This is a game you can tell was made in 6 months.
To summarize, It's a 5 out of 10 game where 2 points are added because of the story and characters.
It is definitely a "LAD" game. But with the caveats a weaker entry would have. This doesn't mean the game is bad, far from it, But it is very underdeveloped.
To start off with, The game's main selling point with a new fighting style was absolutely dreadful. Agent style is completely underdeveloped and is useless a majority of the game. If it's supposed to be the crowd control style, give it more crowd control moves than just abilities that have to be leveled up.
I also really don't like the massive amounts of padding that was done to make the main story longer. You are literally forced to do side content to progress. This has never happened in any other game unless it's introducing a side activity. Progression in Gaiden was very frustrating, and it's because the game is only 5 chapters long. It turns a 7-hour game into a 10 hour one.
Despite my gameplay problems, I had a fun time playing this, and the story was well told (I don't buy the finale taking place during 7's events) and the ending actually made me tear up. As someone who is a huge 6 fan, I liked the story, and felt for Kiryu. The positive ranking is for the story, Akame, Akame Network, and some gameplay moments that were goofy. Unless I count side activities I missed, I probably won't go back to play this one for a while.
To summarize, It's a 5 out of 10 game where 2 points are added because of the story and characters.
It is definitely a "LAD" game. But with the caveats a weaker entry would have. This doesn't mean the game is bad, far from it, But it is very underdeveloped.
To start off with, The game's main selling point with a new fighting style was absolutely dreadful. Agent style is completely underdeveloped and is useless a majority of the game. If it's supposed to be the crowd control style, give it more crowd control moves than just abilities that have to be leveled up.
I also really don't like the massive amounts of padding that was done to make the main story longer. You are literally forced to do side content to progress. This has never happened in any other game unless it's introducing a side activity. Progression in Gaiden was very frustrating, and it's because the game is only 5 chapters long. It turns a 7-hour game into a 10 hour one.
Despite my gameplay problems, I had a fun time playing this, and the story was well told (I don't buy the finale taking place during 7's events) and the ending actually made me tear up. As someone who is a huge 6 fan, I liked the story, and felt for Kiryu. The positive ranking is for the story, Akame, Akame Network, and some gameplay moments that were goofy. Unless I count side activities I missed, I probably won't go back to play this one for a while.