Play review of the adventure game 'Buddy Mission BOND' that uncovers the darkness of criminal organizations by completing missions with buddies.
The Nintendo Switch exclusive software ' Buddy Mission BOND ' sent by Koei Tecmo Games has appeared on January 29, 2021 (Friday).
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The title screen looks like this. Press the A button to start the game.
The protagonist of this story, Luke, is a career police officer in the National Police, who has a strong sense of justice and does not overlook any small crimes.
The movie is a cartoon-like depiction, and voices by voice actors are also recorded. You can advance frame by pressing the A button, and you can change to the automatic advance function by pressing the L button.
Luke tries to catch the thief and hears from the thief that he has a mafia on his back. The thief says that arresting himself will result in ridiculous retaliation later.
This is the part of 'Hero Choice', and the player can select the route. You can choose 'arrest' without worrying about the thief, or you can choose 'miss' for fear of retaliation.
If you choose the appropriate route, the hero gauge on the upper right will accumulate. Apparently the thief was right, and 'arresting' seemed to be the right choice.
Time goes on, and we go to the scene where a meeting is being held at the police station to which Luke belongs. At the meeting, the response to the global phantom thief 'Beast' is being discussed, and it is said that this country should not be the 17th victim. Important texts during the conversation are displayed in orange, which is a useful keyword for future stories.
You can check the conversation history by pressing the Y button, and you can also play it with voice.
Luke is asked by his boss, Inspector Jason, 'How many neighboring countries have you been hit by Beast?'
Go to Hero Choice and choose a route ...
If you make a mistake, the hero gauge will decrease.
Asked again, this time asked, 'What weapon does Beast use?'
Now enter 'search mode'. By looking at the image displayed on the monitor in the conference room, the player can move the cursor to a place that he / she thinks is suspicious and 'examine' it. For example, if you move the cursor to 'hand' and press the A button to check ...
Luke pondered the weapon he was wearing in his hand.
In search mode, it is possible to search for something other than the intended purpose. When you have finished searching until you are interested, you can exit the search mode by clicking the 'Search Complete' button on the B button.
I made the right choice in the hero choice that followed, but I was dismissed by the inspector.
The boss has announced that he will throw a series of injuries that he was planning to investigate to the local police and will start investigating Beast in order to raise his credit. Luke, who claims that the injury is by no means a minor one, is banished from the meeting by his boss. Luke seems to be treated as a weirdo by his boss and colleagues and hated.
Luke's obsession with justice was in his childhood. 16 years ago, Luke, an orphan, will live with his foster parent, Edward, for a while. Luke is influenced by Edward, who says, 'I've always dreamed of becoming a hero,' and is enthusiastic about 'becoming a hero with me.'
But six years later, Edward loses his life in a fight with the criminal in a certain incident.
Ten years later, Luke has been running after Edward's back.
And now, Luke, who confirmed the video attached to the e-mail that arrived on the computer, decided that a kidnapping case had occurred, but his boss did not agree that it was a mischievous e-mail, and Luke decided to proceed with the investigation alone.
Enter search mode again and check the video for any clues.
After completing the investigation, we will enter the 'thinking time' and derive hints that will lead to the investigation from the clues that we investigated.
This time, I entered the 'Investigation Mission' part. Select the location you want to investigate based on the hints derived from the search mode and sinking time, and move to it. The footprint gauge displayed at the bottom of the screen is the 'activity gauge', which indicates the 'distance that can be moved in one round', and you can move one square by consuming 1 gauge. When this gauge runs out, the round ends and the player returns to the starting point. This time, I moved 2 squares and moved to 'Lenny Electrics'.
While listening to a woman at Lenny Electrics, she seems to have a hard time remembering a famous sapphire color. Luke has a clue and tries to give advice, but if the player is uncertain about the choice, he can 'remember' with the R button.
You can replay the past search mode by remembering it. If you 'remember' a clue that you haven't looked up in the search mode in the past, you'll consume the hero gauge, so it's better to look up the clue thoroughly in the first search mode.
I was able to obtain various information during the investigation. The information is recorded in the operation notebook one by one, and the investigation notebook can be confirmed by pressing the X button.
When the investigation is completed and the necessary clues are obtained, 'Infiltrate!' Is displayed at the top of the screen, and the infiltration mission is started by pressing the L and R buttons.
You can check the state of the infiltration mission from the following movie. It is possible to actually operate the player displayed in 3D.
In the warehouse that infiltrated based on the clues, there was a figure of someone tied to a pillar. After exchanging words with a mysterious person, the mission is over.
So far, Chapter 0. At the end of the mission, the ranking will be based on the accumulated hero gauge.
Depending on the rank you have acquired, side episodes may be released.
From the story selection screen, you can select the main 'mission' and side episodes.
Past episodes can also be replayed from the mission.
In the following Chapter 1, a man named 'Aaron' who met in the warehouse will become a buddy and act together. Aaron is the younger brother of the woman 'Alana' in the video, and is a slightly bloody person with outstanding physical ability.
If you have a buddy together, the range of play will expand, such as increasing the action gauge during operation missions.
You can also select a new 'Buddy Choice' that decides the person in charge when listening.
Luke trying to listen gently ...
Depending on the situation, it is necessary to use different characters to listen to, such as Aaron who tries to solve it by violence.
You can select the character to operate even in the infiltration mission, and although there is no difference in what you can do, you can infiltrate with your favorite character.
You can check the movie that challenged the infiltration mission with Aaron from the following.
In the buddy mission BOND, I tried an infiltration mission with one of the characters 'Aaron' --YouTube
As the story progresses, four people including Luke and Aaron will appear as the main characters, and it will be possible for two people you like to form a buddy and proceed with the story. You can enjoy a rich story and abundantly prepared missions, and it is a perfect game for those who want a story and character in the game. Although there are some puzzle-solving elements, it is not so difficult, and the operation method is easy, so even people who are not familiar with the game can easily play it. A trial version in which Chapters 0 and 1 can be played is also distributed free of charge.
'Buddy Mission BOND' can be purchased on Amazon.co.jp, the price of the package version is 6155 yen including tax, and the price of the download version is 7128 yen including tax.
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