Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters PS4 Review

Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters is Compile Coronary heart and Thought Manufacturing unit’s newest installment within the fan-favorite long-running Neptunai collection and the most recent mainline recreation that isn’t a spin-off shortly. Just like the title suggests, the sport places the principle characters on the again burner and places their sister/ CPU candidates, Rom, Ram, Uni, and Nepgear, the protagonist of this story, within the limelight. The story takes place within the Gamindustri, the cheeky in-game reference to the actual Gaming Trade, and the areas Lowee, Lastation, Leanbox, and Planeptune, which reference the plain real-life gaming corporations.

A Shocking Story

After Neptune and the remainder of the leaders of those nations are despatched on a crucial mission to research unusual occurrences within the PC continent, it’s as much as their sisters to go on a separate mission which sadly finally ends up with them seemingly unsealing a brand new malicious goddess and them being sealed for 2 years. They later awaken to seek out the world plagued with new monsters and residents shedding religion within the goddesses and spending time with their new stylish cellphones. So it’s as much as the sisters to get the world again to the way it was, with the assistance of latest characters Maho and Anri, whose fates are additionally tied to current occasions.

To maintain issues brief, the story in Neptunia: Sisters vs. Sisters is by far the very best side of the sport, because the builders succeeded in giving the story nice depth and letting a number of characters actually shine. Whereas the story begins with a reasonably orthodox construction, it rapidly ramps up by introducing new characters and excessive stakes. When you’re a long-time fan of the collection, the sport presents tons of references to the outdated video games in addition to geek and gaming tradition, similar to nods and pokes enjoyable at Pokemon Go, PlayStation censorship, Higurashi, and extra. I need to additionally admit that the story idea is without doubt one of the most amusing and fascinating ideas in any title I’ve seen, and the sport’s story particularly manages to cowl fashionable gaming tradition in a approach I’ve by no means seen any recreation do earlier than.

Nonetheless, whereas the sport sports activities a genuinely fascinating plot that admittedly tries to carry you up to the mark on the lore and world, it sadly nonetheless depends on you being a returning fan or participant of the collection, as lots of the story and character particulars will fly over your head in any other case. Although it’s additionally truthful to notice that that is customary for many continuation titles.

Hit-and-Miss Gameplay

Now when it comes to gameplay, I need to admit that whereas the sport’s fight system is satisfactory, I didn’t discover it very satisfying, particularly earlier within the story. Gamers can swap in, out, and between characters on the fly and use their a number of customary, vary, and particular assaults. Doing this lets them construct AP (Motion Factors), which in flip lets them execute hyperlink assaults, particular assaults, and goddess transformations by build up their EXE Drives. And whereas fight isn’t sluggish per se, the power to rapidly swap between characters actually makes you want actions had been sooner, and the restricted body charge on the PS4 doesn’t assist in any respect. What’s extra, the sport additionally, sadly, sports activities plenty of bland enemies which might be closely repeated, and only some bosses are literally entertaining and satisfying in a struggle. Exterior fight, gamers will even purchase consumable gadgets, use equipment, and stage up their characters whereas exploring the sport’s a number of repeated maps and areas, a lot of which sadly look bland visually, save for Planeptune, which is surprisingly not solely massive and explorable but additionally distinctive among the many recreation’s different areas.

Apart from that, it’s additionally value mentioning the sport’s character fashions, which, whereas not dangerous, should not actually as detailed as you’d anticipate a recreation of this period to be, as they give the impression of being extra akin to PS3 fashions than the rest. Lastly, I’d even be remiss if I didn’t point out the superb Japanese and English voice forged, which did implausible jobs portraying the characters making the general story that rather more satisfying.

Ultimate Ideas

Total, Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters offers a captivating story and extremely endearing, well-voiced characters. Whereas the sport has its justifiable share of points, making it a tough title to suggest to JRPG followers basically, Neptunia followers will most certainly nonetheless find it irresistible, particularly after a lot of its gameplay points have been hopefully ironed out.