Jae Lee writes: As the unofficial parole officer in charge of Idea Factory/Compile Hearts, I had always feared that they might mingle with the wrong crowd in the institutional hell of budget JRPG development and it seems my fears have been realized.
While the Neptunia games have hit their strides as of late on the Vita, they decided to let the folks at Tamsoft take the reins on an attempt at yet another genre.
Tamsoft, for those unfamiliar, are the people behind the Senran Kagura and Onechanbara series which aren’t exactly the most critically successful titles for very good reasons.
Not to say that they only make bad games since I moderately enjoyed one of the Senran Kagura games on the Vita but I would be more than a little hesitant to give them a shot at putting out a iteration on my flagship title.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Console wars have been around pretty much since the dawn of videogames, but the Hyperdimension Neptunia series makes light of these arguments by personifying consoles and their manufacturers as cute goddesses and has them battle it out for supremacy. It proved to be a sleeper hit for publisher Compile Heart, who after an initially shaky start with the first entry transformed the series into its most compelling franchise."
Idea Factory’s games are so often full of life, exploding user screens with vibrant color, beautiful art, memorable characters and addictive gameplay. Unfortunately, Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed does little justice to the Neptunia franchise.
SG Gaming Info writes: "Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed is a rather boring brawler title. While the game retains the franchise’s humour the combat gets boring quickly and the story isn’t that interesting."
