Once you get to dive into the action, it’s pretty good stuff. What matters is that the development teams got the important bits right within their limited budgets, and made something really pretty into the bargain. Taken in that context, the little issues dissipate. It’s certainly not the best game I’ve played this year, but it’s also a fun and frivolous little experience that knows its limits, doesn’t outstay its welcome, and is wildly entertaining while it lasts. Nonetheless, you’ll have fun with it from the moment it opens to the moment it closes.Īs I wrote in my original review: It’s not perfect by any means, and it’s not the best Neptunia game. I’m not usually one to complain about content, but my one main criticism of Neptunia X Senran Kagura is that it came across as a game that was meant to be much larger in scope than development time and budget allowed. That being said some additional missions or minigames might have helped. I suspect the latter will be the most appealing thing about the Switch edition, given the fanservice orientation of the game, and the good news is that those costumes do look good. You won’t necessarily be playing this on the train (unless you’re like me and use fanservicey games to make sure no one sits around me – it’s the best anti-COVID social distancing tool of all), but it is such a “Switch brawler” experience that I’m now surprised the console wasn’t the first platform for the game.įor the new features, it really is a thin list: There are two new characters, Yuuki and Goh, a new difficulty setting option, as well as some new DLC costumes. There’s a slight drop in graphical fidelity from the PS4 version to get this working on Switch, but the mission structure, combat system and overall vibe of the thing do suit the Switch better. So I gave it another spin, and as it turns out, I was right. However, I did think that this would be a more natural fit for the handheld console, as it has all of those qualities about it: it’s a relatively streamlined, fairly short action-brawler, with a simple (but vibrant) visual style that wouldn’t have lost much on the smaller screen. I almost wasn’t going to play this version at all, as the updates that were being trumpeted in the PR were relatively minor, and while I like this game a lot, I find myself with less and less time to play even the best games that I like.
I’m going to simply copy in a big chunk of my original review of Neptunia X Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars on PlayStation 4 for this review of the new Nintendo Switch edition.
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