Senran Kagura is one of those series I don't acknowledge ever because when I say I enjoy the musou entries, I will either be called a degenerate or be told I'm "Based" by a person on Twitter who watches TheQuartering and probably smells like cheese. But I truly do enjoy this series and Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus is a pretty good game.
I played it on Vita since I have a homebrewed one and it definitely works best as a portable game. Being able to pick up and put it down every single time you get a chance makes the game take absurdly long to finish but means you'll always have a mindless button masher to play when you need something to fidget with when you're just waiting at a doctors office. I haven't beat the game (Or truthfully made it past chapter 3) but that's okay.
The characters and their play styles are also really cool. I like a lot of their designs, both in terms of their outfits and how big their knockers are (I'm never beating the gooner allegations). Ikaruga, Yagyū, and Mirai are in the game and definitely stood out the most when I played through Senran Kagura: Estival Versus last November (Which I hold a lot of media I enjoyed from around that month near and dear to me). Though, I did realize when playing this game there is more to it than button mashing which makes my preferred characters in terms of play style Asuka and Katsuragi.
Sadly the story is more shallow than a doujin (Something I guarantee was intentional) and is missing the wholesome conversations between two love birds that make me enjoy anime like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid and Uzaki-chan Wants To Hang Out (I'm never beating the gooner allegations). But honestly, that's okay given you're either playing because you like hack and slashes like me or to download nude mods then wonder why the girl on Discord ghosted you.
Overall, solid game and while not as good as Estival Versus, it is still worth checking out if you like musou games.
Rating: B
Genre(s): Hack and slash, musou, visual novel
I played it on Vita since I have a homebrewed one and it definitely works best as a portable game. Being able to pick up and put it down every single time you get a chance makes the game take absurdly long to finish but means you'll always have a mindless button masher to play when you need something to fidget with when you're just waiting at a doctors office. I haven't beat the game (Or truthfully made it past chapter 3) but that's okay.
The characters and their play styles are also really cool. I like a lot of their designs, both in terms of their outfits and how big their knockers are (I'm never beating the gooner allegations). Ikaruga, Yagyū, and Mirai are in the game and definitely stood out the most when I played through Senran Kagura: Estival Versus last November (Which I hold a lot of media I enjoyed from around that month near and dear to me). Though, I did realize when playing this game there is more to it than button mashing which makes my preferred characters in terms of play style Asuka and Katsuragi.
Sadly the story is more shallow than a doujin (Something I guarantee was intentional) and is missing the wholesome conversations between two love birds that make me enjoy anime like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid and Uzaki-chan Wants To Hang Out (I'm never beating the gooner allegations). But honestly, that's okay given you're either playing because you like hack and slashes like me or to download nude mods then wonder why the girl on Discord ghosted you.
Overall, solid game and while not as good as Estival Versus, it is still worth checking out if you like musou games.
Rating: B
Genre(s): Hack and slash, musou, visual novel