That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles

As someone who’s read the light novels and watched all the anime, I went in hoping for more. Even $28 I paid for the Deluxe Edition feels a little overpriced for what’s here. Still, the game isn’t bad—it’s stable, not buggy, and works fine as a casual time‑waster when you just want to hang out in the Jura forest and Rimuru City. Just don’t expect depth or meaningful gameplay. It's more like a mobile game made for Steam. • Graphics: ★★★☆☆ – Functional but feels dated • Gameplay: ★★☆☆☆ – Simple, repetitive, light on depth • Story / Fan Service: ★★★☆☆ – Fun to see Tempest, but thin overall • Performance: ★★★★☆ – Smooth, no issues • Value: ★★☆☆☆ – Price doesn’t match content • Overall: ★★★☆☆ – A lightweight fan experience, not a standout game

This is a tasteless joke. The game simply feels cheap. I’m disgusted that one of the strongest isekai franchises has been treated like this. But from the beginning: The storytelling starts with a mix of anime screenshots and gameplay. Artistically, it tries to be cohesive — but unfortunately, it only tries. We get static 2D images, character models during gameplay, and separate character models in cutscenes. In the end, it feels like we received a mobile game — and a very cheap one at that. We relive Rimuru’s story starting from the creation of the first settlement in Jura Tempest. This is occasionally interrupted by additional activities, but fundamentally we cannot influence the course of the narrative. The character voices are, of course, accurate. The problem is that we didn’t get new recordings — only the audio taken directly from the anime. This wouldn’t be bad if not for the fact that during dialogue scenes, character faces are statically facing the player, and all the emotions that are animated in the anime here look stiff and almost caricature-like. No one bothered to properly animate the faces. Character models are a separate issue. I don’t know who thought it was a good idea to create two types of models: one set used in gameplay and another used in cutscenes. While the latter look genuinely very good, the former look like some kind of (probably) chibi monstrosities. Who scaled the characters’ heads? Why does Rimuru look like he has hydrocephalus?! On top of that, the heads often have a different skin tone than the rest of the body, as if the body model were a completely separate asset. Gameplay can be divided into two segments — at least within the first two hours. Running around Tempest in an isometric view, and moving through closed corridor-like locations in a 2D perspective. In the first, we mostly collect quests from characters, talk to them, etc. In the second, we fight enemies. And that combat is… very, very unsatisfying. For one, during fights the AI of our companions can bug out and stand at the edge of the map not knowing what to do (enemies suffer from this too). Combat can become extremely unreadable and even freeze during special attacks. Moreover, switching characters mid-fight is not as smooth as one would expect. It feels like someone wanted to create a very dynamic brawler, but what we got is… this. Each character has three attacks: basic, special, and secret — all fully voiced. In theory, that’s great — in practice, listening to Rimuru shout his skill name over and over again quickly becomes exhausting. Unfortunately, the game carries a strong sense of cheapness: we have a popular franchise, yet the gameplay isn’t enjoyable. I don’t know if I’ll finish it. There isn’t a shred of immersion, the corridor design and repetition are painful, and the narrative falters. 3/10

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles é um jogo divertido, mas que acaba ficando repetitivo depois de algumas horas. A estrutura do gameplay gira muito em torno de conversar com personagens nas reuniões e depois sair para cumprir missões simples, como coletar alimentos ou derrotar alguns inimigos específicos. Isso faz com que o jogo passe uma sensação de repetição constante. A história adapta os acontecimentos desde o encontro de Rimuru com Veldora na caverna até pouco antes da libertação do selo de Veldora. Além disso, o jogo adiciona um arco original envolvendo um falso deus chamado Angels, servindo como um capítulo exclusivo para expandir a narrativa. O combate é um dos pontos mais divertidos do jogo. As habilidades especiais têm animações bonitas e dão uma boa sensação de poder durante as batalhas. Mesmo sendo um sistema relativamente simples, ele consegue prender a atenção por bastante tempo. Visualmente, o jogo deixa um pouco a desejar para os padrões atuais. Os gráficos são simples e, em alguns momentos, lembram jogos mobile. A trilha sonora também segue o padrão comum de jogos de anime: não é marcante, mas cumpre bem seu papel. No geral, é um jogo recomendado principalmente para fãs do anime ou da light novel. Quem já gosta do universo de Tensei Sh-tara provavelmente vai aproveitar bastante a experiência, mas para quem procura um RPG mais profundo ou variado, talvez ele não seja tão interessante. Minha nota final seria 6/10. Não é um jogo incrível, mas pode valer bastante a pena em promoção. Se encontrado com cerca de 75% de desconto, por volta de 50 reais, é uma boa opção para passar o tempo no universo de Tensei Sh-tara. Fiz um guia de conquistas para quem quiser ver: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3732300216

The base games story abridges the main plot with Rimuru often narrating/summarizing events that happened. It goes up to the Demon Lord Awakening Arc which is about up to the first half of season 2. The OC characters and story added just for this game is ok and they are just there when the main story happens as it does originally. One grave sin it has is having no History/Text Log, in the medium of being a text heavy anime game. Gameplay is very simple and not difficult; issues I had were combos breaking/dropping and enemies inevitably being carried to the screen edges and having terrible hitboxes due to their varying sizes. The ai companions also tend to stand around a lot and take a while for them to join in the combat which made the final boss horrendous. The side quests while nice and added screentime to characters that were glossed over in the anime; however quests cannot be stacked with each other or the main quest which dragged the playtime. The town building was simple and ok. An issue I had was not being able to swap building which each other; you would have to tear them down and waste more resources to rebuild them where you wanted. I also wish there was fast traveling/ teleporting to places within town. You also receive Diablo way too late which was lame. I did not buy the DLC but very disappointing that the DLC was just not already in the base game. Wait for a sale if you really care.

I can only recommend people to buy this if you're a fan, even then it's not a good game. Get it on sale if you really must. The gameplay is incredible repetitive, it's grindy and long. Gameplay is, for a lack of a better word, functional. I can recommend this if you like beat-em ups, I suppose.

Can only recommend if you are a fan of the anime or light novels and you can get it on a heavy discount. Really such a mixed bag and is not worth the price tag at all. Played through on Steam Deck with no issues.

Reseña: El juego es necesario si eres fan de la "serie" La vez que me reencarne en un Slime. ˃ᴗ˂ Empiezas desde el principio ( muy resumido eso si) y vas creando la ciudad de Rimuro desde casi 0. Vas conociendo a los personajes miticos de la serie que podran acompañarte en misiones, cada uno con Skills diferentes. Puedes hacer varios grupos e ir variando entre ellos. El metodo de las mazamoras esta bastante bien, si es verdad que es algo "repetitivo" parece que estes en la misma serie, buscando de forma lineal, matar Bosses y coger cofres, matar monstruos para coger materiales y poder hacer crecer tu ciudad. Lo que he jugado me ha encantado, me ha parecido bastante relajante y entretenido, dandome ganas de volver a leer el manga y ver el anime. la unica pega es que esta en ingles, pero es un ingles bastante basico y se puede jugar bien, sino, siempre puedes usar alguna IA para que te traduzca las partes que no entiendas. ˘ᗜ˘

[h1] That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles [/h1] Pokud jsi fanouškem Rimura a jeho party, tahle hra je v podstatě splněným snem o interaktivním budování národa. Ale jako každý sliz, i tahle hra má své průhledné i trochu kalnější stránky. [h2] Co tě potěší [/h2] *Budování Jury Tempest: Tohle je srdce hry. Sledovat, jak se z pár chýší stává moderní metropole, je neuvěřitelně uspokojivé. Každá postavená budova navíc posiluje tvoje postavy v boji. *Vizuální věrnost: Animace útoků vypadají jako vystřižené z televize. Když Rimuru vyvolá „Beelzebuth“, cítíš tu sílu. *Kombinace žánrů: Mix 2D bojovky (v dungeonech) a 3D budovatelské strategie funguje překvapivě svěže. *Fan service v dobrém slova smyslu: Interakce mezi postavami jsou vtipné, autentické a přesně vystihují chemii, kterou na Slizovi milujeme. [h2] Kde to trochu drhne [/h2] *Soubojový systém je... prostý: 2D akční pasáže se po čase mohou zdát repetitivní. Není to žádné hluboké RPG, spíš takové „pomačkej tlačítka a sleduj efekty“. *Grind, grind a zase grind: Abys postavil tu nejlepší kovárnu, budeš muset proběhnout stejný les klidně desetkrát. Suroviny prostě nerostou na stromech (teda, technicky jo, ale je jich málo). *Technické limity: Občas narazíš na delší nahrávací obrazovky nebo trochu topornější pohyb v městské části.

Enjoying the games so far, just wish it was dubbed thought.

E um jogo simples para os fãs do anime com uma historia filler mantendo muitas coisas da historia original. A gameplay também e simples mas bem divertida, não e um jogo que você precise usar a cabeça, você consegue jogar e relaxar. Mas tem um ponto, ele não tem tradução para português, as legendas são em inglês e as vozes em japonês. Vale a pena em uma promoção se você e fã do anime, e caso você não conheça o anime recomendo assistir primeiro. (E caso você não entenda inglês existe tradutores como Luna Translator e Melon Loader)