History VideoGame / BlueReflectionSecondLight

''Blue Reflection: Second Light'' (titled as ''Blue Reflection Tie'' in Japan) is a JRPG from Creator/GustCorporation. It was released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation 4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on October 21, 2021, with a Western release for [=PlayStation=] 4, Nintendo Switch, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on November 9, 2021. It makes the third entry in the "Blue Reflection Project", starting with ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' and ''Anime/BlueReflectionRay''.

* NumerologicalMotif: Ten. Ten party characters.[[note]]albeit with 4 noncombatants[[/note]] Ten Heartscapes.[[note]]Two even having two characters share them so they can include significant {{NPC}}s [[spoiler:Yuzu and Lime]] without breaking the motif.[[/note]] Ten numbered chapters. [[spoiler:The entire game's structure is a reference to the ''UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}}'' Tree of Life, even including an unnumbered final chapter and a final dungeon which is everyone's Heartscape, representing Da'at (despite this, Daath from the first game is left unacknowledged).]]

* {{Reconstruction}}: The story is not afraid to go down the route many a MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction takes, and regularly gives {{Foreshadowing}} warnings that the cast (and player) will eventually have to [[FaceYourFears face some dark issues head-on]]. However, the overall message is a positive one where no matter how bad things get, how many mental problems anyone has, or how deep into despair anyone falls, [[{{Determinator}} the girls refuse to ever give up on each other]], and that's what allows them to repel the DespairEventHorizon.

* AbusiveParents: Kirara's father exploited her ability to hear ''The Divine'' for his own political gain.

** [[spoiler:This is mitigated by the TrueEnding of the game, [[EarnYourHappyEnding which can only be achieved by beating the game again on]] NewGamePlus, where Ao suddenly, inexplicably reappears in the flesh and the Reflector runs to go meet her.]]

** [[spoiler: If the fragment of Ao is to be believed, then Ao is doomed to repeat being in the Oasis for all eternity to save everyone else.]]

* NumerologicalMotif: Ten. Ten party characters.[[note]]albeit with 4 noncombatants[[/note]] Ten Heartscapes.[[note]]Two even having two characters share them so they can include significant {{NPC}}s [[spoiler:Yuzu and Lime]] without breaking the motif.[[/note]] Ten numbered chapters. The entire game's structure is a reference to the ''UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}}'' Tree of Life, even including an unnumbered final chapter and a final dungeon which is [[spoiler:everyone's Heartscape, representing Da'at (despite this, Daath from the first game is left unacknowledged).]]

* NumerologicalMotif: Ten. Ten party characters[[note]]albeit with 4 noncombatants[[/note]]. Ten Heartscapes.[[note]]Two even having two characters share them so they can include significant NPCs [[spoiler:Yuzu and Lime]] without breaking the motif.[[/note]] Ten numbered chapters. The entire game's structure is a reference to the ''UsefulNotes/Kabbalah'' Tree of Life, even including an unnumbered final chapter and a final dungeon which is [[spoiler:everyone's Heartscape, representing Da'at (despite this, Daath from the first game is left unacknowledged).]]

* {{Reconstruction}}: The story is not afraid to go down the route many a MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction takes, and regularly gives {{Foreshadowing}} warnings that the cast (and player) will eventually have to face some dark issues head-on. However, the overall message is a positive one where no matter how bad things get, how many mental problems anyone has, or how deep into despair anyone falls, [[{{Determinator}} the girls refuse to ever give up on each other]], and that's what allows them to repel the DespairEventHorizon.

* {{Reconstruction}}: The story is not afraid to go down the route many a MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction takes, and regularly gives {{Foreshadowing}} warnings that the cast (and player) will eventually have to face some dark issues head-on. However, the overall message is a positive one where no matter how bad things get, how many mental problems anyone has, or how deep into despair anyone falls, the girls refuse to ever give up on each other, and that's what allows them to repel the DespairEventHorizon.

* MarketBasedTitle: The Japanese subtitle ''Tie'' indicates how it ties the original game and ''Ray'' together by bringing back most of their respective casts to interact with the new characters. Due to the relative obscurity of the series overseas, the English subtitle is instead ''Second Light'' to remind people there's a first game, though the title screen voiceover still says ''Tie.''

''Blue Reflection: Second Light'' is a JRPG from Creator/GustCorporation. It was released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation 4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on October 21, 2021, with a Western release for [=PlayStation=] 4, Nintendo Switch, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on November 9, 2021. It makes the third entry in the "Blue Reflection Project", starting with ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' and ''Anime/BlueReflectionRay''.

* MagicSkirt: Compared to the first game, ''Second Light'' is much more careful with its camera angles to avoid PantyShot, at least when the girls are in their default school uniforms.

* TokenYuriGirls: Despite the high amount of ShipTease and female bonding moments, [[spoiler: Rena and Yuki]] are the only couple to have an official LoveConfession.

* HarderThanHard: The MUST DIE difficulty (Deathwish in North America), is included in a free update. On this difficulty, enemies are much stronger, faster, and more durable than they are on Hard difficulty, and bossesncan wipe out the entrie party in a few turns.

* NightmareSequence: Ao has one where her self doubts about being a good team leader come up, [[spoiler: after the failure in Uta's Heartscape.]]

* VideoGameSettings: The Heartscapes feature a lot of mix and matches of exaggerated details.
** AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The final layer in Rena's Heartscape as well as the final layer of Yuki's Heartscape (which is also apart of Rena's) is decorated by large twinkling stars on the ground and in the sky and features a large [[LightHousePoint lighthouse]]. Hinako's Heartscape features a giant rainbow path that leads up to the area boss.
** DiscOneFinalDungeon: The girls must traverse a large [[EternalEngine clock-looking]] field to confront their final inner hesitations, which is followed up with another field that leads to [[FinalBoss The World]] itself.
** FinalBossNewDimension: The World transports the party back to the [[MirrorWorld school roof]] but everything looks frightening with the blue water and sky becoming a shade of crimson red.
** ForestOfPerpetualAutumn: Kokoro's Heartscape which sees a very pretty autumn like shade in the trees and grass. Similar style is seen in the first layer of Kirara's Heartscape.
** GatelessGhetto: Ao's Heartscape overlaps with GraffitiTown as you explore part of an empty city where graffiti lines the walls. Uta, Shiho, Mio, Hiori and Hinako also have layers in their Heartscapes that feature [[MetropolisLevel cityscapes]].
** GreenHillZone: The Final Layer of Hinako's Heartscape features a pretty field with a lot of flowers and grass. Uta's Heartscape features her memories countryside where she would visit her grandmother, and the Happiness Zone from the original game in Yuzu and Lime's Heartscape. The second layer of Rena's Heartscape has the player ascending the [[GhibliHills mountains.]]
** LethalLavaLand: The Anger Zone in Yuzu and Lime's Heartscape.
** LostWoods: The Fear Zone in Yuzu and Lime's Heartscape and Kokoro's Heartscape also matches.
** PalmTreePanic: The first layer of Rena's Heartscape is along the beach, where she and Yuki first met.
** PlayerHeadQuarters: [[SchoolSettingSimulation The school]] is where you will interact with everyone, craft items, and visit every Heartscape.
** ShiftingSandLand: The second layer in Hinako's Heartscape features a desert environment, complete with a sandy hill to slide down.
** {{Wutai}}: Kirara's Heartscape encapsulates this the most along with a little bit of Kokoro's, given they're both from the countryside.

** Mio and Hiori's mother outright [[ParentalAbandonment walked out]] on them.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Yuki, whom died due to the Ash before coming to the Oasis and was revived by The World to be a spy on the girls in the Oasis.]]

** {{Wutai}}: Kirara's Heartscape encapsulates this the most along with a little bit of Kokoro's, given they're both from the countryside.