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2019 · Bombservice · Adventure · Arcade

Minoria

Minoria is the latest and most ambitious game from Bombservice, and a spiritual sequel to the Momodora series, from the same studio.

Released: 27 August 2019
Platforms: Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One
Genres: Adventure Arcade Indie Metroidvania Platformer Role-playing
Developers: Bombservice
Publishers: Dangen Entertainment
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Age ratings: ACB MA 15+ESRB T PEGI 16 GRAC 12+CERO D
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Mexico) and 1 more
Time to beat: 5hmain story10hwith extras9hcompletionist

About

Minoria is an indie Metroidvania game developed by Brazilian studio Bombservice and published by DANGEN Entertainment. It was released on August 27, 2019, for Windows, and on September 10, 2020, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. It is a spiritual sequel to the Momodora series with 2.5D graphics. It has a similar gothic horror tone as Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight and revolves around warrior nuns who are sent into the ruins of the Kingdom of Ramezia to free Princesses who were kidnapped by heretical witches. The game received mixed reviews from critics, who praised it for its combat mechanics and graphics, but criticized it for its "uneven" quality and short length.

›Story

The story takes place during the fourth Witch War. It is a time of fanatical religious fervor. On the one hand, by the Sacred Office, a powerful organization leading an Inquisition against heresy, in order to purify the sinners who threaten humanity. And on the other hand, those labeled “witches”, responsible for conducting a mysterious ceremony that contradicts the rules of the Church.

Set forth with Sisters Semilla and Fran, missionaries in the Church’s service, on their journey to thwart the witches’ ceremony and protect the common-folk from heresy that endangers the status quo.

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Story

The game revolves around two nuns, the main character, Sister Semilla, and her companion Sister Fran, who serve the church known as the Sacred Office. They are sent into the ruins of the Kingdom of Ramezia to stop a group of witches led by Princess Poeme, who has betrayed her sister, Princess Amelia Soliette. As they defeat the witches in their fight to rescue Amelia, they uncover written evidence that the Church and its Saints are heavily corrupt, and that the Sacred Office is trying to destroy the witches to ensure their theological supremacy, driving the nature-worshiping witches to fight in order to prevent their own destruction. This causes Sister Fran to begin losing faith in their mission.

They finally catch up to Poeme, who has summoned a tremendous Ceremonial Forest to bring power to the witches. Semilla battles and defeats Poeme, and Amelia subsequently orders Semilla to kill her. If Semilla follows through, both Semilla and Fran are elevated to Sainthood and the witches are persecuted indefinitely, while Fran questions the morality of their decision. If Semilla refuses to follow orders, a second ending results in which Fran attempts to convince Amelia of the church's evil.

Reception

The game received an aggregate score of 73/100 on Metacritic for the PC version, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received fair approval, being recommended by 61% of critics.

Ollie Reynolds of Nintendo Life rated the game's Switch version 8/10, saying that they would "hate to see [it] slip under the radar". Calling the game's combat "impressive" and better than games such as Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the battles with witches were praised as most exciting. However, they criticized the environmental design, saying it was "rather samey" and easy to get lost.