# Beast of Reincarnation: what players say > Game Freak’s action RPG about a girl and her dog wins players over with its parry-based fights, and loses many with repetition and a $59.99 price. Developer: Game Freak. Publisher: Fictions. Released 4 August. 57% of 4,286 player reviews recommend it (as of 12 October). ## In short Players praise the parry-based combat, which grows as Emma and Koo learn new skills. The complaints are enemies and bosses that keep returning, a slow and stiff opening to the story, a large world with little in it and a price many find too high. Eight patches since launch have added ultrawide support, skippable cutscenes, harder modes and a field-of-view setting, and the latest reviews are kinder. ## What players say Players praise the combat and split on the story, which many say starts slowly and pays off late. Repetition, an empty world and the $59.99 price lead the complaints. We read these reviews in full on 10 October. - 80 most helpful reviews: 27 positive, 17 mixed, 36 negative. - 40 latest reviews: 20 positive, 10 mixed, 9 negative, 1 off-topic. - **The combat is the best part.** Players enjoy the parries, Koo’s commands and the skill combos, and find the fighting better as more skills unlock. Some find the parry window too forgiving. - **Too much repeats.** A small set of regular enemies returns all game, and bosses come back two or three times with little change. Players in both samples say it makes the game drag. - **The story starts slowly.** Players find the opening chapters stiff and the characters flat. Many who keep going say it grips them after the midpoint and that the ending pays off. - **The world feels empty.** Large zones look alike and hold few people, few enemies and little worth finding. Players enjoy moving through them with the vine-hair. - **Performance improved with patches.** Launch players met a fixed 1080p default, no ultrawide support and slow cutscenes. Updates since have added ultrawide, frame generation and skippable cutscenes, and the latest reviews report it running better, with some stutter left. - **Many find $59.99 too much.** Players compare it with other action RPGs at the price and suggest waiting for a sale. ## Questions ### Is Beast of Reincarnation worth it? Players are split. As of 12 October, 57% of 4,286 reviews recommend it, mostly for the combat. Many who hold back find $59.99 too much for a game this repetitive and suggest a sale. ### How long is Beast of Reincarnation? Players finish it in 15 to 18 hours on a straight run, and in 26 to 30 hours exploring most of the world. ### Is Beast of Reincarnation like Sekiro? In its parries, players say. It mixes real-time fighting with turn-based commands for Koo, the dog, and is more forgiving than Sekiro, with adjustable difficulty. ### Is Beast of Reincarnation hard? Not by default. Many find the standard settings forgiving, and update 1.1.0 on 1 October added a Very Hard mode and a Ruthless mode where one hit kills Emma. ### Can you skip cutscenes in Beast of Reincarnation? Yes, since the updates. Version 1.0.9 let players hold a button to skip, and 1.0.12 on 17 September made almost every cutscene skippable. ### Does Beast of Reincarnation have an FOV slider or ultrawide support? Both, after launch. Version 1.0.9 added ultrawide support and frame generation, and 1.1.01 on 9 October added a field-of-view setting. ### What PC do you need for Beast of Reincarnation? The minimum is a Core i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 3600, 16 GB of RAM and a GeForce GTX 1070 or Radeon RX 580 with 8 GB. Game Freak recommends a Core i7-12700K or Ryzen 7 5800X and a GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6700 XT with 12 GB. ### When did Beast of Reincarnation come out, and how much is it? 4 August 2026, on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, at $59.99. ## Sources 110. Steam: Beast of Reincarnation, store page and user reviews: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2001760/ 111. Fictions on Steam: Beast of Reincarnation release date, 4 August, 14 July: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2001760/view/1838407329252794 112. Fictions on Steam: Beast of Reincarnation PC patch notes v1.0.9, 24 August: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2001760/view/1841579228675869 113. Fictions on Steam: Beast of Reincarnation PC patch notes v1.0.12, 17 September: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2001760/view/1844115010492912 114. Fictions on Steam: Beast of Reincarnation PC patch notes v1.1.0, 1 October: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2001760/view/1845383656382997 115. Fictions on Steam: Beast of Reincarnation PC patch notes v1.1.01, 9 October: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2001760/view/1846018067934179 Page: https://creativecult.digital/games/beast-of-reincarnation