mrjenyang
2022
Good
- Beautiful 2DHD artstyle.
- Storyline decision is pretty interesting (and challenging morally).
- Battles are challenging, over-leveled characters will not make it too easy.
- 2nd playthrough on harder difficulty & harder battles.
Meh
- Voice acting (english) is alright.
- Need more random battles (currently replaced with mock battles).
- Upgrades and weapons is lacking.
- Beautiful 2DHD artstyle.
- Storyline decision is pretty interesting (and challenging morally).
- Battles are challenging, over-leveled characters will not make it too easy.
- 2nd playthrough on harder difficulty & harder battles.
Meh
- Voice acting (english) is alright.
- Need more random battles (currently replaced with mock battles).
- Upgrades and weapons is lacking.
Good
- Storyline is amazing, with those 15-30mins cutscenes between chapters being the highlight!
- Japanese VO and character design/development is amazing.
- Gacha system for blades. (I do like some gacha elements to these games so long as it is not game-breaking)
- Exploration and questing.
Meh
- Battle gets a little draggy at the end but manageable.
Bad
- Performance on handheld is shit.
- Storyline is amazing, with those 15-30mins cutscenes between chapters being the highlight!
- Japanese VO and character design/development is amazing.
- Gacha system for blades. (I do like some gacha elements to these games so long as it is not game-breaking)
- Exploration and questing.
Meh
- Battle gets a little draggy at the end but manageable.
Bad
- Performance on handheld is shit.
2019
Good
- Deep character development.
- Extra stories and dungeons.
- Amazing battle system, dungeon design and boss battles.
- Amazing soundtrack!
- Amazing game pacing between school life and dungeon exploration.
- Better Mementos exploration.
Meh
- That new Phantom Thieves room.
- Storyline that is quite predictable, but execution with all the characters made it above average.
- Deep character development.
- Extra stories and dungeons.
- Amazing battle system, dungeon design and boss battles.
- Amazing soundtrack!
- Amazing game pacing between school life and dungeon exploration.
- Better Mementos exploration.
Meh
- That new Phantom Thieves room.
- Storyline that is quite predictable, but execution with all the characters made it above average.
2017
Good
- Battle, character customisation is amazing.
- School intermission is always a nice break from constant battles.
- Artwork is amazing (except from character sprite during battles)
- 3 main characters and 3 completely different storylines to play. Does create a very strong bond between players and house picked.
Meh
- Animations could have a little more variation.
- Character animation and design (becomes boring after a few battles in).
- Those random mob spawn in mid battle can be annoying.
Bad
- Fishing.
- Performance and character sprite (low-res).
- Romance option (where are the good LGBT ones).
- Battle, character customisation is amazing.
- School intermission is always a nice break from constant battles.
- Artwork is amazing (except from character sprite during battles)
- 3 main characters and 3 completely different storylines to play. Does create a very strong bond between players and house picked.
Meh
- Animations could have a little more variation.
- Character animation and design (becomes boring after a few battles in).
- Those random mob spawn in mid battle can be annoying.
Bad
- Fishing.
- Performance and character sprite (low-res).
- Romance option (where are the good LGBT ones).
2014
Good
- The function to swap between legacy and HD graphics is crazy good. Shows how much work it is done to keep Diablo 2 as close to the original.
- Classes are interesting.
- Dungeons and maps are eerie (in a good way) and sets a good tone to the game.
Meh
- Skill trees are a little too simple for modern times.
- Gameplay is a tad bit slow.
- The function to swap between legacy and HD graphics is crazy good. Shows how much work it is done to keep Diablo 2 as close to the original.
- Classes are interesting.
- Dungeons and maps are eerie (in a good way) and sets a good tone to the game.
Meh
- Skill trees are a little too simple for modern times.
- Gameplay is a tad bit slow.
Good
- Quicker and more engaging battles.
- Storyline is good (prologue to XBC2 storyline).
- Character design and Japanese VO (English VO is really bad and cringy).
- Exploration and questing.
- Those 15-30mins cutscenes are really good!
Meh
- Removal of gacha system in acquiring blades.
Bad
- Perfomance on handheld is shit.
- Quicker and more engaging battles.
- Storyline is good (prologue to XBC2 storyline).
- Character design and Japanese VO (English VO is really bad and cringy).
- Exploration and questing.
- Those 15-30mins cutscenes are really good!
Meh
- Removal of gacha system in acquiring blades.
Bad
- Perfomance on handheld is shit.
2016
2016
Good
- Amazing soundtrack!
- Amazing character design and development (only made better with P5R)!
- Amazing battle system.
- Amazing dungeon design and boss design (chills when I first saw the first boss).
- Fusing demons is like Pokemon breeding on steroid.
Meh
- Gets a little draggy at the end on the game.
- Amazing soundtrack!
- Amazing character design and development (only made better with P5R)!
- Amazing battle system.
- Amazing dungeon design and boss design (chills when I first saw the first boss).
- Fusing demons is like Pokemon breeding on steroid.
Meh
- Gets a little draggy at the end on the game.