Hyperdimension Neptunia Good or Bad ?

I heard it was horrible but I would love to hear the truth from people who really played it.

It's not very good. Maybe not a "3" bad, but it's definitely not higher than a 5. Very clunky dungeon crawling, long and boring battles, awful music, and a bland story.

It's not very good. Maybe not a "3" bad, but it's definitely not higher than a 5. Very clunky dungeon crawling, long and boring battles, awful music, and a bland story.

yokofox33

I pre-ordered from the NIS site (even got the playing cards which were limited to 1k!) Its really funny actually, almost 100% fanservice, very bubbly, almost a little to much.

The dungeon navigation is a little clunky at first, your character seems to move very fast making getting in the right position to open chests and get through doors a little bothersome, the gameplay is very similar to the Xenosaga trilogy on PS2 with an enormous level of customization, there are dozens and dozens of four button combos which you can customize and change up, from something simple like a 3 physical hit combo and a gunshot, to things like entering HDD mode (like the super power mode) and then being able to continue your combo while gaining more AP with successive hits..

The main problem is unfortunately a rather large one, the healing system is basically random, when your character gets below X amount of health you have to set it so they try to heal themselves by using a combination of resources, and the chances for success are something like 50% only.. The story is goofy and a little nonsensical, but there are a ton of video game references and jokes that are always being thrown around and for the most part they're usually pretty funny.. Lastly the dungeons themselves are designed to go through in a speedrun, where you get better gear/loot for faster times, there's lots of customization though and if you don't mind fan service and a fair bit of repetition its quite fun if not a little shallow on the story side.

If you're gonna get it i'd recommend doing it soon, they just reprinted it..

It's decent. Like someone else said, if you REALLY like JRPGs then you might enjoy it.

It's not very good. Maybe not a "3" bad, but it's definitely not higher than a 5. Very clunky dungeon crawling, long and boring battles, awful music, and a bland story.

yokofox33

Also, this.

Just yet another JRPG with a pretty awful story (if you ask me). Nothing game-changing, just simple JRPG technicalities, including voice-acting, soundtrack, combat, etc. Not worth a purchase in my opinion. Visuals are pretty bland as well.

Oh, I should also mention that these opinions stem from playing through it via a rental from gamefly. I did complete the game, but this is what I truly thought by the end of it all.

If you're gonna get it i'd recommend doing it soon, they just reprinted it..

PoisoN_Facecam0

If you really have a fondness for JRPGs, anime and gaming than you can't go wrong. All others need to stay away. You can check out my video review here for more of my opinion.

[QUOTE="PoisoN_Facecam0"]If you're gonna get it i'd recommend doing it soon, they just reprinted it..

Young_Charter

If you really have a fondness for JRPGs, anime and gaming than you can't go wrong. All others need to stay away. You can check out my video review here for more of my opinion.

Shadow-Elite

[QUOTE="yokofox33"]

It's not very good. Maybe not a "3" bad, but it's definitely not higher than a 5. Very clunky dungeon crawling, long and boring battles, awful music, and a bland story.

Young_Charter

It's got all the same issues as all the other basic JRPGS ever, which is why it scored low.

But this one's about the console wars. And from what I've heard, it can be pretty darn funny. So if you're willing to put up with the typical JRPG structure, give it a go.

Everyone else, shut up and stay away.

Everyone else, shut up and stay away.KillerWabbit23

Lmfao. . . I hear u on that 1 bro

It's got all the same issues as all the other basic JRPGS ever, which is why it scored low.

But this one's about the console wars. And from what I've heard, it can be pretty darn funny. So if you're willing to put up with the typical JRPG structure, give it a go.

Everyone else, shut up and stay away.

KillerWabbit23

[QUOTE="KillerWabbit23"]

It's got all the same issues as all the other basic JRPGS ever, which is why it scored low.

But this one's about the console wars. And from what I've heard, it can be pretty darn funny. So if you're willing to put up with the typical JRPG structure, give it a go.

Everyone else, shut up and stay away.

frostybanana

[QUOTE="KillerWabbit23"]

It's got all the same issues as all the other basic JRPGS ever, which is why it scored low.

But this one's about the console wars. And from what I've heard, it can be pretty darn funny. So if you're willing to put up with the typical JRPG structure, give it a go.

Everyone else, shut up and stay away.

frostybanana

Amen to that. I'm a HUGE JRPG and Japanesy fan, but I even found this game horribly boring and bland. Very shallow and clunky game. Again, I'll probably finish it someday, and it's perhaps not "3" bad like I said, but the absolute most I'd give it is a 5.

If the game weren't so damn clunky and slow it would be more enjoyable. I can live with a bland story if the gameplay is smooth and fun.

The game is good and i mean a 6.5/10 good, i made a review and tons of others did too, its original since its about console wars and has some funny events but in my opinion i say get Ar Tonelico Qoga since its much much better then Neptunia then get Neptunia once it goes down in price, i recomend Ar Tonelico Qoga ( a 9.5/10 for me )

The game is good and i mean a 6.5/10 good, i made a review and tons of others did too, its original since its about console wars and has some funny events but in my opinion i say get Ar Tonelico Qoga since its much much better then Neptunia then get Neptunia once it goes down in price, i recomend Ar Tonelico Qoga ( a 9.5/10 for me )

finalstar2007

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

The game is good and i mean a 6.5/10 good, i made a review and tons of others did too, its original since its about console wars and has some funny events but in my opinion i say get Ar Tonelico Qoga since its much much better then Neptunia then get Neptunia once it goes down in price, i recomend Ar Tonelico Qoga ( a 9.5/10 for me )

PoisoN_Facecam0

[QUOTE="PoisoN_Facecam0"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

The game is good and i mean a 6.5/10 good, i made a review and tons of others did too, its original since its about console wars and has some funny events but in my opinion i say get Ar Tonelico Qoga since its much much better then Neptunia then get Neptunia once it goes down in price, i recomend Ar Tonelico Qoga ( a 9.5/10 for me )

Young_Charter

[QUOTE="Young_Charter"][QUOTE="PoisoN_Facecam0"] I'm pretty sure YC already owns Ar Tonelico... and since when did NIS games ever go down in price? :PPoisoN_Facecam0

[QUOTE="KillerWabbit23"]

It's got all the same issues as all the other basic JRPGS ever, which is why it scored low.

But this one's about the console wars. And from what I've heard, it can be pretty darn funny. So if you're willing to put up with the typical JRPG structure, give it a go.

Everyone else, shut up and stay away.

frostybanana

I don't know man... I played a quite few PS3 and PSP JRPGs (none to completion as they were mostly awful) and they had pretty much the same issues Neptunia allegedly does: hollow narratives/plots; typical characters (you didn't mention this, but I assume the characters in Neptunia all follow the same old archetypes); bland environments; long loading times; cluncky, repetitive (and often, mandatory) dungeon crawling; ****y music; etc. Now, as you probably already assumed, I've never played Neptunia (just read some info and watched a bunch of you tube vids), so I can neither support nor refute the argument that it's "unique" in how bad its structure is or in what its trying to accomplish, but generally speaking, most mediocre, niche anime-esque JRPGs are plagued by relatively comparable issues--and I would assume Neptunia is no exception (of course I may be wrong).

With that said, semantically speaking, it would have been more appropriate if Killer used the term mediocre/crappy/etc. instead of "basic" to describe JRPGs. I view basic as average, and Neptunia is visibly below that mark.

Wow Neptunia 2 is actually coming :P. the company is teasing Neptunia 2 ( which means the game did really well ). also TC once again i'd say check out Ar Tonelico Qoga before Neptunia

I thought it wasn't bad, but not superb either. About Atelier Rorona, I didn't get very far in that game, but I thought the battle system was pathetic.

I thought it wasn't bad, but not superb either. About Atelier Rorona, I didn't get very far in that game, but I thought the battle system was pathetic.

Bigboi500

Im close to beating atelier but had to stop to play ar Tonelico, Atelier used to be super fun but this one focus way too much on making items and assignments, hopefully the second game isnt like that

[QUOTE="Young_Charter"][QUOTE="PoisoN_Facecam0"] Lol, clever rabbit ;), wait, so you can't just put stuff away or put stuff on hold at EB? We got like a box where employees can keep stuff on hold for however long at my job.. (I got Me and My Katamari and Magna Carta Deluxe Edition PS2 in there right now :D )PoisoN_Facecam0

If you're into JRPGs then you should get and play it.

Off-topic. But Last Rebellion isn't that good yet I still enjoy playing it.

[QUOTE="frostybanana"][QUOTE="KillerWabbit23"]

It's got all the same issues as all the other basic JRPGS ever, which is why it scored low.

But this one's about the console wars. And from what I've heard, it can be pretty darn funny. So if you're willing to put up with the typical JRPG structure, give it a go.

Everyone else, shut up and stay away.

Rakuho

I don't know man... I played a quite few PS3 and PSP JRPGs (none to completion as they were mostly awful) and they had pretty much the same issues Neptunia allegedly does: hollow narratives/plots; typical characters (you didn't mention this, but I assume the characters in Neptunia all follow the same old archetypes); bland environments; long loading times; cluncky, repetitive (and often, mandatory) dungeon crawling; ****y music; etc. Now, as you probably already assumed, I've never played Neptunia (just read some info and watched a bunch of you tube vids), so I can neither support nor refute the argument that it's "unique" in how bad its structure is or in what its trying to accomplish, but generally speaking, most mediocre, niche anime-esque JRPGs are plagued by relatively comparable issues--and I would assume Neptunia is no exception (of course I may be wrong).

With that said, semantically speaking, it would have been more appropriate if Killer used the term mediocre/crappy/etc. instead of "basic" to describe JRPGs. I view basic as average, and Neptunia is visibly below that mark.

@frosty Well, he said what he said, after all. There's no denying it :lol:. I was just willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that what he really meant was "mediocre" or that his personal interpretation of "basic" equates to my interpretation of mediocre (even though the word basic is technically neither synonymous with average nor mediocre-which both happen to be interchangeable terms). And, yes, I realize that that assumption was a bit of a stretch :P. With that said, even if he originally meant it the way you thought he meant it, I still wouldn't have called for any sort of reprimand.

I played every single JRPG that came out for PS3 and Netunia is a 6.5/10 game for me... Ar tonelico Qoga which has just been released is a 9.5/10 for me.. pick your choice :)

I played every single JRPG that came out for PS3 and Netunia is a 6.5/10 game for me... Ar tonelico Qoga which has just been released is a 9.5/10 for me.. pick your choice :)

finalstar2007

I played every single JRPG that came out for PS3 and Netunia is a 6.5/10 game for me... Ar tonelico Qoga which has just been released is a 9.5/10 for me.. pick your choice :)

finalstar2007

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

I played every single JRPG that came out for PS3 and Netunia is a 6.5/10 game for me... Ar tonelico Qoga which has just been released is a 9.5/10 for me.. pick your choice :)

MethodManFTW

lmao, just making sure :oops: