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« on: December 19, 2023, 10:00:43 am »
56. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1
I completed my first ever JRPG-type game. I didn't get to do everything there was to do in the first playthrough, there were some items and quests left before the ending. I had to use a walkthough at some point, primarily just the item location list portion because the *pedia in the game is not that great to use. It lists dungeons and what monsters are in them, and then the monsters and which items they drop, but no option to search by item. There are also no sorting options in any of the inventory or store screens, so it was just faster to have a the drop list up on another screen. I didn't use the walkthrough portion of it, but I did read what the requirements for the "Good" Ending were, and made sure the Shares were at 20% for each CPU and that others were at 0. Now there is a new game+ type thing, but basically you just load your save game from the last game and you start over... BUT you have to change all of your equipment and set up the skill assignments again.
I got over-levelled mid-way through the campaign because I stopped focusing on the story events and started trying to get the items for the recipes. So aside from bosses and the colosseum, I ended up at a point where the normal monsters would either miss or do 0 damage. I did some colosseum stuff and in there you can fight level 999 monsters, but you obviously can't do anything there. The game only goes to level 99 by default but with DLCs you can get to 999. I only have 2 of the DLCs so that also may be why I couldn't finish all of the quests.
The gameplay is fine, there were no bugs. Music was ok. All the characters being anthromorphised game consoles or game companies... or games were neat. Like Lastation is Playstation, Compa is Compile Heart, and there there was Tekken. Not sure who CyberConnect2 was supposed to represent. Lots of in-jokes and a few laughs were had. Played with Japanese dialog and English sub-titles.
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