Nights of Azure pits selfishness against selflessness

Nights of Azure is a tragic love story. Players watch as Arnice, a half-human/half-demon knight, and her lifelong friend, a priestess named Lilysse, fall in love, knowing all the while that life is conspiring to pull them apart. The very organization they serve, Curia, and the world in general, require the two to part. While it may seem like a clear cut case of questioning whether someone could sacrifice someone they love for the greater good, there’s another issue being debated.

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Review: Nights of Azure might leave you feeling blue

Every game has a goal. After an hour of play, you can tell what the developer wanted you to take away from the experience. Bethesda encourages exploration in Fallout 4’s post-apocalyptic wasteland. Game Freak offers constant collecting tasks in Pokemon. Nights of Azure, Gust and Koei Tecmo’s beat’em up, is here to tell a story of two star-crossed lovers that are a beacon of light in world trapped in eternal night.

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