Generation of Chaos: Pandora's Reflection

Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection (Japanese: ジェネレーション オブ カオス6) Generation of Chaos 6 is a strategy role-playing video game for the PlayStation Portable. The game was released in Japan on June 28, 2012,^[4] and an English language release for North America and Europe was released on February 19 and 20, 2013, in North America and Europe respectively.^[5]

Generation of Chaos: Pandora's Reflection
Japanese box art
Developer(s)	Sting Idea Factory^[3]
Publisher(s)	JP: Idea Factory NA: NIS America^[1] EU: NIS Europe
Series	Generation of Chaos series
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable
Release	JP: June 28, 2012^[2] NA: February 19, 2013^[1] EU: February 20, 2013
Genre(s)	Tactical RPG
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

The game plays very differently from past games in the Generation of Chaos series, which contained large scale battles in the vein of Dragon Force.^[6] Instead, the game's controls and art style resembles former titles of developer Sting Entertainment, namely Yggdra Union and Knights in the Nightmare.^[7] The player controls a small number of characters, which move in real time on a battlefield to occupy strategic locations. When they encounter an enemy character en route, a battle will occur.^[6]

The game has a battle system called the "Attack Chance", where bonus damage could be given upon hitting buttons in time with on-screen cues,^[8] similar to games in the music/rhythm genre.^[9] Good timing with the button presses also allows party members in vicinity initiating additional "team attacks".^[3] The battle system also employs a rock paper scissors type weapon system,^[6] and the ability to summon powerful creatures to help with their magic abilities.^[3]

The game spans seven chapters and over thirty battles.^[10]

Plot

The game takes place in the dark, barren world of Hades, revolving around a boy named Claude, and his sister named Yuri.^[1] In the game, Yuri is cursed with a butterfly tattoo, leading Claude to vow to travel the world in order to find a way to break the curse.^[11] Along their travels, they also become entangled in a larger struggle that could decide the fate of the entire world.^[1]

Development

The game was first revealed by Dengeki PlayStation, in March 2012.^[3] The game was announced as a joint venture between Idea Factory, the company that had made the previous games in the Generation of Chaos series, and Sting, developer of games such as Riviera: The Promised Land, Knights in the Nightmare, and Gungnir.^[3][12] The collaboration would be named "Super Sting".^[12]

The game was released on June 28, 2012, in Japan, and in September 2012, NIS America announced the English localization of the game for North American and European regions.^[1] It was released in February 2013.^[13]

Reception

The game received "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[14] Famitsu gave the game an 8, 8, 8, 8 (32/40) review score.^[15]

See also

• Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos
• Generation of Chaos

References

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9. Spencer . April 27, 2012 . 2:02am (2012-04-27). "Generation Of Chaos 6 From Sting Could Be Mistaken For A Music Game". Siliconera. Retrieved 2012-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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