Reaper, A Simple RPG For Those That Want a Quick Fix

There are different types of games for Android. Some are hardcore games that are similar to full console games and there are casual games that are meant to be played for a few minutes at a time while on a car ride or while on the bus. This game is in the latter category. This is the type of game that you can open up and play for five minutes and then put away easily, which makes it great for a phone game.

The first thing you will probably notice is that there is only one version in the Play Store but there are supposedly four editions of the game, the demo, Adventure, Destiny, and Dark Legend. The demo lets you play until level ten for free, and then you are prompted to buy a version of the game. At first this is confusing, but I feel this is an awesome way to sell games. You can decide how much you want to play the game and then purchase the edition that's right for you. If you decide that you only want the main game you can go with the Adventure Edition, but later if you decide you want more you can upgrade for a reduced price. This was a really good idea, but after looking at the reviews on the Play Store I feel it could have been explained better.

This game is a really good example of a game that was obviously designed for people gaming on the go. You can open this game up and make it through a quest pretty quickly. The controls are simple and well designed for touch screens. Most of the screen is for gestures, which control attacks, and about 25% of the left side of the screen is to move your character left or right. Very simple and intuitive. 

This is an RPG, but unfortunately your choices are very limited. There are no skill trees or classes to choose from. Your only real choice is on levelling up, where you chose perks. These usually increase your one of your abilities or attacks. Unfortunately, you are not going to be able to make an absolutely unique character in this game, but you still feel you are making some difference on the way your character turns out.

The main objective in the game is to complete quests and get better gear. Although you are given options for what your character says, it doesn't look like it makes much of a difference. You can say no to quests, but sometimes you are forced to do them anyway. You can also sometimes kill people during conversations, but I'm not sure how that effects the story. Speaking of story.

The story is nothing spectacular. I couldn't bring myself to read all the dialogue for every quest. The main part of this game is the combat anyway, so it's not really a loss.

The combat in this game is fun. Each enemy requires something different to defeat, so just mindlessly slashing away is not going to cut it. After playing for a few hours the battles actually start to require more of your attention. I think the fighting in this game is the best casual fighting I've played because of the great control scheme and the variation on enemies. 

Bottom line, this game is good. If you like casual fighting games with RPG elements, this is one of the better ones you can get. The level ten cap for the demo should be more than enough to decide if this game is something you would be interested in.