Get to know more of Death end re;Quest new characters and Entoma bugs
The latest Weekly Famitsu magazine has unveiled new information for Compile Heart's upcoming new RPG game, Death end re;Quest. This game takes place in an unfinished, bug-ridden VR MMORPG named World Odyssey, where the game's director Shiina Ninomiya is trapped inside. As Shiina seeks help from both inside the game and outside in the real world, she will not only rely on her real world programmer Arata Mizunashi, but will also interact with sentient NPCs who can also join as party members.
This batch introduces more new characters other than Claire Glaive which can be seen in the image below, as well as some background details of the bugs that have been infesting the game.
Characters
Claire Glaive: An NPC with the role of Merchant in World Odyssey. She has her own heart and will join Shiina’s party. Clair will be troublesome if encountered as an enemy, but if she’s in a profitable position, she will become a very dependable person.
Celica Clayton: An adventurer NPC with excellent talents. She is known as the person closest to Odysseia, the destination for adventurers. A charismatic being, she has her own heart and still aims to head towards Odysseia even though the world is ridden with bugs. She will meet Shiina in the middle of her path and join Shiina’s party.
Aru Astra: A bright and energetic novice adventurer NPC who has an abundance of emotions and consciousness. She was rescued by Shiina’s party when she almost starved to death, so she joined them as a partner.
Battle System
Battlefields are also being eroded by bugs, and when characters step on them, they will get infected and receive damage. There is a Knock-Bug System that will be useful to prevent these infections; by knocking enemies towards bugs, it will purify the place from them.
However, if the character’s infection level is raised to a certain level, although it will be easier for them to get incapacitated, there will be also an advantage of activating Gridge Style which can greatly improve their battle stats. The player will be able to utilize bugs on battlefields based on their playstyle.
Entoma & Martyrs
Shiina and other party characters are being infected by ‘insects’ called Entoma. These are terrifying parasites that can erode both body and spirit of their victim, completely devouring their very existences. Although Entomas are supposed to be enemies, people with strong resistance like Shiina and her partners are able to conquer and make use of them. Shiina & others are calling Entomas which take the form of fairies as Bagu, but they don’t know by themselves how they are able to conquer these Entomas.
Other than characters, Entomas are also infecting monsters in World Odyssey. Infected monsters will go berserk and called as Martyrs. Just like party characters, Martyrs will also have infection level. When Martyrs’ infection level reaches a certain point after being raised from receiving damage etc, their parameters will be bugged and end up obtaining an overwhelming power. When fighting Martyrs, the player will need to keep an eye on not only their HP and behaviors but also their infection levels.
The game’s director Yohei Sato also provided more comments about Entoma:
Entomas are exactly bugs that get visualized in the game world. However, bugs are supposed to be flaws on programs, so the inhabitants in that game world would not know the concept of bugs. Thus, they are calling these bugs, which they do not know the true nature of, as Entoma, which becomes a subject of fear. We’d like everyone to become the programmer Arata Mizunashi to investigate the origins of these Entomas.
Death end re;Quest will be released for PlayStation 4 in Japan. Currently, there is no release date or English localization announced yet. You can read the first information batch here.