Technology Tell writes, "When it’s time for a quest, players get to pull together their favorite console goddesses or console goddess candidates and send them out to face swarms of enemies. Pressing the square and triangle buttons deal damage, with a number of combos available. It is also possible to utilize skills by holding a trigger button and pressing a face button, and of course these goddesses can transform into their ethereal forms when the EXE Drive gauge fills."
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."
