Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon takes place in a fictional, demon-ridden Western European city towards the end of the 19th century. The story focuses on a knight protector named Alushe and her two childhood friends – Liliana, a kind-hearted priestess, and Ruhenheid, a holy knight of the Lourdes Order. While guarding Liliana, Alushe is ambushed and killed only to later awaken as an artificial half-demon at the hands of the New Curia, a religious organization with dark ties. In the company of a variety of unlikely allies with their own pasts and agendas, Alushe’s strong desire to save Liliana gives her the strength to scatter the shadows shrouding the world and motivation to uncover the shocking truth behind the mysterious Queen of the Moon.
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i did not lvl every servan since that would take A LONG time, but i may just go back and do it.
the ending was the type of sad lover stuff i like, like the song "Sai-ka-no by BLOOD STAIN CHILD" lover Forever there holding back the END OF THE WORLD. that's some really deep stuff and i do wish there was a happy end. i did read a vary funny comment that said all the other girls end up with each other but rue ends us with a vibrator lol anyway, i did like the game just need the weapons to be separate from the sevens since i had the basic swords and it got boring when i was near the end of my second play through. anyway i would like to rue to end up with me LOL
10/10 on the music that's what made me buy this game, i heard the ost of the first game, sadly i don't own a ps4/5 so idk when i will play the first game.
the ending was the type of sad lover stuff i like, like the song "Sai-ka-no by BLOOD STAIN CHILD" lover Forever there holding back the END OF THE WORLD. that's some really deep stuff and i do wish there was a happy end. i did read a vary funny comment that said all the other girls end up with each other but rue ends us with a vibrator lol anyway, i did like the game just need the weapons to be separate from the sevens since i had the basic swords and it got boring when i was near the end of my second play through. anyway i would like to rue to end up with me LOL
10/10 on the music that's what made me buy this game, i heard the ost of the first game, sadly i don't own a ps4/5 so idk when i will play the first game.
I couldn't play it for another minute, take kingdom hearts and make it more convoluted. Also why did they make 2???
plus take my review with a grain of salt only played it for 30 mins, my gf closed it and didn't want to go through the whole opening again.
plus take my review with a grain of salt only played it for 30 mins, my gf closed it and didn't want to go through the whole opening again.
This was a replay and honestly feel the same as I did 5 years-ish ago.
Had a few good ideas but honestly unless you are here for GL and willing to grind for it, not worth your time to go out of your way to play this. It's not a terrible game and there is enough content and it is definitely playable, but it's not really that fun to play.
Had a few good ideas but honestly unless you are here for GL and willing to grind for it, not worth your time to go out of your way to play this. It's not a terrible game and there is enough content and it is definitely playable, but it's not really that fun to play.
Can I give it -2 Stars?
I got this game for 75% off, I liked for the artstyle but... God! Why? WHY???
The mechanics suck, the gameplay is terrible the history is bad... I was not able to keep playing it. I have almost 40 Switch games, but this one will be forever the one I will NEVER complete
I got this game for 75% off, I liked for the artstyle but... God! Why? WHY???
The mechanics suck, the gameplay is terrible the history is bad... I was not able to keep playing it. I have almost 40 Switch games, but this one will be forever the one I will NEVER complete
This game is irredeemably awful.
It had good music and artwork but that is not saving this rancid mess.
It had good music and artwork but that is not saving this rancid mess.
Nights of Azure 2 is a sequel to the very gay Nights of Azure, and while I don't think there is as much gay romance going on compared to the first game, Nights of Azure 2 has plenty of fan service. Azure 2 also got a revamped combat and servant system along with a whole new map to explore.
Gay romance is always quite hard to determine due to Japanese culture, and while a lot of games certainly flirt with the idea, not a lot of them are set in stone quite like the first Azure game. Azure 2 kinda upped the fanfare and sexiness of yuri action, but largely it feels like it's a step back from the romance angle that was seen in the first Azure game. This change in romance and sexual appeal isn't inherently bad, but it certainly feels like Al, the main protag, is more of a self insert compared to Arnice. On top of that, not much romance is going on compared to appreciation. Simply put, Azure 2 is more like a harem anime and Azure 1 is a romantic drama. Due to this, we aren't given enough time with the main protag and the other girls to really appreciate their dynamic and due to a time limit in the main game, we have to choose carefully we go after.
The combat and servant system is also fairly different, and I don't think it's one for the better. For the most part you use your based sword combos and honestly that's enough to get you through anything this game swings at you. The game also offers you different combat options through servants, but due to also making servants more limited and with added utility, it's never wise to go with two combat servants compared to one's that help you explore more. On top of that, servants level up along side you, and have their own associated level. Due to this, largely you will end up getting rid of any combat servants simply because it requires less backtracking and their levels will fall so far behind they aren't worth taking anymore. In fact, a lot of the game;s problems are pointed solely on the servant level up system. If you take in a weak servant, they die easily and thus you don't have proper back up for a fight, on top of this combat remains stale because you are more likely to have servants that are useful for utility and not combat, and it's just kinda an endless cycle that loops itself.
Trust me on this, you don't want to add more play time to this game due to the limited amount of maps there are. While at first it is a rather neat idea to have separate sections compared to the first's connective map, it soon gets apparent that the game uses certain levels way too often or locks things behind servant based powers in order for you to up your run time and make exploration feel more like a chore at the end.I really wish they added more to this games map, but as it is, even the two DLCs you get with the game don't even boost the count past 10. Don't get me wrong here either, it's not about the size of the maps either, they are all fairly big, but the fact that you only visit one a night and you explore the same ones constantly it just ends up draining you of wanting to play it.
Not that I don't want to talk about Azure's 2 good points, as it does introduce a nice cast of characters with some interesting designs, as well as a neat antagonist with their own love story akin to Arnice, but it's honestly such a little part of the game that it feels like your reward at the end of a punishment. Heck, the biggest reason I kept going with this game is because those story moments are genuinely good and I love seeing the cast of characters interact with each other. Nights of Azure has some amazing lore to it, and the fact it's kinda ruled by lesbians only fancies me more, but as it stands I don't think I could recommend this game to others that just don't care about yuri fan service.
Gay romance is always quite hard to determine due to Japanese culture, and while a lot of games certainly flirt with the idea, not a lot of them are set in stone quite like the first Azure game. Azure 2 kinda upped the fanfare and sexiness of yuri action, but largely it feels like it's a step back from the romance angle that was seen in the first Azure game. This change in romance and sexual appeal isn't inherently bad, but it certainly feels like Al, the main protag, is more of a self insert compared to Arnice. On top of that, not much romance is going on compared to appreciation. Simply put, Azure 2 is more like a harem anime and Azure 1 is a romantic drama. Due to this, we aren't given enough time with the main protag and the other girls to really appreciate their dynamic and due to a time limit in the main game, we have to choose carefully we go after.
The combat and servant system is also fairly different, and I don't think it's one for the better. For the most part you use your based sword combos and honestly that's enough to get you through anything this game swings at you. The game also offers you different combat options through servants, but due to also making servants more limited and with added utility, it's never wise to go with two combat servants compared to one's that help you explore more. On top of that, servants level up along side you, and have their own associated level. Due to this, largely you will end up getting rid of any combat servants simply because it requires less backtracking and their levels will fall so far behind they aren't worth taking anymore. In fact, a lot of the game;s problems are pointed solely on the servant level up system. If you take in a weak servant, they die easily and thus you don't have proper back up for a fight, on top of this combat remains stale because you are more likely to have servants that are useful for utility and not combat, and it's just kinda an endless cycle that loops itself.
Trust me on this, you don't want to add more play time to this game due to the limited amount of maps there are. While at first it is a rather neat idea to have separate sections compared to the first's connective map, it soon gets apparent that the game uses certain levels way too often or locks things behind servant based powers in order for you to up your run time and make exploration feel more like a chore at the end.I really wish they added more to this games map, but as it is, even the two DLCs you get with the game don't even boost the count past 10. Don't get me wrong here either, it's not about the size of the maps either, they are all fairly big, but the fact that you only visit one a night and you explore the same ones constantly it just ends up draining you of wanting to play it.
Not that I don't want to talk about Azure's 2 good points, as it does introduce a nice cast of characters with some interesting designs, as well as a neat antagonist with their own love story akin to Arnice, but it's honestly such a little part of the game that it feels like your reward at the end of a punishment. Heck, the biggest reason I kept going with this game is because those story moments are genuinely good and I love seeing the cast of characters interact with each other. Nights of Azure has some amazing lore to it, and the fact it's kinda ruled by lesbians only fancies me more, but as it stands I don't think I could recommend this game to others that just don't care about yuri fan service.