in combat and deal with your inventory and your team.
• When talking with people in the real world, you can get the chance to use summon abilities on them, like reading their mind or re-igniting their passion, which can change how that person acts or what they tell you.
• Summons can and will be in both worlds with you, using their abilities in the world can show more clues or find something you cannot see.
• The world map has set paths, and you can find and interact with people on the map. It’s a simple yet effective way to travel.

RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Review Cons

• No touchscreen support.
• I found the opening tutorial section a tad boring; it could have all been done in one fight sequence instead of being split up.
• There is no in-game achievements system.
• The camera takes a bit of getting used to, as I always go to change the angle, and it does that thing if the camera angle changes, which then changes how the directions work. Old school Resident Evil players know what’s up.
• Higher-level summons are basically impossible to catch until you level up a bunch, and it’s just a bit of a bummer that you can fight them but not capture them until you get so far.
• It can be tricky to see enemies when fighting, so you don’t always know if you need or want the summon.
• When you’ve got no space for new summons it sucks you can’t still capture duplicate summons and then just fuse them.
• It’s not immediately clear a summons loyalty level until you click through the menus.
• At times, I found the controls or directions were not always clear.
• Fights can feel repetitive, and you cannot skip the opening and ending sequences that just keep adding more the time.

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