RPGFan:
I'll admit, my first thought upon taking on Dungeon Travelers 2 for review was "welp, time to take one for the team." I have no particular interest in the type of artwork the game has built much of its reputation in the media on, and had assumed that there would be more emphasis on the visuals than the mechanicals. I'm a big dungeon crawler fan, though, so I held out hope that maybe, just maybe, there would be solid design underneath the ambiguously-aged cute anime girls put into nonsense scenarios so we could see their butts through skintight clothes while monsters dripped ooze on them.
The PlayStation Vita has become a haven for RPGs, but there is one particular type that has really made itself at home on the system. People who love first-person dungeon-crawlers with turn-based battles and often customizable parties can find tons on the system. Developers like Experience and Compile Heart have taken to the system. This means people who enjoy level grinding and customizing characters have plenty of options to choose from when looking for a new game to play.
Digitally Downloaded writes: "At DDNet, we do love a good Wizardry-style dungeon crawler. There is something classic and timeless about delving deep into a hive of monsters and traps, overcoming them bit by bit while developing an intricate map of the sprawl of corridors and rooms along the way."
Still upset Atlus sided with Nintendo for Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth. I don't mind it's on 3DS, I mind it's not on any PS console cause the PS community are the ones that built the franchise and even made P4G a success on an unsupported system... then they decide to not give us Q but instead a dancing game *FACEPALM*
Dominic Sheard: "By now we all know that the word Vita means Life in Italian, and we can all make fun jokes about how Sony has abandoned the platform, but in Japan, it seems third parties love making games for the sleek device. Smaller publishers, such as Nippon Ichi USA and Atlus, are keeping the system alive in the Western world with niche Japanese games that find a small fan base in North America or Europe. Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal is the latest title published by the house of Disgaea, but unlike a few of Nippon Ichi USA's titles in the past, Dungeon Travelers 2 has hit our shores with quite a reputation, one where whoever has heard of the title and doesn't follow Japanese games closely has noticed about the sexual imagery that gives the title a negative aura, tainting what otherwise is a mechanically solid dungeon crawler that I had fun playing through."
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this game. The sexual content didn't bother me (though I do agree with their decision to purge some of the more hardcore loli stuff for the US release).
It's a fun dungeon crawler and has a ton of content. I put in a good 130+ hours to beat the main game, and the post-game stuff is almost as big as the main game!