Fit check
Is Reformers worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based RPG players who want battles involving human and monster forces
- Players who prefer open character choices over a predetermined career
- Fantasy players interested in collecting monster souls and using them in combat
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat will hit a wall when encounters use turn-based commands.
- Players who want a fixed class or career path may find the character system too open-ended.
- Players looking for a puzzle game rather than a retro role-playing game are outside this listing’s scope.
Our take on Reformers
The bounce point is the character system: players expecting to choose a fixed career may hit a wall when the game instead leaves that role open and makes monster-alliance combinations central to combat.
What is Reformers?
Reformers is a retro role-playing game with a storyline influenced by Picasso’s “Guernica.
” The game uses traditional turn-based combat and gives the player character no fixed career. Its Soul Alliance ability allows a Reformer to make contracts with monster souls, fight alongside them, and take them as servants. Different combinations of the player character and allied monsters can produce unexpected battle effects. The story follows conflicts involving Prokade Castle, the Stiake Kingdom, nobles, and a purge of people who can ally with monsters. The player becomes a Reformer involved in efforts to save the world, collect monster souls, oppose the dark cabal, and enhance the Power of Crystals. The story begins on Halesia Island.
How Reformers plays
- 01Monster Soul Contracts
- Soul Alliance lets the player form contracts with monster souls for use in battle or service.
- 02No Fixed Career
- The player character does not have a predetermined career, leaving battle choices open.
- 03Turn-Based Combat
- Encounters follow a traditional turn-by-turn combat structure.
- 04Battle Combinations
- Pairing the player character with different monsters can produce unexpected effects.
- 05Crystal Enhancement
- The player can increase the Power of Crystals during the game.
Reformers compared to similar games
Reformers uses turn-based combat, a class-free player character, and contracts with monster souls. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition is presented around an unconventional story, characters, and exploration, while Back to the Dawn centers on prison survival, investigation, and escape. Ghost of a Tale uses action-RPG play with stealth, disguises, and conversations.
Reformers: platforms & release
Is Reformers worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based RPG players who want battles involving human and monster forces. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat will hit a wall when encounters use turn-based commands.
Where can I download Reformers?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Reformers's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Reformers on?
Windows only.
