Soma Bringer
Soma Bringer is a Nintendo DS role-playing game released in 2008. It centers on area exploration, combat and party setup, and character progression and arranges its main commands and information around the handheld's dual screens, touch input, and physical buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
Under the warmth of the enormous ring that embraces the planet, enveloped within the atmosphere charged with Soma, people slumber, awaken, and live This is a world where an energy called Soma dominates. Lately, the balance of Soma tipped, and a mysterious life form, called visitors appeared and people started to live in fear. To defeat these visitors, the people established a military group called the Falsif. During an investigation in the Junel Forest, a member of the seventh troop met a girl who has lost all her memories, and thus... In this Nintendo DS release, area exploration, combat and party setup, and character progression form the main playable structure. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign. The dual screens, stylus, and buttons divide commands from status information where the design calls for it. Characters, world building, interface design, and music carry the atmosphere, while dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, or language dependence can slow portable play. This description applies to the Nintendo DS edition and does not import modes, presentation upgrades, or convenience features from home-console versions, mobile adaptations, later ports, or remakes.
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优秀 Nintendo DS role-playing experience
Soma Bringer centers on area exploration, combat and party setup, and character progression. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign, giving the Nintendo DS release recognizable goals and a coherent portable rhythm. Characters, world building, interface design, and music carry the atmosphere. Its value comes from how the main rules work with the handheld interface, while variety and room for mastery determine the longer-term appeal. Dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, or language dependence can slow portable play, which is the principal limitation on original hardware. GameNavo scores this concrete release across four independently judged dimensions and does not use press aggregates, user ratings, source length, media count, title recognition, or features from another platform.
Strengths
- area exploration, and combat and party setup provide a readable mechanical foundation.
- Progress is divided into understandable stages, tasks, matches, or chapters.
- Presentation and interface feedback support the main rules.
Weaknesses
- Dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, or language dependence can slow portable play.
- Original language, multiplayer hardware, or touch conditions may affect present-day use.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy role-playing games, accept Nintendo DS-era interface conventions, and want to assess the original handheld release on its own terms.
Play notes: This review covers the Nintendo DS release without emulator save states, speed-up, or later-port features and does not represent a complete playthrough.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign. The 8.1 score weighs variety, repetition, difficulty progression, recovery after failure, and replay value rather than nominal length or source volume. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The core loop is assessed through area exploration, combat and party setup, and character progression, including rule depth, control feedback, and room for mastery. The 8.4 score applies to this DS release and excludes title recognition and external ratings. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Characters, world building, interface design, and music carry the atmosphere. The 8.3 score judges art, sound, interface, dual-screen use, and touch presentation against Nintendo DS-era conditions. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, or language dependence can slow portable play. The 7.4 score covers original-hardware response, information clarity, saving, language, and accessory requirements without emulator conveniences. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Monolith Soft Inc.
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- 2008
- Platforms
- Nintendo DS
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Main Story 20–50 HoursFantasyLong-term ProgressionSolo-friendlyExplorationTop-downStory-driven2D GraphicsWarTurn-based CombatLevel Progression
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Nintendo DSWorldwide2008
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