Underplayed Gems

Tokyo Majin Gakuen: Gehoujou (2002)

Tokyo Majin Gakuen: Gehoujou cover
Developer
Shout! Designworks
Publisher
Asmik Ace Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure

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The catalog in 3D

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How it feels

Playing feels like carefully steering relationships and emotions through conversation before settling into deliberate, grid-based tactical battles.

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About

As with the tradition of Tokyo Majin Gakuen franchise, Tokyo Majin Gakuen: Gehoujou is an adventure/strategy RPG hybrid. In adventure mode, players interacts with characters for answers. Affecting the answers and overall story progression are nine "emotions": love, friendship, joy, agreement, sorrow, anger, indecision, scorn, and ignorance. In battle mode, the party fights on isometric battle screens, moving around the battlefield and attacking when enemies are in range.

Screenshots

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