wow...... I miss this thread for day and its like I have a full chapter to read to catch up.... and after reading I'm not gonna even touch upon the myriad of different things I would like to respond to... I'm just gonna simply say I really find it ridiculous that in America, we not only find it acceptable to exploit and explore such inhumane cruelty, but we actually find it comical.... yet we cannot comprehend that the scope of what another society sees as acceptable could vary from our own... In other words, in a country of gamers obsessed with shooting, killing and blowing everything up, you wouldn't think some sexual inuendo (no matter how much it is or is not in poor taste) would ruffle so many feathers... Anyhoo.... thats neither here nor there...
I picked up this title yesterday and put a little time in and gotta say, I really dig it so far! I was gonna go a little in depth but the review already up is quite well-versed, albeit a wee bit more focused on what this game does wrong..... All I really want to say now is that, if you like this over-the-top anime esque' stuff and can overlook way too much fanservice, I find this to be not only a vast improvement over the first but a great title in and of itself... I do however think playing the first lends to the experience of playing the second which was something I was unaware of (somewhere along the line I aquired the impression this was gonna to be a bit more "standalone" and not quite as direct a sequel as it proved to be).... And I will also say in regard to the criticism, while the graphics are dated, they are still lovely, bright, lush and colorful enough to demand an eye exam after a strong multi-hour session.
Well thats enough said.... My ultimate impression of this game and topic can be summed up simply.... You know what these games involve... You know what they contain.... you know whether you can overlook things in light of what you appreciate about them or not.... for example, there are plenty of great shooters and likewise RPG's I will never really enjoy because I hate fire-arms and certain types of sci-fi that remind me of western-star-trek-stuff.... But if in fact you do have affinity for titles such as this, this one in particular is totally worth the time...
And with that, even though I started it, I am not touching this thread again with a ten foot pole-LoL