Reincarnation

The brief

Nuclear Blast had already done this twice — SABATON, then Beast In Black. Reincarnation is the third, and the first built for a single rather than an album. That changes the shape of the job: a single is a smaller occasion and a faster one, so the game has to be understood in a few seconds and finished in a couple of minutes.

The mechanic is a duel and nothing else. The witch throws her magic down from above; you parry with the sword and send it straight back at her, and the shots you return are what score. Miss and you take it. Survive long enough and the only thing left to beat is your own record.

The soundtrack is the song itself, rewritten in 8-bit by the band — which is the detail that keeps the whole thing on the right side of the line between a game about a record and a game with a logo on it.

The build

These describe the build. The game runs on the label’s side and we have no play figures we could honestly claim — the point here is the third commission, not a leaderboard.

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