Reigns: Her Majesty
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns. A cultural renaissance has bestowed the world with a new era of knowledge and enlightenment but greed and jealousy still conspire against the benevolent queen. Outwit and outlast those that would seek to depose you and your husband by swiping left or right, making just (or unjust) decisions on all manner of royal matters. Maintain the balance between the kingdom’s most powerful factions, use mystical items from your inventory, and navigate the increasingly complex politics and personal relationships of your dynasty.
The Game Includes:
New Kingdom, New Drama: Your royal decrees and unpredictable requests of the people will shape both your time on the throne and the future of your dynasty. Carefully navigate the foolish politics and emotional pleas of the kingdom’s eccentric subjects to find balance between the most powerful factions of the land.
Mystical Inventory: Find and upgrade five special items in a new inventory system. Use your powerful items on character cards and unlock special paths in the ever more complex narrative of your kingdom.
One of the trickier objectives (Royal Deeds) in Reigns: Her Majesty is the Celestial, which asks you to summon an eclipse. It’s also necessary to reach any of the endings. This guide will help you do so. Reigns The Council Swipe left, swipe right, and rule your kingdom as you see fit while appeasing the most influential factions of the kingdom and avoiding usurpers at every turn! - Long live the KING. Reigns: Her Majesty is the successor to the successful Mobile Games Reigns. As in the previous game, players must rule their own kingdom and make numerous decisions that influence their further reign. As the name suggests, you step into Reigns: Her Majesty not into the shoes of a king, but a queen. The gameplay basically remained the same, but. There are 45 royal deeds to complete. Some will appear as you play, while others are marked with question marks until they appear on the checklist or are completed. The blue one refers to the blue mushroom that you can find if you choose to follow Rex into the forest or in a random event where a member of court offers it to you. There are two other mushrooms- orange and brown.
Royal Challenges: Reach specific goals set before each new monarch’s reign to unlock new sets of cards and new directions to take the story of your dynasty.
Nerial and Friends: Reigns: Her Majesty is a collaboration between François Alliot (design/programming), Arnaud de Bock (art), Jim Guthrie (music), and Leigh Alexander (narrative director).
Minimum System Requirements:
OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 32-bit and 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo T5600 (2 * 1830)
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce Go 7600 (128 MB)
Storage: 150 MB available space
| Reigns: Her Majesty | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Nerial |
| Publisher(s) | Devolver Digital |
| Designer(s) | François Alliot |
| Programmer(s) | François Alliot |
| Artist(s) | Arnaud De Bock |
| Writer(s) | Leigh Alexander |
| Composer(s) | |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch |
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| Genre(s) | Strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Reigns: Her Majesty Help
Reigns: Her Majesty is a strategy video game developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital. The game is a standalone sequel to 2016's Reigns. Set in a fictional renaissance world, it places the player in the role of a monarch who rules the queendom by accepting or rejecting suggestions from advisors. The game was released digitally for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows in December 2017. Reigns: Her Majesty and its predecessor were released for Nintendo Switch, under the collective title Reigns: Kings & Queens, in September 2018.[1]
A third entry in the Reigns series, Reigns: Game of Thrones, was released in October 2018.[2]
Gameplay[edit]
The base gameplay is the same as in Reigns, but instead of playing as a medieval king, the player assumes the role of a queen. The player swipes left or right on a card depicting an advisor, in order to accept or reject their suggestion. Each decision will have a consequence, changing the balance between the four pillars of the society: the church, the people, the military, and the economy. The queen's reign ends whenever one of the four metrics becomes too high or too low, and the game continues with the player controlling their heir.[3] There are between 1200 and 1300 different cards in the game, up from 800 in the original game.[4]
Throughout the course of the game, the player may experience different kinds of events, which are scripted or caused by the player's decisions. Such events can have one-time or recurring effects on the game, such as causing the death of the next advisor if their suggestion is rejected.[3]
A new gameplay element in Reigns: Her Majesty is the addition of items. The player can collect items throughout the game, and use them in certain situations. Items can bypass the choices offered and offer new options.[3]
Reception[edit]
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The game has been described as 'smart and surprising' sequel[7] with 'fun and minimalist' mechanics,[12] and an 'improved and captivating story',[8] but critics have said that it suffers from repetition.[13] It has been compared to services such as Tinder because the player makes decisions by swiping left or right.[4]
Accolades[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2018 | Game Developers Choice Awards | Best Mobile Game | Nominated | [14] |
| 14th British Academy Games Awards | British Game | Nominated | [15] | |
| Develop Awards | Writing or Narrative Design | Nominated | [16] | |
| Golden Joystick Awards | Best Storytelling | Nominated | [17][18] | |
| Mobile Game of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards | Best Writing in a Video Game | Won | [19][20] |
References[edit]
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- ^'Reigns: Game of Thrones launching October 18th - Gamezebo'. gamezebo.com. 23 August 2018.
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- ^'Reigns: Her Majesty for iPhone/iPad Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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- ^ abLeClair, Kyle (8 May 2018). 'Review: Reigns: Her Majesty'. Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^Gamble, Dave (12 December 2017). 'Reigns Her Majesty Review'. Gaming Nexus. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^Ford, Suzie (7 December 2017). 'Reigns Her Majesty – Long Live the Que...'GameSpace. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^Hodapp, Eli (7 December 2017). ''Reigns: Her Majesty' Review – This Queen Reigns Supreme'. TouchArcade. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^Chan, Stephanie (9 December 2017). 'Reigns: Her Majesty review — it's a royal ball'. VentureBeat. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^V, Alex (8 December 2017). 'Reigns: Her Majesty Review'. New Game Network. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^Gamasutra staff (5 January 2018). 'Breath of the Wild & Horizon Zero Dawn lead GDC 2018 Choice Awards nominees!'. Gamasutra. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^Makedonski, Brett (12 April 2018). 'BAFTA names What Remains of Edith Finch its best game of 2017'. Destructoid. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^MCV staff (21 May 2018). 'Announcing the Develop Awards 2018 nominations shortlist'. MCV. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^Hoggins, Tom (24 September 2018). 'Golden Joysticks 2018 nominees announced, voting open now'. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^Sheridan, Connor (16 November 2018). 'Golden Joystick Awards 2018 winners: God of War wins big but Fortnite gets Victory Royale'. GamesRadar+. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^'WRITERS' GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN AWARDS 2019: SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED'. ALCS. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^'Writers' Guild Award winners 2019'. Writers' Guild of Great Britain. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.