Decided to skip 4 and go straight to this since I played a lot of 4 as a kid. BN5 has the least amount of padding, an incredibly good chip selection, and fairly well design boss fights, but falls short in the story and scenario department. Things like the different locations and exploration are relatively forgettable as well.
Liberation missions are neat, mainly due to being able to use other Navis, but they can be frustrating due to RNG. Sometimes, the game just refuses to give you the chips you need to beat a group of enemies in three turns. Sure you can attribute that to having a poorly made chip folder, but I still feel like RNG can screw you over. Overall though, they're surprisingly well done.
Most of the boss fights are actually pretty good this time, but god that final boss is just awful. Due to how the final boss is designed, at least half of my chip folder was rendered useless, so I had to reload and completely remake the folder I had been using for most of the game. Having a gimmicky final boss that forces you to use a specific set of chips is just awful design in a game like this.
Oh yeah there's also that "defeat 100 samurai" minigame that's required to progress. It only took me a few tries, but Jesus Christ what the fuck Capcom?
Regardless, still a pretty good game. Think I still like BN3 slightly more, but this is definitely worth playing. Glad I could finally finish this after getting filtered by Cloudman as a 12-year-old.
Liberation missions are neat, mainly due to being able to use other Navis, but they can be frustrating due to RNG. Sometimes, the game just refuses to give you the chips you need to beat a group of enemies in three turns. Sure you can attribute that to having a poorly made chip folder, but I still feel like RNG can screw you over. Overall though, they're surprisingly well done.
Most of the boss fights are actually pretty good this time, but god that final boss is just awful. Due to how the final boss is designed, at least half of my chip folder was rendered useless, so I had to reload and completely remake the folder I had been using for most of the game. Having a gimmicky final boss that forces you to use a specific set of chips is just awful design in a game like this.
Oh yeah there's also that "defeat 100 samurai" minigame that's required to progress. It only took me a few tries, but Jesus Christ what the fuck Capcom?
Regardless, still a pretty good game. Think I still like BN3 slightly more, but this is definitely worth playing. Glad I could finally finish this after getting filtered by Cloudman as a 12-year-old.