ShadowBladeXIII

Akiba's Beat is a solid JRPG but may not be for everyone. Akiba's beat was developed and published by Acquire in Japan, XSEED games in America and by PQubeGames The game takes place in Akihabara places known as delusuionscapes have taken over the town and its up to you to stop them and protect the city that's the bare bones version. While i have just finished the game recently i have watched and read many reviews some even on here and while this is my first review id also like to state how I feel. while reviews have been mixed some praising the game and others saying how disappointing the game is there really are two sides of the fence to this game. First off i really enjoyed the game form the outset i really liked the characters setting and story. The only thing is the story is very heavy in narrative and is for me one the best aspects of the game, the combat while slow at first once you have broken into it and gotten used to it can be a lot of fun more so when chaining combos and while in combat you can switch characters really quick which i found to be a really cool feature i liked the design of areas and how the city was represented more so how it showed the Otaku culture as well as the side content the game had to offer. Now here where the cons come in. The first thing most people would want to know is there a dub? or does it have duel audio? yes it does. Now the dub it self i found to be quite disappointing in some areas with some characters mainly the main character and some NPCS i will say that it was decent not perfect but some characters were quite enjoyable and fit in really well i just felt like it was wasted with some of the cast of characters. The games difficulty on NORMAL is too easy while i had some near death experiences i did not get a gameover once not is not to say that the game was not challenging at times but was never really a struggle either so for any new playing i would recommend hard how ever the game does let you change the difficult at any time in the game which is great. Graphic wise it was not too bad now as someone who is not really brother by slightly lowered graphs in terms of akiba's beat on the PS4 i felt that the game was not taking full advantage of the ps4's hardware. That would mainly be my main points on the game. Finally to summarize. Akiba's Beat is a fantastic game more so when it is not as high budged as some titles the story game play and characters where fun and engaging as well as having a very long play time for those who like lengthy games it is a lot of fun and if you are into Otaku Culture you will find enjoyment in Akiba's Beat. While the game does have flaws or how the dub might not be the strongest it is over all a solid game and would recommend checking out. Thanks for Reading. Can you Imagine? - ShadowBladeXIII