Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 reviews topic

[Shikan Raider]

Final boss is fairly strong, yes, but there's an easy way to beat him. If you get Neptune and Nepgear's coupling skill and put Nepgear in the back row so Neptune gets break damage limit, he's a cakewalk If you save up 100SP before the fight, you can take out almost 2/3s of his HP on the first turn.

Yeah that is a good strategy for the final boss, but it doesn't work with the arena bosses.

[LAMV]

Oh great, why did I look at this thread. Now I'm spoiled on (probable end boss spoiler incoming):

Spoiler:

the gender of the final boss. You guys say "him" which automatically means it's not Arfoire or another suspect I had.

Damn it. That's it, I'm out of the Neptunia board. Fuck.

[PringlesXD]

LAMV. It's an it. The final boss is... GIGAMASTER NEPGEAR ROBOT TAISEN MK3.

[LAMV]

LAMV. It's an it. The final boss is... GIGAMASTER NEPGEAR ROBOT TAISEN MK3.

Not Super Strong Goddess Siblings? Darn it all.

[Shikan Raider]

Oh great, why did I look at this thread. Now I'm spoiled on (probable end boss spoiler incoming):

Spoiler:

the gender of the final boss. You guys say "him" which automatically means it's not Arfoire or another suspect I had.

Damn it. That's it, I'm out of the Neptunia board. Fuck.

I was actually thinking of putting that in spoilers, but since we didn't mention who the final boss is, I didn't do it. If that was a spoiler for you I'm sorry.

[LAMV]

Oh great, why did I look at this thread. Now I'm spoiled on (probable end boss spoiler incoming):

Spoiler:

the gender of the final boss. You guys say "him" which automatically means it's not Arfoire or another suspect I had.

Damn it. That's it, I'm out of the Neptunia board. Fuck.

I was actually thinking of putting that in spoilers, but since we didn't mention who the final boss is, I didn't do it. If that was a spoiler for you I'm sorry.

Unfortunately for me it was. Even saying

Spoiler:

the gender of the last boss, especially in a game that makes two female villains out as big bads

can be considered a spoiler because it removes any suspects or expectations you may have.

[Arnold Teddie Rosario]

I re-pre-ordered my game since I'm convinced this game will be decent.

If RPGfan, the site that gave the HDN worst game of the year award excepted HDN MKII as a good game then I believe it'll be worth checking out.

My game will arrive at my house tomorrow I can't wait

[affinity7799]

How dare they give such a low visuals score! The visuals are gorgeous! Why must something have to take advantage of PS3's advanced capabilities before they are considered great graphics? Seriously.

and good thing I didn't read any spoilers.


You people better keep any story related details censored under spoilers!

[PringlesXD]

How dare they give such a low visuals score! The visuals are gorgeous! Why must something have to take advantage of PS3's advanced capabilities before they are considered great graphics? Seriously.

Opinion.

[Dr.Doom]

The visuals are good, but compared to a high end game they aren't the best looking visuals I've seen. Besides, it looks good enough, so what if it isn't high end, it doesn't(or shouldn't) take away from the enjoyment of the game.

[Ghaleon]

I have my doubts about this game actually being hard. Like I said before, I think there's a good chance that it just seems hard for those of you who played the Japanese version without fully understanding Japanese. I'm sorry if that sounds offensive but it just seems like common sense if you ask me. As for optional bosses andwhatnot... A game's difficulty is not determined by optional bosses... At least not unless optional content is like more than the entirety of the rest of the game itself (as is the case for Disgaea for example).

I find most professional reviewers are pretty scrubtacular in terms of gaming skills too. Or at least they are aware that the average reader/consumer is and rates difficulty for those masses.

[Dr.Doom]

Hardness factor depends on the individual. If you don't overlevel, then you will probably have a challenge on your hands. Some games you can grind to high levels and still be destroyed, but unless this game relies a lot on buffs/debuffs , heavy strategy,or has a junction system, then it isn't one of those games. The challenge probably comes from maintaining your party growth, but I have yet to play so I'm just speculating.

[Aphrah]

First off, define 'difficult'. Something like the Souls series, or something more akin to the first game's difficulty if you didn't over level your party? I don't find your 'common sense' offensive in anyway, but what I find more than a little irritating is that you won't believe me even after I straight up told that the language barrier did not influence my judgment in any way. But then again, I doubt you’d believe me if I were to tell you that after playing the Japanese version of the game, I have enough knowledge to write up a trophy guide, road map, and every that it may encompass.

@Dr.Doom: Yes, you're somewhat correct. The bosses, and some other enemies (similar to Lurkers) hit quite hard and can prove to be a tough battle, if your party is either underleveled or overleveded. This game does require a bit of strategy; there're buffs and debuffs, and certain party members are more suited to certain tasks than others. Some characters make a great tank, while others make good aliment inflictors, and so on. This game's difficulty has nothing on the likes of Resonance of Fate, though.

[MizuMikomi]

I have my doubts about this game actually being hard. Like I said before, I think there's a good chance that it just seems hard for those of you who played the Japanese version without fully understanding Japanese. I'm sorry if that sounds offensive but it just seems like common sense if you ask me.

Common sense? More like stupidity. >_>

The game was more difficult than the first, and this is because of OBVIOUS gameplay mechanics, things that you don't NEED to know Japanese to notice.

Such as:
"Oh, you're under-leveled, here's a horrible hit Rate."

Rough Example:
Miss, Miss, Hit, Miss, Miss, Hit, Miss, Miss, Miss, Hit, Miss, Miss, Miss, Lose

If you don't believe us then just find out for yourself.
But please, stop bringing up that you "think" we are incapable of gauging the difficulty of a game because of a supposed language barrier.

We've already proven that it doesn't work like that. <_<

[affinity7799]

The visuals are good, but compared to a high end game they aren't the best looking visuals I've seen. Besides, it looks good enough, so what if it isn't high end, it doesn't(or shouldn't) take away from the enjoyment of the game.

Yea but just because it isn't high end doesn't mean the visuals should be dropped to like so slow.

They would give a Mario game that looks like it could be made for N64 and they would still give the graphics a 4/5 or a 8/10.

Look at what games like Plants vs. Zombies receive for graphics!

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/114/1148286p1.html

an 8.0!!!! above average score for something so visually lower quality compared to HN mk2!

Look at the score Disgaea 4 visuals received!
http://www.rpgamer.com/pointsofview/arc ... &game=2083

a 3/5!


HOW IN THE WORLD could they give HN m2's visuals a LOWER SCORE (2/5) than Disgaea 4's visuals??? That's like saying Final Fantasy Tactics visuals are a level above Sonic Adventure.