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- Delve into a vividly illustrated Shibuya, animated with style, music and monsters
- Collect and wield hundreds of Psych abilities to battle surreal threats
- Investigate the world around you and beat the "Reapers' Game" to survive
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ASIN | B092BR7B4J |
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Release date | July 27, 2021 |
Customer Reviews |
4.8 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #3,965 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #393 in Nintendo Switch Games |
Product Dimensions | 0.42 x 6.61 x 4.14 inches; 1.6 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Language | English |
Rated | Teen |
Item model number | 92526 |
Item Weight | 1.6 ounces |
Manufacturer | Square Enix |
Date First Available | April 12, 2021 |
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Only the possibility of you can change our fate. A long-awaited new story in The World Ends with You series has finally arrived! Rindo comes to the grim realization that his life is on the line when he is forced to compete in the so-called "Reapers' Game." There's no telling how this tale will unfold-but it's up to you to find out! Put your psychic prowess to the test as you duke it out on the stylishly animated streets of Shibuya. 2021 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA & GEN KOBAYASHI & MIKI YAMASHITA - NEO: THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU is a registered trademark or trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd. - SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. "PlayStation Family Mark", "PlayStation" and "PS4 logo" are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
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Customers like the quality, sound quality and style of the video game. They mention that the characters and story were fun and engaging, the music is absolutely fantastic and that the art style is different from the usual button.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the game. They mention that it has nice and fluid mechanics, the characters and story were fun and engaging, and it was an enjoyable sequel. The combat is satisfying, and the game is action-packed. Overall, customers are happy with the high quality of this game.
"...Side quests are not annoying; you don't have long fetch quests and you gain the ability to redo chapters very early on, so I feel no compulsion to..." Read more
"...The battle system was able to capture that multitasking feeling that the battle system from the first game had, despite only having one screen to..." Read more
"...say that those high ratings are well deserved and this is a high quality game in every aspect...." Read more
"...The story sets up so much fun character interaction, and honestly, it's the characters' dynamic that pushes Neo TWEWY past the original for me..." Read more
Customers are fans of the art style and the unique gameplay and story presentation. They say that the game has a distinct style and looks fine when played well. They also appreciate the modular combat system and the fact that it has an innovative new system. Overall, customers are happy with the style of the product.
"I really like this game. It has a distinct style, with a modular combat system where you choose your moves that are tied to specific button inputs...." Read more
"...It's very unique in its gameplay and story presentation...." Read more
"...The game is designed to look like an action manga/anime, with a distinctive art style and cel shaded graphical engine...." Read more
"...As of now, a few hours in I’m actually bored of it. While the art style is beautiful, the game itself doesn’t grasp me...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the sound quality of the product. They mention that the music is absolutely fantastic, and it never made them tired.
"...It's very unique in its gameplay and story presentation. The massive soundtrack and focus on audio as it's main theme seeing how it's set in Shibuya..." Read more
"...It's nice to listen to hip-hop, punk rock, general rock, and even screamo as you explore this strange Shibuya and clash with different threats...." Read more
"...The music alone makes the game worth it, and the story is worth following." Read more
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Customers like the ease of controls of the game. They mention that the controls are easy to use and an improvement from the last game. However, some of the pins require you to move around.
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The story? You are busy playing in a death game, but this time you are on a squad instead of being in pairs. This means you get more characters bouncing off of each other. though it is a sequel, this game is made so that you do not need to know the first one intimately. Everyone on your team is new to this and returning characters are very different from their last experience. Events of the previous game are referenced, but usually in passing and are not vital to the present day. And seeing as the first game is hard to come across and has poorly aged controls, just start with this one.
Another big draw is its music. Available in both English and Japanese tracks, you get this mix of pop, metal, and rap as your themes. It's really one of a kind and not present in other games, especially in its genre.
It's very unique in its gameplay and story presentation. The massive soundtrack and focus on audio as it's main theme seeing how it's set in Shibuya right around the famous 104 records tower (and of course the infamous Scramble Crossing).
The first "week" I was concerned that the game was going to be far too easy and the combat trivial. But there's a sizeable difficulty spike with major bosses and even lesser enemies starting a good 10-15 hours into the game that actually forces you to utilize the game's mechanics properly. So far it's not only been living up to its predecessor TWEWY, but surpassing it in all regards though it can be a little confusing at times.
Definitely one of the best games of the year and a must-buy for all Action RPG fans.
The World Ends With You is a cult classic. A teen named Neku must overcome his vendetta against the world and learn to trust others in order to stay alive. Trust is important, since he's stuck in a strange alternate Shibuya called the Underground, while playing a teamwork-reliant life-or-death game called the Reaper's Game. The ending had a huge sense of finality to it, making sure people knew it was the end of Neku's story. But when Final Remix added a new scenario revolving around Shinjuku, a new Reaper named Coco, and a mysterious girl named Tsugumi Matsunae (though we didn't know that at the time), it seemed like a sequel was on the horizon. And we got it in the form of NEO The World Ends With You.
Let's get one thing straight: Neku's story IS over. He's taken lessons to heart that he will never forget. But NEO isn't about Neku. Instead, it's about a teen named Rindo Kanade, who lives in a Shibuya that's become much different from the one Neku knew. Miyashita Park's been rebuilt, the most famous ramen shop in Dogenzaka has closed down to be replaced with a curry shop, new clothing brands have sprung up to replace fading fashion trends (including Gatto Nero, created by Shiki Misaki), and the most glaring of all, flip phones have been replaced by smartphones. Rindo Kanade is a young man who is glued to his phone half the time, rarely ever interacting with others. His two best friends are "Swallow," a stranger who Rindo met through Fantasy GO, a Final Fantasy-themed take on Pokemon GO, and Tosai "Fret" Furesawa, his classmate who can make new friends easily but can't stand heavy topics. Rindo and Fret are pulled into the Reaper's Game, which is now a team-based game, after Fret buys a pair of "Reaper Pins" for the two. Before long, they meet the mysterious Sho Minamimoto, a man who is technically not in the Reaper's Game but wants to help the two survive out of pure curiosity, and Nagi Usui, a college student obsessed with a mobile dating sim who judges others based on her observations of them, shutting down anyone she thinks doesn't fit with her worldview. The whole team has a lot of growth to do (except Minamimoto, who is only there for a short time), as they need to learn to leave their comfort zones and expand their horizons. Either way, I won't spoil anything else beyond Day 4 in terms of story.
The story's conveyed through two kinds of cutscenes, full 3D ones and normal dialogue ones. While the game attempts to run at a more game-like framerate, the 3D rendered cutscenes have their framerate cut down a bit, all the way to 24FPS. This isn't a performance choice, as the PS4 and PC versions do the same. This is a stylistic choice, to make it look less like a game and more like an anime, and there are a few cinematography choices that sell this idea. These are only a small portion of the cutscenes, though - most of the game's cutscenes are conveyed through still images like the original. However, unlike the original, the still images aren't just positioned to the sides of the screen. They're placed in their own boxes, to give them a manga-like feel, and they can shift and move as needed. A lot of these cutscenes are also fully voiced, something I think makes the characters more likeable. Not only can you read what they're saying, but you can hear the personality conveyed through how they say it, and I feel like this is the thing that makes me like this cast more than the original.
The gameplay is an evolution of the original game's. When one team member's attack does something specific, a meter appears that begins to decrease. If another attack hits before the meter completely empties, a Beatdrop combo happens, building up your Groove meter, which replaces the Fusion Level mechanic. The last Beatdrop that happened will determine the kind of Mashup Attack you unleash once your Groove is at 100% or higher, and there are many different kinds, one for each pin element. Around the halfway mark of the game, the game begins to feel more about mashing buttons, since Beatdrops seem to happen more often when you do.
The stat system is similar to the original's, but with some major differences. When you level up, the only stat that increases is your HP, and you can lower your level yourself in order to raise the pin drop rate in battle (more on pins later). Buying food will allow you to increase your stats, but as you eat, your "Fullness" gauge increases. Also, certain characters will enjoy certain foods more than others, and can get even higher boosts from their favorites. As you fight, your Fullness drops back down so you can eat more. However, if you eat more than you can handle, you need to drop your Fullness back down to 0 in order to eat again. Your HP, ATK, and DEF stats are explained easily, but "Style" is a bit different. Each clothing item has a style level, and if your character's Style is high enough, a special ability will be unlocked as long as they're wearing it.
The way attacks work is interesting. Each attack is represented by a different pin, all having different, unique designs. There are six different buttons used for attacking, which are X, Y, L, R, ZL, and ZR. X is mainly used for physical attacks that rely on tapping the button, such as sword combos. Y is used for ranged attacks that rely on tapping the button, such as firing off fireballs, darts that explode when enough attach to an enemy, and laying down mines. The R button is used for charged physical attacks, such as a flying kick that knocks enemies back, while the L button is used for charged ranged attacks, such as throwing a large grenade. ZL and ZR are mainly used for attacks that rely on holding the button down for constant attacks, such as a field that does damage to enemies in it or a healing field. Different pins have different affinities; while there are the usual elements like fire, electricity, and ice, there are also others such as gravity, time, and explosions. There are also special pins called Uber Pins, which are much stronger than normal pins, but only a certain amount can be equipped at a time, a limit that increases as you continue.
In battle, you are tasked with taking out Noise, monsters based on tribal tattoo designs. Your team's HP is always full at the start, and it's all added up, though the Noise's HP isn't. You can also take on enemy teams playing the Reapers' Game, all with their own tactics; Fuya Kawahara's "Deep Rivers Society" is made up of limnology (AKA river science) geeks who use long-range attacks, Kanon Tachibana's "Variabeauties" are fashion-focused folks with a penchant for close-range attacks, and the "Purehearts" are followers of a tourist and former influencer, Motoi Anazawa, who use a mix of the two attacks. The "Ruinbringers" are made up of only a few members; a bruiser named Kaichi "Susukichi" Susuki who loves reversi, an emotionless girl named Tsugumi Matsunae, and the mysterious leader who doesn't appear until late in the game.
Random encounters are not a thing in this game. You can only see Noise with your "scan" ability, then fight them by drawing close or using a special magnet ability unlocked later in the game. Noise are represented on the map by skull-like symbols, and absorbing one will send you to battle. However, you don't have to battle right away! While a certain amount of time will pass before you need to battle, you can also absorb more symbols. With each one you absorb, the rate at which enemies will drop pins will be doubled, but you'll need to take on another battle where your HP from the previous one rolls over. As the game progresses, you'll be able to take on up to 20 of these chains, with every "reduction" adding onto the drop rate more and more up to 20x. Combine that with a Lv100 character lowering their level to 1, and this creates a drop rate of 1,980x the original!
While you can activate abilities by wearing certain clothes, you can also activate abilities by doing side quests. There are four different types of side quests: helping people around the city the way only a Player can, getting Gold Ranks on a "Dive" mission by erasing sets of special Noise as fast as possible, fighting special Pig Noise, and events called Scramble Slams. (More on those later.) Helping people will add them to your Social Network, also giving you Friend Points to unlock the ability associated with them. For example, Rindo's Social Network perk displays a health bar above enemies. Gold Rank Dives will earn you six FP apiece, two for each rank, with the exception of a postgame one that gives you five FP per rank. Finally, Pig Noise are special Noise that drop rare pins, and once defeated, won't respawn. However, they have their own gimmicks; some are only vulnerable to one pin affinity, some are in a herd of two different colors that must be changed to all be the same, etc.
Scramble Slams are an interesting new idea, a turf war for control over different areas of Shibuya. Each team starts with one area under their control, and to take control of other areas, they must either clear out all the "Turf Noise" in an area, or defeat all the team members holding an area. You can earn points in encounters with Turf Noise or team members, but every reduction in one of these battles counts too. You can even drag Noise chains into team battles! This is primarily how you'll earn points in the Scramble Slam, and earning enough points will get you special pins.
One thing I particularly enjoyed was the graffiti system. While the Nintendo Switch doesn't have a native achievement API, many developers will add achievements in-game, like Cadence of Hyrule or Superliminal. NEO TWEWY does the same; earning achievements will give you a piece of graffiti to spray onto your own personal graffiti wall. When you first get to the Udagawa area, you'll notice a piece of cool graffiti, done by the in-universe graffiti artist CAT, who's been on hiatus since the events of TWEWY 1. Rindo comments that "it looks like someone's trying to make their mark in CAT's stead, literally," referring to you! Your personal graffiti wall is directly to the left of CAT's famed graffiti, and will even show up in battle. This is a touch I love.
I haven't even brought up the most obvious part of the World Ends With You series: the aesthetic! The game takes place in a very stylized Shibuya, where certain parts are exaggerated or dialed back to keep it looking fresh and unique. The game is designed to look like an action manga/anime, with a distinctive art style and cel shaded graphical engine. The game's style is directly inspired by the culture from 2019-2021, much like how the original was inspired by the culture in 2008, so a lot of outfits, food, and even slang may feel like a time capsule of 2021 culture when it's revisited in 2030.
The art design paints a punkish look at the most stylish district in Tokyo, and the music complements it perfectly. Takeharu Ishimoto, a composer on games like Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy Type-0, Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7, and Dissidia Final Fantasy, returns to provide his amazing musical talent to the game. It's nice to listen to hip-hop, punk rock, general rock, and even screamo as you explore this strange Shibuya and clash with different threats. My personal favorite was Last Call, one of the boss battle themes in the middle third of the game. The music even becomes a gameplay mechanic when you unlock the "Soundsurf" move, which is something I won't spoil.
Now, for my personal complaints. In the Switch port, scanning causes the frame rate to drop noticeably, though this also happens in battle sometimes. At other points, the Switch's fan starts whirring incredibly loudly, as if the GPU is really struggling to keep up. While the game hasn't bricked my Switch in the 50+ hours I've put into this so far, it can be a bit much if you worry about how hot your system runs.
In the end, I think this is an amazing sequel to a great game. It did a good job of making clear that, while characters from the original are still around and play a significant part in the story, this is Rindo, Fret, and Nagi's story of personal growth and self-discovery. The story sets up so much fun character interaction, and honestly, it's the characters' dynamic that pushes Neo TWEWY past the original for me personally. Some may prefer the original due to the complexity of the battle system, but we all have our preferences, and in the end, Neo The World Ends With You is one of my favorite games. Just be wary if you get it on Switch.
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Reviewed in Mexico on December 23, 2021
Llego bien y sin problemas