Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord Review (Athrun)
I strongly urge players that are new to the franchise to try out Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force. If you are a returning player to the franchise, then you may end up liking this game.
Refrain Chord is definitely a nice fan service game for people who enjoy the series as most of the characters (both good and evil) are playable because they aren't fated to die this time around. The story this time feels a bit out of place and assumes the player knows each character from the returning cast. An example of this is in the beginning of the game, where most of the main group of protagonists get swapped out by Dorfa executives and Sherman is just chilling with them. The game just assumes the player knows why Sherman is so susceptible to changing his moral compass so easily.
The combat has an-okay feel to it, but I have two gripes against it. First off, Glace is in every battle you do. Some battles force you to eliminate her; while some require you to keep her alive. Glace's presence in every battle is to introduce some sort of difficulty and prolong the battle by giving enemy forces one of the following effects: Increased Attk or Def or decrease wait time or heal %HP (I could be missing one more effect).
I see a lot of people complaining that the game isn't english dubbed, but nobody really talks about the few points I have mentioned.
Overall the game is just that, a nice fan service-y game. If you enjoy the series, go ahead and pick it up, please do not expect an amazing story like you do in Advent Dark Force, but if you miss the characters and want to see more bromance or a bit of sh*tposting then you'll like this game.
Edit: messed up spoiler formatting