Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters PS4 Review

Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters is Compile Coronary heart and Concept 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 primary 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 true Gaming Business, and the places Lowee, Lastation, Leanbox, and Planeptune, which reference the plain real-life gaming firms.

A Shocking Story

After Neptune and the remainder of the leaders of those nations are despatched on a crucial mission to analyze 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 search out the world plagued with new monsters and residents shedding religion within the goddesses and spending time with their new fashionable cellphones. So it’s as much as the sisters to get the world again to the way it was, with the assistance of recent characters Maho and Anri, whose fates are additionally tied to latest occasions.

To maintain issues quick, the story in Neptunia: Sisters vs. Sisters is by far the very best facet 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 fairly orthodox construction, it rapidly ramps up by introducing new characters and excessive stakes. If you happen to’re a long-time fan of the collection, the sport provides tons of references to the outdated video games in addition to geek and gaming tradition, reminiscent of nods and pokes enjoyable at Pokemon Go, PlayStation censorship, Higurashi, and extra. I need to additionally admit that the story idea is likely 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 manner I’ve by no means seen any recreation do earlier than.

Nevertheless, whereas the sport sports activities a genuinely fascinating plot that admittedly tries to deliver 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 normal for many continuation titles.

Hit-and-Miss Gameplay

Now by way of gameplay, I need to admit that whereas the sport’s fight system is satisfactory, I didn’t discover it very pleasurable, particularly earlier within the story. Gamers can change in, out, and between characters on the fly and use their a number of normal, 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 increase their EXE Drives. And whereas fight isn’t sluggish per se, the power to rapidly change between characters actually makes you would like actions had been sooner, and the restricted body fee on the PS4 doesn’t assist in any respect. What’s extra, the sport additionally, sadly, sports activities a number of bland enemies which can be closely repeated, and just a few bosses are literally entertaining and satisfying in a combat. Outdoors fight, gamers can even purchase consumable objects, use equipment, and degree up their characters whereas exploring the sport’s a number of repeated maps and places, lots of which sadly look bland visually, save for Planeptune, which is surprisingly not solely giant and explorable but additionally distinctive among the many recreation’s different places.

Apart from that, it’s additionally value mentioning the sport’s character fashions, which, whereas not unhealthy, will not be actually as detailed as you’d count on 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 wonderful Japanese and English voice forged, which did incredible jobs portraying the characters making the general story that rather more pleasurable.

Ultimate Ideas

General, Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters gives an enchanting 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 generally, Neptunia followers will most definitely nonetheless like it, particularly after lots of its gameplay points have been hopefully ironed out.