Name: NEPTUNIA GAME MAKER R:EVOLUTION
Publisher: IDEA FACTORY INTERNATIONAL
Developer: IDEA FACTORY/COMPILE HEART
Release Date: May 14, 2024
Platforms: PlayStation®4 / PlayStation®5 / Steam® / Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S / Nintendo Switch™ / GOG
Players: 1
Price: $49.99 / £44.99
Story/Description
Build the top game dev studio as Older Nep in this off-beat, spunky action RPG!
In a world of powerful rival Game Makers…
Within the Game Maker world, in order to acquire Shares, Game Makers have started to wage a battle for supremacy.
And so, a new Game Maker steps into the fray, attempting to endure the battle for survival in Gamindustri.
Key Features
Game Studio of The Year – Play as the main protag, Older Nep, and grow a previously defunct gaming studio to success. Building a game studio requires strong developers, cutting-edge video games, and the expansion of your market. Choose wisely and become the biggest game studio of the year!
Build Games & Boost Your Party – Boost your party stats with the help of creating games through disc development and choose creators to work on your next hit game!
Vroom, Vroom in Style – Ride through dungeons in Gamindustri and sell your games on your trusty purple motorcycle. Older Nep can also challenge pesky enemies for pinks (aka special rewards) or test your racing skills through time trials!
Party Management 101 – Supervise a party of four to lead your company to the top! But there may be other game studios ready to take you down. With a revamped battle system, chained attacks, and transformative specials, Older Nep and friends are ready for victory!
Gameplay
Idea Factory brought another game into the Neptunia series which still has the same mechanics as the previous games such as battle mechanics, gameplay and character development which still has the cute design and elements into the game.
This time is quite different from the previous instalment that has to do with war between console and mobile gaming but here is related to running a game company creating video games.
After going through the first few hours, you’ll control Neptune and other characters which still has the similar RPG open world mechanics that occurs in various installments.
I noticed that you could create games within the game based on genre, creators and so on.
The combat style is real-time RPG battle which gives space for movement and strategy with buttons set up and different controls to which skill is available to tigger at the time. During each battle, players can switch between party members as to try out which move set is well effective during battle or to give a better chance as to survive a battle.
I fancy that the game is somewhat a reflection of how game companies work and also how game publishers work as well to bring out video games out to the public.
The game is back with the function of switching between characters during battle which is fun and gives that familiar gameplay especially when one want to create combos and also be on a lookout for which button appears on which character to create such combo.
To be honest, it feels quite similar to previous games that I have played previously but with map exploration which you’ll select a particular map area that has missions either main or side quests to follow through to engage such area.
Graphics
The game visual is back with its lovely, cute and wonderful graphics done by both Idea Factory and Compile Heart who’ve done wonderful work with cute games in the past and they’re great with beautiful polished visuals for both characters and environment with lovely textures and thumbs up to a job well-done. This feels like a default work style for each Neptune game so far I’ve played previously in the past. I can say that they pretty much have it going well for them since it’s a gaming series and it works nicely.
Audio
The voice-acting is spoken in Japanese but with English subtitle that makes easy to understand and also to learn the language at the same time.
i enjoy the soundtrack being played in the background as the action is going on and also I get psyched up whenever the song is playing (yeah I’m a fan of rock but not heavy-metal).
Verdict
Story – 8/10
Gameplay – 8/10
Graphics – 8/10
Audio – 8/10
Recommendation – Yes
Overall – 8/10
Mahddyboy 