Opening your heart
The World Ends With You is an action role-playing game released on the Nintendo DS in 2007 and developed by Square Enix and Jupiter with remixed versions releasing on mobile and the Nintendo Switch during the years. An innovative game that manages to tell an intriguing story with great and relatable characters with some bizarre game yet unique and out of left field felt pretty clunky throughout the experience.
This game's story surprisingly puts you on your toes through the game to an extent I really didn't expect here and the dialogue here really holds up well despite the game being almost 15 years old. I'm also surprised by how varied and catchy the soundtrack seems to be that it enhances almost every facet of this game and the way the game presents itself. Neku and the supporting cast are well written and fleshed out and there's always something new to find out about them that ends up making sense later. The facet of the gameplay that takes full advantage of the touch screen is also well implemented with each pin or "psych" you get attributing to the various functions of the DS such as scratching the screen with the stylus, touching an enemy, swiping motions on the touch screen down to having to scream using the microphone to activate a pin that I did enjoy.
The gameplay here is extremely innovative and unique even now but expect a learning curve as you have to juggle between two characters at the same time during gameplay and the game felt clunky throughout. I also wouldn't have mind as much but some pins refused to work despite the instructions being clear and the touch screen wouldn't be able to do exactly what I wanted at times that would get me to take more damage than intended and felt frustrating at times. The special way partners work is pretty cool except for one that took a bit more out of me that I expected but I appreciated that it plays different in certain scenarios.
This is definitely a game that holds up really well and has a meaningful message to leave with you in the end. The soundtrack is memorable, the characters get you attached surprisingly quick, the story always keeps you guessing and I have never seen Shibuya more into its element here. Always expand your world so that it never ends with you.
The World Ends With You is an action role-playing game released on the Nintendo DS in 2007 and developed by Square Enix and Jupiter with remixed versions releasing on mobile and the Nintendo Switch during the years. An innovative game that manages to tell an intriguing story with great and relatable characters with some bizarre game yet unique and out of left field felt pretty clunky throughout the experience.
This game's story surprisingly puts you on your toes through the game to an extent I really didn't expect here and the dialogue here really holds up well despite the game being almost 15 years old. I'm also surprised by how varied and catchy the soundtrack seems to be that it enhances almost every facet of this game and the way the game presents itself. Neku and the supporting cast are well written and fleshed out and there's always something new to find out about them that ends up making sense later. The facet of the gameplay that takes full advantage of the touch screen is also well implemented with each pin or "psych" you get attributing to the various functions of the DS such as scratching the screen with the stylus, touching an enemy, swiping motions on the touch screen down to having to scream using the microphone to activate a pin that I did enjoy.
The gameplay here is extremely innovative and unique even now but expect a learning curve as you have to juggle between two characters at the same time during gameplay and the game felt clunky throughout. I also wouldn't have mind as much but some pins refused to work despite the instructions being clear and the touch screen wouldn't be able to do exactly what I wanted at times that would get me to take more damage than intended and felt frustrating at times. The special way partners work is pretty cool except for one that took a bit more out of me that I expected but I appreciated that it plays different in certain scenarios.
This is definitely a game that holds up really well and has a meaningful message to leave with you in the end. The soundtrack is memorable, the characters get you attached surprisingly quick, the story always keeps you guessing and I have never seen Shibuya more into its element here. Always expand your world so that it never ends with you.
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Glad you liked the game. I've cherished it ever since I first played it back in 2007.
COMPOSTCOMEFORTH
2 years ago