Very surprised there's no thread on this. The first game came out two years ago, and the sequel in Japan came out last month:
Anyway, this seems like the last big release on PS3, which is the version I'm playing. You lot probs want it on Xbone or PS4. There wasa time when a weird Japanese game like this would have set this forum on fire. But now you're all probably playing Candy Crush or something.
I have zero experience with the manga or anime, but the game feels a lot like Valkyria Chronicles. A bunch of young kids in the military are fighting a valiant war to protect their homes. One of the main characters has magical transformation powers, an you control a squad of individually named people with their own unique personalities and specialised gameplay traits (even so far as unlocking special skills as you level up).
However, unlike Valkyria Chronicles, the gameplay is all action. It's also quite novel. Imagine a cross between a Spiderman game, Vanquish, and Shadow of the Colossus.
You zoom around these levels attack the weak points on giants. All very intense. Maybe too intense. The game throws a metric **** ton of information at you constantly, with giant levels filled with 20+ giant enemies, allies in danger, boss areas, item refuels, humans in danger, a little body radar for the enemy, icons showing you which body parts contain item resources, coloured smoke signals, horses running around...
The combat is also very fast, since you get bonuses for quick finishes. You need to lock on to an enemy with R1, then select a weak spot via the right stick, leap with Square, zoom with X, then attack with Triangle, all while flying around with the left stick and avoiding other enemies.
I got through three story missions and a couple of side-missions, and I had to stop for today.
Between missions you can chat with characters, buy new weapons, or use resources to upgrade them. So there's a sort of crafting system, where you need to replay missions to grind for resources.
Liking it so far, but disappointed there's no English dub. Characters give you specific instructions and important advice during the intense fights, and it's a massive pain trying to juggle three giant enemies while flying around on wires and still trying to read subtitles telling me where I need to go next or who I need to save, all while time is ticking down. Would have been much easier to listen to the instructions in English.
Liking it so far. Very surprised no one on here has been playing it.
Anyway, this seems like the last big release on PS3, which is the version I'm playing. You lot probs want it on Xbone or PS4. There wasa time when a weird Japanese game like this would have set this forum on fire. But now you're all probably playing Candy Crush or something.
I have zero experience with the manga or anime, but the game feels a lot like Valkyria Chronicles. A bunch of young kids in the military are fighting a valiant war to protect their homes. One of the main characters has magical transformation powers, an you control a squad of individually named people with their own unique personalities and specialised gameplay traits (even so far as unlocking special skills as you level up).
However, unlike Valkyria Chronicles, the gameplay is all action. It's also quite novel. Imagine a cross between a Spiderman game, Vanquish, and Shadow of the Colossus.
You zoom around these levels attack the weak points on giants. All very intense. Maybe too intense. The game throws a metric **** ton of information at you constantly, with giant levels filled with 20+ giant enemies, allies in danger, boss areas, item refuels, humans in danger, a little body radar for the enemy, icons showing you which body parts contain item resources, coloured smoke signals, horses running around...
The combat is also very fast, since you get bonuses for quick finishes. You need to lock on to an enemy with R1, then select a weak spot via the right stick, leap with Square, zoom with X, then attack with Triangle, all while flying around with the left stick and avoiding other enemies.
I got through three story missions and a couple of side-missions, and I had to stop for today.
Between missions you can chat with characters, buy new weapons, or use resources to upgrade them. So there's a sort of crafting system, where you need to replay missions to grind for resources.
Liking it so far, but disappointed there's no English dub. Characters give you specific instructions and important advice during the intense fights, and it's a massive pain trying to juggle three giant enemies while flying around on wires and still trying to read subtitles telling me where I need to go next or who I need to save, all while time is ticking down. Would have been much easier to listen to the instructions in English.
Liking it so far. Very surprised no one on here has been playing it.
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