First things first, since I played this game in its original vita release form, I definitely experienced some performance issues while playing that were fixed by the PS4 port. Since these have been updated by my understanding I won't raise them, but I want to note their existence on vita.

With that being said, my opinion on U&U is a little strange. I really disliked the monotony of the gameplay and the artificial difficulty, and none of the side quests were particularly interesting. The pacing of the narrative is super weird, going from nothing happening in the first 10 or so chapters to more or less everything at once. Shion's route is an inconsistent mess that uses one of my most hated tropes of all time.

And yet I'm still really fond of U&U! The other main girls are all really interesting and awesome, the main antagonist owns every minute of screentime they get (which admittedly is not many, though Director's Cut may fix this) and the lore has a lot going for it too. Nana's subplot is straight up adorable if you go all the way with it, the replay value is neat... in general U&U just feels like a very weirdly cosy game. Also, yay for equal fanservice between the men and women!

However, with Director's Cut existing... I really can't recommend the vanilla PS3/vita releases anymore. Even without playing DC just yet the devs pretty much admitted these versions were unfinished without the "true ending not told ten years ago", so really I'd say just go straight to DC rather than the original game, there's nothing in them that isn't also in DC aside from maybe slightly better lighting.

While Akiba’sTrip might seem like one ‘those’ types of games, the ones that appeal to lonely and horny young men, it’s actually not like that at all.

It takes place in a near perfect (at time of release) replica of Akihabara, Japan. It’s amazing how much little details went into the environment alone.

The combat controls can be a little difficult, and feels repetitive pretty quickly sometimes, but is a solid beat’emup regardless.

The plot is ridiculous and over the top, but in a stupid fun sort of way. The characters are likable and relatable, and the voice acting is pretty good.

Overall just a stupid fun game.

The difficulty selection has three options: casual, normal, and gamer. I knew from that screen alone that this was going to be a so-bad-it's-good game.

The clunky combat is pushed to it's limits on gamer difficulty. Large difficulty spikes are littered throughout the story. Some of the missions are nearly impossible without carefully micromanaging your companion, abusing weapon hotboxes, and constantly disengaging to heal.

The story for this game is wild. I don't want to spoil anything, but just know that the villains' motivations are hilarious.

If you're looking for a so-bad-it's-good anime game, then consider picking this one up.

Not gonna lie here this game is a real guilty pleasure. I've platinum'd it twice. It's just such a fun game. Ridiculous but fun. It's a beat um up game with RPG mechanics. The enemies of this game are sudo vampires and the only way they can die is exposure to sunlight. So naturally your goal is to beat them up and strip them of thier clothes to expose their skin. It's as sleasy as it sounds but it's all light hearted and in good fun. It's equally skimpy on the men as well. The actual fighting is decent and almost anything can be used as a weapon. Your free to make your character how you want. Every person has three "armors" or clothes you need to remove. Head, upper and lower. You have to hi each area enough to deplete the HP of the specific body part and when it's low enough you can atempt to strip the article of clothing off. The act of doing it is very satisfying and you can even chain combo to do multiple strips for big points. It's as fun as it's ridicouls.

The story is stupid but it's just a means to an end to get more battles and stuff. The game takes place in Japan's Akihabara and is almost a 1 to 1 recreation of it so it's really fun to explore and see the different things it has. It's an open world game with side missions and story missions. There is a relationship choice meta game too that impacts the ending. There is enough content to keep you playing for awhile and by the time you have had enough it's over. Can't stress enough how much I liked the stripping mechanic and what a guilty pleasure the game is.

Also the little sister character is the best.

Platinum # 25 and 73

A guilty pleasure of mine. It's super janky but also super fun. The worst part about it is the fact that best girl Kati doesn't have a route. Oh well, Rin is also really great!
Might replay in the future to hunt achievments.

EDIT: HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY JUST RELEASED A KATI ROUTE DLC FOR A 10 YEAR OLD GAME OUT OF NOWHERE I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TEENAGE ME IS SO FUCKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW I WAITED FOR SO LONG I NEVER TOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN INSTANT UPGRADE TO 5 STARS

(Original Rating: 3.5 stars)