Weird, dated, wobbly localization aside, this game was fantastic! You play as newcomer Shinjro Taiga, nephew to previous protag Irchiro Ogami, and go to New York City. Exploring the city was wonderful, as a person who used to live in New York I remembered all of the locations that were there, which was very nice and. The game also has a more advanced version of the LIPS system from previous games, choices are much more difficult but I think that added to the challenge. The story is fantastic too with character development that I thought was really nice over the chapters and well-paced, though I was not a fan of the fifth chapter. In addition battles have an added layer of challenge and strategy to them, featuring a lot more enemies and a reworked gameplay system spawning from the third game in the series. The characters for the most part are all really great, with Gemini (who I ended up romancing) and Subaru being my favorites. All-in-all a fantastic experience and I can't wait to play New Game+.

Reviewed on Jan 01, 2024


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