GameTrailers: "Project X Zone successfully delivers on the fan service and flashy battles, but it falls short in the strategy department. It’s a fun game to play in small intervals, but it’s a lengthy proposition clocking it at around 40-50 hours to complete. It’s an improvement over the last crossover extravaganza, but this rather one-sided strategy RPG couldn’t succeed even without strength of its cast of video game icons."
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "These days it seems like every game character just has to crossover into another’s game. Just recently we had a bunch Sub-Zero showing up in Injustice 2, Link in Mario Kart 8 and Shovel Knight popping up… well everywhere. And it’s not like this trend is going to end anytime soon, not with games like Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Marvel VS. Capcom: Infinite and Final Fantasy XV getting in on the crossover action. So for this week’s top 10 we’ve decided to countdown the best crossovers in gaming history! The only rule we have is that more that one company has to be involved, so cameo appearances don’t count!"
Koji Ishitani, co-producer of Project X Zone and Project X Zone 2, has left Monolith Soft, the developer announced on Twitter.
“As of the end of last week, on March 31, I resigned from Monolith Soft, which I belonged to for about 16 years,” Ishitani said in a tweet. “I was involved with works from Xenosaga Episode I to Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean to Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED to Project X Zone 2, but to everyone who supported me and worked with me, and above all else to those who played the games, thank you very much!”
Ishitani isn’t the only developer to leave Monolith Soft with the start of the new fiscal year. Project X Zone director Soichiro Morizumi also announced his leave this weekend.
lot of senior Japanese developers leave their companies lately ...what happens?? will they form new ones? will they continue developping for consoles? ...its kind of worrisome
Not really... They'll just end up putting out a Sony PS4 exclusive - ala Hideo Kojima.
Aoni Production reported on Thursday that voice actress Yuko Mizutani passed away from breast cancer on Tuesday. She was 51.
In video games, Mizutani played Queen Minnie in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, Iris in Project X Zone, and Militsa in Tales of Rebirth, among others.
Should be higher, all those characters, iconic characters playable. No way a 6.9, calling bs on this score.
It's a must have for Srpg fans, Japanese game fans, and really any gamer who loves the industry and Capcom/sega/Namco characters. It's got beautiful sprites, flashy frantic action, and intense gameplay.
On the other hand the story is utter shit, there's no strategy at all, its basically button mashing, and its far too repetitive. It's all the same setup, enter level, fight enemies, new characters show up, fight boss, jump through portal, intermission rinse and repeat. It's all just background to allow all these characters to interact and fight. It's great for fan service but I'd prefer a real effort in the story and maybe shops, counter attacks on the battle screen instead of you attacking the enemy who sits still and takes it, and maybe some more depth like different terrain and weapons exc. It's all very basic and not really even a strategy game, it has the layout of a Srpg but its not strategy in the least. More of a 2d fighter/enemy juggler with grid movement. I still got hooked by it and enjoy it plenty but its not anywhere near the level of Fire Emblem Awakening or Devil Survivor. I'd say its a maybe a 7/10 IMHO.