Earleybyrd

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

The World Ends With You: Final Remix is an underrated masterpiece. The game has flown under the radar (to its own detriment) and that is a sad realization, considering how great the game is. The story is complicated, but the writing does a good job of making the story very easy to digest and understand, but that doesn't mean it doesn't deal with complex topics. The main character, Neku Sakuraba, doesn't feel like a bland, "fill in the blanks" edgy anime protag, he feels like a fleshed-out character who has genuine flaws and character growth. All the other main characters also feel very fleshed out and real. The gameplay is complex enough to be addicting, and barely ever gets tiring. Many people who play this game seem to have a hard time grasping it, and while it will take time to master, the game still feels very rewarding. You have to collect pins, which have abilities called psyche which can be activated by doing a specific motion with either the touch screen or a Wii-remote style cursor. It is true that the touchscreen version of this game is the easiest to control, but the cursor is a perfectly viable and nearly equally as easy way to play the game. It is worth sacrificing that for playing the game on a larger screen and with Co-Op. TLDR: If you can move your wrist, you can play docked. One thing this game nails more than any other game, is the atmosphere. The art style is a beautiful combination of 2000's urban street art, comics, and manga. And the music is legitimately the greatest video game soundtrack of all time. No exaggeration. If you are returning TWEWY fan, you will not be disappointed by remastered visuals, remastered soundtrack with many new tracks and older tracks (like the tracks from Kingdom Hearts, and the Japanese exclusive mobile game, TWEWY: Live Remix). The bonus content in "A New Day" is very enjoyable, as it switches up the combat by adding many new gimmicks that adds more difficulty to the game. The story in it is about as good as it is in the base game, but the ending is a cliffhanger. That wouldn't be too big of a problem if there was hope that Square Enix was making a sequel, but considering this game flopped and Square Enix doesn't give the game much recognition anymore, TWEWY fans are not in the best of spirits. Overall, this game is an amazing and underrated modern classic that I urge any JRPG fan to pick up and experience for themselves. 10/10.