Action Unleashed?

More like Mediocrity Unchained.

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed is a game created by the same people who brought you Senran Kagura, but for some reason, this game lacks any of the polish of a Senran Kagura game.

This game is a perfect description of me: mostly soulless, boring, and the things it does, others do way better for the same price. This is a game that got Very Positive solely because of the franchise it is so sloppily stapled to. If any other developer were to make something of this calibre, it would get laughed out the door. A tried and true example of "Why spend money to make a good game, when our horny fans will buy it anyway?"

The enemies lack any sort of intelligence, with their sole purpose seemingly to just merge their body with yours in the vain hopes of dealing damage. You'd have to play like a complete idiot and force yourself down to Level 1 with an accessory to give them a fighting chance. I get that this is a Warriors type game, but even other Warriors games don't have infantry that are this incompetent at doing their one, sole job. The enemies in this game are so magnetised to the player character, that sometimes, they forget how to go around obstacles, it's like their pathfinding system was designed by someone who only knew how to draw a straight line.

And when the game does provide difficulty, it's so cheap. Get the enemies to 200 levels higher than the level cap? Check. Bloat enemy health to the point where it takes forever to kill them? Check. Have them deal lots of damage in one hit that you can't see coming because of the amount of enemies thrown at you at once? Check. These problems are prevalent and compunded in the stupid 1 dollar DLC they had the audacity to include. Even on sale, the DLC isn't worth it, and that's something I never thought I'd say about a DLC that costs the same as a can of soda. I beat the DLC quests, by the way, but do I feel fulfilled? Do I feel the same thing I feel when overcoming insurmountable odds in other, much better designed games? No.

They make this whole show of the clothes break mechanic, and how it's supposed to make you stronger whilst making you more vulnerable to damage, but it's really just a thinly veiled attempt to give this game depth, as if they suddenly started caring about the game.

The levels are ripped straight out of the PS3 and Re;Birth games with no real effort to tailor them to an action-oriented game, aside from putting some stupid barrier that prevents you from getting out of the immediate area you spawn in. They quite literally lock you into a box to fight some boring enemies, and then once the game decides you've killed enough, they mercifully let you into another box where you do the same thing again. And sometimes, they don't even do that. Sometimes you just stay in that one specific part of the larger dungeon and have you do the entire mission there. You can tell they really just wanted to phone it in - an astounding lack of passion and effort that is honestly almost on par with the annual EA sports games.

I won't even talk about the story because it's about as forgettable a piece of blank paper I put back into a drawer some time ago, and even then I can still remember the vaguely phallic shaped creases on that paper. At the very least, the entire game is voice acted in English, and the writing for the banter between characters is alright. But that's it, really, the only good things about this game don't even pertain to what's arguably the most important aspect of a video game - the gameplay.



All in all, there's almost nothing positive to say about this game. It sells on its name alone. It is reviewed well solely because of its name. If anyone else made something like this, it would get ripped apart. It's a shame, really. Because now Compile Heart and Idea Factory don't have any reason to try anymore. They can just keep releasing mediocre games and they'll still profit. In fact, the very next action game in the Neptunia series is an example of that very fact. MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies is pretty much the same level of boring as this game is, and that game sold and reviewed well too.

Don't even buy this game on a sale. Just get some poor schmuck to buy it for you. Your money is better spent on good indie games that actually deserve it.

Action Unleashed? More like Mediocrity Unchained. Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed is a game created by the same people who brought you Senran Kagura, but for some reason, this game lacks any of the polish of a Senran Kagura game. This game is a perfect description of me: mostly soulless, boring, and the things it does, others do way better for the same price. This is a game that got Very Positive solely because of the franchise it is so sloppily stapled to. If any other developer were to make something of this calibre, it would get laughed out the door. A tried and true example of "Why spend money to make a good game, when our horny fans will buy it anyway?" The enemies lack any sort of intelligence, with their sole purpose seemingly to just merge their body with yours in the vain hopes of dealing damage. You'd have to play like a complete idiot and force yourself down to Level 1 with an accessory to give them a fighting chance. I get that this is a Warriors type game, but even other Warriors games don't have infantry that are this incompetent at doing their one, sole job. The enemies in this game are so magnetised to the player character, that sometimes, they forget how to go around obstacles, it's like their pathfinding system was designed by someone who only knew how to draw a straight line. And when the game does provide difficulty, it's so cheap. Get the enemies to 200 levels higher than the level cap? Check. Bloat enemy health to the point where it takes forever to kill them? Check. Have them deal lots of damage in one hit that you can't see coming because of the amount of enemies thrown at you at once? Check. These problems are prevalent and compunded in the stupid 1 dollar DLC they had the audacity to include. Even on sale, the DLC isn't worth it, and that's something I never thought I'd say about a DLC that costs the same as a can of soda. I beat the DLC quests, by the way, but do I feel fulfilled? Do I feel the same thing I feel when overcoming insurmountable odds in other, much better designed games? No. They make this whole show of the clothes break mechanic, and how it's supposed to make you stronger whilst making you more vulnerable to damage, but it's really just a thinly veiled attempt to give this game depth, as if they suddenly started caring about the game. The levels are ripped straight out of the PS3 and Re;Birth games with no real effort to tailor them to an action-oriented game, aside from putting some stupid barrier that prevents you from getting out of the immediate area you spawn in. They quite literally lock you into a box to fight some boring enemies, and then once the game decides you've killed enough, they mercifully let you into another box where you do the same thing again. And sometimes, they don't even do that. Sometimes you just stay in that one specific part of the larger dungeon and have you do the entire mission there. You can tell they really just wanted to phone it in - an astounding lack of passion and effort that is honestly almost on par with the annual EA sports games. I won't even talk about the story because it's about as forgettable a piece of blank paper I put back into a drawer some time ago, and even then I can still remember the vaguely phallic shaped creases on that paper. At the very least, the entire game is voice acted in English, and the writing for the banter between characters is alright. But that's it, really, the only good things about this game don't even pertain to what's arguably the most important aspect of a video game - the gameplay. All in all, there's almost nothing positive to say about this game. It sells on its name alone. It is reviewed well solely because of its name. If anyone else made something like this, it would get ripped apart. It's a shame, really. Because now Compile Heart and Idea Factory don't have any reason to try anymore. They can just keep releasing mediocre games and they'll still profit. In fact, the very next action game in the Neptunia series is an example of that very fact. MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies is pretty much the same level of boring as this game is, and that game sold and reviewed well too. Don't even buy this game on a sale. Just get some poor schmuck to buy it for you. Your money is better spent on good indie games that actually deserve it.