Rainbow Skies Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

For our Rainbow Skies Review, we play a strategy RPG presented in a vibrant isometric style! Immerse yourself in a colorful world filled to the brim with murky dungeons and traditional turn-based battles. Tamable monsters and a variety of weapons, equipment, and skills offer you a wide range of customization and character development possibilities. Tons of side quests, lively towns, and exciting secrets to discover will keep you coming back for more!

Rainbow Skies Review Pros:

• Cartoon-like graphics.
• 5.1GB Download size.
• Tutorial help (optional) pops up as you discover new mechanics/events.
• Two ways to play – help (more starting items and free aid throughout) and no hand-holding (Start as intended).
• 20 save slots.
• RPG adventure gameplay.
• You see the enemies on the map as well as unseen ambush fights which manifest as random pop-ups and you can press a button to jump in.
• Turn-based combat on a grid layout.
• Fast loading and transitions.
• Save when you want from the menu. You can save it to the console or the cloud.
• Turn order shown in combat.
• Coins- the In-game currency used for shops.
• Earn Exp, Level up to increase stats.
• Main quest with optional side quests.
• You play on the overworld mostly and enter doorways to launch into dungeons and side levels.
• Each area has a discovery percentage, which Shows up as you move around.
• Skill stones- Found/earned and come in three types. Each one is used to upgrade particular stats like health or mana but can also be used to increase luck.
• Day/night cycle.
• Big bright easy-to-use UI.
• Map- Uncovers as you play, Shows icons and mission markers.
• Playtime is displayed.
• Very approachable thanks to simplified controls and a bright atmosphere.
• Loot chests, Bags, and enemy drops to gain loot.
• Use magic to earn EXP for that spell and level up to unlock new spells and attacks.
• Cool cartoon cutscenes.
• Boss battles.
• Blacksmith- Buy and upgrade your gear using resources.
• Combat is made easier thanks to the area of effect and movement markers that show.
• Battlerank- Can increase/decrease any of the unlocked ranks to increase enemy difficulty but also increase the rarity of the loot.
• Returning players will feel right at home as the layout and gameplay are the same.
• Full party management from gear to party layout in combat.
• Can tame animals/monsters.
• Huge world with many biomes within it.
• Just a lot of fun to play.
• Isometric camera view.
• Helpful tooltip-style pop-ups.
• 100s of hours worth of content.
• So much character.
• Many cool characters to meet.
• Decent loot drops.
• The definitive version of the game.

Rainbow Skies Review Cons:

• No touchscreen support.
• Item bag size is small and has to be upgraded constantly.
• Unskippable opening cutscenes with credits.
• You soon accumulate a lot of side quests.
• A slow starter as you are low on health and power.
• Can be hard to see paths on the map.
• Repetitive fights.
• A lot of grinding later on.
• A very small window of opportunity for ambush fights.
• Saving is slow.
• Difficulty spikes.
• No way of knowing which save location has the newest save data.
• Very similar to the previous game.

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Rainbow Skies:

Official website.

Developer: eastasiasoft

Publisher: eastasiasoft 

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