Mugen Souls Z Review | GIZORAMA

Daniel Kurland, GIZORAMA – "Mugen Souls Z is a JRPG that is steeped in even more JRPG-ness. The original title, Mugen Souls, was an indulgent, extreme-embracing game that celebrated how Japanese it was at every single moment, to the point of maddeningly fun hyperbolic gameplay. Naturally, it makes sense that the game’s sequel would continue this idea, being sure to still appeal to everyone that loved the original. Mugen Souls Z does re-capture the insanity of its predecessor, while still upping the stakes, but the biggest frustration here is how slow it takes to get everything going. In a game where your level cap is 9999, to be starting at Level 1 is a tremendous step down and if you’re familiar with the previous Mugen Souls, you’re just going to be wishing you were back deep into that. It’s going to take time and grinding to get you back to the frenetic chaos that Mugen Souls Z prides itself in, but it’ll happen. None of this is helped by the fact that the game essentially opens to a beyond frustrating tutorial that’s maybe 90 minutes of cutscenes with 15 of actual gameplay."