Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne

GameSpewKim Snaith

7/10

If you’re expecting a full-on tactical adventure, then you won’t find it here. But if you’re keen to sink into an engaging visual novel, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne has plenty to offer. Its story is wholly original and engaging, if a little long-winded at times, but it’s brought to life with gorgeous animation and wonderful characterisation. It’s a shame there aren’t more gameplay sections, but what’s here is enjoyable enough.

TwinfiniteKeenan McCall

Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World – The Prophecy of the Throne is a mixed bag. There are plenty of points where it fails to utilize its potential, and leans back into unfortunate pitfalls in order to pad it's runtime. However, it's still a worthwhile experience for fans of the series and shows the potential for future games to succeed.

TechRaptorWilliam Worrall

5/10

Strong visuals and unique gameplay can't save Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne. Only fans will be able to stick it out till the end.

RPGamerMohamed Lamine Coulibaly

Subaru’s mission in a new Re:ZERO story is to find the fake royal candidate. Are the new characters and story enough to make the game a royal gaming candidate, or does the lack of interactivity make it a fake one?

I’m told that all of this is also in keeping with the spirit of the anime, and I was genuinely impressed that the developer went to such lengths to come up with a fairly unique combat system just to do justice to the base property. It would have been so easy to spin this into a standard tactics JRPG or dungeon crawler. What we get instead is a gameplay system that behaves a little like a situational puzzle game, and while it could have been a little more of a brain-teaser, it’s enjoyable, entertaining, engaging and an ideal break from the visual novel side of the action.