Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs is certainly one worth checking out, even to those who aren’t too keen on tactical RPGs. Its friendly difficulty options cater to all abilities, providing strong challenges to those who want it and not getting in the way of those who don’t, while the humour and vibrant graphics provide a great first impression. Its combat and gameplay loop can become a bit stale towards the end, with the kingdom building only playing a bit part and there being a few UI to overcome, but there’s still plenty to like if you give this title a chance.
PROS:
✓ Stiff challenge
✓ Great voice acting
✓ Outstanding characters
✓ Engaging battle system
✓ Meaningful choices
✓ Pleasant music
✓ Rewarding gameplay
✓ Interesting lighthearted story
✓ Beautiful art and designs
✓ Great use of humor pokes fun at anime and JRPG tropes
CONS:
- Confusing user interface
- Initially steep learning curve
- Some battles can drag on
- Slow town interactions
- Minimal character customization

Pros:

- Very decent TRPG gameplay, difficulty may vary;
- Play loops are interesting and engaging;
- The text adventures are quite great and engrossing;
- Fun dialogues without being too much;
- Decent story;
- Decent music;
- Great voice acting;
- Gorgeous character design and art;

Cons:

- For the love of the flying spaghetti, the GUI is way too small, I can barely read any of it;
- Controls are a bit clumsy;
- No controller support;
- The 3d models aren't bad, but they do stick out like a sore thumb. It is like they are out of place. Maybe this was the one art direction slip;

All in all you will have a good time with the game, the mechanics are quite solid and can deliver a really complex experience.

Despite the little gameplay time resulting from my account, I have been playing this with my BAE a lot and I have to say it's a very nice game, with gratifying visuals (for me, at least). I have got almost no experience as for the "business/management simulation" part, and in fact I sucked at that, but for a noob was a welcome start, rather easy to get into it. I loved the tactical elements and the graceful irony running through all the game. I would truly recommend it, even for someone not very good at anything like me, and I trust most experienced players will find it perhaps not strictily original, but certainly very fun and refreshing. And I must say I fell in love with Theo, too.

This game was so fun and refreshing!

First: I do wanna address that there is this annoying bug where the game doesn't recognize the weapons you craft unless you do it all at the same time and have sold all of your other weapons beforehand. I saw that this was a bug that started way back in 2017 and still hasn't been patched. The workaround is okay, but it is still annoying.

Next: I absolutely loved this game. I don't know if I just haven't played a lot of strategy games (which I do love but maybe all the ones I've played are just similar), but this was such a fresh take for me. I love the restraints it puts on the player, which makes you really think about how characters are built and which characters are the best for each battle. Only 4 characters and no heals? And if you want extra exp points, you have to fulfill challenges? It really does make for a lot of preparation. I like how you work with just a set of skills, but they can change based on the perks, and you have to balance that with all their other stats. And given there are is no healing in this game, you have to really utilize shields or invest in dodging. It gives you a lot of incentive to always use Kay, which I think is thematically really nice too.

When I hear about games to play if you want a Persona-like experience regarding the social sim elements, I can't believe I haven't heard this on those lists yet! The base building and bonds are fun. Most of the characters are pretty silly and while a lot might not be fully fleshed out, they might be very useful units with good perks so you still have a reason to level up their bonds nonetheless. Like, I don't think the characters were super deep, but they just work as an ensemble and I like having this mild-mannered protag who just kinda rolls with the punches.

The voice acting!!! Superb. Absolutely superb. And the music is so good too. They really add to the experience.

Overall, love the game and this makes me so excited for this studio's next game even though it's nothing alike in either gameplay or visuals because I at least know the level of quality they will aim for before shipping out the project.

The game's story felt like I was watching an English dubbed Japanese anime, the meh kind, nothing mindblowing.
Voice acting is entertaining to listen to at least.

The game's battle system needs some getting used to, even for turn based tactical vets like me. In which I gotta ask, why go to such lengths to differentiate themselves by making it next to impossible to save your allies? Is it THAT HARD to stick with the tried and true method of potions and healing spells to increase the survival rate of your allies? Personally, I'm not a fan of this aspect of this game, NO HEALING during battle.

Keep doing this for the next game and those that enjoy turn based tactical RPGs will avoid it.

7 out of 10, but that's because I'm only 3 hours in. I will revise my final score once I clear the game.

Very fun mix between time management, tactics battles, and a little bit of city-building. Nothing is very in-depth besides the skill assignment system, but you'll have a good time exploring the different relationships between characters and going through the various text adventures. If you're an achievement hunter, read about the different branches ahead of time or else you'll need to do a second playthrough to grab everything.

"Regalia" is the perfect fusion of a - really interesting, and charming! - storyline in visual novel style, and a decent tactical RPG with lots of customization options and things to do. Within the game, you build buildings, upgrade them, get into deeper and deeper friendshio/relationship with a ton (!) of characters, craft or buy items, and upgrade your characters within a kind of board, where you choose the skills you unlock with all those other stuff. The game challenges you with so called kingdom quest besides ordinary story quest, making it a thrilling experience. I never played a game like this before, may "Azure Dreams" from PSone days the only game that comes to my mind, that blends RPG, tactics, city building, storyline, and character interaction this great.