Mugen Souls- PS3

Finally managing to master the unique abilities used in battle.

Well-drawn character artwork ; Some cute digs at RPG conventions

Gameplay systems don't intersect well, and are rarely rewarding ; In-game tutorials don't explain mechanics well and can't be viewed later ; Field environments are boring and sparse ; Space battles are much too easy

Chou-Chou has access to some unique skills, however. She can shift into one of her seven personalities mid-combat, which changes her affinities toward special attacks; rather than being based on traditional RPG elements like fire, wind, and water,...

Great translation, plenty of funny situations, character designs are mostly really cute, there’s an interesting premise and the story is pretty interesting. Battles are a unique blend of strategic and turn-based. You can tweak the camera to your liking...

A bathing mini-game “was” removed, but since it was pretty offensive and unnecessary it’s really no big deal. There isn’t always voice acting for event scenes. A more comprehensive Moe Kill tutorial would have been helpful. All custom peons start out...

There’s a lot of that. It’s really quite funny, as the voice acting is more than competent, the writing isn’t bad, and the situations are typically amusing. The dialogue scenes still drag on a little too long, though, and as you might expect, you...

Some interesting mechanics ; Sound battle system

Overly complicated ; Excessive mechanics/lack of explanation ; Dated graphics with frame rate issues ; Content may be off-putting to some

Well-drawn character artwork ; Some cute digs at RPG conventions

Gameplay systems don't intersect well, and are rarely rewarding ; In-game tutorials don't explain mechanics well and can't be viewed later ; Field environments are boring and sparse ; Space battles are much too easy

Chou-Chou has access to some unique skills, however. She can shift into one of her seven personalities mid-combat, which changes her affinities toward special attacks; rather than being based on traditional RPG elements like fire, wind, and water,...

Overall Mugen Souls is quite a fun game, though it is a Japanese RPG so expect seemingly endless screens of dialogue that can (thankfully) be skipped through if you don’t mind missing a few jokes. There is also a lot of explaining about exactly what...