title for this game, because it will have you recalling experiences from the previous game. That's because most of the dungeons, towns, characters, and assets are taken directly from G.U. vol. 1. There are only a few different background designs for the quest areas in the game, so while the layout will change, almost all of the dungeons and battlefields look identical. The visuals are good, but the lack of variety makes the quests about as dull and tedious as possible, since you'll always feel like you're just grinding through the same area over and over again. That feeling is exacerbated by the fact that most of the quests follow the same find-the-item design. However, there are some new quests in Reminisce that require you to race around on your steam bike. You can customize your bike and tune it up, but the racing quests aren't satisfying or rewarding enough to be more than brief diversions. In addition to the bland quest design, the combat is uninteresting, as well. Reminisce uses the same battle system as the previous game in the series, which means you'll run into enemies to initiate combat and then just hammer on the X button until those enemies are dead. There's very little challenge to the game, but the battles drag on forever because most of the enemies absorb so much damage that you have to pick away at them for several minutes at a time until you're finally able to wear them down. It's not unusual to rack up a 100-hit combo that barely even makes a dent in an enemy's life bar. The only reprieves from the constant button mashing come in the form of the special skills and the awakening attacks. The skills can be activated by pressing R1 and then pressing the corresponding face button to perform an attack. In Reminisce, Haseo can even switch weapons midbattle by performing these skill attacks, which adds a nice but ultimately insubstantial twist to the battles. The beast and demon awakenings return from the last game, but a new one has been added, called the divine awakening. You can do this move with only a few timed button pres
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