This review contains spoilers
(TWEWY spoilers too)
There are some things I loved about this game and some things that kinda put me off. But all in all this is a solid game!
One thing I see a lot of people complain about are the new characters. I definitely think their "true" character is shown a lot more subtly than TWEWY and it never really centralizes on their development (or it's not really talked about for that long) because of the amount of characters in the game. For example, TWEWY focused on each partner each week, which probably made the player more attached to them and their development. But in NEO, there are teams bigger than just 2 so I think that was the main reason for the lack of focus on characters. However, I don't think that they are poorly written at all. I think this thread does a really good job of explaining the friendships in TWEWY vs. NEO
Art
I love you Tetsuya Nomura / Gen Kobayashi
I wasn't the biggest fan of the 3D models since the outlines look kind of sharp (in a bad way, not stylistically) but I guess it grew on me a little.
I don't care what anybody says Neku's NEO design is my favourite. He is a cutie patootie
The new music is amazing, one of my favourites being Insomnia <3
(I'm kinda pissed that not all TWEWY music carried over, especially Deja Vu which is my favourite song...)
I prefer the gameplay in this one over TWEWY. In general I think it's a lot more satisfying and fun. (the frame drops are crazy though on the switch)
One thing I vastly like over the original is the removal of the quests that use special pins (1/5/100/10000 yen pins, scarletite, dark matter, etc,) because it was really hard to keep track of them in the original.
The story... uhhh...
I felt like the last bit of the game went from 0-100 quick. It felt way too slow during the first half of the game and then shit goes down.
TWEWY characters: except for Sho, I really didn't like how they appeared so late into the game/too short of a time for any actual big impact. I did get a little emotional during Beat and Neku's reunion but dang was that pretty late into the game. I really wanted more story content for Neku, Beat, and Josh but that's just me being nitpicky.
closing:
fuck you square enix for not advertising neo enough btw. "wahhh we didn't reach sales expectations" THAT'S ON YOU MF!! this is why we're not going to get another game. squeenix kills its own games
There are some things I loved about this game and some things that kinda put me off. But all in all this is a solid game!
One thing I see a lot of people complain about are the new characters. I definitely think their "true" character is shown a lot more subtly than TWEWY and it never really centralizes on their development (or it's not really talked about for that long) because of the amount of characters in the game. For example, TWEWY focused on each partner each week, which probably made the player more attached to them and their development. But in NEO, there are teams bigger than just 2 so I think that was the main reason for the lack of focus on characters. However, I don't think that they are poorly written at all. I think this thread does a really good job of explaining the friendships in TWEWY vs. NEO
Art
I love you Tetsuya Nomura / Gen Kobayashi
I wasn't the biggest fan of the 3D models since the outlines look kind of sharp (in a bad way, not stylistically) but I guess it grew on me a little.
I don't care what anybody says Neku's NEO design is my favourite. He is a cutie patootie
The new music is amazing, one of my favourites being Insomnia <3
(I'm kinda pissed that not all TWEWY music carried over, especially Deja Vu which is my favourite song...)
I prefer the gameplay in this one over TWEWY. In general I think it's a lot more satisfying and fun. (the frame drops are crazy though on the switch)
One thing I vastly like over the original is the removal of the quests that use special pins (1/5/100/10000 yen pins, scarletite, dark matter, etc,) because it was really hard to keep track of them in the original.
The story... uhhh...
I felt like the last bit of the game went from 0-100 quick. It felt way too slow during the first half of the game and then shit goes down.
TWEWY characters: except for Sho, I really didn't like how they appeared so late into the game/too short of a time for any actual big impact. I did get a little emotional during Beat and Neku's reunion but dang was that pretty late into the game. I really wanted more story content for Neku, Beat, and Josh but that's just me being nitpicky.
closing:
fuck you square enix for not advertising neo enough btw. "wahhh we didn't reach sales expectations" THAT'S ON YOU MF!! this is why we're not going to get another game. squeenix kills its own games