Absented Age: Squarebound

Absented Age: Squarebound begins with a girl who wakes with no memories, stranded in a corner of a sinking world. Outside combat, you explore in action-RPG style; when you touch an enemy or either side lands a preemptive attack, nearby enemies join a seamless turn-based battle with roguelike elements.

Battles

Combat draws on hundreds of skills and items to overcome powerful monsters. You can also use advanced techniques such as counters, just guards and shifting during hit-stop. Floor transitions and battle music continue seamlessly.

Tart and the fragments

Tart, a spirit who fights alongside you, can change combat style immediately through the Enchant skill group. Enchant Light is fragile, can fly and specializes in healing support; Enchant Fire moves quickly, has strong defenses and protects you by taking the front line. Finding Heart Fragments that hold lost memories awakens new abilities.

Equipment and progression

The game includes skills, items, status-condition variations and equipment customization parts. Equipment wears out and can break, so you need to choose what to wear and fight in. Repeatedly finding the same equipment raises its proficiency level, which is shared across copies of that equipment and remains even if you lose one. If you are defeated and lose equipment, recovering it gives you a chance to raise its proficiency substantially and take revenge.

The story

Yugen no Sho is the first part of the larger Absented Age story. Its story stands as a complete tale, while some elements remain unavailable and some mysteries are left unresolved.