Punishing: Gray Raven

Seize the moment, control your positioning, and defeat the Punishing Virus. Punishing: Gray Raven is a mobile action game. Here, you'll need to assemble different teams, tackle various levels, and defeat a variety of enemies. The maps are diverse; as the game progresses, you'll engage in fierce battles with enemies in various areas—abandoned cities, deserts, virtual worlds, and even the skies above the Earth. Enemies in different areas possess different fighting styles, and you'll need to utilize their characteristics to build the right team to defeat them more effectively. In addition, Punishing: Gray Raven features a dormitory where you can let your character rest or interact.

Features

Responsive Real-Time Combat

Punishing: Gray Raven is a skill-based combat game that emphasizes timing and positioning. Players directly control movement and attacks, then use precise dodges or blocks to exploit enemy weaknesses and launch counterattacks. You can switch teammates to join the battle mid-fight to extend combos. A match-3 skill system allows players to connect icons at the right time to trigger powerful skills. The soundtrack adds impact to every clash, making each battle unique.

The story chapters are rich in backstory.

The campaign tells a somber cyberpunk tale of humanity's desperate struggle against a punitive virus. The game employs a visual novel-style episodic structure, interspersed throughout missions to present key scenes. As the game progresses, players can unlock different perspectives and learn more about the backstory. Therefore, players can focus on the main objectives first, and then return to explore the side quests for a deeper understanding of the game world.

Diverse Locations and Mission Types

As the story unfolds, you will move from abandoned cities to deserts, megastructures, and virtual worlds. Some missions will send you to the polar fronts, while others will take place in low-gravity environments above the Earth. This diversity alters the pace of the game and enemy behavior patterns, keeping combat fresh as you rotate squads and tactics.

Build Your Team and Customize

The game offers a wide variety of 3D constructs for players to recruit, each with unique skills and role roles. Players can customize their constructs by equipping them with appropriate gear and adjusting their skills to suit different missions. With the diversification of enemy types, switching constructs and trying different team commands can help players deal with different threats and avoid repeating the same strategies.

Dormitory System for Downtime

Outside of missions in *Punishment: Gray Raven*, players can set up dormitories for their characters to rest and interact. You can place furniture, set themes, and view the character roster between missions. This space allows players to relax after intense battles and quickly interact with characters and complete small tasks.

Highlights

A unique feature of *Punishment: Gray Raven* is its fast combo system—each character builds a combo gauge by attacking enemies, and three or more hits unleash a more powerful attack. Each hero has their own skills, so building a balanced team is crucial for progressing in this action RPG.

Another important aspect of combat is dodging enemy attacks. Mastering the timing of parries allows you to enter slow-motion mode, and the combo gauge loads much faster. This allows you to attack enemy robots with greater power and unleash your character's ultimate skill more quickly.

Pros and Cons

Pros: Great soundtrack

Stunning visuals

Fast-paced 3D combat with combos and blocks

Cinematic storyline and diverse environments

Cons: High hardware requirements

Review

Overall, it's a very satisfying game. The combat feels great, the character costumes are exquisite and attractive, and the special effects are quite impressive. Most importantly, the game isn't too grindy; resources are relatively easy to acquire and it won't take up too much time, making it perfect as a casual mobile game. The story is also well-developed, with a solid narrative and well-developed characters. However, the gameplay is somewhat monotonous and lacks variety, which might become a bit boring after playing for a while. More innovation in gameplay would make it even more perfect.

The overall experience is good, but it would be even better if Kuro tried to add other languages. Not everyone understands English, so this would attract more players and make it easier to understand the game's details. If Naruto can do that, PGR can too! Although I no longer play the international server but instead play the Taiwan server, they're pretty much the same. I genuinely think this game is excellent and highly recommend it to everyone. I started playing Honkai Impact 3rd, but stopped after a while because its missions were quite difficult and not suitable for someone like me. Then I saw an advertisement for Punishing: Gray Raven, and the character models were incredibly beautiful. This game definitely won't disappoint me; once I started playing, I couldn't go back—it's so much fun! However, I've noticed one problem: Punishing: Gray Raven has far too few characters. The international server didn't even have a collaboration with NieR, and the Taiwan server only has 30 characters in total, including collaboration characters. 30 characters for a game is actually quite few. Punishing: Gray Raven has been around for a year, so I hope they release more characters. I've almost collected all my characters; please release new ones soon! Keep up the good work!

Summary

Beautiful 3D graphics, exhilarating background music, dazzling screen effects, hordes of enemy robots, and magnificent constructs. In Punishing: Gray Raven, countless intense battles, numerous locations, and mysteries await your exploration.