Friday, April 18, 2008

"The world ends with you" never-ending fun

Finally, this game has arrived in my hand. I am so happy. My family has been here since 3 weeks ago. It has been fun for me to travel with them to Hong Kong, Gui Lin and also Yang Shuo. Of course, now this game is a bonus! This game is wonderful. A very unique game play system, which I have never encounter before. It certainly trained your brain in a very interesting way (not that this game is designed to do that).

It features a main male character named Neku, and a female protagonist named Shiki. Somehow in one of the busiest place in Tokyo (Shibuya), Neku, who is (not surprisingly in most Japanese manga or comic) a character who does not like anyone or anything (some sort of loner), is stuck. He is forced to play the game given by Reapers. Within 7 days, each of these days he is given a mission. He has to clear the mission to not get "erased". Worse (for him), he has to partner with another gamer. And, he met Shiki, a bright young girl. During all these missions, Neku has to scan around (some sort of power) to find and fight the Noise. To do that, he has to fight simultaneously with those Noises along Shiki (i.e., split screens top is the girl bottom is him), and that's the interesting part. You have to sort of follow the "green bubble" to control the characters. At the beginning, I was not really used to it, but after a while, it is kinda fun!

The presentation is great for such small device. The music is hip-hop trendy and cheerful. And, well, it has those Japanese touch in it that I like! Definitely a game that I would buy and collect (and of course play)!

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