Bright Memory: Infinite is probably one of those games that will fly under a lot of players' radar. This can be rather unfortunate because it's a really fun game, with a bunch of different ways to play. Even though it's relatively short, clocking in about two hours, players can still find a lot of good things in Bright Memory: Infinite. Players have been treated well when it comes to first-person shooters, and because of that, those types of games are becoming popular again. They're becoming more fluid, more engaging, and with interesting gameplay mechanics. Bright Memory: Infinite highlights all of that while borrowing inspiration from other games.
For a small package, Bright Memory: Infinite has a punch, from its extremely fluid gameplay to its amazing graphics, it's not hard to get into a game like this. However, even though Bright Memory: Infinite is straightforward, it's still quite challenging, especially if players opt for harder difficulties. And with the over-the-top boss battles, and set pieces, players may feel overwhelmed. But, if they jump into the world with these tips, fighting the demons and other enemies will be easier.
5 Always Be Moving
One of the many things that Bright Memory: Infinite does really well, is the movement, and how it impacts gameplay. Because the game is heavily focused on movement, it'll help keep players alive. Since the fights that happen have tons of enemies appear on-screen, standing still will allow them to hit players more and do more damage. Mixing in the quick movement and the very fluid combat, players can tear down through the waves of enemies with little or no effort.
On top of that, Bright Memory: Infinite bosses can be quite unforgiving, and getting hit will hinder players' strategies of beating them. But by using the dashes and sliding as often as possible, players will be able to overcome quite a bit. As long as they time everything they do, which includes the movement, getting past each stage will be more tangible. However, if players play on a harder difficulty, all this is dialed up by 11, and players will need to be more aggressive. But as mentioned before, as long as they time the movement, things become doable.
4 Relics
Upgrading is crucial, and on the harder difficulties, it's a matter of life and death. Relics allow players to upgrade the exo-suit, the Light Sword, and the weapon capabilities. Plus, they make players more of a threat. They can be found by either collecting enough resources that the ancient enemies drop, over by finding these small green stones that are littered throughout the world. The good thing about Bright Memory: Inifinite is that there can be a lot of enemies at once on-screen, meaning there can be a lot of those ancient enemies on screen as well.
This allows players to collect resources to build towards a small green stone, which in turn, gives them chances to upgrade often. On top of that, even though Bright Memory: Infinite has a very basic HUD, it still gives players enough of an alert that they should upgrade since they have the resources. So, with that, players should be upgrading as often as possible, since the game makes it possible to do so with how quickly things are going.
3 Looting
Even though Bright Memory: Infinite is a linear first-person shooter, it does have mechanics that make it a little deeper than most. This comes in the form of looting, players can beat all the enemies on a stage and then spend a few minutes collecting loot. Bright Memory: Infinite borrows a lot from other games, one of the games it draws inspiration from is Tomb Raider, specifically the later ones. Where players spend time collecting resources, to craft or collect which put an emphasis on exploration and in turn, made the environments great.
Bright Memory: Infinite leans into that as well when it comes to looting. While not as deep as Tomb Raider, it still manages to keep players engaged. Since they are using guns as well, all with two firing modes, stocking up on ammo will help out more than players would assume.
2 Use Variety
This means players should utilize everything at their disposal from the Light Sword to the weapons they get. Everything helps players in the end. While the combat may seem repetitive, and players are rightfully calling for more, what Bright Memory: Infinite has now will help players still. Because every enemy type behaves differently, some have shields others will dodge players' attacks, so fighting in one way will make things harder.
So the game does force players to use everything they have on them, this actually helps them become more fluid with both combat and movement. Because as players level up and get better upgrades, they'll get attacks they show off the variety, like range attacks from the light sword, or attacks from the exo-suit's left arm. It makes everything the player does, do damage regardless of how they're using it. This makes the combat of Bright Memory: Inifinite a lot more immersive.
1 The Light Sword
As mentioned before, Bright Memory: Inifinite borrows a lot from other games and makes them more tangible for its world. One of those games that have heavily influenced combat is the Devil May Cry games. The reason why Devil May Cry games are so good is because of how fluid the combat is, and Bright Memory: Infinite pays great respect to that in its own game. Much like Devil May Cry, the sword plays a mighty huge role in combat. It's a great addition to have because it can be multipurpose and can be used in combos.
First by combining attacks with the left arm of the exo-suit, where players can pull enemies in towards them and hack and slash them. Second, players can use the sword to block and deflect enemy shots, provided they are close enough to hit another enemy. Plus, as mentioned before, some enemies have shields, and the guns don't work, players can use the Light Sword to bring that down. On top of that, the boss battle which can be hard can get easier if players switch between the guns and the Light Sword often.
Bright Memory: Infinite is available now on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC.