Genuinely one of the worst SRPGs i've ever played. Could've genuinely been a Vita launch title (and that is NOT a compliment.)
If you have any lingering affection for Fairy Fencer and it's lovable cast like I do, please don't let them use that to sucker you out of money for one of the laziest and most boring sequels i've ever attempted to suffer through. You're not missing anything story-wise anyway since they just rebooted the timeline and characters AGAIN. So it's all effectively non-canon.
To quickly run through all the problems this game has though.
-Copy pasted enemies everywhere, you'll be seeing the same models over and over and OVER. especially Glace. Glace will be copy pasted into every single battle you do it feels like. And no, putting (shadow) next to the name and writing some one-off line about how she can make shadows of herself is not an excuse lol
-Basically 0 customization, most sub faries are useless, most gear you can buy in the shop will be worse than what party members started with several chapters ago.
-Difficulty curve is just a flat line. The game is never challenging, most enemies can barely scratch you while you just mow through them.
-The 3D models in battle, especially for the party members are just so ugly. I'm pretty sure the devs just aren't talented anything to pull this kinda thing off. All the way back in 2014 Hyperdevotion Noire looked BETTER on Vita, and thats because they didn't kid themselves by trying to do proper models, just some decently cute looking chibi ones instead.
-The singers aren't actually an interesting mechanic. As party members all they do is just sit there with a buffing aura around them when their songs are active. And when the songs aren't up, they're practically worthless (can't attack, very mediocre single-target buffs, no healing moves.)
World shaping, the most unique mechanic in the original game has been replaced by the most pathetically boring mini-game I've ever seen. Stabbing swords into squares on the world map and getting items you'll basically never need, wooo, so exciting!
If you have any lingering affection for Fairy Fencer and it's lovable cast like I do, please don't let them use that to sucker you out of money for one of the laziest and most boring sequels i've ever attempted to suffer through. You're not missing anything story-wise anyway since they just rebooted the timeline and characters AGAIN. So it's all effectively non-canon.
To quickly run through all the problems this game has though.
-Copy pasted enemies everywhere, you'll be seeing the same models over and over and OVER. especially Glace. Glace will be copy pasted into every single battle you do it feels like. And no, putting (shadow) next to the name and writing some one-off line about how she can make shadows of herself is not an excuse lol
-Basically 0 customization, most sub faries are useless, most gear you can buy in the shop will be worse than what party members started with several chapters ago.
-Difficulty curve is just a flat line. The game is never challenging, most enemies can barely scratch you while you just mow through them.
-The 3D models in battle, especially for the party members are just so ugly. I'm pretty sure the devs just aren't talented anything to pull this kinda thing off. All the way back in 2014 Hyperdevotion Noire looked BETTER on Vita, and thats because they didn't kid themselves by trying to do proper models, just some decently cute looking chibi ones instead.
-The singers aren't actually an interesting mechanic. As party members all they do is just sit there with a buffing aura around them when their songs are active. And when the songs aren't up, they're practically worthless (can't attack, very mediocre single-target buffs, no healing moves.)
World shaping, the most unique mechanic in the original game has been replaced by the most pathetically boring mini-game I've ever seen. Stabbing swords into squares on the world map and getting items you'll basically never need, wooo, so exciting!