Didn't expect to like this game as much as I did.
I started Senran Kagura mainly because of the boobs and I don't shy away from it, but after playing it for a while I noticed I found the overall games enjoyable.
What makes it stands out from other fanservice games is that it actually feels like a real, complete game, and there's clearly passion put into it.
The gameplay loop isn't anything new or particulary deep but it's fun, it's kinda like a 2D musou, and the final chapter actually has some challenging quests.
There are 5 playable characters, each with a different moveset and with different stats, and they can be used in three different ways: Ying, Yang and Flash mode. This add some, while little, customization to the gameplay, letting you choose your favourite approach for each quests: you can play on the defensive or having a great attack boost at the cost of almost zero defense. Flash mode is unlockable after a character masters both Ying and Yang, and it's the most balanced of the three.
What I did find questionable was the choice to lock a 6th character after the last story mode quest: at the point you unlock her, you'll have around 20 hours in and all quests completed expect just one, so I actually ended up not caring about her at all, despite being both an interesting and strong character.
Now for the story.
It was simple, and it was cute. Despite my initial beliefs, the story doesn't spin around fanservice and it's just a very common shonen from the 2000s. It's not that different from Naruto, really: 5 girls studying to become shinobi will face an evil rival school while finding what they fight for.
I actually ended up caring for the cast, and surprisingly my favourite character is Ikagura, which at the start I felt was looked very boring.
Surprisingly, the game is fully voiced. That wasn't something I gave from granted when playing on the 3DS.
Oh, and yeah, there are obviously boobs! And butts! This game has clearly the goal to make you look at thise stupid characters getting stupidly naked in fights, and I'm all in for it!
I started Senran Kagura mainly because of the boobs and I don't shy away from it, but after playing it for a while I noticed I found the overall games enjoyable.
What makes it stands out from other fanservice games is that it actually feels like a real, complete game, and there's clearly passion put into it.
The gameplay loop isn't anything new or particulary deep but it's fun, it's kinda like a 2D musou, and the final chapter actually has some challenging quests.
There are 5 playable characters, each with a different moveset and with different stats, and they can be used in three different ways: Ying, Yang and Flash mode. This add some, while little, customization to the gameplay, letting you choose your favourite approach for each quests: you can play on the defensive or having a great attack boost at the cost of almost zero defense. Flash mode is unlockable after a character masters both Ying and Yang, and it's the most balanced of the three.
What I did find questionable was the choice to lock a 6th character after the last story mode quest: at the point you unlock her, you'll have around 20 hours in and all quests completed expect just one, so I actually ended up not caring about her at all, despite being both an interesting and strong character.
Now for the story.
It was simple, and it was cute. Despite my initial beliefs, the story doesn't spin around fanservice and it's just a very common shonen from the 2000s. It's not that different from Naruto, really: 5 girls studying to become shinobi will face an evil rival school while finding what they fight for.
I actually ended up caring for the cast, and surprisingly my favourite character is Ikagura, which at the start I felt was looked very boring.
Surprisingly, the game is fully voiced. That wasn't something I gave from granted when playing on the 3DS.
Oh, and yeah, there are obviously boobs! And butts! This game has clearly the goal to make you look at thise stupid characters getting stupidly naked in fights, and I'm all in for it!