so 6 years later, we finally see a sequel to gunvolt 2:
finally gunvolt himself sees the spotlight again (or not), because he's actually a secondary playable character to the main character this time, kirin.
so is gunvolt 3 a proper follow up to 2?
..not really. every plot point from 2 is seemingly dropped from thin air in this game, only to be replaced with a relatively nonsensical plot where sumeragi is suddenly being sympathized with; despite being shown to be a force of relative evil in the past games, xiao and nori are nowhere to be seen, copen is only mentioned in one singular line and quinn is just gone (Lol). so, is there any postitives to this plot? the cast and support team are fun this time around, this game goes for a relatively lighthearted tone compared to 1 or 2 so the cast get to bant alot more and it is quite fun, kirin especially is a really fun character. but honestly, plot really was never that important in gunvolt, so let's get down to the gameplay:
let's start with the newbie, kirin. kirin is a melee sword-wielding character, she is a good mix between zero and gv's gameplay, where she tags like gunvolt and closes the distance so she can inflict melee damage like zero. now, this isn't the first time gunvolt has dealt with melee weapons, this game released 6 months after the first melee character in gunvolt, ix2 copen. so how does kirin fare compared to ix2 copen? well, she's like MILES better. while ix2 copen felt like trying to attach a melee element to a character that was clearly not designed around it. kirin feels like a great balance between trying to do sword-wielding platforming and doing something new with it, while this is only my first playthrough of many, i cannot wait to experiment in more detail with kirin as a whole as she is extremely fun.
but she's.. only one of two playable characters
so how about gunvolt himself?
ow. gunvolt is rough in this game. due to being made an op super-crutch for players, you can't really appreciate the additions to his kit that they made because he tears anything and everything apart on the screen in seconds, it's just
kind of sad that they made a pretty fun gameplay loop like this into something mindless
i'm not even going to bring up the gacha system because it's stupid and doesn't deserve my time
overall? i'm conflicted on this game, for every step it makes forward for the series, it feels like it takes 7 steps back
also the ending is really bad and unearned
tl;dr
7.5/10
update (12/16/22)
all of the updates for this game came out and umm yup!!! this was gunvolt 3 alright yep yup gunvolt 3
finally gunvolt himself sees the spotlight again (or not), because he's actually a secondary playable character to the main character this time, kirin.
so is gunvolt 3 a proper follow up to 2?
..not really. every plot point from 2 is seemingly dropped from thin air in this game, only to be replaced with a relatively nonsensical plot where sumeragi is suddenly being sympathized with; despite being shown to be a force of relative evil in the past games, xiao and nori are nowhere to be seen, copen is only mentioned in one singular line and quinn is just gone (Lol). so, is there any postitives to this plot? the cast and support team are fun this time around, this game goes for a relatively lighthearted tone compared to 1 or 2 so the cast get to bant alot more and it is quite fun, kirin especially is a really fun character. but honestly, plot really was never that important in gunvolt, so let's get down to the gameplay:
let's start with the newbie, kirin. kirin is a melee sword-wielding character, she is a good mix between zero and gv's gameplay, where she tags like gunvolt and closes the distance so she can inflict melee damage like zero. now, this isn't the first time gunvolt has dealt with melee weapons, this game released 6 months after the first melee character in gunvolt, ix2 copen. so how does kirin fare compared to ix2 copen? well, she's like MILES better. while ix2 copen felt like trying to attach a melee element to a character that was clearly not designed around it. kirin feels like a great balance between trying to do sword-wielding platforming and doing something new with it, while this is only my first playthrough of many, i cannot wait to experiment in more detail with kirin as a whole as she is extremely fun.
but she's.. only one of two playable characters
so how about gunvolt himself?
ow. gunvolt is rough in this game. due to being made an op super-crutch for players, you can't really appreciate the additions to his kit that they made because he tears anything and everything apart on the screen in seconds, it's just
kind of sad that they made a pretty fun gameplay loop like this into something mindless
i'm not even going to bring up the gacha system because it's stupid and doesn't deserve my time
overall? i'm conflicted on this game, for every step it makes forward for the series, it feels like it takes 7 steps back
also the ending is really bad and unearned
tl;dr
7.5/10
update (12/16/22)
all of the updates for this game came out and umm yup!!! this was gunvolt 3 alright yep yup gunvolt 3
Mailman_GV
1 year ago