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Is Tokyo Mirage Sessions (Encore) worth playing?
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Ulysses 31
Member
The encore version is censored for Japan too.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Was about to post they removed her vagina bones. I put 30 hours in on Wii-U and couldn't be fucked going back to it. Nothing overly remarkable about it. Just Persona shit that's models instead of high school.
dottme
Member
That’s really not bad. Stupid but not bad.
the wedding dress on WiiU looks awful however. It looks like it was censored by 10 years old.
edit: the game itself was great however.
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SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
InterMusketeer
Member
If you already own the game, you might as well. It's like a simplified version of Persona, although those games are much better thought out. It's way shorter too, so it doesn't overstay its welcome.
I didn't care much for the idol theme. It's such a niche subject that most foreign players will never fully understand. I also felt like the game's stuck in limbo where it doesn't know if it wants to critique Japanese idol culture or celebrate it. The censoring adds another layer of confusion to that, because it really is horrible. It's not just fan service, but the main story and character interactions are clumsily altered that change their meaning and it's frankly insulting to the player. The connection with Fire Emblem is very limited, and makes me question why they even bothered with that at all.
It's a flawed game but entertaining enough, I'd say.
I didn't care much for the idol theme. It's such a niche subject that most foreign players will never fully understand. I also felt like the game's stuck in limbo where it doesn't know if it wants to critique Japanese idol culture or celebrate it. The censoring adds another layer of confusion to that, because it really is horrible. It's not just fan service, but the main story and character interactions are clumsily altered that change their meaning and it's frankly insulting to the player. The connection with Fire Emblem is very limited, and makes me question why they even bothered with that at all.
It's a flawed game but entertaining enough, I'd say.
MadchesterManc
Member
I enjoyed it on the WiiU. If you're the type of person that doesn't mind games that are 6 or 7 outta 10's then you should be fine with it.
Dazraell
Member
If you like games like Persona, you should really enjoy it. The whole idol culture premise is super weird, but it mostly works
If you expect a Fire Emblem game though, you may be disappointed. TMS is more like Shin Megami Tensei / Persona-like game featuring Fire Emblem characters
If you expect a Fire Emblem game though, you may be disappointed. TMS is more like Shin Megami Tensei / Persona-like game featuring Fire Emblem characters
ManaByte
Member
Her what?
Finally finished it earlier this year, after never getting to the ending on the Wii U version. It's a perfectly average game. By no means a must-play, but if you want a anime-inspired JRPG that ticks all the boxes, it's perfectly alright.
Also, while the original was very grindy, the remake took that away as it gives you a special dungeon, where you can basically grind a level per fight if you just wanna experience the story.
Anyways, I liked the story and combat enough to play it through to the end, it's a solid 7/10 game for me.
Also, while the original was very grindy, the remake took that away as it gives you a special dungeon, where you can basically grind a level per fight if you just wanna experience the story.
Anyways, I liked the story and combat enough to play it through to the end, it's a solid 7/10 game for me.
Ulysses 31
Member
BusierDonkey
Member
I just finished this recently on Switch. I'm not much into the idol stuff so it didn't really click with me. The main cast was all too "good", in fact, outside the main baddie, nobody in the game was bad, they just weren't being themselves. They didn't undo the censoring in the Switch version, which was unfortunate. Not that it would drastically change how I feel about the game, but I hate censorship. Dungeon designs are terrible, everything is wide open hallways with no real exploration of areas. I wasn't fond of enemies on the maps always just appearing as reapers or that occasionally purple reapers (scaled up enemy battles) that were always showing up when I was running low on everything.
The fight with Medeus was the most annoying thing, maybe ever. The voice acting for it is a very loud Japanese man screaming constantly throughout the fight. I eventually hit mute.
The fight with Medeus was the most annoying thing, maybe ever. The voice acting for it is a very loud Japanese man screaming constantly throughout the fight. I eventually hit mute.
Revolutionary
Member
Not really. It's ok at best and the censoring is really jarring.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
It's a Persona game with Fire Emblem Demons. It's ok.
cireza
Member
Tokyo Mirage was excellent on Wii U. The Switch version is slightly inferior because of the poor implementation of the Gamepad feature as a pretty small window in the middle of the screen. And the new content is totally pointless.
That being said, Tokyo Mirage is highly recommended as it is a true J-RPG without the ton of the social shit you get in Persona. It is straight-forward. You get good dungeons with old school mechanics. Battles are fine, they work, animations are fun. Each character has some side-stories. Not all are interesting, but at least it feels focused and you unlock special attacks.
You have to upgrade weapons. What could have been an interesting feature becomes a brain-dead feature, as you are simply going to upgrade all weapon one after another : their is no sense of making decision. You simply go through the menu for every character and unlock everything. But this is how J-RPGs have evolved anyway.
Story is stupid at best, and numerous scenes are ridiculous. This is basically a group of teenagers trying to save their city. But even though the story is kind of irrelevant, you will still enjoy it because the various situations are comical and the some characters are bit dumb. To summarize : it is lighthearted. Which is a nice change of pace compared to games where you know way too soon that you are supposed to save the entire universe.
If you like a good old-school J-RPG that doesn't take itself seriously, then yes, play Tokyo Mirage.
I don't care much for censorship, but I have to admit that the censorship in this game reached unseen levels of stupidity. They have censored a lot of things, but other instances of large cleavage are still there. The second (I think) dungeon is about being ashamed of revealing ones body (in a swimsuit for exemple) and in the Western game (and also Japanase on Switch), the characters are fully dressed instead, which makes all discussion totally inconsistent. And it becomes actually funny because of how dumb it is. Still, don't pick this a reason to skip the game. It was a much more enjoyable and shorter experience than Persona 4 or 5. I have already completed this game twice and loved both playthrough while I am struggling with Persona 5 because of how bloated, first degree and uninteresting it is.
That being said, Tokyo Mirage is highly recommended as it is a true J-RPG without the ton of the social shit you get in Persona. It is straight-forward. You get good dungeons with old school mechanics. Battles are fine, they work, animations are fun. Each character has some side-stories. Not all are interesting, but at least it feels focused and you unlock special attacks.
You have to upgrade weapons. What could have been an interesting feature becomes a brain-dead feature, as you are simply going to upgrade all weapon one after another : their is no sense of making decision. You simply go through the menu for every character and unlock everything. But this is how J-RPGs have evolved anyway.
Story is stupid at best, and numerous scenes are ridiculous. This is basically a group of teenagers trying to save their city. But even though the story is kind of irrelevant, you will still enjoy it because the various situations are comical and the some characters are bit dumb. To summarize : it is lighthearted. Which is a nice change of pace compared to games where you know way too soon that you are supposed to save the entire universe.
If you like a good old-school J-RPG that doesn't take itself seriously, then yes, play Tokyo Mirage.
I don't care much for censorship, but I have to admit that the censorship in this game reached unseen levels of stupidity. They have censored a lot of things, but other instances of large cleavage are still there. The second (I think) dungeon is about being ashamed of revealing ones body (in a swimsuit for exemple) and in the Western game (and also Japanase on Switch), the characters are fully dressed instead, which makes all discussion totally inconsistent. And it becomes actually funny because of how dumb it is. Still, don't pick this a reason to skip the game. It was a much more enjoyable and shorter experience than Persona 4 or 5. I have already completed this game twice and loved both playthrough while I am struggling with Persona 5 because of how bloated, first degree and uninteresting it is.
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Ironically Tokyo Mirage Sessions has a better story then 3 Houses or Engage(I wouldn't know because I am not touching that trash).
Astral Dog
Member
Pretty good game,colorful visuals, good dungeons,combat, average story and characters but its an unique theme ,i don't mind some of the 'censoring'/changes but still not a fan that they cut content, should be an option
semiconscious
Member
c'mon, now - few, if any, atlus games aren't...
dottme
Member
The whole game is about the Japanese model industry, idols and so on.
If you don’t like it, you should definitively stay away from it.
Shifty1897
Member
The battle system is excellent but the rest of the game is not. I don't think it's worth it.
SantaC
Member
It has some of the worst camera system i ever experienced in the overworld.