Written yesteryear Alexander O. Cuaycong together with Anthony L. Cuaycong
Developer: Nihon Falcom
Publisher: Aksys Games
Price: $59.99
Genre: RPG
Also Available On: Steam
Nihon Falcom is no stranger to Japanese role-playing games. Having been behind the successful Legend Of Heroes, Dragon Slayer, together with Ys series, it was met with positive feedback when it debuted Tokyo Xanadu on the PlayStation Vita inwards 2015. The title, taking root from the pop Xanadu franchise, showcases many essence elements introduce inwards the developer’s previous creations, with them an in-depth political party system, dynamic combat, together with on-the-fly character-switching. Given the welcoming response, a port to traditional platforms was inevitable, thus the liberate of an enhanced version on Steam together with Playstation 4.
In Tokyo Xanadu eX+, players accept command of Kou Tokisaki, a broody teenager with a pump of gold. When he's pulled into an alternate dimension, Kou finds himself caught upwards inwards a plot involving otherworldy creatures called Greed, magical weapons, together with the mysterious phenomenon “Eclipse.” Along the way, he must residual this out with the bespeak for a normal routine inwards Morimiya City — going to classes, coming together novel people, together with to a greater extent than oft than non simply hanging out together with helping others inwards need.
Fans of JRPGs such every bit Persona together with Shin Megami Tensei volition no dubiety abide by a welcome together with familiar premise here. With Tokyo Xanadu eX+ having 2 primary phases, 1 involving the metropolis together with the other the mysterious otherworldy dungeons, it for sure doesn't brand whatever endeavor to enshroud where it got its inspiration from. The skilful intelligence is that, for the near part, it does simply fine. Kou is basically given the selection to practise whatever he wants, together with there's a sure charm inwards exploring the metropolis together with going on specific quests. The setting lends itself good to how the storey together with characters progress, together with spell Kou tin laissez passer on the axe come upwards off a scrap flat, the other characters are given a fair total of depth together with personality.
Needless to say, the latter adds meat to Tokyo Xanadu eX+, every bit friendly characters together with would-be political party members don't simply seem every bit cardboard cutouts but are given a fair total of dialogue together with personality. However, dissimilar inwards Nihon Falcom's previous titles, Tokyo Xanadu eX+ features real-time combat. This represents a tonal shift that may examine jarring to Nihon Falcom regulars; spell the storey moves at a mensuration that is best described every bit reasonably slow, the combat sections are anything but.
Significantly, Tokyo Xanadu eX+’s Combat organization moves away from the to a greater extent than traditional JRPG sense together with opts for a to a greater extent than hack-and-slash approach to gameplay, with characters able to dodge together with perform exceptional attacks both on the solid set down together with inwards the air. From combo attacks to flight attacks to exceptional attacks to mid-battle grapheme swapping, the game offers an interesting accept on battles, treading a middle solid set down betwixt dull together with steady turn-based-with-active-time-battle-gauge gameplay (a la Final Fantasy) together with fast full-on activity (as inwards Witcher or Dragon Age).
Combined with the challenge presented yesteryear bosses which are both terrifying to behold together with entertaining to fight, Tokyo Xanadu eX+ proves to endure reasonably heavy on both strategy together with tactics. Fighting never devolves into button-mashing madness together with requires displays of science together with audio decision-making, a welcome evolution for a genre whose best titles primarily rely on arbitrary stats together with numbers.
As the tweaked version of its Vita ancestry, Tokyo Xanadu eX+ features additional scenarios, content, together with rebalancing to brand the game an overall meliorate sense to play. And, thankfully, it runs at a shine sixty frames per second, with few hiccups together with bugs overall.
In the concluding analysis, Tokyo Xanadu eX+ is good worth its $60 toll tag. Its storey isn’t perfect, but its attending to characters together with the painstaking aid it lay into the setting together with the complex combat organization makes it a slap-up purchase for JRPG fans, fifty-fifty for those who already played it on the Vita. With a first-run playtime of approximately sixty - lxx hours, it’s a scrap curt on the whole, but the total of content available plus its fun gene laissez passer on it outstanding replay value. Highly recommended.
THE GOOD:
- Familiar setting with an interesting, if imperfect, storey together with a colorful cast
- Challenging notwithstanding fun combat system
- Superb music together with vocalization acting
THE BAD:
- Shorter than other comparative JRPGs
- A scrap every bit good reminiscent of Persona together with Legend of Heroes
- Can endure dragging at times
RATING: 8.5/10
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