VGChartz's Thomas Froehlicher: "Despite blatant gameplay drawbacks, Neptunia Virtual Stars is a decent new entry because it's very faithful to the series' roots. It renews the parody and humor with praise-worthy creativity, the narrative remains pleasant, the nod to the V-tuber craze is great, and the improved graphics are welcome. And yet somehow it lacks content (there are precious few in-game illustrations and next to no side content) and has notable balancing issues, which can be very disappointing. Compile Heart still seems on the right track, but the Neptunia franchise needs to meet higher standards or it will be quickly left behind by the AA competition."
WTMG's Leo Faria: "You know how the laws of nature go: for every action, there is a reaction. For every fantastic game released in 2021, there was something so bad that brought us back down to Earth, reminding us of the bad year we’ve just had to face through. Paying homage to the best games released in a year is easy; we do that to remind ourselves of the good titles released over the past few months, giving them an extra but well-deserved minute under the spotlight. Remembering the worst games of 2021 is equally as important, as we really want for these mistakes to be avoided in the next few years. Welcome to WayTooManyGames’ Top 20 Worst Games of 2021."
This should just be called the annual Bubsy award. Popeye is a deserved winner though from what I’ve heard.
For me my worst game by far has been Ac Valhalla. Haven't played an assassin's Creed since back flag....it's not assassin's Creed at all anymore.
Is it really the "worst" though? Or just disappointing? Because there are some truly awful games out there.
The list lost any meaning to me when it started with WarioWare. Sure, it changed a little the formula it's been using since the first game, but if you think deeply, the only effective change it had was that each microgame now has more than one way to be completed. I was also ready to hate the game when it was first revealed, but playing it made me realize it was a great change.
If a person said they loved the previous games, I don't see why they would "utterly despise it".
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WTMG's Aaron Price: "Neptunia Virtual Stars suffers from artificial difficulty. The game isn’t hard, but filling an area with enemies and having terrible sword combos makes it seem like it is. At least you get a bopping anime theme to open up the game right? That is probably the best part of the game as a whole. With most story elements already being done somewhere else, and average at best, almost unplayable at worst gameplay, this is definitely not one recommended unless you’re a massive anime fan waiting for something new to come out."
