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• gamedeal user

  Nov 7, 2021

  SCARLET NEXUS is an exceptional game with its fast & fluid combat, beautiful art style & environments, outstanding soundtrack and great story. The combat is where this game shines which captures the anime like action feel perfectly. The combat becomes more dynamic and complex yet increasingly more fun as you get more abilities to mix and match for longer combos. The fighting styles between the two main characters are different where Yuito specializes in close sword combat (my preference) while Kasane specializes is range attacks. To experience the full story and fill in some gaps it is necessary to play through both protagonists stories as what the developers intended for. Personally, I liked seeing both perspectives and all the extra plot details that went along with it. Some people may think the story is too drawn out and will only tolerate one play-through as it can take close to 30 hours to complete. If you enjoy anime like I do than you are going to have a blast playing this game. <9/10>
• gamedeal user

  Dec 23, 2021

  You can put cat ears over everyone.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 29, 2022

  Pros: - Very interesting and unique story - Combat feels great - In-depth skill tree - Runs very well - Unique art style, character and enemy design - Good length (about 30hrs long) - Visually striking environments Cons: - Dialogue is poorly written. Characters over-explain everything, repeat information as if the player instantly forgot what they just said, and constantly refer to other characters by full name including any official titles (Woah! Is that Former Major General Fubuki? We should talk to Former Major General Fubuki. Guys, I need to do this for Naomi. Naomi would want this. Naomi is the reason for my actions, because Naomi would want me to. Naomi, is that you Naomi? Naomi I'm glad I found you Naomi.) - 90% of the game's cutscenes are presented in a visual novel style. Only during major story beats do they switch to fully animated cutscenes. The visual novel style isn't bad, but it makes it feel lacklustre in-between fully animated scenes that look great. - There is way, way, way too much dialogue. - The final chapter of the game suddenly ramps up the difficulty to 11 out of nowhere, and it is the longest chapter in the game. I like increased difficulty but there was no warning that there would be a 5 hour long final chapter filled with only the hardest bosses in the game one after the other.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 11, 2022

  I have a lot of thoughts on Scarlet Nexus. Many good, some not-so-good, but overall I had a lot more fun with this game than I thought I would and I would love to see more people try it out. This game is gorgeous; it's probably my favorite anime-styled game from a graphical standpoint. It's a shame that the fully animated cutscenes are so few and far in-between. I don't mind the cut-in comic/visual novel style that the cutscenes are primarily presented with, but the scenes with full animation are so mindblowing and fun to watch that it just makes me wish they invested more resources in having more of them. The gameplay is fluid and very satisfying to play. I never turned off the animations for the Brain Crushes because I loved watching them so much. The game gets even better once you unlock more abilities through the Brain Map, especially the ones that allow you to activate more SAS powers at once. There is some repetition with the way you need to handle certain types of enemies, especially towards the end of the game where it seems to throw the really meaty, high-HP ones at you nonstop, but it never felt like too much of a drag to me. Both Yuito and Kasane felt good to play as and, by the end of the game, I didn't have a preference over who I liked to play more. I do think that the game could've benefited from having more varied enemy types, or enemies that can be taken down in several different ways (rather than just defaulting to 1 or 2 SAS powers.) The game's side quests are also pretty weak and aren't well-integrated into the main game, as they require the player to go out their way to deliberately kill certain enemies in specific ways that I wouldn't exactly consider rewarding or fun. However, the addition of Challenges in a previous patch makes these quests a little more worth doing. I do also applaud them for adding in an extra layer of difficulty in both the new difficulty mode added in with the last patch and the Missions mode, it's good news for those who wanted to play the game in a more advanced way. The story certainly isn't perfect, and this is the area of the game I have more mixed opinions on. I felt that certain plot twists towards the end of the game put a damper on what it has going on earlier on, but I wouldn't say that it straight up ruins it. And due to the nature of the split-routes between the protagonists, the story is told in a somewhat disjointed way and its presentation between routes is not equal. The developers swear that you can start the game with whoever you prefer, but I strongly disagree. Yuito's route feels almost deliberately tailored towards people who are starting the game for the first time, while Kasane's route feels like it was meant for people who have cleared the game already. This is because Kasane's route rids itself of any plot intrigue almost immediately; plot twists that felt like a big deal in Yuito's route are just dropped onto your lap with little fanfare in Kasane's route, almost as if the game expects you to know them already. People who start the game with Kasane with no knowledge of the events in Yuito's route will have a very different experience with the story that might be less than satisfactory. There are also issues with the late-game in both routes having very little differences between each other once they "merge." This is why I recommend starting with Yuito first over Kasane if you care about the story, but I feel that I shouldn't have to say something like this for a game that boasts this type of feature. The game's "rest periods" -- interludes that take place between every chapter -- also happen too often and can break the pacing of the game. I felt that they should've been spread further apart to allow for more smooth storytelling and to make the tasks during these interludes (such as viewing Bond Episodes and doing quests) feel more worthwhile and less like a chore. Now, about the characters: they are fairly charming on their own. There are many reviews that claim they're "trope-y," and while I agree to some extent, I don't think it's a bad thing. It's very easy for me to grow exhausted with tropes and cliches that are ever-present in most JRPGs, but I feel that this game avoids the worst of those tropes. The characters easy to grow attached to and fun to watch, especially during Bond Episodes or when they're interacting with each other in the field. The Bond Episodes that are included in the DLC packs are especially entertaining! If you want really nuanced characters with deep storylines backing them, you probably won't find it here, but they do their job as a supporting cast more than well enough. I also wanted to include a little section dedicated to talking about the Season Pass and whether or not one should purchase it, and my answer is Yes. The DLC packs include Bond Episodes and abilities that enhance the gameplay (not by a substantial amount, but they're extremely useful if you want to tackle the hardest Missions the game has to offer.) The cosmetics are a little sub-par; I like the "casual" set from the second pack, but I wish that the outfits were more unique and individualized rather than being copypastes of each other or recolors of the default outfits. And finally, the Karen-centric story episodes added in with the final pack are an absolute treat to watch if you were invested in the story and/or had issues with certain plot holes. They will take a long time to fully unlock if you haven't yet cleared the game, and the Mission that goes with it is easily the hardest fight in the entire game, but they're very much worth spending the time to watch. With the release of the final DLC pack, I can finally say with confidence that Scarlet Nexus is pretty great. I played this game on Day 1, and the content they've added in since then definitely make it worth the price now. My best advice is to buy the game on sale along with the Season Pass for the best possible value, as I do recommend getting the Season Pass if you want a more worthwhile experience.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 24, 2022

  Playing Scarlet Nexus was a bit of a rollercoaster. It looks great, it has nice tunes and its combat system looks stylish and fun. But then, the more of it I’ve played, the more I grew frustrated and bored. And in the end, even though I’m a huge fan of games where you have two playable characters going through two parallel storylines, I couldn’t keep on playing with the second character. I just didn’t have it in me to play more of it. Yet, what a fascinating project this is. At the first glance, you might think that Scarlet Nexus is the kind of a Japanese action RPG that leans heavily into fun hack and slash mechanics, like what you’d get in recent (and highly enjoyable) Ys titles. We get all of the recognizable elements of a game like that – a perfect dodge that slows time and gives you a chance to counter, two types of attack, combos, special attacks. And on top of that, you throw things around with your playable character, which is incredibly fun and can enhance the flow of the fight. Then you also get the cool finishers and additional movement abilities and as your party grows, the special abilities that are tied to the party members get even more fun and creative. And yet, if you try to play this game as a fast paced hack and slash, you will die a lot. The thing is – this game isn’t actually an Ys type of game, or even a Final Fantasy VII Remake type of game. It’s far closer to Final Fantasy XV or “Lightning Returns” in terms of how it plays. Meaning that while you input typical hack and slash combos, they work more like traditional jRPG menu commands that cannot be interrupted. Started a combo? Can’t move or dodge until the animation finishes. Started any special animation? Locked into it until it’s done. Or you get hit. To be fair, if you decide to start with Kasane as your first character, her fighting style is more in line with what the game wants to be, but even there it feels flawed. While Yuito controls just like your typical hack and slash anime swordsman, except really unresponsive when it matters. The approach to the combat the game has isn’t bad, when you play it “as intended” and you can still pull some fun combinations, all while looking cool af. Problem is – the way the game wants to be paced is slow and tedious. Its main gameplay is basically divided into two main parts – the cutscenes that are presented in a nice stop-frame style (mixed with realtime from time to time), and the fights. Sure, there are bits of exploration as well and even the social element, but both elements are very simplified and are nothing but lead-ins into the two main parts. And since there’s so much fighting going on all the time, you really want to speed it up and play fast, like one would in a hack and slash. And it actually can work in many spots. But not everywhere and most certainly not during boss fights. Which require you to just stop attacking and run away (or wait for the perfect dodge moment) as soon as the enemy is preparing the attack. This could be more fun if this slower, more methodical pace, gelled well with the music, the animations, the “coolness” and the damage output of your party, but it’s not. In fact, boss fights often take a lot of time to get through, all while you can die almost randomly. No joke – you can go the entire boss fight without getting damaged, at full health, and then attack at a bad time or not dodge correctly and then get stuck in a failure state until your health is at zero. Dying before you even get the control over your character back. And needing to replay this otherwise very simple and samey fight again. It’s genuinely strange how much better the game is when it allows you to just go fast and destroy enemies with quick and precise combos and yet, that’s not how it’s intended to be played. And the game would eventually punish you for that approach. Similar confusion is caused by the story. Scarlet Nexus has a really cool (both visually and conceptually) world and there are many points in the story where you catch glimpses of what amazing themes could be explored. But then the game goes for a basic trope instead. The characters have interesting traits, but are instead treated as predictable anime stereotypes. The storytelling suffers from the typical “overexplain things to the players as often as you can” issue lots of Japanese RPGs have, where you learn one simple fact during a story chapter and then this fact gets regurgitated for the next 10 minutes, adding nothing to the story or the characters. And in the end, the story is far less exciting than what it could be. Though, damn if it isn’t stylish and accompanied by some great memorable tunes. I wish I could straight up recommend Scarlet Nexus, because I feel like it does have some cool concepts. I just don’t think they were developed the way they should’ve been. Maybe the dev team couldn’t decide upon the direction they wanted. Maybe they couldn’t nail the gameplay. Or maybe they got exactly what they wanted and I just didn’t find it fun enough. There’s a chance you will enjoy the gameplay much more than I did. Scarlet Nexus is definitely worth checking out, just keep your expectations right and don’t try to play it as a fast paced Ys-like game. Because it isn’t.
• gamedeal user

  May 7, 2022

  So hey, this game's pretty great. Story: 7/10 - If you're into barmy anime stories, it'll be a 9/10 for you. - Having two main characters was really interesting, and it worked very well for a second play-through (yes, go ahead and do NG+). The last 20% or so of the story is the same for each main character, but the rest is different enough to stay compelling. - Don't sleep on the DLC content. - Maybe skip the anime. - Let's all pray for a sequel, because while the story concludes satisfactorily, there's still plenty left for additional games. Characters: 9/10 - A couple tropes, but ultimately every character is interesting, well-written and dealing with very relatable issues, despite being in such a nightmarish world. - The Persona / Legend of Heroes social system is done just right; no time-budgeting decisions to make, no blank-slate choose-your-waifu nonsense. Just well written scenes and character development, with bonuses that tie in pleasantly to the gameplay. If you want them. But why wouldn't you? - Tsugumi must be protected. - Everyone on Earth (and the Moon) is rooting for you, Hanabi. Music / Audio: 10/10 - The soundtrack is an absolute banger. - The sound design in this game is nuts. Gameplay: 9/10 - Excellent blend of Devil May Cry frantic madness, reflexes, and when-to-use-what-skill strategy. - The progression of abilities keeps the game interesting and challenging for, I'd say, 80% of the game. The only issue is that eventually, after a good long while, you've seen it all but there's still quite a bit left to play. - Bonus points for difficulty settings. I left it on normal, and it was perfectly balanced for me, but for the achievements (100% is doable) and other bonus content I dropped it down to very easy. I appreciate a game that respects my free time, and let's me make it easier if I just want to see what's left to see. I suppose my only real complaint wou- LowLevelFatalError I/O Error ' (Read Error)' (If that happens to you, verify your game files. It happened to me at least 4 times.)
• gamedeal user

  Jun 30, 2022

  This game is absolutely fantastic. Pros: - Fantastic urban fantasy vibe in the style of - Absurdly great art direction coupled with music and sound design - Combat is fun, IDK what other reviews are talking about. Get off the ground and use air combos. - Anime is a pro to me, it's fun and some of the characters are relatively trope-y but doing new stuff. - The story is very fun to me. This is pretty standard pacing for anime, not sure what people are failing to follow here. I started with the female main character, maybe the male one is bad? - World building is interesting. - This game is a great example of using intentional confusion. Some games use joy, others fear, this game uses confusion. All of the above bullet points make it a very experiential sort of game. You feel immersed and at times confused by the combat or story and it's clearly intentional. If you don't like games (or anime shows) that intentionally try and play with confusion (the same way a horror game does with fear), though, you may not like this game. Cons: - Game seems to love enemies with minimal attack windows and long invulnerability phases AND ALSO HIGH HP, which makes those fights feel very tedious. Other enemies may be only vulnerable when you use a certain ability with a cooldown, so you are waiting sometimes repeatedly for that ability to be ready to use again (but most of these enemies weak to a certain ability are low HP at least). Kinda should be glass canons with short vulnerability phases, or tanks that you can attack always. I find myself turning the difficulty to Very Easy for those fights (so far one boss, and a recurring enemy) not because it is hard but because I don't want to spend 5 minutes on every standard battle or ages on that boss. - Perfect Dodging and countering is presented as a key component to the gameplay, but enemies are not designed for it. Attacks in this game by most enemies involve a wind-up such as raising an arm, then staying completely still for a while, then swinging/attacking/throwing the attack at a speed that is not human reactable. This means you need to learn every enemy attack pattern and there are no real cues for when to dodge, only that an attack is going to happen *instantly* at some point in the next ~1 to 2 seconds--personally not what I enjoy, but with the popularity of Dark Souls maybe others like this style. - Controls get pretty stuffed if you want to play keyboard + mouse and require some uncomfortable reaches. Best played with a keybound mouse if you want that control scheme. It plays fine with controllers though. - The segmented, dual protagonist story has had a few moments where they cross-over and make little sense, in ways that do not feel intentional. The story has confusion intentionally in many parts, but character changes off-screen from people you saw like once feel awkward. Enjoying the story still! This is a great buy especially while it is on sale still.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 20, 2022

  To start, I mostly play JRPG and RPG titles, as well as any FromSoft games I can get my hands on. I thoroughly enjoyed this game from start to finish, and even liked it more than other similar titles that are more souls-like (i.e. Code Vein). I've decided to write a thorough review because I was on the fence about buying this for a while, but am glad I did. The Story: I thought the main plots of the game were both interesting and full of emotional twists and turns, and I found that every time I expected some big issue or character motivation to be glossed over, it was subsequently addressed in dialogue or through other means. I also really hate plot contrivances in games like this, as these types of game plots start out solid but as the game progresses, there are many things that are added just for the sake of plot to progress. While it isn't free of them entirely, there were no "plot sins" that were too hard to overlook for me, or tarnished the feel of the game. There are a few instances where fights are added in very obviously for the sake of leveling, progressing, etc. but those are to be expected and it actually didn't detract from the story much at all, because the environments and combat kept it feeling fresh. The Combat: The combat in this game is so fun. I loved the fights in this game so much. The guard break system and kill animations thereafter are sick and feel great with the sound effects, without disrupting the flow of combat too much. The rush combos keep combat constantly flowing if you so wish. The SAS connections feature allows new powerful combos and as more and more characters are added to the party, the options increase exponentially. Even though these types of games are very grindy, I hardly even noticed because figuring out new combos and trying new characters and powers that are added as you go was so intriguing. The brain point system of upgrades allows you to upgrade specific areas of combat you choose or enjoy, and by the end of the game I was specced into most of them. I could go on and on, and there is more that I haven't even mentioned. Anyway, super fun. Other things: I thought the dialogue "box" system was weird and maybe annoying at first, but as I progressed it kinda grew on me. It also makes you appreciate the stuff that is fully animated, and they always animate the really important parts as well, so I found it endearing, as the pictures they show in the background reminded me of a visual novel style. The soundtrack to this game was phenomenal. Lots of future sounding stuff, mixed with a lot of funky beats and basslines. The emotional parts had many beautiful and swelling songs behind them as well. I don't have thoughts on any specific tracks yet, but I will definitely be listening to this OST at work and for leisure. I could see how the bond system might upset some people, as it makes you do side missions with the characters on your team to upgrade their in-combat abilities. However, if you really dislike the idea of this, you can always just skip the scenes. Since I am a sucker for music/storylines and character development, I loved it. You can also give gifts to your teammates that appear in their specific "corners" of the hideout you use, which i thought was very cute and really tied into the whole "teamwork makes the dream work" theme of the game. Conclusion: All in all, I found this game very fun, refreshing, and not bogged down with a lot of the typical issues you see in games of the same genre. It still has it's issues, but they are overshadowed by how solid the entire experience was. If I had to rate it, I would say it's a personal 8.0-8.5. For reference, my first playthrough (Yuito) took me about 43 hours. I didn't do a ton of the side quests besides the character ones though. If you've read this far, thank you, and hopefully this helped you in your considering of purchasing this game. <3
• Kenta

  Nov 13, 2022

  This is a great game to dive into for some action and adventure. Liking one of the routes already, looking forward to seeing the other route in Scarlet Nexus.
• Jam

  Nov 15, 2022

  Honestly, i did not think i'd like this game this much, it was definitely worth the money. Im not a massive fan of these RPG Games, so im glad i found one that is quite fun It took me about 20~ hours (doing side quests, speaking with your teammates and upgrading equipment) to beat it on normal difficulty, it was still fairly difficult but i got through it. -Gameplay- The gameplay feels really nice in my honest opinion, however, the walking/sprinting sometimes was just weird. it felt like i was on ice. I did struggle at times with the camera, but thats probably cause im just bad. The combat felt incredibly satisfying to use, with the combos, items you can throw at the enemy, use special map props to initiate a big damage move, it just felt very, *very* nice to use. i also loved seeing the "Brain crush" move as they were incredibly well animated. -Graphics- The graphics were incredible, i really enjoyed every aspect of the game, how different each and every area looked. how most enemies look different and just the particle effects, oh the particle effects. I Very much also enjoyed the animations and the CG's? (i believe that is what they're called?) the animations at times was incredibly well made, especially the combat ones it felt like there was some impact to the weapons, which i've seen in some games just do completely wrong. and i very, very much so enjoyed these red strings all over the place, i dont know what place in my brain was tickled with, but oh. it triggered something. and i cannot get that aesthetic out of my head now. -Story- Honestly, did not expect it to end how it, well. ended. If you showed me the picture's of the main characters and told me that they were the people that will save the world, i think i would've laughed at you. The story started off incredibly slow, you join the OSF, fight others, yadda-yadda-ya, and suddenly you're fighting a person from 2000 years ago. Trust me, i felt like i was hit by a truck when the story started to pick up. But seriously now. The story is pretty well done in my opinion, sure. its boring at the beginning, but i think most games have a boring start and then proceed to become more and more interesting the longer the game goes on. I'd go a lot more into detail but i dont really wanna spoil way too much for people, its a review, not a explanation. -Characters and their VA's- The characters were very enjoyable to be around, their voice actors also really gave it their all i feel like, at times it was rather..cringy? but mostly, they put a lot of emotions into their voice i felt like. I really enjoyed exploring all available characters with their unique stories, i didnt fully finish all of them, but i got most of their stories and they are genuinely nice and fun, at one point you may be talking normally about the OSF about their dreams, and then you have a character which gained nightmares from a Cat cafe which you forced him into. -Ending Note- I'd honestly say, buy it. maybe not for a full 50€, but when its on sale i'd get it, its a well made game, didnt see any noticeable bugs, didnt crash at any point of time, yeah. it was enjoyable.