Redemption Reapers Review (PlayStation 4)

by Jim Smale · April 25, 2023

For this Redemption Reapers Review we are Descending upon the world, the macabre Mort armies destroy nation after nation, leaving humanity decimated in their wake. Among the forces resisting the Mort is a small band of mercenaries known as the Ashen Hawk Brigade.

Redemption Reapers Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
15.37GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Works on Playstation 5.
Game settings – display gauges, subtitles, text speed, language, and either English or Japanese.
Action tactical gameplay.
20 save slots.
Fast loading times.
Excellent FMV cutscenes.
Tutorial pop-ups.
Can skip cutscenes.
Turn-based combat is split into rounds.
When you select a character you get a box to show them how far and where they can move.
Dark Souls-style menu pop-ups.
Marking an enemy allows you to see basic stats and attack length.
All movements and attacks are done in real-time.
When you have an ally next to you, when you attack you can get a quick QTE for them to aid you and attack or defend.
It looks really polished and smooth.
Spirits draught is used to heal and has X amount of uses per battle.
Cool enemy deaths as they evaporate into Ashes in the wind when defeated.
Relics can be found and collected on the battlefield.
The probability of damage/abilities/heals/hit can be seen before deciding.
Earn gold from battles and chests.
Enemies can drop items.
Action points that decide how much and what you can do in battle can be increased by doing the optional tasks in a battle.
Earn EXP for each character and level up to increase stats.
Slow-mo close-up final kills.
Archives are where you go to read up on relics, Weapons, items, people, and encountered enemies.
Earn shared EXP that allows you to allocate to whoever and how much you like.
Unlock and equip new skills, equip new weapons at the battle-ready screen in between chapters.
The help section lets you re-read any tutorials.
Spirit veins can appear on a Battlefield, touch them to refill your health bar and spirit draught uses. The vein disappears afterward.
Loot chests can be found.
If you cannot carry any more loot it goes to the central storage.
Satisfying combat.
The kills and attacks look really badass.
Easy to learn.
End of Battle rank and stats including exp earned.
Skirmishes can be replayed as much as you want and give rewards and exp. Basically, you get to replay previous battles.
Each character has both active and passive skills and every skill can be upgraded.
You can trade items with allies when on the battlefield.
Excellent voice work.
A gripping story.
Multiple choice encounters.
You can play each character in any order that you like in a battle.
All weapons have durability.
The merchant allows you to buy, sell, upgrade, and repair weapons and gear.
Handy storage tab so you can manage it without directly going into it.

Redemption Reapers Review Cons:

A lot to take in.
The first cutscene is a long one.
No way to configure shortcuts for actions and the like.
Cannot rebind controls.
No graphics settings outside of a brightness slider.
Doesn’t offer any camera control.
No game speed sliders.
Hard to get a lay of the battlefield as you don’t know what’s in it or scenery or just decoration.
Having the level-up pop-up take over the screen and pause the action gets old really fast.
Never sure how many of the action points you are using up at a time.
Always a fear (and rightly so) that you will miss relics and chests as the battle finishes before you are ready.
No difficulty settings.
Early on skirmishes are not that great of an investment.
The upgrade menus are confusing as you never know what is needed to upgrade a weapon.
Whoever collects items has them and you have to press a load of menus to give the weapon to someone else.
After the initial excitement of unlocks and new characters the game kind of plateaus and gets a bit repetitive.