mikerise91

I've played the game a long time ago, but I do remember that I enjoyed the big cast of characters. Each character was unique in the way it plays and I enjoyed to be able to put myself in the shoes of some of my favourite heroes (or villains). And it was pretty cool to relive some of the anime big moments. I did not enjoy the massive grind to get the platinum, because it was my first 100+ hours game and it was draining. Still would've loved a remake for PS4/PS5, but it seems we are getting a brand new one so that's even better.

The first game was 9/10 for me - mostly due to an amazing story and storytelling. The gameplay was nearly perfect for that purpose and graphics were stunning on the PS3. The second one is easily 6/10 and hardly 7/10 for me. The reason is not because I didn't like the story, but because of their storytelling in this one. For me the same story but told differently would have had better impact. For the purpose of no spoilers won't go in details, but in the second half I had hard time caring for the story there because of the events in the first half. The other main issue for me was the ending. I understand the message they want us to get there and that is fine. BUT I think with this game and the way it plays - the player deserves a choice at the end and different ending for it. After all we are different people and we react differently to the events in the game. The choice how to end it should be ours at least once. We were robbed of that in the first game but it didn't matter, because it was fitting for the way the story was told there. Here would've had better impact due to the separation of the game into two big chuncks.