Hyperdimension Neptunia

[Opa Opa]

*sigh*

Still waiting on Gamestop to call me to come pick up my copy.

I may call them later today to see if it's even been shipped from that other store yet.

[noiseredux]

honestly man, the writing is hilarious. There's so many little inside jabs at the various companies and games. It's great.

[Opa Opa]

Here's something funny.

Gamespot gave the game a 3/10. One of the reasons was "Characters are disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls".

Yet Gamespot gave Grand Theft Auto IV a 10/10. A game that lets you get some "special attention" from women at a "gentlemen's club".

[noiseredux]

pretty much every review I've read of HN has been horrible. The game really has a bad reputation -- the oversexualiazed thing included. I don't really get it. Lots of JRPG's are full of sexy anime. And this game is basically a huge parody of JRPG's so....

[isiolia]

pretty much every review I've read of HN has been horrible. The game really has a bad reputation -- the oversexualiazed thing included. I don't really get it. Lots of JRPG's are full of sexy anime. And this game is basically a huge parody of JRPG's so....

Most reviews/opinions I've read are more along the line that, as a game, it's terrrible, and the translation/humor is about the only reason to play it.

[noiseredux]

pretty much every review I've read of HN has been horrible. The game really has a bad reputation -- the oversexualiazed thing included. I don't really get it. Lots of JRPG's are full of sexy anime. And this game is basically a huge parody of JRPG's so....

Most reviews/opinions I've read are more along the line that, as a game, it's terrrible, and the translation/humor is about the only reason to play it.

I would say that the gameplay itself is good. It's not great, but it's not terrible. It's a pretty standard JRPG in all honesty. But the dialogue and story makes the game great.

[Opa Opa]

I read the Gamespot review again and from what I can tell they mostly hate the game because it's a (mostly) traditional rpg. Go to dungeon, grind, repeat. Unless you like the genre you can't really write an objective review of the game for the rpg-lover.

[noiseredux]

I read the Gamespot review again and from what I can tell they mostly hate the game because it's an rpg.

I hate shit like that.

[Opa Opa]

That's the gaming world today. People can't wrap their minds around the idea of having to level up to progress; much less get into random battles!

The most common complaint I see today is "why are there random battles? I should be able to walk past enemies!"

Why? You're going to have to train anyway. You might as well fight common enemies.
(end rpg rant )
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I'm glad we still have companies that'll make games like they used to be.

[isiolia]

Well, I don't just mean mainstream reviews. I mean commentary on other forums (from people playing bunches of other RPGs), or things like RPGamer who are probably going into a JRPG knowing what to expect.