Jet Set Radio Director’s RTS ‘Revolve8’ Launches in the West With In-Game Rewards

Sega has launched the Masayoshi Kikuchi directed real-time-strategy game Revolve8 for iOS and Android devices globally.

Revolve8 has players use Heroes, Minions, Buildings, and Magic represented by cards to plan out a battle against the opposing player. During gameplay, players will use cards to launch attacks with their units. Each card has their own strength and weakness, allowing players to create 3 different types of decks, Assault, Siege, or Counter. Each match will have a 3-minute time limit, where players must destroy the enemies towers.

From the director of Jet Set Radio and producer of Yakuza Masayoshi Kikuchi, Revolve8 takes players to a world based in Imago, which is created from folklore and fairy tales. In this world, a war will break out every century and give a group of heroes the chance to gain fame.

Additionally, Koji Igarashi, who is known for Castlevania: Symphony of the night and is currently working on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, is the character designer.

For those that pre-register or get in early, the developer will provide these early rewards to get you started:

• Kintaro
• 1,000 gold
• Karen                         
• Aladdin-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 2
• Sinbad-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 2
• Ring Genie-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 3
• Urashima Taro-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 3
• Cinderella-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 3
• Little Match Girl-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 4
• Bear-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 4
• Fairy Godmother-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 5
• Otohime-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 5
• Wicked Witch-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 6
• Sleeping Beauty-Players will receive this reward upon reaching League 7
• Buildings, Minions and Magic Set-Players will receive these rewards upon reaching the League required to unlock the particular card.

You can watch the game’s trailer below:

https://youtu.be/xBQyhphCfao

Author’s take: I’ll definitely give this game a try.