Your five leads each have various class types assigned to them, like a support unit for restoring health and an assault unit with increased attack stats.Įach mission, true to Sentai tradition, has the heroes start out as regular citizens with lowered stats and no abilities, but landing attacks gradually fills an audience satisfaction bar at the top of the screen, and when a certain point on that bar is reached, your crew can don their hero outfits and reach their full potential for the rest of the battle. The majority of the game’s playtime takes place on various maps, with a standard isometric view and grid layout for moving the characters in turn-based combat similar to Fire Emblem and Disgaea. Now on their own, they’ll have to deal with both successfully filming each episode and managing their money and equipment, along with their former director causing trouble and some other side characters complicating things. The result is a title that’s charming, witty, surprisingly deep, and most importantly, fun.Ĭhroma Squad sees five TV stuntmen leaving their bossy director and starting their own indie studio in order to create a fresh new Sentai-styled series. Now, indie developer Behold Studios is paying tribute to this very concept with Chroma Squad, a novel mix of turn-based strategy RPG mechanics with some simulation components to boot. Focusing on fighters with colorful outfits, villains in rubber monster suits and tons of flashy explosions and fighting, the series is probably best known to Americans as being the inspiration for the long-running Power Rangers TV show. A staple of Japanese pop culture that has also left its mark on the West is the Super Sentai series.
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